I detest Bernie. Yes, we must fix income inequality. Yes, pure capitalism is NOT the answer, but neither is pure socialism or communism. It must be a hybrid of capitalism and socialism.
Obviously misguided. I’ve heard fellow Dems say: “we are polite, we are kind”. Well guess what? We are up against a demon. We need to fight back. We need to take action. We need to call out louder than their nasty accusations. We need to organize and we need to fight back!
Bernie would have set us on the right path. Democrats threw that chance away by pushing Hillary to the front of the line. They stole it from him. And that my friends, is how you get a Trump presidency.
for working & EXPLOITED people inside the #USA, neither the #DemocraticParty nor the #GOP are worth following, INSTEAD let's build a movement completely independent of both pro-Billionaires' parties.
ABSOLUTELY we want someone with fire in their belly!!! What we’re seeing from the Democratic Party is milquetoast responses. Get fired up and don’t go along with ANYTHING this regime proposes.
I’m old enough to certify that Robert Reich has been warning US for decades about wealth inequality, inequity, and iniquity. Bob warned US not to abandon education and job training and jobs in small town America. But we did. We let it get borged by Fox and fiends.
Truman is deeply underestimated as a president. He had a terrific sense of humor. And he never ducked the responsibility for the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. He swallowed that sin whole. That’s integrity. With Trump, the buck stops there.
Paranoia, you've been jaded by right wing, even moderate media and politicians. They fear him because he will cut a take of their bonus earnings with good legislation. Bernie is bad for politicians who enjoy that little bit extra, they try to say he's too liberal, too whatever.. to take seriously.
Our elected officials need to be flooding cities and towns, across the country, with town hall meetings! Red & blue, no matter who! Listen to them, talk to them. The people are screaming for leadership that LISTENS!💙🇺🇸🗽
I think the dinosaurs in power will have to be fossils first. So, our fight will be with them and the Republicans. I know one thing! I am ready for a fucking fight!
He is definitely leading the charge!! The rest need to take note and pick up the slack!!
@sethmagaziner.bsky.social
@whitehouse.senate.gov
@amo.house.gov
And Senator Jack Reed
Also, I don’t believe you understood my comment, I am as far left as you get in America, so I agree with other far leftists such as Bernie that the Democratic Party is trying to turn to conservatism isn’t a good thing.
I think the problem is that a plurality of people who identify as democrats want to shift right, but the majority of Americans actually want significantly more progressive policy on many topics and have disengaged from a party system that isn’t delivering it.
Did he mention election interference?
MAGA vigilantes purged millions of Harris voters while Elon, the computer wizard, messed with counting ballots=installingTrump. Little x told us "they'll never know" meaning us.
2/2 the Dems didn’t like what I said and boy was I black listed. Off every mailing list, every phone list. Persona non grata. So you can guess where I sit with the DNC.
I campaigned hard for Bernie. On the phone or on my feet, building his headquarters in Flint. After the Dem party destroyed his chances I wrote a list of well thought changes the DNC take. After endless hours on the phone with regional fundraisers 1/2
THIS IS OUR SELMA! Elected Democrats are asking We the People display our outrage by asking us to protest & put ourselves in the path of danger. THEY MUST WALK THE WALK, NOT TALK THE TALK. This is the time! Elected Democrats and Independents must be brave. WALK THIS BRIDGE WITH US!!!!!!
Bernie is the only one with the guts to be out there talking to people. He’s doing what every elected official should be doing - he’s always had our back!
Reminder that he's NOT a Democrat and he's a very big reason as to why Hillary lost in 2016. Also, we don't need any more bitter, ancient, misogynistic white men 'leading'.
Like me, I wish that Bernie was 30 years younger. The Democrats need a leader who is as positive about his policies as Bernie. Until I worked in Europe for a few years I didn’t realize how great it was for the people!
Thank you for favorably pointing out the speech Rep. Al Green gave after being censured. His speech was much needed, IMHO! More if that. Thank you for your always valuable words Mr. Secretary!
I still hurts me thinking about the opportunity we lost. All the things he wanted for us most European countries have. I lived there most of my life. I never will understand how people can call him “radical left”. Like WTF is wrong with you supporting corporate welfare but not regular working people
Vermonter here. Repubs have been calling him this since 1991. Senator Sanders has been consistent and has always fought for the things that help working citizens, veterans, women, & immigrants.
I feel exactly the same. He works so damn for us despite how badly he's been treated. I remember his brother nominating him at the convention and it still makes me cry. He's the real deal.
Bernie is traveling the country and drawing large crowds, including those in magaland. He’s getting a great response. You’re so right, more Democratic leaders need to do the same. Repubs aren’t holding town halls. We need to take advantage. I was once skeptical of Bernie, now I’m a cheerleader.
Bernie Sanders, fighting the good fight since he witnessed MLK's speech during the March on Washington. Still sharp as a tack. But, the highly paid Democratic consultants that appear on the "liberal" @MSNBC everyday, tell their clients to run from him. His message is what we want.
Bernie Sanders may be leading the way, but many of us are aware that he is no longer a Democrat. That actually points out part of the problem the Democrats have - an Independent is doing what their own leadership is not.
They are correct. Dnc backing Clinton and pushing Sanders out is why I turned independent. I just moved back from Australia and sanders aligned with what was provided there. Without national healthcare, I would be dead from sepsis. Minimum wage was a living wage and increased when you turn 25.
They actually won't though.
I love the optimism, and wish I could share in it.
This is the best time for a dem alternative to come together, but the (Actual) left is the worst organized group.
When it comes to awareness re: money, and it's part of American life-- we have found R.R. to be super INSIGHTFUL. Give his writings & animated videos an ear/ eye. Also, in areas of democracy, same regarding R.R. writings & such. #RobertReich
How we supposed to follow the guy that we tried to follow but the party shit on him and wiped votes
- Hillary 👀- Both parties are BS be your own party and raise them middle fingers up
So effing late! And no accountability for the GOP light that did harmful things bc of campaign funding & relying on corporations. Not for the people as Madison wanted when founders were stealing, killing & lying building this empire. So absolutely tired of no accountability anywhere. Luigi
Bernie has been paving this road for his entire career. The democratic party has just preferred the corporate red carpet, & are starting to see that it leads to oligarchy.
Thank you, Robert. And I do believe Bernie is doing the right thing. I believe he should’ve been president rather than Biden most likely. He just sticks with his message and he’s strong and he doesn’t give up. Nor do you I’ve been listening to you for a long time as well.I appreciate you.
Bernie’s response to the SOTU has been seen by more than 4 million people last time I checked. I think that’s substantially more than any establishment DEM as far as I know.
Can’t forget about Pete! He’s the only one who’s doing the uncomfortable work of talking with people who disagree with him. That’s always been my issue with the Dems, they only talk in an echo chamber. It’s always been their Achilles heel. We need to amplify the voices of the younger Dems.
He's actively doing more than the vast majority of AOC and Crockett's colleagues. His willingness to use his platform should be embraced when so many of the Democrats refuse to use theirs to better effect.
Everyone who loves Bernie so much should go spend some time in Burlington VT where he’s lived most of life after his civil rights era…very nice, safe, & idyllic place but not representative of even 10% of average Americans. Not flashy but he’s very comfortable, not relatable to today’s middle class
Agree 100%—Elissa Slotkin is very qualified (I voted for her), but the teaspoon of water she pours on the Trump/Musk dumpster fire doesn’t compare to the fire hose Bernie uses to attack the miriad problems. I attended his speech in Warren, MI—you be the judge: https://youtu.be/XVLGQ2dXDw0?si=8O_aTnr0MNrQ6lCE
I've given up on the Democrats but I've not given up on Bernie and AOC. The old establishment won't get behind Bernie because established $$$, as they didn't in 2016. I wish that would change but I don't see it happening.
Too bad corporate Democrats fight harder against Bernie and his Progressives than they fight against Republicans. Time for a third party. Democrats have no room for the working class or winning.
We should all consider what it takes to stand up and speak the truth. It's one thing to post on social media. It's another to move the crowds with honesty.
Yes, we want to see "fire in the belly" from our members of Congress. The fight against Trump’s autocratic push is the fight of our lives - for our lives.
That is more of the same. The very thing that prevented the Democrats from winning twice against a narcissistic criminal. Think about that. We need to take it seriously.
Really? Walz is the energetic one of the three. As an old woman who lobbied for the Equal Rights Amendment and worked hard for Kamala, I hate to say that Kamala can’t win - no woman could be elected at this point. Bernie is too old to be elected, but he’s not too old to rally democrats into action.
Love Bernie for so many reasons, but when he does get in the Dem bashing, it fulfills one Maga objective:
Turning the people who know what monsters the Republican Party has become to indifference and a ticket to "both sides" it.
Yeah it is awesome how vocal and active him and AOC are being. Senator Murphy from CT has been being vocal and standing up while being informative as well. <3
Sure, they’ve given us such power through representation. The only breath of life among them are Green, AOC and Merkley. Every one else has nifty little signs.
We all know that will never happen though. They are seemingly allergic to supporting anyone who will actually work to reform the system and or towards helping the majority of the populace.
Unfortunately Bernie Sanders is a great speaker who absolutely believes in the things he is fighting for. Why unfortunately? Well he cannot take that final step past fiery speech. He won’t go past protest mode. He could have been president today if he had declared for the independent party.
Sadly the party despises him because he’s not a shill for the billionaires. I imagine the DNC can’t wait til he retires or dies, they’ll probably try and shove a bland neoliberal in that seat.
If he could get a handful of gutsy younger leaders to join him on the road — AOC, Frost, Crockett for example — we might see the birth of a unified resistance…and maybe of a new progressive party.
They’ll just switch him out at the DNC and tell us to stfu and support their candidate but yet they do this with the campaign slogans “most important election of our lifetime.”
Argh Bernie makes me angry. He’s part of the reason donOLD won the first time. We need someone young-Jasmine Crockett? Even AOC. We need everyone that’s against fascism, but we need the youth of the Democratic Party to be the voice.
bernie's an inspiration. he speaks with passion and integrity and he calls a spade a spade. he's an excellent communicator.
something he does very well that dems rarely seem to excel at, is he appeals directly to trump's target audience: resentful, poor white people who didn't go to college.
If the Democrats followed him in 2016 we wouldn't be here. The Democrats rigged two primaries against him and constantly attack him. It's why he ran Independent.
With all due respect, until Dem leadership is replaced with more vigorous people and Third Way politics is kicked to the curb, we’re always going to be reactive and fighting the previous election.
As long as the American people don't care for adapting their society and becoming a modern civilization, there will be no need for Democrats, because they will never get accepted really.
Bernie still had so much support and the Dem Leaders pissed so many off they had to have a "reconcilation" between Bernie and Biden...just so the Bernie folks would not sit out the vote.
Biden was surprisingly progressive thanks to Berine...until Gaza
Since most democratic party's members and activists are working people, the party's future is between social democracy, an original american way to socialism, and irrelevance.
They should have followed his lead in 2016 but instead shut him down and went mainstream in order to not have to question their core policies. To make changes would make it harder to collect billionaire donor money. Much easier to just throw trans people under the bus.
He would have had a much better chance at defeating Trump than Hillary. This country won't elect a female president at this time. Yet they ran another female against him. Seems it was planned that way
Bernie is paving the way for PROGRESSIVES! Corporate DINO Dems are already too far to the Right to matter. And our numbers may be larger that they look, but still less than what we need.
I've been watching and reading you and Bernie Sanders almost every day since Trump was elected or I should say since the inauguration. I saw you both go from 0 to 60 very quickly and let us all know this is a national emergency very early on. Thank you so much.
Seriously, I don't think they'll ever voluntarily step away from power. They'll have to replace Trump eventually, and maybe have a show election like Russia does. But they won't allow a real democratic process if they can stop it, rig it, or control it.
FILL THE VOID!
To all Democratic members of congress!
Hold town halls in Republican Districts where Repubs won’t. Show them who represents them and that you won’t walk away from them. Democrats not Republicans!
They won't. Almost all democrats are paid off by the same billionaires that own the republican party. You know that. Stop acting as if anything outside of a violent revolution is gonna save us from nazis.
This is not about governing, this is about a government destruction. Please get real and start stating facts and directions on how to survive a fascist takeover of the US before it is too late!
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I do not want anymore old white men!
HAVE A PLAN TO FIX MAJOR PROBLEMS.
That means take the high road: fix broken public education, failing entitlements, stop massive deficits, etc.
These are critical for future generations.
Instead, democrats take the low road & act like sore losers.
So that will be difficult.
A man who really works for
WE THE PEOPLE 💙🙏⚖️
@sethmagaziner.bsky.social
@whitehouse.senate.gov
@amo.house.gov
And Senator Jack Reed
MAGA vigilantes purged millions of Harris voters while Elon, the computer wizard, messed with counting ballots=installingTrump. Little x told us "they'll never know" meaning us.
@gregpalast.bsky.social
This is what they are doing from the White House. https://archive.ph/2025.03.07-020638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/06/trump-white-house-media-social-influencers/
But Democrats have always trashed Bernie because many of them, like Republicans, are playing the political money game.
How did he prevent Hillary from winning?
Being polite hasn't gotten us anywhere
Every Senator should follow his lead.
but happy he is doing something, but yeah, hell no.
I love the optimism, and wish I could share in it.
This is the best time for a dem alternative to come together, but the (Actual) left is the worst organized group.
Beautifully put.
Today, the Dems are somewhere around Bush. And I mean George W. Bush.
It's time to embrace our inner far LEFT!
- Hillary 👀- Both parties are BS be your own party and raise them middle fingers up
No individual should get to be as rich and powerful as the tech-bros, however smart they are, they're not 1B x smarter than many others.
Capitalism/'the pursuit of happiness' was not supposed to end up like this.
He isn't a Democrat
He is an independent who is trying to dismantle the Democrat Party
Bernie was not on the ballot.
Let’s not victim shame him after being back-stabbed by the dnc.
Turning the people who know what monsters the Republican Party has become to indifference and a ticket to "both sides" it.
There is NO both sides argument.
Is anyone keeping tabs on these Dems voting w the gop?
Don't believe me? Look at how many times he's objected to unanimous consent. None. This allows GOP to fast track their agenda.
I haven't heard a single word about impeachment, and that's what we should be talking about.
James T. Hodgkinson
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If he could get a handful of gutsy younger leaders to join him on the road — AOC, Frost, Crockett for example — we might see the birth of a unified resistance…and maybe of a new progressive party.
something he does very well that dems rarely seem to excel at, is he appeals directly to trump's target audience: resentful, poor white people who didn't go to college.
How about he splits off and starts a viable 3rd party?
That is an option.
We do not have to tolerate a Democratic party that is beholden to corporate interests.
corporations≠people
money≠speech
wealth≠wisdom
talk last night on YouTube from Michigan & it was fabulous!!
& there Bernie was doing a town hall for the constituents of a GOP congressman who apparently refused to meet with his very own constituents!
Democrats will continue their slow death with “perfectly well”.
Hold up your cane & yell, or die trying.
Turns out, Democrats leaders niped his momentum in the bud and again in 2020. Something I will never forget
Looking at you, Kamala Harris, Pete Butigeg, and backstabbing Warren.
Biden was surprisingly progressive thanks to Berine...until Gaza
Thank you Bernie and good for you!!
Please keep it up !
This is what you get.
To all Democratic members of congress!
Hold town halls in Republican Districts where Repubs won’t. Show them who represents them and that you won’t walk away from them. Democrats not Republicans!
but he's out there. He's fighting. He's authentic. He's telling the unvarnished truth. He's one of the few real leaders we have right now.