Sanders: 'These are the scariest times in my life'

[Uncle Joe]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) heads into a press conference on March 6, 2025, to discuss an executive order from President Trump to abolish the Department of Education.

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“It is not just they want to give tax breaks to billionaires and cut programs for working people. Frankly, that’s happened before,” Sanders said of powerful conservatives in America during an interview with Jon Lovett on “Pod Save America.”

“You combine that with the power of the oligarchy in general, you combine that with Mr. Musk owning Twitter and able to send out his messages to hundreds of millions of people,” Sanders said, ticking off what he sees as the biggest threats to progressivism and economic justice in the United States.

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“When Trump unilaterally cuts federal funding that was passed by Congress, that is illegal, that is unconstitutional,” he said.

“When you have the vice president saying, well, in his judgment the courts don’t have the right to stop unconstitutional acts of the president, man, that is authoritarianism,” he argued. “He is now trying to end what the Founding Fathers was pretty smart about, creating a form of government where there were checks and balances.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5190322-berniesanders-elonmusk-threats/

[young_at_heart]

1. Thank you Bernie.....it needs to be said loud and clear!

My husband and I were perusing "Finding Your Roots" last night and came across an old one with you and Larry David. We both felt such admiration for you and your persistence in fighting for our country, year after year. You deserve so much credit at this horrific time for speaking the truth.....I hope everyone listens!!

[rubbersole]

2. Bernie Sanders has been warning us about this since the early '90s.

Hope people are listening now.

[synni]

3. My mother and I caucused for Bernie

If he had won the primary instead of Hillary, Trump would never have become president in the first place. I don't know how somebody married to Bill Clinton could be such a terrible campaigner, but she was. Bernie Sanders would have been the best president of our lifetime.

[Uncle Joe]

4. I believe

we would be better served to focus on the present.

[milestogo]

5. The more you understand what's really going on, the more scared you are.

Hence, those who pay no attention remain unperturbed.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick