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Bernie Sanders

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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.

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Apr 26, 2025

I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are. I think they understand very well.

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Apr 26, 2025

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.'

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Apr 24, 2025

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.

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Apr 24, 2025

The enthusiasm for his and Ocasio-Cortez's message is 'scaring the hell out of' Trump and Musk.

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Apr 24, 2025

It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party who believe in the Constitution to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.

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Apr 24, 2025

Trump's latest attack on the judiciary and Judge Dugan is about one thing—unchecked power.

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Apr 24, 2025

Trump continues to demonstrate that he does not believe in the Constitution, the separation of powers, or the rule of law.

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Apr 24, 2025

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.

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Apr 22, 2025

The massive income and wealth inequality in America today is not only morally unjust, it is profoundly damaging to our democracy.

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Apr 22, 2025

Since 1975, nearly $80 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.

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Apr 18, 2025

The tide is turning, with brave judges, educators, lawyers, courageous fired government whistleblowers, and countless others in every occupation stepping up.

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Apr 17, 2025

We urge you to reinstate the LIHEAP staffers that were laid off.

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Apr 16, 2025

This week, the American people turned out in enormous numbers. And their message was clear. They do not want oligarchy. They do not want authoritarianism. They are tired of massive income and wealth inequality and the greed of the…

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Apr 15, 2025

I’m here because Clairo has used her prominence to fight for women’s rights, to try to end the terrible, brutal war in Gaza, where thousands of women and children are being killed.

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Apr 15, 2025

We need you to stand up to the insurance companies and the drug companies and understand that healthcare is a human right.

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Apr 15, 2025

We have an economy today that is working very well for the billionaire class, but not for working families.

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Apr 15, 2025

He thinks that climate change is a hoax. He is dangerously wrong. And you and I are going to have to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and tell them to stop destroying this planet.

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Apr 15, 2025

We need you to fight for justice, to fight for economic justice, social justice, and racial justice.

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Apr 15, 2025

This country faces some very difficult challenges. And the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation.

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Apr 15, 2025

Your presence here today is making Donald Trump and Elon Musk very nervous.

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Apr 15, 2025

That is what this struggle is about! One hundred fifty years later, it’s the same struggle.… We believe in a government of the people, by the people, for the people—not a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for…

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Apr 15, 2025

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.

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Apr 14, 2025

But from the bottom of my heart—and I've been to every state in this country; I don't care whether you're Republican, Democrat, or Independent—the people of this country do not want oligarchy, they do not want authoritarianism, and they…

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