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By: Michael Sainato; The Guardian Progressive senators urge party to ‘learn the right lessons’ from election defeat and take fight to US billionaire class Elizabeth Warren delivered a rallying cry to Democrats in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, calling on the party to show it stands ready to “unrig this economy” as the president-elect works with billionaires to overhaul

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will force votes on resolutions to block more than $20 billion in offensive aid to Israel next week, multiple sources told Axios. Why it matters: Sanders’ resolutions will almost certainly be defeated on the Senate floor, but they will give a good snapshot of just how strong the sentiment against Israel’s war effort in Gaza is

By: Jeet Heer; The Nation The party chased former Republicans and rich donors, while alienating the working-class majority. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has quickly emerged as the most important and polarizing voice in the struggle over the future of the Democratic Party. In response to Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential contest, Sanders on Wednesday penned a scathing analysis in which

By: Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby; CNN While grilling Novo Nordisk’s chief executive over the price of its blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy, on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders alleged that 40,000 people a year in the US could die if the company doesn’t make the medicines more affordable. “From a moral perspective, does it bother you knowing that keeping

By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams “Even though he may be able to afford some of the most expensive lawyers in America—no, Dr. de la Torre is not above the law,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. A U.S. Senate panel led by Sen. Bernie Sanders voted Thursday in favor of holding Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in civil and criminal

By: Lisa Mascaro; AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing several resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel, a longshot effort but the most substantive pushback yet from Congress over the devastation in Gaza ahead of the first year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war. In a letter to Senate colleagues on Wednesday, Sanders said the U.S.