It is our government, the United States government, that is absolutely complicit in creating and sustaining this humanitarian disaster.
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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.
There is no ambiguity here: Netanyahu's extremist government talks openly about using humanitarian aid as a weapon.
Unfortunately and unacceptably, the Antisemitism Awareness Act we are considering today would label speech that criticizes the Israeli government and Netanyahu’s horrific war in Gaza as antisemitic and a violation of civil rights laws, and…
Today on Mother's Day, let's remember every mother deserves a livable wage, affordable childcare, paid family leave, and the ability to retire with dignity.
$7.25 an hour minimum wage is a starvation wage. It must be raised to a living wage — at least $17 an hour.
We have the radical idea of putting healthcare dollars into healthcare, not into profiteering or bureaucracy.
I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are.
You want to run as a Democrat? Great. You want to run as an Independent? That's great, but you've got to get involved in the political process, because right now the two-party system is failing the working class of this country.
If we don't address that issue, the American people will continue to turn their backs on democracy, because they're looking around them and they're saying, 'Does anybody understand what I am going through?'
We’re on the same page, but what Democrats lack right now is a vision for the future.
Democrats lack a 'vision for the future,' warning that Americans will 'turn their backs on democracy' if elected officials fail to tackle an 'oligarchy on steroids.'
When the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 90%, when big money interests are able to control both political parties, they are living in an oligarchy.
I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are. I think they understand very well.
Let's be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. It has everything to do with his moving this country toward authoritarianism.
Trump‘s arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. It has everything to do with his moving this country toward authoritarianism.
Trump continues to demonstrate that he does not believe in the Constitution, the separation of powers, or the rule of law.
It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party who believe in the Constitution to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.
The enthusiasm for his and Ocasio-Cortez's message is 'scaring the hell out of' Trump and Musk.
Trump's latest attack on the judiciary and Judge Dugan is about one thing—unchecked power.
The massive income and wealth inequality in America today is not only morally unjust, it is profoundly damaging to our democracy.
Since 1975, nearly $80 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
The tide is turning, with brave judges, educators, lawyers, courageous fired government whistleblowers, and countless others in every occupation stepping up.





