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I have some important news to share, and I wanted you to hear it from me: Today, I am announcing my intention to run for re-election to the United States Senate in 2018.
These are frightening and unprecedented times. We have a president who is not only a pathological liar, but someone who is trying to win votes by dividing our nation up based on the color of our skin, our country of origin, our religion, our gender or our sexual orientation.
If reelected, you can be sure that I will continue to be the fiercest opponent in the Senate to the rightwing extremism of Trump and the Republican leadership.
But being anti-Trump and anti-Republican is not enough. We need to continue our fight for a progressive agenda which will take on oligarchy, and improve the lives of working people throughout our country.
It is my intention to run a strong grassroots campaign throughout Vermont and I look forward to your support.
But today, I wanted to let you know that it was my intention to run again for the Senate, and to ask if you could help us reach some modest fundraising goals we need to fund this grassroots campaign. You can do that here:

secure.actblue.com/donate/bernie-…
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Let me be clear: Class warfare goes on in the United States and has for decades. There has been an ongoing massive redistribution of wealth from the working class to the rich. The United States has the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth.
In 1965, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1. In 1989, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 58-to-1. Last year, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 312-to-1.
Today, the wealthiest 400 individuals in this country own more wealth than the bottom half of America — 150 million Americans.
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At dinner, I learned more about corruption + racism built into society by our masters. A book we discussed (Zinn) was used as part of this "Left" resource's bibliography. I had to share. [A thread]

@BlackSocialists - thoughts on this resource?

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Today, I published my first @newyorker article. It’s about how divided the United States are—and what that might do to our future. I hope you read it.

But if you’ll indulge me, I'd also like to say a few personal words about what this means to me.

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I grew up in Germany, so I’m an immigrant to this country. I had my first English lesson in a public high school at the age of 10. By the age of 15, I spoke English about as well as an American high schooler who has taken a few language classes might speak French: barely.

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For the last two years of high school, I was lucky enough to attend the European School in Karlsruhe. About half my lessons were in English.

I struggled. After my first few weeks at the school, I asked my mom whether she would be mad at me if I got held back by a year.

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Today I am announcing my intention to amend the Senate tax bill to repeal the individual mandate and provide bigger tax cuts for middle income taxpayers.

The mandate repeal is a promise we all made and we should keep. It also allows an additional $300 billion+ in tax cuts.
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This will help ensure House acceptance of the Senate plan as leaders there have stated they will not accept a plan with no state and local deductibility. Repeal the mandate fix problems with Senate bill through more tax cuts for all and help ensure House and Senate plans agree.
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