Remdesivir costs less than $10 to manufacture. @GileadSciences is charging $3,100 for it.
Taxpayers spent $70 million to develop this drug. Coronavirus has killed 130,000 Americans. It's time to take control of this patent and provide remdesivir to all who need it.
Bernie on the Senate floor today:
- Legalize marijuana
- Ban military equipment for police
- end qualified immunity
- Create civilian corps of unarmed first responders
- Expand Medicare to all
- Mail high-quality masks to all
-⬆️minimum wage to $15/hr
- Save the Postal Service
Every time I see this photo now, I think how the universe timed it perfectly for America to have a POTUS who himself was a protestor that got arrested in his youth fighting for racial justice similar to the mass numbers of young people protesting in present time. I keep smh.
We need real police department reform. Every police officer involved in a killing must be held accountable, and those found guilty must be punished with the full force of the law. Every killing of a person held in police custody must be investigated by the Department of Justice.
Having met with so many families brutalized by police violence, it's clear we cannot wait any longer to act forcefully and boldly to root out the cancer of systemic racism and police violence against people of color. This must end.
In Denmark, McDonald's workers get $22 an hour, 6 weeks of paid vacation, 1 year of paid family leave, and pensions.
In America, McDonald's workers make $9 an hour, get no benefits, and have to go on strike to get hand sanitizer during a pandemic. Enough. https://t.co/teMFX8Wc2A
Instead of subsidizing COBRA — which would be a massive giveaway to the health insurance industry — Medicare must be empowered to pay all of the health care bills of the uninsured and under-insured until this crisis is over.
Today, we launch a movement:
A movement for all who are exploited and oppressed.
A movement to unite progressives across borders.
A movement to take back our world.
Thousands have already joined us. Will you?
https://t.co/4KFoVzQx2P
We believe Biden’s anti-Chinese xenophobic messaging & the allegations of sexual assault against him exemplify how corporate Democrats allow the advance of far-right politics, white supremacy, misogyny, and capitalism. 2/5