Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

September 8, 2024 at 10:40 PM

2012 vs. 2024 Democratic Party Platforms

Oh how times have changed since our first presidential campaign. Friends - As progressives we fully understand that taking on Big Money interests, the corporate media, and the political establishment is not easy. These Oligarchs will stop at nothing in order to preserve the economic and politi…

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September 2, 2024 at 1:59 PM

As we celebrate Labor Day, 2024, there is some very good news.

Public approval of labor unions, at 70%, is higher today than it has been in decades. Friends - As we celebrate Labor Day, 2024, there is some very good news. Public approval of labor unions, at 70%, is higher today than it has been in decades. Over the last year major unions like the UAW have…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

August 27, 2024 at 5:58 PM

No, Kamala Harris is not more progressive than I am

Friends - Listen to Donald Trump, turn on Fox News, or follow any Republican on social media and you will hear or see the constant claim that Kamala Harris is more "radical" and more "far left" than Bernie Sanders. No. Let me simply say, for better or for worse, Kamala Harris is not more progr…

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August 21, 2024 at 3:26 PM

My remarks at the Democratic National Convention

Friends, Last night, I addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago about the need to confront corporate greed. I talked about where we have been and some of the successes of the Biden-Harris Administration; I talked about the importance of electing Kamala Harris and defeating Dona…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

August 15, 2024 at 6:56 PM

This is not a normal election

We must do everything we can to see that Donald Trump is defeated Dear Friends, As I’m sure you are aware, this is not a normal election. It is not a normal election when we are running against someone who is a pathological liar. It is not a normal election when we are running against someone…

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August 5, 2024 at 10:20 PM

I don’t usually say that candidates should pay attention to the polls. But, in this instance, Democrats should do just that.

Our campaign recently conducted a poll which found, not surprisingly, that in the midst of massive income and wealth inequality... Dear Friend, For too many politicians and corporate media pundits, politics is a "game." They talk about everything except the most important issues facing the worki…

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August 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM

It is hard to believe what is happening in Gaza

Dear Friends, These are crazy and fast-moving political times. Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race, Kamala Harris is the Democratic candidate, there was an awful assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, and a weird Republican Convention. But with all of that …

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July 28, 2024 at 10:20 PM

Cori Bush

Cori Bush is an activist, nurse, pastor, and community leader who is redefining what it means to be a member of Congress. Friends - Cori Bush is an activist, nurse, pastor, and community leader who is redefining what it means to be a member of Congress. She has lived the struggles regular, every…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 25, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Kamala Harris will be the Democratic nominee for president. Can she defeat Donald Trump? Absolutely.

As the Chinese saying goes: "may you live in interesting times." Well, these are interesting times — and complicated times. Dear Friends, As the Chinese saying goes: "may you live in interesting times." Well, these are interesting times — and complicated times. Stay with me for a minute. First,…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM

I do not often find myself in the habit of thanking Elon Musk

Friends - In the midst of the assassination attempt on Trump, the Republican Convention, Democrats continuing to try to take Biden off the ticket, and record-breaking heatwaves around the country, let me highlight one development which has not gotten the attention that it deserves. Yesterday, …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM

Why I will do all I can to elect Joe Biden

Dear Friends, In his speech in Detroit last night, President Biden laid out an agenda for the first 100 days of his second term. Among other initiatives it included: Restoring Roe v. Wade Signing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act Expanding Social Security and Medicare Ending all medical debt Ra…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 5, 2024 at 8:20 PM

I do not posses a crystal ball, and have no brilliant political insights as to what the campaign might look like over the next few days or weeks

Friends, Yes. These are extremely difficult and painful times. People are demoralized. The presidential debate last Thursday was a disaster. Trump lied, lied, and lied. Biden did very poorly in defending his record, or exposing Trump for the fraud that he is. Further, he did not bring forth a …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 3, 2024 at 11:19 PM

I do not posses a crystal ball, and I have no brilliant political insights as to what the campaign might look like over the next few days or weeks

Friends, Yes. These are extremely difficult and painful times. People are demoralized. The presidential debate last Thursday was a disaster. Trump lied, lied, and lied. Biden did very poorly in defending his record, or exposing Trump for the fraud that he is. Further, he did not bring forth a …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 2, 2024 at 6:03 PM

Joe Biden and I wrote an op-ed in USA Today on prescription drugs

President Biden and I have been working together on this issue and we've made some progress. Friends - Ask most Americans — Democrats, Republicans, Independents, progressives, conservatives — they will agree: We are getting ripped off, big time, by the pharmaceutical industry. In the midst of …

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June 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM

I’ve been on the road

This campaign is not about a clash of ideas. It is a clash over the future of American politics and our very way of life. Friend, I’ve been on the road. On Thursday night, I was in Parma, Ohio for a rally with hundreds of workers to raise the minimum wage. I joined One Fair Wage, an outstanding …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 19, 2024 at 6:09 PM

OK, so it’s hot

As you read this, significant parts of the country are in the midst of the longest heat wave they've seen in decades, according to the National Weather Service. Friends, Please look around. As you read this, significant parts of the country are in the midst of the longest heat wave they've seen …

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  Bernard Sanders · [email protected]

June 17, 2024 at 2:02 PM

It's Bernie Sanders. I am writing to ask you to make a $27 contribution (or whatever you can afford) and I'll send you my new book "It's OK to be Angry About Capitalism." It is a very good book. - Bernie

Make a donation of $27 — or whatever you can afford today — and we will get you a copy of my latest book, It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism. Friends — I’ve recently written a best-selling book entitled, "It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism." It has just been re-published in paperback. It’s …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 6, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Asking you to contribute $27 to Jamaal Bowman.

This campaign is of an enormous national significance. Friends - Jamaal Bowman, the progressive Democratic congressman from the 16th District in New York is running for reelection. And his campaign is of an enormous national significance. Yes. Congressman Bowman and his primary opponent, George…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

May 31, 2024 at 8:06 PM

Yes. Yes. Yes.

This is a very serious issue. Friends - Yes. These are crazy times. I don't need to tell you about the outcome of Donald Trump's criminal trial that is dominating the discussion right now. Yes, Donald Trump denied his election defeat, peddled conspiracy theories, and converted the Republican P…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

May 24, 2024 at 7:23 PM

AOC + Ilhan Omar

I wanted to break through a lot of the irrelevant discussion that is taking place regarding politics and the economy in America today, and force real discussion about real issues. Friends - As some of you know, I’ve recently written a New York Times best-selling book entitled, "It’s OK To Be Ang…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM

The consequences if we fail are unthinkable.

During this pivotal moment, we must do what Americans have always done when change is needed: we must stand together, organize and fight for the country we know we can become. Friends - I've written an op-ed in the Guardian today to address the many crises we currently face and where we go from …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

May 6, 2024 at 8:17 PM

I’ve decided to run for re-election this year

It is my intention to run a strong grassroots campaign... Friends - I have some important news to share, and I wanted you to hear it first and directly from me: Today, I am announcing my intention to run for re-election to the United States Senate this November. Here's why: Let me start by tel…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

May 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM

Asking for your financial support for two progressive candidates AIPAC is spending money to defeat. Please read and help. - Bernie

I’d like to introduce you to two candidates who need our help as they fight to become members of Congress. Dear friend - In these very tough political times I hope we all remember, and take pride in, the extraordinary progress we’ve made in electing a record-breaking number of progressives to th…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

April 28, 2024 at 10:40 PM

The threat to progressive candidates is very real

Almost 30 years ago I and a few other House members started the chamber's "Progressive Caucus." Sisters and Brothers - Here is the good news – very good news. Today, the US House of Representatives has a stronger progressive presence than at any time in modern American history. The Congressiona…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

April 24, 2024 at 3:32 PM

It is not enough. Not even close.

One out of four Americans cannot afford to purchase the prescriptions their doctors write and some die as a result. Friends - There is a lot of discussion about how "divided" our nation is and, on many issues, that is absolutely true. But if you ask most Americans — Democrats, Republicans, inde…

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April 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM

It's Primary Day in Pennsylvania! Can Nikil Saval count on your support?

It's Primary Day in Pennsylvania! The polls are officially open and ballots are being cast as we speak, which is why we're reaching out to Bernie supporters across the 1st State Senate District to make sure Nikil Saval can count on your vote today. Can you use this link to find your polling lo…

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  Bernard Sanders · [email protected]

April 16, 2024 at 6:25 PM

It's Bernie Sanders. I am writing to ask you to make a $27 contribution (or whatever you can afford) and I'll send you my new book "It's OK to be Angry About Capitalism." It is a good book. - Bernie

Make a donation of $27 — or whatever you can afford today — and we will get you a copy of my latest book, It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism. Friends — I’ve recently written a best-selling book entitled, "It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism." It has just been re-published in paperback. It’s …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

April 11, 2024 at 11:16 PM

It’s difficult to comprehend the severity of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

At this moment, Palestinian children are dying from malnutrition and hundreds of thousands of people are struggling to survive from day to day No more US complicity with Netanyahu’s war machine in GazaIsrael has the right to respond to Hamas. It does not have the right to go to war against the …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

April 6, 2024 at 3:09 PM

What are we as progressives to do in this election?

If you believe in democracy, if you believe in science, if you believe in justice and workers' rights, let me be very clear: Friends - If you believe in democracy, if you believe in science, if you believe in justice and workers' rights, let me be very clear: The next several months will be the …

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April 4, 2024 at 10:41 PM

I am writing to let you know that I recently launched a new podcast. - Bernie

I hope you'll take the time to watch, save for later, and share with your friends. Friends - I am writing to let you know that I recently launched a new podcast. In the first few episodes, John Nichols and I discuss my recent book, "It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism" — which, if I must say s…

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March 26, 2024 at 6:58 PM

AIPAC

You know it. I know it. The current American political system is corrupt. Friends - You know it. I know it. The current American political system is corrupt. You get to cast one vote. Billionaires get to spend hundreds of millions supporting or defeating candidates of their choice. That’s not de…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

March 20, 2024 at 1:56 PM

It's time for a 32-hour workweek

Although it is rarely discussed in the media, the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation to establish a 30-hour workweek in 1933 Friends - The American people are overworked and stressed out. While technology has greatly increased worker-productivity, Americans continue to work some of the lon…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

March 13, 2024 at 7:26 PM

If you can, please contribute $27 (or whatever you can afford) to support my work mobilizing progressives to defeat Donald Trump and to elect other progressive members of Congress this November.

If you believe in democracy, if you believe in science, if you believe in justice and workers' rights, let me be very clear: The next several months will be the most important in modern American history. Friends - If you believe in democracy, if you believe in science, if you believe in justice …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

March 6, 2024 at 11:26 PM

The question we now face is a simple one.

Last night, Donald Trump swept through the Republican Super Tuesday presidential primaries (with the exception of Vermont) Friends - Last night, Donald Trump swept through the Republican Super Tuesday presidential primaries (with the exception of Vermont). His one major opponent has dropped out,…

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February 29, 2024 at 7:29 PM

I know I know... here goes Bernie again about Citizens United

Campaign finance reform is the most important issue facing us today... Friends - There are two ominous national trends which we, as Progressives, must be aware of - and fight. And those are the movements in our country toward authoritarianism and oligarchy. The Republican Party today is not only…

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February 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM

War profiteering

America’s national priorities are badly misplaced. Friends - Please read my op-ed in The Atlantic about the need for Congress to reinstate the Truman Committee on war profiteering so that we can end corporate greed in the defense industry. No one denies that we need a strong military. But, like …

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February 15, 2024 at 4:33 PM

Never let anyone tell you this is a radical idea

Friends - Our nation, and indeed our planet, are at a critical juncture, and it is imperative that we recognize what we are up against and what we must do to move our politics toward justice and human decency. And we can start by acknowledging that young people in America in particular have bee…

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February 13, 2024 at 10:46 PM

A speech I just gave on Gaza

Right now – today – in Gaza, we are witnessing one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. It is unfolding before our very eyes, and we must not turn away from that reality. Dear Friends, This morning, at 5am, the Senate voted to pass a $95 billion dollar foreign aid bill. I voted…

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February 10, 2024 at 2:18 PM

As the father of four and the grandfather of seven, I very much wish that I did not have to say this.

We cannot go far enough or be too aggressive on climate change Friends - Yes. These are crazy times. Trump will be the Republican nominee for president and is leading in most polls. Earlier this week, I held a hearing with major drug company CEOs that showed, as part of our dysfunctional healt…

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February 1, 2024 at 8:16 PM

I'm writing today to ask you to please read my latest op-ed on our broken health care system and the outrageous price of prescription drugs in this country. This is important. Thanks. - B

Friends - The truth is, if you ask most Americans – Democrats, Republicans, independents, progressives, conservatives – they will agree: we are getting ripped off, big time, by the pharmaceutical industry. Please read my latest op-ed in on the issue below: OPINION · Published January 31, 2024…

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January 30, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Medicare for All

Friends - I understand that there is a lot that is going on in this world today. The situation in Israel and Gaza is horrific and brutal. Russia's outrageous invasion of Ukraine continues. Here at home we are looking at the very real possibility that Donald Trump — the worst president in Americ…

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January 27, 2024 at 1:10 PM

The U.S. Must Act to End the Gaza Disaster

Friends - Please read my latest piece in the Guardian, "The U.S. Must Act to End the Gaza Disaster." In solidarity, Bernie Many of us are watching with horror the severe humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. Unfortunately, too many of my colleagues in the House and Senate are choosing t…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 21, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Your responses to "Where do you think things stand politically today?"

We recently sent out an email asking a few important questions. Where do you think things stand politically today? Friends - We recently sent out an email asking a few important questions. Where do you think things stand politically today? What kind of campaign has to be run in order to generate…

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January 16, 2024 at 7:58 PM

So, what do we do?

There is an enormous amount of important work to be done. Let’s go forward together and do it. Friends - Last night, Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus, putting the most dangerous president in American history one step closer to returning to the White House. Now, I don't have to tell you what this…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM

How do you think things are going?

Friends - Let’s take a deep breath and try to understand what’s going on in American politics. Over the past ten years, an increasingly reactionary Republican Party has become the party of the working class in this country. Polls have shown that since 2010 there has been a significant increase …

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January 6, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Our democracy is under attack

Three years ago today, a violent mob stormed the United States Capitol with the hope of overturning the results of the presidential election. The images Americans saw that day made visibly clear what many of us have realized for a long time: Friends - Three years ago today, a violent mob stormed…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 4, 2024 at 4:35 PM

The horrific war taking place in Gaza

Dear Friends, As Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee it goes without saying that I spend most of my time focusing on domestic issues. How do we improve our dysfunctional health care system and lower the cost of prescription drugs? How do we make childcare and…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 30, 2023 at 3:15 PM

2024

Dear Friends - Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a safe and healthy new year. It goes without saying that the past year was filled with extremely difficult and trying times for our country, and for the entire planet. The situation in Israel and Gaza is horrific and …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 27, 2023 at 5:13 PM

My hero of 2023 is the trade union movement

Friends - This has been a very tough year for our country and the world. We can’t escape the brutal realities of massive income and wealth inequality, climate change, Gaza, homelessness, and the threats to American democracy – and more. But, in the midst of all that, there is some very good new…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 21, 2023 at 11:06 PM

No. We cannot allow right-wing politicians to decide whether women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies.

Dear friends - The Dobbs Supreme Court decision last year which overturned Roe v. Wade was a major blow against human freedom and women’s rights – and a giant step forward for reactionary politics and sexism. We are now seeing how that decision plays out in the real world. In Texas, a woman na…

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