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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 2, 2025

We spend far more per capita for health care than other nations. Yet, according to Gallup, 91 million Americans could not afford to pay for medical care if they needed it today.

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Apr 2, 2025

All of these systems have been linked to dozens of illegal airstrikes, including on designated humanitarian sites, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties.

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Apr 2, 2025

There is a name and a term for forcibly expelling people from where they live. It is called ethnic cleansing. It is illegal. It is a war crime.

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Apr 2, 2025

As bad as the last year and a half has been, at least Israel let some — some, not enough, but some aid through. But what is happening right now is unthinkable.

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Apr 2, 2025

Today, it is 31 days and counting with absolutely no humanitarian aid getting into Gaza. Nothing. No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel, for over a month.

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Apr 2, 2025

None of these systems are defensive, none of them are necessary to protect Israel from incoming drone or rocket attacks.

commondreams.org
Apr 2, 2025

It is American bombs and American military equipment being used to destroy Gaza, kill 50,000 people, injure over 110,000 people.

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Mar 31, 2025

President Trump and Elon Musk have suggested that 'millions and millions' of dead people receive Social Security checks. That is an outrageous lie designed to undermine Americans' faith in Social Security.

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Mar 31, 2025

There is a name for such a policy — ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.

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Mar 31, 2025

Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation's history.

commondreams.org
Mar 31, 2025

Instead of slashing Social Security's staff, closing down Social Security field offices, we should be making it easier, not harder, for seniors and people with disabilities to receive the Social Security benefits that they have earned and…

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Mar 30, 2025

Billionaires should not be controlling our government.

democracynow.org
Mar 30, 2025

We MUST overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.

commondreams.org
Mar 27, 2025

Today, the oligarchs and the billionaire class are getting richer and richer and have more and more power.

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Mar 27, 2025

This country belongs to all of us, not just the few. We must fight back.

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Mar 27, 2025

Blocking of humanitarian aid is a morally abhorrent and a clear violation of both the Geneva Convention and the Foreign Assistance Act.

truthout.org
Mar 27, 2025

Netanyahu has clearly violated U.S. and international law.

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Mar 27, 2025

There is a name for such a policy — ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.

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Mar 26, 2025

Netanyahu has clearly violated U.S. and international law in this brutal war, and we must end our complicity in the carnage.

commondreams.org
Mar 26, 2025

there is a name for such a policy—ethnic cleansing—and it's a war crime.

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Mar 26, 2025

Israel had a right to respond against Hamas. But Netanyahu’s extremist government has instead waged an all-out war against the entire Palestinian people.

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Mar 26, 2025

Blocking humanitarian aid is morally abhorrent and a clear violation of both the Geneva Convention and the Foreign Assistance Act.

commondreams.org
Mar 26, 2025

There is a name for such a policy — ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime.

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