END TO END BERNERS: The Official Bernie Sanders 2020 Crew thread

a not insignifcant portion for sure. jia tolentino really nails this in her book, mostly talking about bari weiss and other professional trolls but the same can apply to any belief system

bernie is a fucking cop

My amendment to #BackTheBlue and defend, not defund, the police passed the Senate overwhelmingly tonight by vote of 100-0

— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) February 5, 2021

how are you going to have a socialist police state without police?

what was the amendment? i can’t find anything about it.

https://www.congress.gov/amendment/117th-congress/senate-amendment/558

Bernie was making the jerking off motion when he voted aye so it doesn't count.

Left can you explain to us what this means To establish a deficit-neutral fund relating to funding the police.

some right wing bullshit

anyone care to defend this

maybe just read the thread title and take it up somewhere else

He’s not in favor of police abolition. I think this became known during his recent presidential campaign.

exactly. bernie's never talked about abolition, and i'm not sure he's ever said "defund"? (correct me if i'm wrong)

and that's why he was my compromise candidate

Bernie being to the right of the people most invested in the ‘Bernie project’ on a variety of issues is not news.

Wait til you find out about defense budget votes!!!

Or this bad non-vote.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/bernie-sanders-absent-as-anti-surveillance-senate-amendment-fails.html

social democrats fucking love cops. in the UK we just had half a decade of the leftmost opposition leader ever instigating a pig-funding arms race with the far right. I sympathise with critical support to some extent but it rarely seems to be critical enough

He spoke on police abolition but it was conflated with defunding in the way the question was framed to him. But there are activists who drew a distinction between the two things and others who who didn’t. However the way he talked about “redefining” what the job is though went further than the way possibilities of reform are usually discussed by politicians at that level.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/bernie-sanders-is-not-done-fighting

i've learned so much today. sounds like this bernie sanders guy is never going to be president unless he shapes up.

Isn’t this amendment just trolling bullshit designed to either enable attack ads or sow division on the left? Isn’t almost all defund the police activism focused on local governments and city councils? What is this amendment even going to do?

#defundthecapitolpolice

Most right-wing riots can be resolved with social workers

Or psychiatrists. "Is Antifa here in the room with us now, Bill?"

all the senate amendments from last night were meaningless:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/senate-covid-relief-bill-budget-vote-a-rama.html

.@SenSanders on the Senate floor saying we must crush Covid-19 so that young people can start dating again (among a long list of other reasons).

— Tara Golshan (@taragolshan) March 5, 2021

Sanders otm

https://i.imgflip.com/50jxn9.jpg

That's right

https://www.dollskill.com/trickz-n-treatz-chairman-meme-costume.html

BREAKING: Moderna says it will keep its Covid vaccine free for all people in the U.S.—reversing course on its planned 400% price increase—one day after Bernie Sanders said he would force the CEO to testify.

— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) February 15, 2023

fuck that's rad

Niiiiiice

this guy

Hell yeah

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERHVRHoUEAEAjYZ.jpg

Bernie is in town doing media for his book and walked into a TikTok 🤣 pic.twitter.com/74wHvWyv5G

— Wu-Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) February 20, 2023

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In the 1990s, America had 51 major contractors bidding for defense work. Today, there are only five massive companies remaining. Defense contracting should be reworked to break up the massive contracts awarded to the big guys and create opportunities for firms of all sizes.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) February 24, 2023

Mom and Pop Merchants of Death

small arms businesses

Nobody looking out for the little guys anymore

.@SenSanders opening statement: "Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union-busting campaign in the modern history of our country. That union-busting campaign has been led by Howard Schultz…. who is with us this morning only under the threat of subpoena."

— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) March 29, 2023

That is all! pic.twitter.com/R9vXPGn8qE

— Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara) April 5, 2023

fuk yeah

not looking that bad for 81

I want to congratulate the workers at @ruaaup for taking the courageous step to go on strike. You are inspiring the labor movement across this country. I am proud to stand in solidarity with you. pic.twitter.com/3806ZfDtO8

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 13, 2023

Sanders' position on Gaza explainer.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-gaza-ceasefire-explainer/