“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordFebruary 21, 2023
The reason that this debate is so important is that it reminds me in some ways of the debate taking place in this country and around the world in the late 1930s.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Editor's note · Context

Sanders draws a historical parallel between climate change debate and the rise of fascism.

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