PORTLAND, Maine — Bernie Sanders drew 6,500 people to southern Maine on Labor Day Monday to discuss building a grassroots movement to fight the oligarchy, and to introduce them to Graham Platner, the oyster farmer and Marine veteran running for Senate with the Vermont independent’s early support. At the “Fighting …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders has faith that the American people understand what “oligarchy” means, defending his use of the term from fellow Democrats Sen. Elise Slotkin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who have argued that it doesn’t resonate with voters. “I think the American people are not quite as dumb as …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appeared to draw his largest crowd ever as part of his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour in Los Angeles near City Hall on Saturday. About 36,000 people gathered for the rally, according to his team. Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, Neil Young performed leading up to Sanders’ speech, and …
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA — It’s a frigid Friday night in Omaha, and Bernie Sanders has come to this riverside Nebraska city to sound a battlecry for democracy — and rally Americans to fight the rising threats of authoritarianism and billionaire rule. The thin ice floes careening down the Missouri River offer …
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