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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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Feb 12, 2025

Today, Mr. Musk is worth $402 billion. (Mark) Zuckerberg is worth $252 billion. (Jeff) Bezos is worth $249 billion. With combined wealth of over $900 billion, these three people, three people, are more wealthy than the bottom half of…

newsweek.com
Feb 12, 2025

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

commondreams.org
Feb 12, 2025

We need to make sure that effective and well-resourced lawsuits are brought to stop the illegal power plays.

thenation.com
Feb 12, 2025

The problems this country faces right now are extremely serious. The economy is rigged. Our campaign finance system is corrupt, and we are struggling to control climate change...

newsweek.com
Feb 12, 2025

The oligarch's nightmare is that we will not allow ourselves to be divided up by race, religion, sexual orientation or religion and will together have the courage to take them on.

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Feb 12, 2025

We need to focus on the most fundamental harms—and ignore the freak show that Trump is putting on.

thenation.com
Feb 12, 2025

That is a very troubling response because the studies are there. Your job is to have looked at those studies as an applicant for this job.

truthout.org
Feb 11, 2025

we are living in an extremely dangerous time. Future generations will look back at this moment--what we do right now--and remember whether we had the courage to defend our democracy against the growing threats of oligarchy and…

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Feb 9, 2025

Elon Musk, the richest guy in the world, is going after USAID, which feeds the poorest people in the world. Next, he’ll go after the programs that impact you: Medicaid, Medicare, community health centers, Pell Grants, affordable housing…

thenation.com
Feb 7, 2025

Longer term, obviously, we have to do what the Democratic Party has not done—and become the party of the working class, develop a strong grassroots movement, with labor unions, with young people, with people of color—and organize and fight…

commondreams.org
Feb 7, 2025

The progressive agenda, and I say this over and over again, is the people's agenda. It is wildly popular.

commondreams.org
Feb 7, 2025

When Trump fires the most pro-union General Counsel in the history of the NLRB and illegally removes a member of this independent board, he is not a champion of the working class.

commondreams.org
Feb 7, 2025

When Trump campaigned for president, he claimed he was on the side of the working class. But that’s not what he’s delivering.

commondreams.org
Feb 7, 2025

If you see these guys doing something—like wanting to give huge tax breaks to billionaires while they cut Medicare; or they want to go 'Drill, baby, drill' while we happen to be facing an existential threat of climate change; if they want…

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Feb 6, 2025

The Palestinian people have suffered unbelievably. >45,000 killed. >100,000 injured. Healthcare, educational system, housing—all destroyed.

newsweek.com
Feb 6, 2025

Last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to enact a 32-hour workweek on a national scale.

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Feb 5, 2025

Over the course of two weeks, the Trump Administration issued sweeping executive orders and sought to broadly and illegally freeze federal financial assistance.

commondreams.org
Feb 5, 2025

Congress created the department to ensure all students in America have equal access to a high-quality education and that their civil rights are protected no matter their ZIP code.

commondreams.org
Feb 5, 2025

Over the course of two weeks, the Trump administration issued sweeping executive orders and sought to broadly and illegally freeze federal financial assistance.

commondreams.org
Feb 5, 2025

We will not stand by and allow this to happen to the nation’s students, parents, borrowers, educators, and communities.

commondreams.org
Feb 5, 2025

The president wants to shut down USAID? He can have one of his Republican friends introduce legislation to do that, and it will be debated.

cnn.com
Feb 4, 2025

We're moving toward oligarchy. We're moving toward authoritarianism.

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Feb 4, 2025

You cannot withhold US funds that were appropriated for Medicaid, for community health centers, for Head Start.

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Feb 4, 2025

I think the overwhelming majority of Americans want a strong, efficient, independent civil service. We can make improvements. I am not here to tell you that we don't have a bureaucracy, that we don't have waste. We do, we've got to work on…

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Feb 4, 2025

You cannot go into an agency like USAID and essentially fire everybody and get rid of that agency.

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