Sen. Bernie Sanders

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

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

It's absolutely unacceptable that Prime Healthcare chose to illegally fire 6 pro-union nurses in Chicago instead of working with them to improve the health and safety of patients at St. Mary of Nazareth.

I say to Prime Healthcare: End your union busting. Reinstate these nurses.

[National Nurses United @NationalNurses]

Chicago nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth are rallying today.

@_PrimeHealth: We won’t be intimidated by your anti-union crackdowns. We’re demanding you reinstate the nurses you illegally fired. We won’t stop fighting to improve working conditions and patient care! ✊

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

In tiny Albania, over a hundred thousand people have been in the streets against an environmentally disastrous luxury resort planned by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his Qatari billionaire partners.

This is what global oligarchy looks like — and the people are saying NO.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

In the richest country on earth, 20% of our seniors should not be forced to live on $15,000 a year or less.

We must lift the cap on taxable income, increase Social Security benefits, and strengthen Social Security's solvency for generations to come.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Is Congress doing anything to help the millions of workers who could lose their jobs to AI and robotics? No.

They're intimidated by the hundreds of millions the AI industry is pouring into super PACs.

We must ban super PACs and crack down on corruption.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Netanyahu knows Americans are sick of funding Israel’s wars. So now he’s working with Congress to hide military aid inside Pentagon co-production deals.

That means MORE U.S. tax dollars for Israel, with even LESS oversight.

Not gonna happen!

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

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.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Trump promised not to “touch” Medicaid.

Now he is cutting it by $1 trillion and taking health care away from patients with cancer, AIDS and other life-threatening diseases to pay for tax breaks to the top 1% and his wealthy campaign contributors.

Unimaginable cruelty.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

AI oligarchs have stolen the creative work of millions of people — writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary citizens.

It’s time for us to reclaim it.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Noah Wyle is right: We need Medicare for All.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

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.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive, gutted USAID, which supports some of the poorest people in the world.

Now there's an Ebola outbreak in the Congo, which USAID could have helped prevent or slow.

When you dismantle the systems that stop deadly diseases, people needlessly die.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Artificial Intelligence is built on the creative work of millions of writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary people. That work has been stolen by Big Tech oligarchs.

Now's the time to reclaim it and ensure AI works for ALL, not just the few.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Trump believes climate change is a “hoax,” and he and his Big Oil friends want more fossil fuel and carbon emissions.

Meanwhile, the planet is warming at dangerous levels and Europe is facing a record-breaking heatwave.

We must break our fossil fuel addiction & save the planet.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

I'll be introducing the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, a bill giving the public a direct stake to determine AI's future.

When a public resource generates wealth, the public should share in that wealth. https://t.co/pqlQyEKDKT

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

For the last 57 years, 60 Minutes has displayed some of the most courageous investigative journalism on the air.

Now, with Trump’s billionaire crony David Ellison owning CBS, that tradition is being destroyed.

This is what happens with increased oligarch control over the media.

[Variety @Variety]

#60Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley lashed out at the program’s new executive producer Nick Bolton during a Monday meeting, accusing him of “murdering ‘60 Minutes’” and having “slender qualifications for this job.”

CBS News hopes to keep Pelley and the remaining correspondents on the show, according to a person familiar with CBS News, despite these conflicts.

https://t.co/UPn6t84SG3

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Read the full op-ed here: https://t.co/v8eTAFvKZS

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

AI is built on humanity’s collective knowledge.

The wealth it generates must benefit humanity — not just Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other AI oligarchs.

That’s why I’ll be introducing the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act — to give the public a direct ownership stake.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

We spend over $15,000 per capita on healthcare, twice that of other countries.

Yet 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured & 500,000 go bankrupt due to medical debt.

We must not make insurance & drug companies richer.

We must provide healthcare to ALL as a human right.