Bernie Sanders Slams Biden’s ‘Totally Absurd’ Israel Policy: ‘You Can’t Reconcile It’
By: Marco Margaritoff; The Huffington Post The senator said Friday that “this wholesale slaughter” of Palestinians “makes my stomach turn” and urged the U.S. to stop funding it. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) isn’t biting his tongue concerning U.S. policy toward Israel. The progressive senator has continued to support President Joe Biden on his campaign for re-election, but made an impassioned appearance Friday on “Alex Wagner
Sanders pushes harder for Gaza cease-fire: ‘Not another nickel for Netanyahu’
By: Lauren Irwin; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pushing harder for a cease-fire in Gaza and demands that the United States send “not another nickel” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “My view, not another nickel for Netanyahu’s government if he’s going to continue this wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people,” Sanders told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Friday. Sanders’ declaration comes just
$400,000 Per Missile? Sanders Rips War Profiteers ‘Fleecing’ US Taxpayers
By: Brett Wilkins; Common Dreams “Congress must put an end to this form of corporate welfare,” the senator said, arguing that one new way to do that involves reviving an old policy. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has a novel way to stop military-industrial complex profiteers from “bilking the American people”—and it’s actually over 80 years old. In an article published Tuesday in The Atlantic, Sanders
Sanders, Welch Break with Democrats to Vote ‘No’ on Israel, Ukraine Aid Package
By Sarah Mearhoff; VT Digger The $95 billion package included $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel and $9 billion in humanitarian aid to Gaza, Ukraine and other war-torn regions. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Vermont’s two U.S. senators voted against a $95 billion spending package slated to dispense billions of dollars in aid to foreign allies,
“I Will Be Damned if I’m Going to Give Another Nickel to the Netanyahu Government”
By John Nichols; The Nation Bernie Sanders and two Senate colleagues defined a new standard for foreign aid packages: No more complicity with Israel’s assault on Gaza. Shortly before dawn on Tuesday, the US Senate approved a $95 billion “emergency” international military spending bill, which included $14 billion in new military assistance for the Israeli government as it continues its massive assault
“We Can’t Wait”: Sanders Says Green New Deal Needed Now More Than Ever
By Sharon Zhang; Truthout “Transforming our economy away from fossil fuels isn’t radical. What’s radical is waiting another second to do it.” Five years on from the introduction of the Green New Deal, progressive lawmakers say that it’s needed now more than ever, with new, dangerous climate records being set each year and the grip of the fossil fuel industry
