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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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Mar 26, 2025

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

commondreams.org
Mar 24, 2025

I think very few people who understand politics can deny that, by and large, for the last 30, 40 years, the Democratic Party has turned its back on the working class of this country.

motherjones.com
Mar 24, 2025

Trump helped me immensely in educating the American people to what oligarchy is.

motherjones.com
Mar 23, 2025

Tens of thousands of people are showing up for political rallies, and the midterms are still more than a year and a half away.

msnbc.com
Mar 23, 2025

We’re seeing a different kind of movement building right now, one that has had steady and sustained momentum.

msnbc.com
Mar 23, 2025

The Democratic party has not been the kind of party we need to represent the working class of this country in so many ways.

cbsnews.com
Mar 23, 2025

It's not Schumer… it's the Democratic party.

cbsnews.com
Mar 22, 2025

I am 83 years of age, and I'm tired.

usatoday.com
Mar 22, 2025

Right now, I'm Vermont's senator. That's what I do. And I'm very happy to do it.

usatoday.com
Mar 22, 2025

You want to do nonsense, do nonsense.

usatoday.com
Mar 22, 2025

Right now, we have, as I said, just a whole lot of people in the Congress.

usatoday.com
Mar 21, 2025

Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire. Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.

usatoday.com
Mar 21, 2025

The American people are saying loud and clear, we will not accept an oligarchic form of society.

commondreams.org
Mar 21, 2025

The American people will not allow Trump to move us into oligarchy and authoritarianism. We will fight back. We will win.

commondreams.org
Mar 20, 2025

They want to know if the people of America are going to stand up to Trumpism, oligarchy.

cbsnews.com
Mar 20, 2025

No, we will not accept the society of massive economic inequalities where the very rich are becoming much richer while working families across the country struggle to put food on the table.

nbcnews.com
Mar 20, 2025

We will not accept an authoritarian form of society with a president who undermines the Constitution every day and is working aggressively to take away our freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.

nbcnews.com
Mar 20, 2025

We have two very different Americas. In one of those Americas, the wealthiest people have never, ever, in the history of our country, had it so good.

nbcnews.com
Mar 20, 2025

We will not accept a society today in which we have massive income and wealth inequalities where the very rich have never done better and working families are struggling to put food on the table.

usatoday.com
Mar 19, 2025

Some experts and lawmakers including Sen. Bernie Sanders have predicted that Trump’s goal is to privatize Social Security.

slate.com
Mar 17, 2025

Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again. NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

truthout.org
Mar 15, 2025

We need to elect a U.S. House and a U.S. Senate that will prioritize the needs of the working people in this country.

commondreams.org
Mar 15, 2025

What I have found is that in these districts, and all across the country, Americans are saying loudly and clearly: NO to oligarchy, NO to authoritarianism, NO to kleptocracy, NO to massive cuts in programs that working people desperately…

commondreams.org
Mar 15, 2025

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

commondreams.org

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