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Sen. Bernie Sanders is touring Iowa and Nebraska to rally against “the oligarchy,” aiming to energize progressives rather than launch a 2028 presidential bid.

At 83, he seeks to shape the Democratic Party’s future, arguing it lost in 2024 by neglecting working-class voters.

He hopes to influence budget battles and the 2026 midterms, targeting GOP lawmakers in battleground districts.

With Democrats lacking clear leadership, Sanders’ prominence and focus on economic inequality could define the party’s direction in the Trump-Musk era.

  • Revan343
    29·
    3 days ago

    I also really REALLY hope she doesn’t campaign with a fucking Cheney

    I thought I saw AOC calling out how bad an idea that was, back when Harris did it, so I don’t expect her to make the same mistake

    • thallamabond@lemmy.world
      18·
      3 days ago

      “I think there’s plenty of people that aren’t happy about that, and I think that is part of the nature of putting together a coalition,” Ocasio-Cortez, who clashed with Cheney when they were both in the House, said.

      “I don’t love it, but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t on the same team, and we aren’t on the same page when it comes to who is unequivocally the better candidate in order to win the presidential election.”

      https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-liz-cheney-harris-campaign-trump-1976031

        • 5C5C5C@programming.dev
          36·
          3 days ago

          My read on that statement is “I think this is a bad idea but in-fighting is the last thing we need right now if we want to avoid a Trump presidency.”

        • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
          16·
          3 days ago

          Calling it out harder publicly during the election would have just made a Trump presidency more likely. It’s similar to how Sanders shut up after Hillary stole the primary and threw his full weight behind her train wreck or a campaign.

          People who actually give a shit don’t want Trump to win and will do whatever they can to keep that from happening.

          • Saleh@feddit.org
            55·
            3 days ago

            Yeah that played out great in 2016 and 2024…

            Of course infighting is bad if it escalates. But candidates who are completely detached from reality, need a reality check.

            If the Democrats hadn’t waited until Summer to acknowledge what everyone saw with their own eyes, Biden being mentally declined well past the point of doing another 4 years, they could have built a proper campaign with a properly primaried candidate. But the oligarchy doesnt want that, because then topics like cost of living, housing health care and US funded genocide become topics for the Democratic base too.

            And after Biden came the trainwreck of the Harris campaign. No Charisma, no political character, embracing the oligarchs coming out in support of her and finally closing the coffin with fucking war criminals Cheneys.