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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 12, 2026

At a time when 15 million Americans are being thrown off the healthcare they have and 20 million Americans have already seen their premiums double, on average, as a result of Trump’s so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ we need Medicare for All…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 12, 2026

And it would prevent over 100,000 Americans from dying unnecessarily each and every year because they cannot make it to a doctor in time.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 12, 2026

In fact, guaranteeing healthcare as a human right through a Medicare for All, single-payer system would cost $1 trillion less than our current dysfunctional system.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 12, 2026

This study confirms what we have known for years: Medicare for All saves lives and saves money.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Aug 12, 2026

Energy prices continue to rise nationwide, and this administration is taking products offline just when they could be deployed to strengthen the power grid, improve the quality of life, and curb the cost of living for American families.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 11, 2026

Almost every day, there is a new story about how your companies are losing control of the AI technology you are developing, with potentially cataclysmic results.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Aug 11, 2026

By stripping away the procedures that keep discipline fair for civilian employees doing the work of naval readiness... the proposed rule introduces costly unpredictability in the workforce and needlessly undermines readiness.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 11, 2026

Let me be very clear: If you do not take appropriate action now, my colleagues and I in the U.S. Senate will.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 11, 2026

In the interest of humanity, stand by your words. Pause AI development. It is not too late to avoid disaster. Stop building machines that humans cannot control.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 11, 2026

You can't allow Democratic candidates to be outspent 50 to 1. But it is a corrupt campaign finance system, and Democrats can take charge of what takes place within their own primaries right now.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 10, 2026

While there are ideological differences of opinion within the big tent of the party, I would hope that we can all agree that Republican special interests should not play a role in determining the outcome of Democratic primaries. The time…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 10, 2026

What is particularly obscene is not only the outrageous amount of money coming into Democratic primaries from billionaire-funded super PACs, but the reality that these special interests have no particular desire to see Democrats win.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 10, 2026

My message to Democratic leaders: Ban super PACs from Democratic primaries NOW.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 10, 2026

If the people of Minnesota can stand up -- and I’m confident that they can -- and tell these billionaires and their lies and their 30-second ads and their super PACs to go to hell, democracy is going to reign.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 10, 2026

I urge you to take action and make clear that the Democratic Party will no longer maintain this corrupt system.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Aug 10, 2026

Look, in the world that we live in, until we get rid of Citizens United and get rid of super PACs and move to public funding of elections, that is the reality.

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