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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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December 15, 2023 at 6:17 PM

I read your responses. Here are some I'd like to share:

Friends - We recently sent out an email asking a simple question. Do you think life in America is better today than it was 50 years ago? The response was rather extraordinary. As of today we have received almost 10,000 written responses – almost all of them very thoughtful. 78% of respondents s…

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December 8, 2023 at 5:35 PM

Can you take a few minutes and tell me if you believe life for people like you is better or worse than it was 50 years ago? We're hoping for a lot of responses today. Thanks. - B

Dear Friends, Today in America, it will not surprise you to hear, the people at the top have never had it so good. The top 1% now own more wealth than the bottom 92% and the 50 wealthiest Americans own more wealth than the bottom half of American society — 165 million people. So yes, life has …

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December 1, 2023 at 4:52 PM

Change is coming. The question is: what kind of change will it be?

Friends - Change is coming to America. The question is whether it will be an authoritarian Trump type change, which thrives on hatred and divides us up based on the color of our skin, where we were born and our sexual orientation. Or, will that change bring us together around an agenda which pr…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

November 27, 2023 at 3:20 PM

there is a lot going around in the world right now.

it is critical we bring the world together NOW to address this existential threat. Friends - Everyone knows there is a lot going around in the world right now. The situation in Israel and Gaza is horrific and brutal. Russia's outrageous invasion of Ukraine continues. Authoritarianism is on the…

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November 22, 2023 at 3:25 PM

Justice for the Palestinians and Security for Israel

Friends - Please read my op-ed in today’s New York Times about addressing the conflict between Israel and Palestine in a way that brings justice for Palestinians and security for Israel. - Bernie Justice for Palestinians and Security for Israel By Bernie SandersNov. 22, 2023 There have bee…

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November 21, 2023 at 3:51 PM

The greed of the pharmaceutical industry is out of control

Friends - Today, all across the world, millions of people are suffering and dying simply because they cannot afford the medicine they need. The greed of the pharmaceutical industry is out of control. Too often pharmaceutical companies don't produce medicines for people in poor countries simply …

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November 19, 2023 at 6:54 PM

Gaza is a humanitarian disaster. No more aid to Israel without strong conditions.

The horrific war in the mid-east continues. Here is a statement I released yesterday with my thoughts about a constructive path forward. Friends - The horrific war in the mid-east continues. Here is a statement I released yesterday with my thoughts about a constructive path forward. Gaza is a hu…

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November 2, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Gaza needs a humanitarian pause. Then we need a vision of where we go from here.

Friends - The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is dire and getting worse by the minute. The US Congress must join many in the international community in demanding a humanitarian pause, now, so that sufficient supplies – food, water, medicine, fuel — can reach the people of Gaza. Please read my lates…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

October 30, 2023 at 5:22 PM

An EXTRAORDINARY victory

A victory that will resonate all across the economy Friends - At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, when real inflation accounted for wages for the average worker are lower today than they were 50 years ago, the UAW has won an extraordinary victory not only for their own members but…

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October 22, 2023 at 12:30 PM

If Democrats are serious about winning elections

If Democrats are serious about winning elections and addressing the major crises that we face… Friends - If Democrats are serious about winning elections and addressing the major crises that we face, they must embrace the working class of this country in a way which hasn’t been done in almost 60…

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October 19, 2023 at 10:04 PM

Gaza

I wish I could tell you that I had some magic solution, or five-point plan to resolve this never-ending crisis. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”- Mahatma Gandhi Friends - There have been five wars fought between Israel and its neighbors in the last fifteen years. Over…

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October 11, 2023 at 5:06 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's 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’s a good book. It’s an important book. It deal…

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October 6, 2023 at 6:17 PM

Kaiser

Friends - Today, in a number of states across the country, more than 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are out on strike as part of their fight for better staffing ratios, working conditions, pay and benefits. These workers are pharmacists, nurses, lab technicians, and other heal…

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September 26, 2023 at 4:06 PM

Sign my petition: It is time for the Senate to save lives by making primary health care more accessible and affordable in this country

Friends - Our current health care system is broken. Despite spending almost twice as much per capita as any other country, an unsustainable $13,000 per year, 85 million Americans are either uninsured or underinsured; over 60,000 die each year because they can’t get to a doctor when they need to…

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September 22, 2023 at 5:15 PM

United Auto Workers

Friends - There was once a time, decades ago, when union auto jobs were considered the gold standard for blue collar workers in this country. Sadly, that is no longer the case. There was once a time when this country had a strong middle class. Sadly, that is no longer the case. Today there are…

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September 12, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Morally grotesque and growing inequality

The UAW members will be fighting not only for themselves but against a corporate culture of arrogance, cruelty and selfishness causing massive and unnecessary pain for the majority of working families throughout the country. Friends - There has been a morally grotesque and growing inequality occ…

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September 4, 2023 at 5:41 PM

Labor Day (please read)

Needless to say, changes that benefit the working class of our country are not going to be easily handed over by the corporate elite. They have to be fought for - and won. Friends - In the history of this country, real, significant change has never happened from the top-down. It always happens …

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August 29, 2023 at 8:06 PM

How does the Republican Party have more support from the working class than Democrats?

The Republican Party, which wants more tax breaks for the rich and cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, opposes pro-union legislation, and denies the reality of climate change, now has more support from the working class of this country than Democrats. The Republican Party, which wan…

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August 25, 2023 at 6:14 PM

If you are feeling anxious, confused, or angry — you are not alone.

This Saturday, Bernie will be delivering a speech on "the Agenda Americans Need" at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. Please subscribe to his YouTube channel to be alerted when it begins. In this unprecedented moment in American history we, as progressives, are engaged in many struggles. W…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

August 21, 2023 at 5:04 PM

The U.S. and China must unite to fight the climate crisis, not each other

Cooperation is not only in the best interests of all countries, but is absolutely necessary for the survival of the planet Friends - The latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is very clear and it is very foreboding. If the entire planet, led by t…

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August 8, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Enclosed: my op-ed on climate change (please read)

While we organize for bold climate action, we must reach out to all Americans. Friends - Unless there is a major increase in global consciousness around climate change, the planet we will leave our kids and future generations will be increasingly unhealthy and uninhabitable. Arizona has had a re…

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July 31, 2023 at 7:14 PM

Climate Change >>

Whether we like it or not, we are all in this together. Look around: Over the last few days, nearly 2/3 of the population of the United States of America was living under either a flood warning, watch, or a heat advisory. Temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean are the highest ever recorded. Wildfir…

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July 24, 2023 at 3:11 PM

Writing today to ask you to read my latest op-ed in the Guardian on our nation's bloated $886 billion military budget, and to add your name to my petition opposing it. Thanks. - B

As a nation, the time is long overdue for fundamental changes to our national priorities Friends - Turn on the TV and you're sure to hear my colleagues express deep concern about the national debt. Taking on climate change? Can't afford it. Medicare for All? Too expensive. Tuition-free college? …

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July 19, 2023 at 9:38 PM

Where do we go from here?

To my mind, there is nothing more important than bringing working people together in the fight against corporate greed and oligarchy. Friends - Earlier this week, President Biden and I held a discussion in the White House on a very important topic – the state of the labor movement in our country…

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July 10, 2023 at 11:15 PM

RSVP to join me, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and our nation's leading environmentalists this Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. ET for an important livestream discussion on the climate crisis and where our movement goes from here. Thanks. - B

Join me this Wednesday, July 12 at 8:00 p.m. ET Friends - Every day and in every part of the world, we are seeing the devastating effect climate change is having on our planet. The truth is that if we are going to leave behind a planet that is healthy and habitable for our children and our gran…

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July 7, 2023 at 2:38 PM

I'm writing today to ask you to please read my op-ed in today's Guardian about the need for bold, immediate action to address climate change. This is important. Thanks. - B

If there is not bold, immediate action to address the climate crisis, the quality of life that we are leaving our kids is very much in question Friends - Please read my op-ed in today's Guardian about the need for bold, immediate action to address climate change. Because if we do not, the qualit…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 30, 2023 at 8:02 PM

Student debt forgiveness

If right-wing Supreme Court justices want to make public policy they should quit the Supreme Court and run for political office. Sisters and Brothers - Earlier today, the Supreme Court voted to overturn a Biden Administration program forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt per-person in this cou…

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June 27, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Enclosed: My latest op-ed for Fox News on the greed of the pharmaceutical companies

Please take a moment to read a recent op-ed that I wrote for Fox News. Friends - There is a lot of discussion in the media today about how "divided" our nation is. And in many cases, that is absolutely true. There is significant disagreement on issues like immigration, gay rights, abortion, and …

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June 21, 2023 at 2:43 PM

UE

Friends - Today in America, it will not surprise you to hear that the deck is stacked against working people trying to form a union. And as union popularity in this country climbs and more and more people try to form a union to improve their standard of living, they are facing fierce and illeg…

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June 16, 2023 at 4:01 PM

The top pharmaceutical companies made over $112 billion last year, while 1 in 4 Americans can't afford the drugs they need to stay healthy or alive. It is time to end the greed of the drug companies.

Sisters and Brothers - It may shock you to learn, but there was once a time when the inventors of life-saving drugs were not first obsessed with making huge sums of money, but were instead obsessed with making people well. Dr. Jonas Salk, who invented the vaccine for polio, could have chosen …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 13, 2023 at 3:02 PM

I'm writing today to ask you to read my latest op-ed in the Guardian and, if you can, to contribute toward our movement's efforts elevating the issues important to working people. It's very important that we're in this together. Thanks. - B

Friends - Today in America, 40 percent of parents report being either extremely or very worried that their child is struggling with anxiety or depression. And they are right to be worried. I hope you'll take a moment to read my op-ed in the Guardian about a major mental health crisis we are fac…

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