42 h. ago ‘Greed, greed, and more greed’: AOC and Bernie Sanders blast Trump and Musk at largest anti

New York Democrat says Trump's 'tariff shuffle' was market manipulation for billionaire friends

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43 h. ago Bernie Sanders rally in LA draws thousands to protest Trump: ‘We can’t just let this happen’

US Vermont senator’s tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes has been drawing record-breaking crowds since FebruaryThe Vermont senator Bernie Sanders drew a record-breaking crowd at his rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, which included musical acts from Joan Baez and Neil Young, who encouraged the crowd to “take America back”.Sanders’s Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go from Here tour has been drawing massive crowds. Aided by the progressive New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the team set the record in Tempe, Arizona, for biggest-ever political rally in that state three weeks ago. In Denver, Colorado, more than 34,000 people showed up – a career-high crowd for the 83-year-old Sanders. Saturday in Los Angeles saw another record: at least 36,000 people packed a downtown park. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The power and pitfalls of protest: how to speak out without falling victim to Trump’s playbook | Jonathan Smucker

As mass protest surges against Trump and Musk, how can we show up as effectively as possible?On Saturday I was heartened to be one of millions of Americans who took to the streets in cities and towns across the United States to stand against “the most brazen power grab in modern history”. While no official total tally of “Hands Off!” participants is yet available, the anti-Donald Trump, anti-Elon Musk actions on Saturday were certainly among the largest single day protests in US history, with rallies in all 50 states.As we seem to be entering a new stage of popular protest movements, it’s worth assessing the strategic value of protest, as well as the limits and potential liabilities. History is full of powerful examples of consequential bottom-up protest movements. The women’s suffrage movement secured voting rights after decades of struggle. The civil rights movement dismantled Jim Crow segregation. The labor movement won the eight-hour workday, the weekend and much more. Protest w...

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7 d. ago Sen. Bernie Sanders skewers law firms that made $100M deals with Trump in fiery two

Sanders was asked ‘What do you make of the law firms cutting deals?’ before firing back with a scathing two-word attack

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7 d. ago As markets implode, US trading partners puzzle over whether there's room for negotiations

The impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's blast of tariff hikes is reverberating across world markets as America's trading partners puzzle over whether there is room for negotiating better deals

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7 d. ago Bernie Sanders: law firms that cut deals with Trump administration ‘sell out their soul’

Firms that were targeted by president after representing his political rivals show ‘absolute cowardice’, says US senatorLaw firms that cut deals with Donald Trump’s administration after the president issued executive orders targeting attorneys who challenge his priorities are demonstrating “absolute cowardice”, the independent US senator Bernie Sanders has said.“They’re zillion-dollar law firms, and money, money, money” is all that motivates them, the popular Vermont lawmaker who caucuses with Democrats said in a feature interview on the latest CBS News Sunday Morning. “So they’re going to sell out their souls to be able to make money here in Washington.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Third term? Why not?’ Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks out on Trump’s future plans

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Republicans “don’t believe in the Constitution” in a new interview with CBS News

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1 week ago Trump news at a glance: sweeping tariffs announced; Musk could be nearing end of role

Trump announces ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest US trading partners; Elon Musk may leave government role at end of 130-day cap. Here’s your roundup of key US politics stories from 2 April 2025Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has dubbed “liberation day”.Trump said he will impose a 10% universal tariff on all imported foreign goods in addition to “reciprocal tariffs” on a few dozen countries, charging additional duties onto countries that Trump claims have “cheated” America. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Greenlanders blast JD Vance's claim that Donald Trump wants to help the country

Angry Greenlanders have pointed out that Donald Trump's right hand man doesn't seem to know what his other right hand man is doing.

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2 w. ago Trump's surprising response as Elon Musk pokes fun at his administration's largest scandal to

President Donald Trump had a surprising reaction to his administration's biggest scandal to-date.

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2 w. ago ‘There has to be a turn around’: Sanders on Democrats’ next steps amid Trump blitzkrieg

The independent senator from Vermont has been rallying the resistance on a cross-country ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tourBernie Sanders said Donald Trump has “absolutely” created a constitutional crisis in the United States and is pushing the country “very rapidly toward an authoritarian form of society”.The independent senator from Vermont has been rallying the anti-Trump resistance on a cross-country “Fight Oligarchy” tour, drawing some of the largest crowds of his decades-long political career as he taps into rising anger over the president’s stunning power grabs. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘The Democratic party has no grassroots’: Bernie Sanders on how to fight the Trump blitzkrieg

In an interview on his cross-country tour, the senator said Americans are ‘very disturbed’ by the chaos in WashingtonBernie Sanders said Donald Trump has “absolutely” created a constitutional crisis in the United States and is pushing the country “very rapidly toward an authoritarian form of society”.The independent senator from Vermont has been rallying the anti-Trump resistance on a cross-country “Fight Oligarchy” tour, drawing some of the largest crowds of his decades-long political career as he taps into rising anger over the president’s stunning power grabs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bernie Sanders STORMS out of 'nonsense' interview leaving ABC reporter stunned

Sen. Bernie Sanders abruptly ended his sit-down interview with ABC News.

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3 w. ago Bernie Sanders threatens to ditch ABC interview when asked if AOC should run for Senate

The Vermont Independent was speaking to ABC’s This Week Sunday when he abruptly got out of his chair

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3 w. ago Sanders and AOC tell packed arena Trump is ‘screwing over’ working class

Progressive political stars say president and billionaire Elon Musk are turning US into oligarchy at rally in ArizonaBernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk at a huge rally in Arizona on Thursday, accusing them of “screwing over” working- and middle-class Americans as they turn the country into an oligarchy.Speaking to an overflowing arena as part of his Stop Oligarchy tour – a series of events with the progressive New York congresswoman that has attracted huge attention among Democratic supporters disillusioned with what they feel is the party’s otherwise tepid reaction to Trump’s radical agenda – Sanders, the senator from Vermont, warned the president: Continue reading...

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3 w. ago AOC and Bernie draw crowds of thousands: Is the Democratic Party having its Tea Party moment?

Analysis: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins Bernie Sanders on a tour at a time when her party is increasingly looking for someone to aggressively oppose Donald Trump’s policies, Richard Hall writes.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk ‘salute’ carved into sand in world’s largest Tesla protest

Elon Musk’s notorious “salute” has been carved into sand at the world’s largest Tesla protest.

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3 w. ago Tesla stake is no longer Elon Musk’s most valuable asset amid stock market sell

SpaceX, Musk’s private rockets and satellites business, is now largest asset for the first time in five yearsUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk’s vast stake in Tesla is no longer his most valuable asset as the electric car company continues to endure a sharp stock market sell-off.Musk’s stake in SpaceX, his private rockets and satellites business, is now the billionaire tycoon’s largest asset for the first time in five years, according to Forbes, which still pegs his net worth at $323bn – more than anyone else in the world. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Elon Musk 'salute' is carved into sand in world's largest 'Don't buy a Tesla' protest on Welsh beach

British political campaign group Led By Donkeys staged the protest on Black Rock Sands - Traeth y Greigddu - near Porthmadog, Wales.

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