#senator sanders

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[ivygorgon]

🏚️ We're living in a dystopian oligarchy.

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[reasonsforhope]

Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three of the companies have relented, making commitments to cap costs for their inhalers at $35 for patients who now pay much more.

25 million Americans have asthma and 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), meaning over 40 million Americans rely on inhalers to breathe.

Inhalers have been available since the 1950s, and most of the drugs they use have been on the market for more than 25 years.

According to a statement from the Wisconsin Senator’s office, inhaler manufacturers sell the exact same products at a much lower costs in other countries. One of AstraZeneca’s inhalers, Breztri Aerosphere, costs $645 in the U.S.—but just $49 in the UK. Inhalers made by Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Teva have similar disparities.

Baldwin and her Democratic colleagues—New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders—pressured the companies to lower their prices by writing letters to GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, and AstraZeneca requesting a variety of documents that show why such higher prices are charged in America compared to Europe.

As a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Baldwin recently announced that as a result of the letters they had secured commitments from three of the four to lower the out-of-pocket costs of inhalers to a fixed $35.00 rate.

“For the millions of Americans who rely on inhalers to breathe, this news is a major step in the right direction as we work to lower costs and hold big drug companies accountable,” said Senator Baldwin.

A full list of the inhalers and associated drugs can be viewed here.

It’s the second time in the last year that pharmaceutical companies were forced to provide reasonable prices—after the cost of insulin was similarly capped successfully at $35 per month thanks to Congressional actions led by the White House.

-via Good News Network, March 25, 2024

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[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

From @theimeu:

BREAKING: For the first time in US history there will be a vote in Congress to block weapons to Israel.

Sending Israel weapons is a violation of US law and opposed by a majority of Americans, who are sick of seeing their tax dollars fund Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians.

Thank you @sensanders, @senjeffmerkley, and @senpeterwelch for taking this historic step.

The weapons included in this $20 billion proposed transfer have been used in apparent war crimes in Gaza. For a detailed breakdown, swipe left.

[thoughtportal]

This is a crucial bill. Even if the research finds that everything we know about long COVID is wrong, this work has ramifications for Lyme, POTS, ME/CFS, and other postviral diseases, which have long been ignored.

Please write to or call your senators.

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[onlytiktoks]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5133161-donald-trump-gaza-proposal-israel-takeover/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/trump-gaza-redevelopment/

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-is-no-rush-gaza-2025-02-07/

[hippiedippieblondie]

Sanders is EATING on the Senate floor right now. I’m watching Trump get dragged by Grandpa Bernie live. 10/10

[alwaysbewoke]

[dont-lick-my-foot]

Senator Bernie Sanders Wins reelection to Senate for Vermont

congrats bestie!!

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[theobjectivemind]

This administration is moving to dismantle the Department of Education. Let that sink in. This agency enforces civil rights protections in schools and ensures funding for programs that help marginalized students. If they are not actively protecting equal access to education, what does that say about their priorities?

Just hours ago, Trump signed an executive order to begin this process. This is not just a bureaucratic change. It threatens decades of progress and could widen educational inequality. When federal oversight is removed, states are left to decide what protections to keep, and history has shown that not all will prioritize equity in funding or access to resources.

We cannot let that happen.

The fight for civil rights includes the right to a fair education. Stay informed. Speak up. Keep fighting for what is right.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-takes-fresh-stab-dismantling-department-education-with-order-signing-white-2025-03-20/

[thebreakfastgenie]

Also for what it's worth I've never discouraged the creation of a farther left party in the US either. I believe I've even said in the past that the Green Party is a disaster and if you want to build an alternative party you have to do it from the ground up. I have no illusions about a farther left party gaining any kind of traction at the national level, but local politics is a lot more flexible.

The only viable role for a leftist party in the US right now is a local/state party in deep blue states that would have candidates run as Democrats if they ran for federal office. Democrats will have different opinions on that which is fine, personally I'm chill with that as long as they treat Democrats as respected coalition partners and aren't assholes about it. I think that's kind of what the DSA was supposed to be? It feels like every attempt at this dissolves into an internal mess because *jazz hands* the American left but it doesn't have to be that way.

I'm not going to personally put the effort in to do this, I'm fine voting for Democrats, but if I had a choice between a Democrat and some leftist party for a local office I'd consider both candidates. That's basically what I do now anyway except they're all officially Democrats and I do it in the primaries.