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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.

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  1. 1 hour ago

    For three decades, I have been advocating for tuition-free college. If you are new to this effort, we welcome you to the fight for justice.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    . is right. We must stand with the people of Puerto Rico in this decisive moment, and make sure their will is not trampled upon by an unelected board making cuts to education and health care.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Our broken criminal justice system targets poor people and minorities disproportionately with the death penalty, including those who are innocent. The government should not be in the business of killing people. We must abolish capital punishment.

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  4. 8 hours ago

    Nobody should be "drowning," worrying about becoming homeless, because of crushing student debt in the United States of America. It is time to tax Wall Street to fund student debt cancellation and tuition-free public colleges for all.

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  5. 9 hours ago

    The president’s veto enables the sale of $8.1 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia's brutal dictators. It will deepen and prolong the world's worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen. It infringes on Congress' authority over matters of war. What a disgrace.

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  6. 19 hours ago

    Esta persona debe ayudar a la isla a recuperarse luego de décadas de devastación económica y del huracán María, que arrasó la isla hace casi dos años. Sin demora, garantizaremos el apoyo total del gobierno federal en la reconstrucción y recuperación de Puerto Rico.

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  7. 19 hours ago

    Felicito a los milliones de boricuas que se unieron a exigir que el gobernador Rosselló renunciara. Cuando nos unimos, no hay nada que no podemos lograr. La próxima persona que gobierne la isla debe escuchar a la gente y oponerse a la corrupción y la austeridad de Wall Street.

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  8. 19 hours ago

    His successor must stand against corruption and Wall Street-imposed austerity to help the island recover from decades of economic devastation and Hurricane Maria. Together, we will ensure the full support of the federal government in the rebuilding and recovery of Puerto Rico.

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  9. 19 hours ago

    I congratulate the millions of people in Puerto Rico who came together to demand the resignation of Governor Rosselló. When we stand together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

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    BREAKING: It is official. will resign effective August 2. Protesters light fireworks, erupt in euphoric cheer. Here is the moment they find out their cries, fraught as they are, have been heard. That Ricky has resigned.
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  10. 24 hours ago

    Why is it that year after year, our people are living shorter lives while we spend more and more on health care? Pharmaceutical profits are a big part of the story. If we want to solve the opioid crisis, their greed and criminality must come to an end.

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  11. Jul 24

    Trump is a scam artist and a demagogue. He is using racism to divide working people and distract from his loyalty to billionaires and huge corporations. It won't work. The American people will come together and defeat this strategy of fomenting hate.

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  12. Jul 24

    Trump proposed $87 billion in cuts to infrastructure over the next 10 years in his budget. How is it, Mr. President, that a nation can thrive when its infrastructure is crumbling?

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  13. Jul 23

    This proposal belongs in the trash, . No one should go hungry in the United States of America.

    JUST IN: Proposed rule from Trump administration would cut food stamps for 3 million people
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    Jul 23

    America Speaks Out: Stop Trump’s Cruel Treatment of Children at the Border Senate Democrats are hearing testimony from medical & legal experts who have witnessed the terrible conditions at the border firsthand.

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  15. Jul 23

    If we could bail out Wall Street and give $1.5 trillion in tax breaks to private corporations, we damn well can cancel all student debt in this country—no exceptions.

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  16. Jul 23

    Here's our plan to make all public colleges, trade schools and universities tuition free, and eliminate all student debt while making Wall Street speculators pay for every penny of it:

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  17. Retweeted
    Jul 18

    Black college graduates from 4 year schools take on $7,400 more in loans than white students. By cancelling student debt, we could help close the wealth gap between black and white graduates.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 23

    We must protect the enthusiasm, innovation, creativity and potential of our next generation!

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    Teachers are facing outrageous levels of student debt. It is time to cancel student debt for all and make public universities and colleges tuition-free. , and I are incredibly proud to have the support of and in this effort.
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  19. Jul 23

    Teachers are facing outrageous levels of student debt. It is time to cancel student debt for all and make public universities and colleges tuition-free. , and I are incredibly proud to have the support of and in this effort.

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  20. Jul 22

    Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico are demonstrating against corruption, Wall Street-imposed austerity, and decades of economic devastation. We stand with them: Governor Rossello must resign. Puerto Rico needs new leadership and a new direction.

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    Wow. Puerto Rico. You don’t get this perspective from the ground. They are Loud. Determined. United.
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