Sanders: I come from the state of Vermont and I am here Bakersfield. Alexandria comes from New York and she is here in Bakersfield. Mr. Congressman, you live in this district, why don’t you show up…
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We in CA have another name for Bakersfield. We call it the armpit of California. Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the people there always elect Republicans to run their district and they never do anything now could it? 🤔
It took Nicole Wallace 9 months to learn about the proverbial manosphere, but over 4 years to understand what Biden's 21.4% inflation did on men's purchasing power. She's just dopey & cognitively impaired. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371542715112 Tariffs MAGA. Trump. MSNBC is a refuge for low-IQ dummkopfs.
What the hell are you talking about! The highest inflation went under Biden was 9.2% and that was a product of increased demand after Covid and supply chains were fixed so people could buy things. You can’t be that ignorant.
Dumbest response ever! Do you think Covid or anything to do with the lack of rising prices under Trump and ultimately a total collapse? Do you think Covid and the supply chain issues had an impact on Biden? What was the last two years like under Biden.You embarrassed yourself.
The dumbest response is the one that denies the facts. The facts were presented to you to disabuse you. By rejecting them you've rejected the Truth, and you will face the King fo Truth one day & have to give account for your sins.
I've always thought Bernie was far better at identifying the problem(s) than having workable solutions. But as somebody who can identify the problems, and speaks passionately about them, he and AOC are appealing to all of us who don't think most of Congress really gets us.
Sanders: I come from the state of Vermont and I am here Bakersfield. Alexandria comes from New York and she is here in Bakersfield. Mr. Congressman, you live in this district, why don’t you show up…
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Perhaps he is a bit ashamed ?
Or at the very least embarrassed.
Or just scared ?
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@nicollewallace.bsky.social I recommend you follow Democratic congresspeople and senators, since you say you can’t “find them”doing anything. Instagram would be an easy way to do it. Mine work really hard.
But Nicolle had a good point and Claire's response was weak. Where are Dems collectively? As she said, they should be daily broadcasting, counter messaging MAGA.
They do have their YouTube daily downloads. Claire’s response was cut off by Nicolle: they are in their states/districts doing town halls, some with State AGs. Meeting w/ grassroots groups. Question is, why doesn’t Nicolle do a segment on Dems? interview, eg, Joe Neguse
What no tasers? You call that a town hall? But, mtg said Dems were the "party of violence".
You gotta have big balls like mtg to make $$$mils insider trading then have a guy tackled for saying Boo (literally) and a few tasered for saying things like "it's true".
Just my Opinion/Prediction
Bernie knows he is too old
He also knows America is ready for younger leadership.
His message has been the same for decades.
AOC has a social clout no other candidates have.
She will be 35 years old, the required age by 1/20/2029
This is feeling like FDR Momentum
Yes and no. The district was divided into a weird demographic and now Kevin's part included half of Bakersfield plus the desert communities and David's part is the other half plus the farmland.
Vincent Fong won Kevin's old seat, and he didn't get called out at all...which is weird
Hahaha…great question. I keep joking that Nancy & Hakeem booted them out the door, with orders to ‘go convince those damn progressives to get back into the damn tent & start writing checks to the DNC again…’ 😂
Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants who were flown from the U.S. to a maximum security prison in El Salvador three weeks ago.
April 19, 2025 is the 250th Anniversary of the start of the American Revolution! Paul Revere road through the night on April 18. At dawn on April 19, the British arrived on Lexington Green, but the Massachusetts Minutemen we’re waiting for them. It was the shot heard round the world!!
Tonight at 6 pm you may be surprised to hear church bells ringing. It’s the 250 anniversary of Paul Revere and others ride in Boston.
If you have read “Johnny Tremain”, your thoughts now as an adult? I know it was one of author Toni Bellon’s favorites growing up. https://Tonibellon.com
Lol!! Honestly, I made it up!! 🤣😭😂
Look, as an Angeleno who is privy to "certain gang affiliation" shit, I KNOW that Bakersfield is where the Sureños give way to the Peckerwoods. So, that's a thing...it's also where the city stops for a bit, an Ag takes over.
So, I just always thought it fitting.
We had the affiliate ‘gangs’ in Ridgecrest, each crew had like 20 people. One of the ‘OG’s’ was my best friends big brother who liked my accent… and THAT was the first time I understood the notion of ‘protected status’. We he past couple years have me reviewing all my memories through a new lense.🧚
I lived in Ridgecrest for like 6 years. It was the first place I stayed when I moved to the US. Bakersfield may as well have been ‘the big city’ to some of those ‘90s desert rats (they called themselves that, don’t judge me). I went through as an adult and I was like, nah… I’m good.🧚
It’s this easy- DNC was greedy and held Joe as their candidate long after the 1 st debate when they knew he was not viable. They robbed Bernie Sanders, he should’ve been the candidate to run for president of the United States. He’s a good man, and he is a voice for common sense!
He will never win. Nothing against Bernie but red states even the conservative Dems won’t vote for him. Biden was the only winnable candidate.He came out of retirement to save us from 4 years of trump. If he hadn’t been attacked incessantly he would have saved us again. I voted for Harris.
Agree Biden should’ve pulled out earlier. In fact, he should have stuck with his one term promise. However, Bernie is not the one who should have taken his place. He should have been grooming younger people long ago.
If only they would come Rockland County, NY! #NY17 Rep. Mike Lawler never shows up in public here, nor do Senators Chuck Schumer or Kirsten Gillibrand. A lot of us would love to see some real Democrats who are fighting oligarchy and fascism show up in Rockland County for the first time this century!
That's because David Valadeo is a piece of s*** he's worthless. He's supported by the rich Republican voting farmers. That will cut off their noses in spite of their faces and then turn around and have their hand out for subsidies.
I like how Bernie and AOC is taunting the gQp to come to these town hall meetings and we all know if they do decide to show up they make even BIGGER fools of themselves.
That’s right. They absolutely SHOULD show up to one if they feel their actions - or lack thereof - are defensible. The problem is, they aren’t defensible. They KNOW they are in the wrong. And they aren’t defensible cowards
Complicit in the destruction of our Democracy. Every Republican should be protested in front of their homes . Explain to their children why they’re Putin’s soldiers
Valadao is only looking to get bailout for his farm. All farmers here in California are red hats. Bakersfield is ruby red as is Central Valley. We blue dots are here, fighting!
And if I had my way…. Not a penny for any of them
But we know that won’t happen
Enough noise & DOGE will hand over the billions saved from taking away SS benefits from all the 150 yr olds in 🇺🇸
Bernie should have been our president! Corporate media & corporate democrats thought he was a joke when he talked about the oligarchy way back in 2016.
The Voters were listening in 2016, but the Democratic party did Not put him forth as their candidate. He had momentum, a lot of it, and the pulling him from that position turned away an enormous amount of young voters.
So much this. Bernie had the Independants and quite a few of the Reps. I say that as an Independant who had a lot of Rep family and friends who liked him. Absolutely no one I knew liked Clinton.I didn't like Clinton either. At the time I wasn't sure who I liked least, but Clinton was a smudge better
I was an Independent. I registered as a Democrat when Bernie ran as one. I was all-in on Bernie, donations, phone banking, etc. When Hillary became the nominee, I went all-in for her, because the alternative was untenable, IMO. But, here we are…
Almost everything that Hillary was accused to was fake crap. She was probably the most experienced person ever to run for president. From her husband and being a senator she knew domestic policy and a secondary state she knew foreign policy. And she is smart.
Trust me. they saw and probably still see Bernie a bigger threat than Trump, even after all what Trump did so far. The elite has no party boundaries. They see their position as a politician as a dress up cosplay, but otherwise they only loyal to their wallet.
In 2022 they did redistricting that split up the Bakersfield area so Vince Fong is the Congressman that replaced Kevin McCarthy after many special elections that should have never been allowed
How come MAGA reps are afraid to tell their constituents that the plan is to take everything away from poor and working people and give it all to a few dozen billionaires?
He is 83 years old. Everything he has been screaming about for decades has come to pass. I just hope he gets to see thst his voice is heard & we push back on the Oligarchs before he passes.
He could have tried writing a bill to address the issues he screams about instead, he's spent 17 or so years putting forward bills to rename post offices in VT.
Only this freaking term has Sanders started finally writing bills himself & trying to get them passed. 'Buying car ins after an accident'
Maybe that's just not his role, up to now. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, but if most are competent, it balances out. The problem is the number if very weak ppl who get elected.
From 2006 to 2016/17/28/19/20/21/22/23 its not been his role to propose and write laws instead of focusing on orating on the senate floor, at rallies, on TV. Built a following but ultimate lead them nowhere.
With such a low threshold, it's no wonder that people voted for the Dumpster and W.
He had written bills on Medicare for All, on Raising the ceiling for SSA, on preserving VA benefits, on funding Community Health centers … the ‘naming the post office’ BS is old. Who else in public office has had the courage he had had to call out the big monied interests, Netanyahu our DOD budgets?
Hmm then the Congressional Records website is wrong on bills that Bernie has written.
He has sponsored & signed on to a shit oad of bills other Senators have written but not written more than 8 before 24-25 session. The VA is from the current session.
He deserves a lot of praise but in reality you do not get credit for things that never come to pass. Senators have to build a coalition of support and he hasn't been able to do that.
It’s hard to build a coalition of support from people who benefit from the corporate money he’s speaking out against. That’s likely most of those senators’ “red line”. So no, we don’t hold that against him.
probably shouldnt base your reality on a bunch of complete bullshit rhetoric from the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign you didnt bother to fact check and then complain about the madeup bullshit almost 10 years later
Sanders spent a lot of last year trying to get support for bills to block weapons sales to Israel bc of war crimes, and its most of the fucking Democrats who made sure they couldnt go anywhere. for Dems to complain about the stuft he cant do bc of the ppl they do support is wild
anyway if ppl want some idea of the stuff the guy actually does theres multiple websites that track bills introduced in congress. Sanders throws everything at the wall hoping for congress to Do Something but it usually doesnt
Throwing another one in here for you! Would love your honest feedback.
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17 yrs as a senator & he is finally writing more bills than he ever has in this recent session.
Its all of congress is dysfunctional & detached. It's like the man realized this is the last song at the dance & he better get up & dance otherwise its been naught. He's got til '30 when he will be 90
Congressional Records website and fuck yeah I did my own research. Starting from his first term to present. This current session is the most actual work Sanders has done in the senate. Probably because the previous 17 yrs or so reflect that he talks a lot & did little
Better yet, Congress is in their home districts this week. Grab your copy of the constitution, their oaths they swore to uphold the constitution, 10000 of your closest friends and go pay them a visit in person. We only need a handful to defect and support the Dems to impeach, convict and remove
They both are working tirelessly to make a difference in this country. I'm so proud of them. We need more Democrats to get up and get out there, too. 💙
You really missed an opportunity in 2016. Too bad. No politician has been consistent about civil rights and $ since the early Sixties. Plus that video is a master class in the polite “fuck you”. May he live another 80 years. Looks like he is passing the torch to the right folks as well.
Seriously. It pissed me off so much when Clinton bought the election. She was such a terrible choice against Trump. Bernie would have kicked trumps ass and we would have had such a better future.
Voted Bernie twice in primaries. Totally agree. Hindsight is fun, but we need action now. Congress has failed us. The Supreme Court is ignored. We need peace in the streets. Massive protests, work walkouts, etc
It's up to us now. Five alarm fire.
Bernie was calling out Republican Representative David Valadao. Rep. Valadao has been looking after the needs of the few, voting for cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
Bernie challenged Valadao to hold a Town Hall meeting in Bakersfield so his constituents can hear his answers as to why he's helping the rich at the expense of the poor and the needy
12,000 people showed up in Nampa, Idaho (never heard of it) in deep red Idaho to hear Bernie and AOC. Nampa has 110,000 people living there. A movement has started if people in Idaho are embracing what has been 2 of the most polarizing figures on the left.
I gotta say: never been a Bernie fan, but this tour is killing it. Probably due to AOC, tbh. But If they can get voters engaged, I’ll bow down. We’re all we have left.
Yes. But most of those voters would have stayed home anyway. Bernie is who brought them out to the primary to begin with. Because he wasn’t on the ticket, they chose to stay home. I’m not arguing that Clinton wasn’t the better choice. But at the end of the day, these voters didn’t think so
And this is why it’s so important that the Democratic Party should nominate someone with broad appeal like Bernie, rather than a party insider. The party establishment is unpopular among the broad electorate
If more people would judge our elected politicians by the “Bernie standard” our country would be amazing. What I mean is someone who is truly a servant leader who is trying to do the right thing. May not always agree with his viewpoint but it always comes from a good heart.
Yea and we would be maga if we believe everything are leaders tell us right. Like there’s a lot I don’t like about my party but dosent even make me think twice about joining the far right extreme MAGA. Never ever they are vile perverse hypocrites and traitors of the highest order. Dem for life
Police officers carry Bernie Sanders, 21, to a police wagon from a civil rights demonstration at West 73rd Street and South Lowe Avenue in August 1963. He was charged with resisting arrest, found guilty and fined $25. He was a University of Chicago student at the time. #goodtrouble #berniestrong
Every Republican Senator and Congressman should be asked, on camera, why they accept a president who defies the Supreme Court. Why they easily discard judicial process, and accept mere allegations by a known liar.
This ends the Constitution. Put them on record, at least for history.
Me too and I’d still vote for him as president no matter what his age is he’s arriving in three different states in one day ! And he’s on fire I love this man so much. He cares about our country and he cares about democracy and he’s not afraid to show it.
And that's EXACTLY what the GOP wants you to do. Vote for a candidate that will never be the DEM nominee...or stay home and don't vote in protest. How is this such a hard thing to grasp? Have you heard anyone from MAGA world upset about these rallies? 'Course not! They love every one of them!
Realism got us fascism. The country needed a better vision and solutions for our problems. But there is still time to save our country if you’d join us.
Another crowd of the converted. Why not schedule a couple of these in the deep south...and maybe only allow non-DEM voters in...just to see if anyone shows up;and what type of reception they might get. I don't know if that's possible, but it would be interesting, no?
And lo, Bernard of Sanders returneth once more,
Not with hedge funds, but with hellfire for the hoarders.
While the oligarchs chant “You can do nothing,”
He proclaimeth, “Watch us do everything.”
A prophet in a windbreaker. A warrior in orthopedic shoes.
Let the greedy tremble. The people remember.
Way to go Bernie and AOC. These congressman think they can do whatever they want, they forgot who hired them. I think the mid terms are not going to be kind them
Bernie made two appearances in Maine in August. I went to the Bangor one. He barely mentioned Biden, Harris or Trump. He mostly a talk about health care with no urgency about the upcoming elections. The best part was hearing Dave Mallett, which was especially appreciated after he died months later.
Not to face your own people you swore to represent is so cowardly and shameful. If one of the GOP defy the party and Trump's order & hold one, I almost want to congratulate them for their courage. 😄
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MAGA: “Good, they took our jobs!”
Also MAGA: has never crouched in a lettuce field in 102° heat for $9 an hour
Spoiler: that “job” ain’t calling your name.
They should be.
https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/sanders-aoc-fighting-oligarchy-tour-in-bakersfield/
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Perhaps he is a bit ashamed ?
Or at the very least embarrassed.
Or just scared ?
Wherever you are, participate.
bernie is older than biden. he needs to take his ever present anger and waggly finger to one of his three homes and retire.
i’m sure his great friend, russian spy, tulsi gabbard, can keep him in the loop as she’s our nation’s national fucking security advisor 🤮
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Listening to his crap will let the republicans keep control of congress
https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/11/rep-neguse-leads-house-democrats-caucus-trump/
You gotta have big balls like mtg to make $$$mils insider trading then have a guy tackled for saying Boo (literally) and a few tasered for saying things like "it's true".
Mine, Ami Berra does it all the time!
Bernie knows he is too old
He also knows America is ready for younger leadership.
His message has been the same for decades.
AOC has a social clout no other candidates have.
She will be 35 years old, the required age by 1/20/2029
This is feeling like FDR Momentum
Vincent Fong won Kevin's old seat, and he didn't get called out at all...which is weird
Cowards.
If you have read “Johnny Tremain”, your thoughts now as an adult? I know it was one of author Toni Bellon’s favorites growing up. https://Tonibellon.com
Look, as an Angeleno who is privy to "certain gang affiliation" shit, I KNOW that Bakersfield is where the Sureños give way to the Peckerwoods. So, that's a thing...it's also where the city stops for a bit, an Ag takes over.
So, I just always thought it fitting.
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Even without tags 😉
#handsoff
C'mon, ya know.😉 Don't make me type it.
FEEL THE BERN
Thank you. Now, call out Kevin Kiley here in Rocklin CA for being a useless GOP slug - and No Show as well.
But we know that won’t happen
Enough noise & DOGE will hand over the billions saved from taking away SS benefits from all the 150 yr olds in 🇺🇸
He is being taken seriously now.
Not the way the things are done in this type of gvmnt. Sadly.
But he could have been when he ran in the primary against Hillary in 2016 & again when he ran in the primary against Biden in 2020.
Those 2 are unbelievably powerful. AOC& SANDERS
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Only this freaking term has Sanders started finally writing bills himself & trying to get them passed. 'Buying car ins after an accident'
With such a low threshold, it's no wonder that people voted for the Dumpster and W.
He has sponsored & signed on to a shit oad of bills other Senators have written but not written more than 8 before 24-25 session. The VA is from the current session.
I parrot no one. 17yrs so little action
https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/15747
Broadside is live right now (just launched this week!) at https://use.broadside.app for quickly tracking and understanding US legislature but up next is representatives tracking, exec orders, etc.
Its all of congress is dysfunctional & detached. It's like the man realized this is the last song at the dance & he better get up & dance otherwise its been naught. He's got til '30 when he will be 90
Too late youre already an ass.
What abt you mockingbird?
They are related after all.
It's up to us now. Five alarm fire.
Stomping in Kevin McCarthy's hometown.
Wrong is wrong no matter whose paying..
This ends the Constitution. Put them on record, at least for history.
AOC, who walketh through the halls of power with receipts and righteous rage, unmoved by lobby gold or cowardly men in custom suits.
She danceth not for donors, but wieldeth her voice like thunder a shield for the weary, a sword for the silenced.
Not with hedge funds, but with hellfire for the hoarders.
While the oligarchs chant “You can do nothing,”
He proclaimeth, “Watch us do everything.”
A prophet in a windbreaker. A warrior in orthopedic shoes.
Let the greedy tremble. The people remember.
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#MEpolitics