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@janeosanders

Founder of Sanders Institute. Wife, mother, grandmother, public servant. I believe in civil discourse & bold progressive ideas & block hateful posts.

Burlington, VT
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Joined February 2016
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    12 hours ago

    Thank you so much for your support ! I am super grateful.

    I just gave to for Mayor of San Francisco! Join me and donate today.
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    Mar 2

    A junior at a local Boston high school wrote this poem. Regardless of how you feel about and gun reform, please take a minute to read it. This is how our children feel right now. This is what keeps them up at night.

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    Mar 4

    Serious vulnerabilities in our elections systems have been exposed. Even with stronger cybersecurity, the reality is these systems can be hacked. We must counter those vulnerabilities. Voter-verified paper ballot/paper back-ups are a commonsense way to hack-proof our elections.

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  4. Mar 3

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    Mar 1

    Thank you for co-sponsoring our War Powers Resolution on Yemen, and joining our effort to reassert Congressional authority in matters of war.

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    Mar 1

    Joy Lim: “I was not a woman of color until I came to the US.” Great panel at ’s forum

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  7. Mar 1

    Happy Birthday ! and I really enjoyed our visit with you & Pamela in NYC. Thank you for ALL you do to make a real difference in people's lives. Excited to continuing to work with you on future projects Today, allow us all to celebrate YOU!

    Happy Birthday to this amazing human ! Thank you for your inspiration & guidance & for being Founding Fellow!
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  8. Feb 28

    I & thank you ❤️ Your strategic thinking, strong leadership, respect for colleagues & great sense of humor - all building into an incredible union - are just a few reasons that you are an inspiration!

    I would like to present my Award to: You all have done more to educate & organize working people in just a few years than other groups have done in decades. Your dedication to the movement is an example for us all!
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    Feb 28

    Bravo to Dick’s Sporting Goods for stoping the sale of assault rifles. This is what corporate responsibility looks like.

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  10. Feb 28

    South Korea moved from receiving World Food Program aid to becoming a top-20 donor country within 20 years. Their success shows how Zero Hunger can become a reality. Long term planning to meet the needs of a nation & its people. What a concept!

    Within just one generation, the Republic of Korea transformed from one of the poorest countries in the 🌏 to one of WFP’s top donors. With our support, Korea is now a living example of how can become reality.
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  11. Feb 27

    Supreme Court rules immigrants can be detained without bond. Need to publicize the reality of the ICE detention camps. Have to fight inhumane treatment of so many vulnerable people on so many fronts these days.

    Replying to @ejtaub @ponymule and 3 others
    cares she visited one of these in AZ to see for herself the conditions there she confronted sheriff joeA about but what she saw, but this was at the height of the media blackout of campaign so it was not widely reported.
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  12. Feb 26

    Another reason to use the United States Postal Service

    FedEx defends NRA discount after school shooting
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    Feb 23

    6 in 10 Americans oppose defense increases. But only 8 Senate Democrats voted against Trump’s huge military increases. We can make every college & university free instead. Dems will only deserve victory if we have the guts to offer an alternative vision!

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    Feb 23

    You may not know who Nanette Fabray was but she was one of the earliest proponents of sign language on TV. She advocated for the deaf and hard of hearing because she lived with being deaf. RIP Nanette Fabray, Stage And TV Comic Actress. She was was 97. …

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    Feb 23

    Conservatives rage voting on this TYT poll. Progressives have to catch up.

    Do you support a federal ban on assault weapons?
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    Feb 16

    Time for action to stop gun violence in schools!

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  17. Feb 15

    See story below re GOP/NRA gun legislation allowing conceal carry, silencers & more - delayed only because of horrific mass shootings. PLEASE DEMAND Congress drop those bills, pass ban on assault weapons & common-sence gun legislation!

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    Feb 14

    "Where were you during the moment of the great decision?" on racism, patriotism & war, 1967: CBC Archives | CBC via

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    Feb 13

    Why does Mick Mulvaney think it's OK to cut heating assistance for low-income Americans while giving massive tax breaks to the Koch brothers?

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    Feb 12

    WATCH: From Jesse Williams and Rosario Dawson to Angela Davis and Michael Bennett, Black cultural figures are supporting Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi and demanding her release from Israeli prison.

    57 replies . 1,996 retweets 2,318 likes
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