Bernie Sanders has a Plan to Beat Republicans on the Economy

By: David Weigel, Semafor On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders kicked off a series of campaign rallies, his most extensive since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before his first plane took off, Sanders talked with Semafor about the anti-corporate message that he wants Democrats to use to regain the high ground on the economy against Republicans. We also discussed the

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Bernie Blasts Nike Founder: โ€˜Democracy Is Not Billionaires Buying Electionsโ€™

By: Tim Dickinson; Rolling Stone PORTLAND โ€” BERNIEย Sandersโ€™ barnstorming tour toย rescue the 2022 midterms for Democratsย took a spicy turn in Oregon on Thursday. The populist Vermont senator and serial Democratic presidential candidate appeared at a downtown Portland concert venue to stump for Democrat Tina Kotek, who is locked in tight race for governor โ€” thanks largely to the political spending

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Bernie Sanders Is Once Again Asking His Party to Stop Screwing Up the Midterms

By: Kara Voght, Rolling Stone ON THURSDAY, BERNIEย Sanders will hit the campaign trail to make his closing midterm pitch. Heโ€™ll go to states like Wisconsin, Nevada, and Pennsylvania โ€”ย โ€œto places where we think we could have the most impact,โ€ he says. Heโ€™ll go to congressional districts whereย his party has given up, like South Texas. Heโ€™ll campaign on behalf ofย Senateย candidates who

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Bernie Sanders: Democrats are Letting Republicans Win the Messaging War Over the Economy

By: Abigail Tracy, Vanity Fair The Vermont senator thinks Democrats should punch back on issues like Social Security, Medicare, unemployment benefits and prescription drugs. โ€œWhy arenโ€™t Democrats talking about it?โ€ Sanders tellsย Vanity Fairย ahead of an eight-state-swing campaigning for Democratic candidates. โ€œHow do you win elections if you donโ€™t talk about those issues?โ€ Senator Bernie Sandersย is annoyed that Republicans are winning

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Bernie Sanders Expresses Frustration With Centrists in Spending Talks

By: Eliza Collins, The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTONโ€”Bernie Sandersย has pushed Congress for decades to expand the social safety net and fight climate change, with limited success. Now, with Democrats on the brink of finalizing such a package, the Vermont senator must decide how much is enough. The party is currently locked in negotiations over winnowing down aย $3.5 trillion education, healthcare,

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Bernie Sanders Wants Build Back Better Back

By: Grace Segers, The New Republic The Vermont Senator rues the failure to pass Bidenโ€™s big social spending bill. โ€œThat was transformational. And we came within two votes of doing that.โ€ โ€œThe world today faces enormous crises,โ€ Senator Bernie Sanders began. I had asked the Vermont independent how he would characterize two years of the razor-thin 50-seat Democratic majority. My

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