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.

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Here’s a radical idea: Let’s not let Big Tech Oligarchs replace the human race.

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.

It is not complicated. Artificial intelligence must be used to benefit all of humanity, not make a handful of multi-billionaires even richer.

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%.

Let me be very clear: opposing the genocide in Gaza is not antisemitism.

Going to the doctor? Flock knows. Dropping your kid off at school? Flock is tracking you. Big Tech oligarchs are funding over 100,000 AI–powered Flock surveillance cameras to track Americans’ every move. Ban Flock NOW.

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.

Tens of thousands of Americans die every year because they cannot afford to go to the doctor. Unacceptable. I asked Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton if she believes healthcare is a human right. Her answer was not surprising.

If the leaders of the major AI companies admit that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology, it is time for an immediate PAUSE on advanced AI development and a permanent BAN on superintelligence.

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.

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.

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

Tonight was a very bad night.

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:

Instead of spending billions more on horrific weapons of destruction, governments must come together to protect working families and the planet. We must end Trump’s war in Iran, U.S. military aid to Netanyahu, Putin’s war in Ukraine and the UAE’s support for the RSF in Sudan.

Should Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, pay the same amount of taxes into Social Security as a fireman or nurse? Of course not. The answer isn't complicated. Let's lift the cap and make the wealthiest people in America pay their fair share to strengthen Social Security.

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:

My message to the AI CEO’s: If you truly care about the future of humanity, stop pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into super PACs to defeat Members of Congress and candidates who are fighting for serious guardrails on AI.

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

We recently learned of the loss of human control and the creation of potentially dangerous viruses from AI. AI leaders pledged to pause development if they could no longer safely control it. Mr. Altman, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Zuckerberg: Keep your word. PAUSE AI DEVELOPMENT.

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%.