Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

February 12, 2022 at 3:06 PM

Writing today to ask you to share your thoughts on what our progressive movement should be doing to address the many crises we face as a country. I would very much appreciate hearing from you, so please, add your comments today. - B

If you’re feeling a little under the weather, there are some pretty good reasons for that. Friends - I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating. We are living through the most difficult period in our lifetimes. If you are feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, confused, angry — you’re not alo…

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February 9, 2022 at 12:27 AM

We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine

I’m concerned when I hear familiar drumbeats in Washington demanding we ‘show strength’, when we’re faced with what could be the worst European war in 75 years Friends - Below is an op-ed that I wrote for the Guardian on the current situation in Ukraine. The bottom line is that we must do every…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 26, 2022 at 8:19 PM

Yes.

No more backroom negotiations. No more endless conversations. Let the American people know where their Senators stand and who is prepared to fight for their interests. Dear Friend, Here is the political dilemma that we face. This year we have brought forth, through the Build Back Better Act, an…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 22, 2022 at 4:05 PM

I'm writing to ask if you can take a few minutes to read my CNN op-ed, and then contribute $2.70 to show you're ready to fight for an agenda that works for ALL of us

We need a major course correction. Dear Friends - This is a pivotal moment for the planet, our country, American democracy and the future of the Democratic Party. For six months the President and the Democratic leadership have "negotiated" with two conservative Democrats, Senator Manchin and Sen…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 17, 2022 at 4:06 PM

Today, as we honor Dr. King, my hope is that we will truly remember what he stood for

Let us not just celebrate the man, but remember the values and vision that motivated him. Friends - Today, all across this country, we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, one of the great leaders in American history. We celebrate the work of a man who was a political revolut…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 12, 2022 at 10:06 PM

Add your name to my petition calling on the Biden Administration to invoke the Defense Production Act to produce and deliver high-quality, N95 masks to every person in this country.

Every credible scientist tells us that wearing masks is critical to saving lives and stopping the spread of COVID-19. Friends - Here we are, two years into the worst public health crisis in more than 100 years. As you read this, the number of COVID-19 cases is skyrocketing to levels far greater…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 6, 2022 at 7:14 PM

If we are really going to save democracy and make it relevant to people's lives, Congress must boldly address the long-neglected crises facing the working people of this country.

The truth is that the attack on our democracy goes far deeper than the violence of January 6, 2021. Friends - One year ago today, a violent mob stormed the United States Capitol with the hope of overturning the results of the presidential election. The images Americans saw that day made visibly …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

January 4, 2022 at 8:31 PM

I'm writing to ask if you can take a moment to read my op-ed in the Guardian, and then contribute $2.70 to show you're ready to fight for the working class of this country

The only way real change ever takes place in this country is if we rise up together to demand it. Friends - Below you will find an op-ed that I wrote for the Guardian. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality working people, with great courage, are standing together against corporate g…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 31, 2021 at 9:31 PM

I'm writing to ask if you can please make a year-end contribution of $2.70 – or whatever you can afford – to my campaign committee to support our movement's efforts organizing and advocating for working people and progressive change nationwide.

I cannot do this alone. Friends - Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a safe and healthy new year. It goes without saying that the last few years have been extremely difficult and trying times for our country, and for the entire planet. At the start of 2021, we all b…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 30, 2021 at 5:04 PM

SOLIDARITY

The greed, arrogance and power of the big money interests has never been more apparent. Friends - If there was ever a moment in time when we needed to stand together in SOLIDARITY, this is that moment. Corporate greed is running rampant as the people on top become richer than any time in histor…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 19, 2021 at 7:49 PM

Joe Manchin.

If Joe Manchin wants to vote NO, then let him explain to the working families of West Virginia and America why. Friends - The President of the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives and 49 members of the U.S. Senate are prepared to pass enormously consequential legislation which stands…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 17, 2021 at 5:02 PM

Corporations like Kellogg's must understand that they cannot have it all. Please contribute $2.70 to show you stand with workers organizing for better wages and working conditions. Their fight is our fight. Thanks. - B

The poster child for the culture of corporate greed that we are experiencing is how Kellogg’s is currently treating its employees. Friends - Enclosed is an op-ed I wrote yesterday for Fox News about the Kellogg's workers who are currently on strike. Kellogg’s – and many other large corporatio…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 10, 2021 at 9:04 PM

I'm calling for a temporary patent waiver of the COVID vaccine to allow low-income countries to produce the vaccines they need to save lives. Please add your name to join me in this effort.

We are falling woefully short of increasing the global vaccine supply to a level needed to defeat this virus. Friends - Since the start of the COVID pandemic almost two years ago, there have been almost 50 million cases reported in the United States and nearly 800,000 people have died. Worldwide…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

December 4, 2021 at 2:35 PM

No. We cannot go back to the days when women had to risk their lives to end an unwanted pregnancy.

This week, the Supreme Court heard the most direct challenge to a woman’s right to choose since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Friends - This week, the Supreme Court heard the most direct challenge to a woman’s right to choose since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. And let's be clear. From…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

November 29, 2021 at 3:45 PM

The Republican Party

The ONLY way we are going to save our democracy for this and future generations is if Democrats in the Senate have the courage to use their majority to make that happen. Friends - The Republican Party today is not only an increasingly reactionary party focusing on tax breaks for billionaires, de…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

November 23, 2021 at 3:40 PM

These workers did not wait for Congress to act

These workers did not wait for Congress to raise their wages or improve their working conditions. They stood up, fought back and they won. Friends - During our campaigns for president, I stated over and over again that the future of our country was dependent upon our willingness to make a politi…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

November 17, 2021 at 9:26 PM

No, no, no, no, no...

A great nation is judged not by how many millionaires and billionaires it has, or by the size of its military budget. Friends - Turn on the television or pick up a newspaper and you’re sure to find a number of my colleagues in the Congress expressing deep concern about the deficit and national d…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

November 12, 2021 at 5:03 PM

Writing to ask you to sign my petition urging the House and the Senate to pass a BIG and BOLD Reconciliation Bill. We should not be cutting from the current bill — we must ADD to its framework. The next few weeks are very important, so please add your name today. Thanks. - B

“It always seems impossible until it is done.” Friends - As many of you will recall, Nelson Mandela, one of the great political leaders in modern history famously said: “It always seems impossible until it is done.” And what he meant by that profound statement is that the greatest obstacle to r…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

November 7, 2021 at 4:21 PM

If Kaiser can provide exorbitant compensation to their CEOs, why can't they pay their employees better wages?

Frankly, the offer Kaiser made to their employees is an embarrassment Friends - Over the past 40 years in this country, there has been a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class and working families to the very wealthiest people in America. As a result, half of our people are living payc…

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October 27, 2021 at 3:12 PM

Let’s try to do a little better

As a result of your efforts, we have raised more than $130,000 for the Kellogg's and John Deere strike funds — every penny of which will be distributed this week and go directly to families impacted by the strike. Friends - We want to thank you for the great response to the labor letter we sent …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

October 21, 2021 at 9:20 PM

Solidarity

There is a growing movement of working people and young people who, in increasing numbers, are fighting for justice. Friends - In the year 2021, the United States and the rest of the world face two very different political paths. On the one hand, there is a growing movement toward oligarchy in w…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

October 14, 2021 at 11:26 PM

Enclosed: my Fox News op-ed and a request for your $2.70 contribution to show we're in this together

There are several big-money interests that want to defeat the Reconciliation Bill. Friends - It's great to communicate with people who agree with us. It's even more important to make the case to people who don't agree with us. Enclosed is an op-ed I just wrote for Fox News discussing the big-mon…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

October 11, 2021 at 8:26 PM

India Walton

When Democratic Socialist India Walton launched her campaign for Mayor of Buffalo, they said she was “too radical” to win. Friends - When Democratic Socialist India Walton launched her campaign for Mayor of Buffalo, they said she was “too radical” to win. She said she was bold and visionary. T…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

October 5, 2021 at 2:05 PM

I'm asking for your help to take on the special interest groups that are trying to defeat the $3.5 trillion Reconciliation Bill. Please call your Senators and House member, and then chip in $2.70 to show we're in this together. Thanks. - B

We are at a moment when Congress can demonstrate to the American people that their government can work for ordinary people, and not just the 1% and wealthy campaign contributors. Friends - This is a transformative moment for our country, for the planet and for the future of American democracy. …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

October 1, 2021 at 2:33 PM

I'm writing to share my op-ed for USA Today, and to ask you to chip in $2.70 to send a powerful message to my colleagues in the Senate that our movement is united on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. This is important. -B

There are pundits out there who say we should compromise even more and cut back on addressing the long-neglected problems facing working families as well as climate change. Friends - During this extraordinary moment in American history, when we face a series of unprecedented crises, some of my S…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

September 29, 2021 at 10:26 PM

I am writing to share my op-ed for USA Today, and to ask you to chip in $2.70 to send a powerful message to my colleagues in the Senate that our movement is united on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. This is important.

There are pundits out there who say we should compromise even more and cut back on addressing the long-neglected problems facing working families as well as climate change. Friends - During this extraordinary moment in American history, when we face a series of unprecedented crises, some of my S…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

September 24, 2021 at 9:05 PM

Sign my petition – tell Congress to expand Medicare to offer hearing, dental, and vision for our nation’s seniors and pay for it by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices like every other major country on earth.

Let us use this reconciliation bill to expand Medicare to cover hearing aids, dental care, and eyeglasses. Friends - Before President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law more than 55 years ago, about half of our senior citizens were uninsured and roughly 35 percent lived in poverty. Toda…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

September 21, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Nothing will happen if we look at this reconciliation process as a spectator sport

Friends - It is no secret that our nation faces enormous needs. We have more income and wealth inequality than at any time in the last century. More than 90 million Americans are uninsured or under-insured. Seniors lack the dental, hearing and vision care they desperately need, and as a countr…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

September 14, 2021 at 4:24 PM

Add your name to say you support a revolution in public education in this country that includes massive investments in our students, our teachers and our schools through our budget Reconciliation Bill.

You may recall that in the two years before the pandemic, school teachers from Arizona, California, Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia all went on strike. Friends - Today in America, there is relatively little discussion about the grotesque level of income and wealth inequalit…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

September 7, 2021 at 5:45 PM

I am writing to you today about wildfires, and to ask you to take action that addresses climate change in a meaningful way.

According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there are currently 80 active, large fires happening in the United States in Idaho, Montana, Washington, California, Oregon, Wyoming, Nevada, Minnesota, Colorado, Michigan and Utah. Friends - In America, large and devastating wildfires that were…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

September 2, 2021 at 9:58 PM

CCC

The creation of a Civilian Climate Corps will put hundreds of thousands of young people to work transforming our energy system and protecting our most vulnerable communities. Dear friends, Look around. California is burning. Oregon is burning. Greece is burning. Siberia is burning. One of the m…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

August 22, 2021 at 10:10 PM

I'm hitting the road to organize support for the reconciliation bill that will transform this country. Please chip in $2.70 to support our campaign's efforts organizing the American people around this bill. Thanks. - B

In a compassionate, democratic society we can have a government that works for all of us. Dear friends, The great political challenge our country faces is whether Progressives are able to bring working people — Black, White, Latino, Native American and Asian American — together around an agenda …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

August 16, 2021 at 6:09 PM

This is not a silly plot in some disaster movie. This is reality.

We must move extremely aggressively in combating climate change if we are to prevent irreparable damage to our country and the planet. Friends - The $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget that was recently passed in the Senate lays the groundwork for a historic reconciliation bill that will be tra…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

August 10, 2021 at 3:21 PM

Will you read my Fox News op-ed, and then contribute $2.70 to help pass the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill to address the long-neglected problems facing working families in our country? Thanks. -B

For too many decades, Congress has ignored the needs of the working class, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor. Friends - In this unprecedented moment in American history in which we are combating climate change, income and wealth inequality and growing authoritarianism, it's import…

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August 6, 2021 at 3:04 PM

New merch and old favorites once again at the Bernie Store →

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

August 4, 2021 at 11:32 PM

We need the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, and I am asking you to contribute $2.70 if you agree

This is a large and unprecedented piece of legislation. Now is the time for bold action. Friends - Within the next few days, 50 Democrats in the Senate, with the help of the Vice President's tie-breaking vote, will pass a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. This will begin the "reconciliation" proc…

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August 2, 2021 at 11:07 PM

Have you ever thought about running for office?

This is what continuing to build the political revolution is all about. Friends - Take a bow. Pat yourself on the shoulder. In recent years, the progressive movement in our country has had enormous success. Ideas and initiatives that just a few years ago were unthinkable are now mainstream and …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 27, 2021 at 6:47 PM

Looking for a lot of donations today for Nina Turner

In these last few days of her campaign, let's show that our movement stands with Nina. Friends - Powerful, deep-pocket special interests are spending a huge amount of money trying to defeat Nina Turner in the special election on August 3 in Ohio's 11th congressional district. Why? Why is Wall…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 22, 2021 at 5:08 PM

I am writing to ask you to read my Guardian op-ed, and then contribute $2.70 if you agree we must pass the most consequential legislation for working people that this country has seen in decades. Thanks. - B

As Chairman of the Budget Committee, Bernie is working hard in the Senate to pass a bold, progressive agenda that puts working people first. Friends - I recently wrote an op-ed for The Guardian that talks about why we must act urgently and aggressively to address the needs of the working class …

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July 15, 2021 at 9:24 PM

Can you make an urgent donation to Nina Turner's campaign for Congress? This is important.

With early voting already underway and the primary coming up on August 3, today is an important time to show you stand with Nina. One $2.70 donation, friends. That is what we are asking you to contribute today to help Nina Turner take on the super PAC trying to defeat her campaign for Congress. …

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 9, 2021 at 8:35 PM

Sign my petition – tell Democrats in the House and Senate to go forward on historic legislation without Republican support and that you will stand with them if they do

Right now, Democrats need to stand up and address the needs of the working families of this country, even if it happens without Republican support. Friends - We hear a lot lately about "bipartisanship." What does that really mean? I don't want to overstate the situation, but the truth is that on…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

July 3, 2021 at 7:52 PM

Add your name to my petition and tell Congress: we need major legislation that addresses the existential threat to our planet of climate change. We must act now, and we must act boldly. This is important. - B

The climate crisis is about nothing less than the survival of the human race. We have no choice — we must act now, and we must act boldly. Dear friends, While the bipartisan infrastructure bill that Republican and Democratic senators have put forward makes good investments to repair our roads an…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 25, 2021 at 9:20 PM

Ain’t gonna happen

I am here to tell you there will be no bipartisan bill unless, written in stone, there is a large reconciliation bill that addresses the structural problems facing America. Friends - As you may have seen yesterday, a number of Senate Republicans and Democrats came together to negotiate a biparti…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 21, 2021 at 4:23 PM

I am urgently asking you to add your name to tell the Senate to pass voting rights legislation. This is important – the future of our democracy is at stake. Thanks. - B

We cannot have a vibrant democracy unless we defend the right of all eligible voters to participate in our elections. Friends - The United States Senate is going to vote on an historic voting rights bill this week. It’s must-pass legislation if we are going to save our democracy. Cowardly Repu…

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June 20, 2021 at 11:05 PM

Good news...and bad news

We need to ask you to do something big today to ensure Nina Turner has the resources to take on the establishment and win. Hey friends. We've got some good news, and some bad news. First, the good news: Nina Turner is building a strong grassroots campaign in Ohio's 11th District, and we have a h…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 18, 2021 at 8:55 PM

Looking for a lot of signatures on this petition today to show my colleagues that we've had ENOUGH of a corrupt tax system that benefits the wealthy

This gross unfairness must come to an end. Friends - As Chairman of the Budget Committee it is my view that we must, finally, write a budget that addresses the needs of the working families of our country. Yes. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, we must take on the Big Money int…

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  Bernard Sanders · [email protected]

June 12, 2021 at 3:18 PM

No

Will it be easy? Of course it won’t be easy. We must mobilize people of all backgrounds in order to get it done. Friends - As we attempt to transform this country and address the long term crises facing working families in terms of decent paying jobs, health care, tax reform, education, child ca…

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  Bernie Sanders · [email protected]

June 6, 2021 at 11:06 PM

I'm sincerely asking you to make a $2.70 contribution to Nina Turner’s campaign for Congress. Let’s help her win this special election.

By electing Nina Turner to Congress, we will be electing someone who will fight for the progressive values at the center of our movement. Dear Friends, Now more than ever, in this pivotal moment in American history, we need strong, progressive and experienced leadership in Congress. That is why,…

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  BernieSanders.com · [email protected]

May 28, 2021 at 4:52 PM

We're writing to ask you to take two minutes to read Bernie's op-ed, and then chip in $2.70 to our fight to transform this country

We must move forward boldly, protecting the working families of our country and restoring faith in government. Friends - As Congress prepares to take up significant legislation that will impact the working class of this country, we wanted to share an op-ed that Bernie recently wrote for CNN. We …

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  BernieSanders.com · [email protected]

May 23, 2021 at 11:04 PM

We are writing to ask you to chip in $2.70 to support our campaign's organizing efforts to transform this country

We wanted to take a moment to share some of our movement's important accomplishments so far this year. Friends - In this crazy and complicated world it is easy to forget or get sidetracked. But please do not lose sight of one enormously important reality. In the last several years our progressi…

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