https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x3auz9N2OY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x3auz9N2OY
Sanders’ operation has reached out to hundreds of would-be candidates and put them through a kind of political boot camp. “How do I run for office? How do I run for state legislature? What is a press release? How do I raise money? Kind of basics, politics 101,” Sanders said. “A lot of those folks are now getting their feet wet. Many of them are winning. And in a few years, you’re going to be hearing from them as they run for Congress or Senate or whatever.”
So, I ask him, it’s a bench, built to ensure the movement continues beyond his own career? “
Well, that’s exactly it,” Sanders said…
Establishment politicians and the establishment media have described the agenda that progressive candidates are winning elections on as “radical”, “far left”, “extremist” or, in the words of Donald Trump, “communist” . All that is nonsense. On major issue after major issue, the progressive agenda is reflecting exactly what a strong majority of the American people need and want.
Let me take this opportunity to share with you some of the major proposals that most progressives support. And you tell me how “extreme” they are…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/19/poll-progressive-candidates-election-economy
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/26/health-care-price-transparency-insurers-hospitals-01011835
"No more weapons to support an illegal war," the senator said in a statement...
"In its first year, the bill would provide a $3,000 direct payment to every man, woman and child in a household making $150,000 or less – $12,000 for a family of four – and use the estimated $4.4tn in revenue raised over the next decade to address the most pressing crises facing working families," per the press release.
In addition, the lawmakers said that the bill would use revenue from the wealth tax to expand medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing for millions of seniors, build, rehabilitate and preserve over 7m affordable homes, and more...
Newsom has long opposed state-level wealth taxes, believing such levies would be disadvantageous for the world's fourth-largest economy. At a time when California is strapped for cash and he is considering a 2028 presidential run, he is trying to block the proposal before it reaches the ballot.
Analysts say an exodus of billionaires could mean a loss of hundreds of millions of tax dollars for the nation's most populous state. But supporters say the funding is needed to offset federal cuts that could leave many Californians without vital services...
Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats, responded to the criticism of the insurance companies by writing: "Oh, Trump and the Republicans can't stand how the big, bad insurance companies are ripping-off Americans. Really? Are you serious? Then I welcome your support for Medicare for All. Let's end the greed of the insurance industry & make healthcare a human right, not a privilege."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/senate-republicans-trump-obamacare
https://www.youtube.com/live/QXG1s30oD50