As Election Day approached, Sen. Bernie Sanders said wealthy campaign donors could help elect members of Congress who would give more tax breaks to profitable corporations and cut Social Security, Medicare, education and the environment. “The fight is for the future of democracy in America,” he told Bill Moyers in an interview posted on Friday. “This is an enormously important election. I hope people do vote in large numbers,” Sanders told Thom Hartmann on Friday’s “Brunch with Bernie.” Watch, Listen

Democracy or Oligarchy Chevron has spent $3 million to try to prevent the re-election of progressive municipal candidates in Richmond, California, where it owns a petroleum refinery. Sanders believes what’s happening in the San Francisco Bay city is an example of how “one of the Supreme Court’s worst decisions ever” — Citizens United — has allowed “big money to deflect attention from the real issues” facing voters. “We are moving toward an oligarchic society,” he said. Watch

Saving the Middle Class Appearing Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sanders said the U.S. must fix trade policies that are sending jobs overseas, increase the minimum wage and create millions of jobs by rebuilding the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges. Watch

Third World America The Social Security Administration reported on Tuesday that half of all wage earners in the country made less than $28,031.02 in 2013. Sanders warned that the U.S. is on its way to becoming a Third World country unless Congress acts to restore America’s middle class. Read more