Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Tag: Bernie Sanders

‘Biggest risk’ for Democrats on minimum wage, says top Sanders aide,...

With the White House and legislative branch under their control, says Warren Gunnels, Democrats “must win” fight on behalf of working people.

‘Now is not the time to count pennies’: Sanders says GOP...

“What the Republicans are talking about is just totally inadequate to meet the unprecedented crises that we’re facing.”

Budget chair Sanders dares GOP to criticize him for using reconciliation...

"You did it, we're gonna do it, but we're gonna do it to protect ordinary people, not just the rich and the powerful."

Why impeach Trump at this late date? One word, says Bernie...

"It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government."

Bernie releases statement on GOP blocking $2,000 stimulus checks

“At a time when so many Americans are facing economic desperation, it is tragic that the Republican leadership has turned their backs on the working families of this country."

Sanders rips GOP for happily endorsing Trump’s assault on Democracy but...

"Republicans in Washington are happy to cheer on Trump's bogus conspiracy theories on non-existent election fraud, but refuse to support him when it comes to providing a $2,000 direct payment to working-class Americans facing economic desperation."

Bernie Sanders: Covid relief package is “totally inadequate” for “unprecedented” economic...

“This country faces the worst set of public health and economic crises that we have faced in over a hundred years.”

Sanders leads Senate demand for $1,200 stimulus checks over ‘get-out-of-jail free...

"Please join us in demanding that any new Covid relief proposal includes a $1,200 direct payment to adults and $500 to their children."

McConnell pushes for ‘3-Martini Lunch’ Deduction while letting millions of Americans...

“Mitch McConnell’s ‘new’ Covid relief bill gives CEOs a 100% tax deduction for a 3-martini lunch, but ZERO to the 26 million who don't have enough food to eat.”

‘Bye-bye, Betsy DeVos. You won’t be missed,’ says Sanders as billionaire...

“What do you call a billionaire who registered a $40 million, 164-foot yacht in the Cayman Islands to avoid $2.4 million in U.S. taxes, while undermining public schools? The worst Education Secretary in the history of America.”

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A No Kings protest in Washington, D.C. Photo: Nvss132 / CC BY 4.0

‘You say you want a revolution’ – where’s the coalition against the relentless tyranny...

When else in a marginal democracy have so few done so much damage to so many in such a short time?
An American mink. Photo: Patrick Reijnders / CC BY-SA 3.0

Bird flu keeps spreading on a Utah mink farm as officials hold off on...

Seven mink have tested positive on C&T Fenn Farms, and no federal rules cover sick mink, ProPublica reports; Utah has issued a verbal hold instead of a formal quarantine.
Map of the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump says he is weighing an Iran deal or renewed strikes as Hormuz ship...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says seven ships were hit Thursday, which U.S. Central Command denies, while Iran's ambassador to Pakistan says Tehran offered to reopen the strait if the blockade ends.
Sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C.

Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds

The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Cleta Mitchell. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.