Sen. Bernie Sanders

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Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, longest-serving independent in congressional history.

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We cannot allow billionaires to determine the outcome of our elections. Citizens United has got to go. It's time for public funding of elections.

Maybe, just maybe, working people deserve to be able to afford a damn hamburger.

I don't care if you're in rural Wyoming, or New York City. You can't make it on $12 bucks an hour. It's time to raise the minimum wage.

Trump is putting the planet and future generations at risk for the short-term profits of his fossil fuel executive friends.

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I spoke to Anthropic’s AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights. What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop &amp; deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.

If you give a politician $5 to influence a vote, it’s bribery. If billionaires spend $50 million to influence an election, it’s legal. That is what a corrupt campaign finance system looks like.

Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela? 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable. Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.

Tonight was a very bad night.

In America today, we rank 34th out of 35 countries in childhood poverty and millions of children are food insecure. Maybe, just maybe, my Republican colleagues would consider holding a single hearing about how we improve the lives of American kids.

Elon Musk has been backing neo-Nazi parties around the world, interfering in elections and using his massive platform to attack anyone who doesn’t share his extreme right-wing views.

I attended Trump’s inauguration yesterday. Here are my thoughts:

We are witnessing a very sad moment in American history. The President of the United States is aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy. Here are my thoughts:

Thanks to Trump and his “Big Beautiful Bill,” student loan payments will go up as much as $4,000 a year starting July 1st. While billionaires get massive tax breaks, working people will be defaulting on their debts. Unacceptable.

We need a moratorium on AI data centers NOW. Here’s why.

Will AI become smarter than humans? If so, is humanity in danger? I went to Silicon Valley to ask some of the leading AI experts that question. Here’s what they had to say:

I like the slogan "Make America Healthy Again." I agree with that effort. But when I asked Robert F. Kennedy if health care is a human right, he couldn't give me an answer:

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST STAND FIRM. We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.

RFK's Children's Health Defense is making money selling a child's onesie with the phrases "No Vax, No Problem" and "Unvaxxed, Unafraid" to parents for $26. Now that RFK is "pro-vaccine", will he ask his organization to stop selling these vehemently anti-vaccine products?

Every day, millions of Americans wake up wondering how they'll pay the rent, afford groceries, fill up the gas tank or cover a medical bill. Meanwhile, the people on top are doing better than ever. My message to the ruling class is simple: You cannot have it all.

Hello, Elon Musk! Just a couple of questions for you:

According to a recent poll, 63% of Americans support a one-year moratorium on new AI data centers—including majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans. The American people want AI to work for them, not just the oligarchs.

This week, my amendment to ban billionaire-funded super PACs received unanimous support from my Democratic colleagues. The momentum is growing. It’s time to repeal Citizens United, ban super PACs and move to the public funding of elections NOW.

When it comes to AI, we’ve heard this story before. We’ve heard the ruling class come forward and say, “Unfettered free trade. What a great thing it’s going to be for the American worker.” They lied.

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.