By Ben Meiselas
I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Senator Bernie Sanders for a powerful conversation on the MeidasTouch Podcast—and I’ll tell you right now, if you care about working people in this country, you need to hear what he had to say.
Senator Sanders joined me to talk about his Fight the Oligarchy Tour—a grassroots effort that’s taking the truth directly to the people in red and purple districts across the country. Bernie is doing what so few in Washington have the courage to do: speaking plainly about the reality working people face every single day and calling out the billionaire class that has rigged this system against the rest of us.
Let’s be honest—Trump and his billionaire buddies like Elon Musk want you exhausted, divided, and discouraged. They want you to believe there’s no alternative to an economy that works for the ultra-wealthy and crushes everyone else. But Bernie is proving them wrong, and so are the thousands showing up at every stop on this tour—20,000 RSVP’d for Denver alone!
One of the most moving moments we talked about was from a stop in Altoona, Wisconsin, where Bernie asked the crowd to share what it’s like living paycheck to paycheck. What followed was gut-wrenching. One woman stood up and said she had to choose between buying shoes for herself or her children. Another talked about not affording eyeglasses. People are living in what one person called “psychological torture”—and they’re not wrong.
You can also listen to this interview on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
Bernie reminded us that in the wealthiest country on Earth, 60% of people are still living paycheck to paycheck. That’s not a bug in the system—it is the system. Meanwhile, Trump is out there praising billionaires for firing striking workers and drooling over Musk for treating workers like disposable garbage. These people don’t care about you. They never have.
We also dug into a hard truth: far too many working people voted for Trump. Bernie’s message is clear—if Democrats want to win, they need to take on the oligarchs with full force and make it unmistakable who they’re fighting for.
And here’s the most important takeaway from Bernie’s message: despair is not an option. This is an unprecedented moment in American history. We’re looking at a full-blown authoritarian movement backed by billionaires who want to dismantle democracy, gut your wages, and auction off what’s left of the middle class.
As Bernie said, we need a government that works for the people, not for billionaires and campaign contributors.
We’ll be covering every stop of this tour—Vegas, Denver, Greeley, Phoenix, Tucson—and I hope you’ll tune in. This is what the fight looks like, and we need all of you in it.
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Bernie! The one that got away! Bernie! We love you! Thank you for speaking for the people!
Agree! A lot of optimism died when Sanders was shafted by the Democratic Party.
Thank you Ben, I love Bernie Sanders
Bernie needs to run
He did that, the Dems were stupid.
I love Ben he is really smart but so is Michael Popok
The best thing I did was join this group with The Meidas Touch Network and yes I could see Ben as a President and Michael too. Instead we have a felon in the Whitehouse that pardoned Stewart Rhodes
LGBTQ Rights Matter, Democracy Matters, and always remember to be kind to others as we don’t know what they are going through
Life can either ruin you but if you surround yourself with good people like Ben, Michael, and many other people we will get through this together. That’s what matters
Life is good when you surround yourself with good people, and never let anyone rob a day of life away from you
How embarrassing this is not what America is about, my father served in the military and he saw a lot of injuries. But, he told me to never give up. My parents campaigned for JFK and were invited to his Inaugural Ball in DC
Life is short
Remember Trump said he would be a dictator on day one
The ACLU wants me to join again
I've been sending them donations. They're behind MANY of the lawsuits that have been and are stlll being filed against the illegalities coming from trump-musk activities.
I wished Ben would run
Me too, I love those guys they always make me feel safe comparatively to Trump. This is Project 2025 everyone and this is what Trump is doing. Remember he is a felon
💯 💯 💯 That's why I left DNC! They really screwed up when they decided to support Hillary Clinton! Bernie would have won!
Bernie 🩷 solid, always consistent, empathic, tells the truth, brilliant and has more energy than most people. A hero of the people. 🌸
I have newspapers about JFK which also includes when Oswald shot him
When I divorced Bob, I changed my last name back to Johansen and I am proud of that name. I also did a genealogy in my grandma as she was a Woodley before she married my Grandfather. That’s when I found out about the Woodley’s, and even though my skin is white I am also related to LeMar Woodley, MVP Player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Stormy Daniel’s
I love the Meidas Touch Network and I never go to Social Media Apps except for MSNBC
🙏🙏🙏
Yes, he is upset and wants to mobilize an Oligarchy Campaign
Yes, I signed up for The Oligarchy Talk, Bernie Sanders needs to run with AOC
Love this thank you Ben and the Meidas Touch Network
George Conway and Sarah are on this too, George knows who Trump is
This is what we are facing that’s why I do Podcasts and Substacks I pay for You Tube Premium but it’s better then X
I also talk to Adam Kinzinger
Bernie knows too, so does Adam Kinzinger because those that were on the J6 Committee are being targeted that’s why I contacted Liz Cheney. Read her book “Oath and Honor” it covers what Trump is and even though I am a Democrat I care about those that were courageous to speak out like Cassidy Hutchinson
Thank you Bernie Sanders
Hey, read this as you all need to read this
https://www.newsweek.com/moscow-already-studying-top-secret-records-trump-raid-russian-media-1733440
Holy S**T! 😳
If I had not signed up with The Meidas Touch Network I wouldn’t have known any of this. Screw Elon Musk
Trump wants to dismantle all programs that help people it’s a coup
Glenn Kirschner knows too
George and Sarah are cool plus I like Michael Cohen he knows too talk to him as this is not normal
The New York Times is reporting this
Trump’s Anti-Constitutional Power Grab
MSNBC is reporting this right now, Trump recently spoke to Putin
This is why the Substacks and Podcasts instead of Social Media especially X
Bernie is right, the added stress of not having enough month to month, over a long period creates more health problems.
Definitely, I am waiting to see if my SS check comes next week. If not I’ll have to depend on my shrinking 401k and end up leaving nothing to my kids. I am beyond pissed at this maladministration destroying our country. So much for retirement.
My wife’s Social Security showed up two days ago plus I was Civil Service for 28 years and just got $7845 back pay my next check is supposed to show up in April
I’ve been reading that the SSA has been coming after SS recipients for “overpayment “ in benefits. I have never heard of this before and SS payments are pitifully low income anyway for most Americans. I realize mistakes in calculating payments are possible but my understanding is it’s next to impossible to get someone to repair the problem once they have someone in their sights.
Yeah I read about that too maybe that’s why I got the back pay so soon. I got a letter from them pretty much saying that I would be getting back pay starting Jan of 2024 and that could take several months. Then it came at the beginning of March. Then got another letter yesterday saying my new check would be coming next month
Ours came on time this month. We’re in Oregon. Good luck.
I sweated it out and mine was deposited on Wed the day it was due.
I am with Kathy. I will be waiting to see if I get my SS check next week. I have some savings which I might have to dig into but I am working part time as well to help cover expenses.
Love and inspired by this leader!!! Underestimated and overlooked. He has been right for years and courageously speaks the truth! 💙💛🩵
Bernie was up against all the wealthy in 2016. Churches, insurance companies, corporations, millionaires and billionaires.
Bernie wanted everyone to pay their fair share of taxes. They couldn't allow that. So greedy and disgusting. Now we're all suffering and children are dying so they don't have to pay tax??
Re:2016- It is most unfortunate that the “ upper echelon “ Democrats, despite Bernie’s excellent showing against Trump in the polls, chose to pretty much unanimously push HRC. That is where we lost all the young voters. That is where we lost the election that year to Trump. Simply my opinion as one who has paid close attention.
More like the nail in the coffin, but it had been accumulating for years, at least since her husband, father of the conservative neo liberals. Most hadn't taken much notice as the noose hadn't quite tightened around people's necks. Obama's handling of the 2008 economic crash and his cowing down when he had a super majority was a giant leap into the abyss we find ourselves in now. Like say, betrayal after betrayal, after betrayal and the end result is Trump. And if there's no fundamental, drastic change he won't be the worst, just like George W. wasn't.
That's right. If you could believe it burger flippers pay more in taxes than the wealthiest men--Musk, Bezos...etc. All of them has years where they paid nil! Trump had years in the positive, where he got payed. Propublica does great investigative work on this. Highly recommend. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax
Love you Bernie!!!! I’m behind you 100%
Thank you Bernie for standing up against this corrupt administration and the oligarchs that created it.
I feel safer with you fighting for us.
Thank you Bernie! You are a Patriot 💙💙
Bernie, we are so grateful
We are so very fortunate to have Bernie Sanders on our team. Everything he has been saying for decades, or his entire adult life, is so true and, right now, so very important.
Bernie is taking our TRUTH across America for all to hear. Thank you, Bernie!
History will be very kind to the mark you made.
It has been important for quite some time. Now it's mission critical.
Whoa 🤯 MTN feeling the Bern 🔥
Thank you for keeping up the good fight!
Thank God for the brothers and Bernie, and AOC. Those working towards the betterment of American Citizens.
We love Bernie!
Definitely we, the people, want to see people fighting as Bernie is!!! WHY do other representatives and senators not get this???
Bc they'll be fine either way. They're all millionaires who don't want to pay their fair share of taxes so it's ok for them. They don't know or understand the struggle of the working class and the poor. They donot work for or represent the working class people. They don't know the struggle.
And it's like that all the way down the line, people don't care as long as they are a rung above the next person, people care about protecting what they feel is theirs. What isn't talked about enough is that raising the standard of living of all of us raised the standard of living for all of us. Working people put money back in to circulation, the rich no not. It doesn't trickle down. The rich have done a great job brainwashing us all that life is a pie, where someone else's piece takes away from us, but it's the rich that are hoarding more than they can ever use, on the backs of the rest of us. At some level they do know, they just don't care.
Then people need to STOP electing them! But, alas, so many just don't care. Like my neighbor whose comment after the election was for them just to leave her alone (as in not being bothered).
They're selfish and greedy to be sure. But really it has to do with the foolish two party system and the corruption that it breeds. The years of selling out to corporate interests by gov and media. No body wanted to risk voting for a Ralf Nader, he was talking about this even before Bernie but he ran Green, trying to introduce a third party option. Many on the "left" got mad at him for taking votes from Gore, but he had the right idea all along; having to choose between two parties is one small step away from oligarchy (one party rule), what were dealing with now. People get too stuck in their ways and are afraid of change until it becomes a matter of survival. But this corruption was many years in the making. Citizens United was maybe the breaking point, and some pointed it out, just not the major media. Which is why it's good having all this, meidastouch and Substack. And good to having Bernie and there are plenty more. The ingredients for thwarting this madness and changing for the better are there. Hope it all comes together this time. It kind of has to.
Bernie is a saint.
Bernie, we love you!!
Bernie has always had our best interests at heart.
Thank you for working for the people Bernie!
Thank you thank you
Bernie,
I wish you would’ve been our President at some point! Such an amazing soul! Thanks for all you do. I send you love and blessings.
Thank you Senator Sanders you are you asking the right questions! We are so grateful!
Maybe Bernie will run again
That would be nice. He might be in his 80s, but he still has a lot of fire left in him.
He can pull it off. And hopefully he's got apprentices going. Hopefully AOC is taking notes.
Under a new banner I hope.
I was just about to reach out to you and see if you could get Bernie and AOC on!!! You guys rock!!
🚨Bernie and AOC here in Tucson on Saturday 💙🇺🇲🫡. Just found out and RSVPd IMMEDIATELY ‼️🚨Stoked💪
Yay spread the word!
I love you BERNIE!!! We Love You BERNIE!!! Thank you for everything! You truly are for ALL people!
Thank you Bernie Sanders for what you are doing for us. I have always loved your politics work. I totally agree with you on the working class stress because I am one of those who retired and now the stress is because I don’t know from one day to the next if I will have Social Security!!!
Thank you Bernie for being a tireless advocate for the working people. These oligarchs are so removed from our reality that they have no business running the government and they are stripped of empathy and understanding.
Have you seen gothic maga? Or read about the tech bros and their plans for the future? You're right they donot care at all. They will rule the world and the rest of us will be slaves or die. They're trying to dismantle child labour laws now.
What they're doing cutting off peoples benefits is a form of genocide and they know it, it's intentional and disturbing. We need to boycott the evil greedy billionaires
Fabulous interview, love Bernie. He is right we cannot let them exhaust, divide and discourage us. Trump, Musk and the rest of the oligarchs dont care about anyone but the mega wealthy, so its up to us to stand up for ourselves and with the help of politicians like Bernie and others we will do our part by taking to the streets, platforms such as this and let them know we will not stand for their abuse any longer.
I live in Canada and I have watched Trump groom his cult members for 10 years, and sadly there are millions of them, but they like Trump, Musk, Vance and the rest of the MAGA idiots will not break us. They are bullies and we will stand up to them.
Trump wants Canada 🇨🇦 to be the 51st state, well DT we will NEVER surrender to you and your MAGA bullies, NEVER.
I say to the many good USA and sane citizens stand strong and with Canada 🇨🇦 and many other countries throughout the world together we will get through these very difficult times. 🇨🇦🍁Canada the True, North, Strong and Free we stand on guard for thee always. We also stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Oh my goodness Susan thank u so very much!..Beautifully said & it gives us a sense of security-hope knowing r life long true friends haven't given up on us thru this mess!..We won't forget!..🙋♀️
No body should be allowed to make billions and not pay their share of taxes. They shouldn’t be able to use the middle class to pay their taxes while they get rich!!
Warren buffet said if the top 1000 companies paid their fair share of taxes - no one else would have to pay tax at all
I agree
Unfortunately he doesn't pay his fair share either, but says that he should be made to. Go figure. I guess he's at least willing to if he's made to. Check above pasted propublica link for reference.
Yeah, richest 5 men having more wealth that half the country is truly revolting, and infuriating and should never be allowed to stand. If that doesn't tell you there's something deeply wrong with the system, I don't know what would. Instead, the current mad men want to scrape more from the less wealthy and poor. It's upside down world.
Bernie Sanders is one 100% a caring, respectful, honest, for justice man who dearly loves our country and the American citizens🇺🇸💙
What an honor!!
Bernie on Meidas!!! 🙌🏼🔥
I am dealing with breast cancer as of This past December. I believe it manifested in my body due to the stress of this Presidency. I'm a retired postal worker who has good benefits, but Musk thinks the postal service should be privatized. Gone would be my health care, my annuity. If they privatize social security, what amount of money will I get per month? I'm freaking out.
Omg so sorry to hear about your battle with cancer and stress with the Presidency. Hoping and praying your benefits are not touched. 💔
It's psychological warfare and cruelty
Please hang in there & try to keep calm..We do not want u to increase any chance of ur cancer spreading..Focus on instead the fight against trump-elon- & jdvance & entire congress...I know u have it in u..None of us & yes from what I have seen & heard even alot of trump voters r not for the stripping away of s/s & benifts..They've gone too far now & it's affecting more & more people including his once admirers!...I had a touch of breast cancer myself about 4yrs back - still taking tamoxifen so I know & will never forget the fear..So many of us stand with u & nobody is going to take away any of it! - oh they might try but even the Vets will be there because they're playing with all their services also!!..🙋♀️
That is awful. I hope you could focus on fighting your cancer while we fight this other cancer. Teamwork. Wish you well.
Psychological warfare!!
Thanks, as always, to Meidas Touch. You have become my go to guys! Great job, everyday.
Never thought I’d be a Bernie fan but here I am. Thank you Ben!
Keep giving the Oligarchy hell Bernie. Keep telling it like it is. ♥️
only wished the lazy Democratic leaders would be a Bernie Sanders.
Great to be here!
Bernie speaks to my heart. We need perhaps a New Democratic Party or even another party. We need the new leaders to listen to us. If I were younger and in better health I might consider it. The system we have where the representatives are lining their pockets in such a way that should never be. We have a president who can be bought. A president who begs for money from people still. He had campaign contributions in amounts no one should ever get. Caps on that is a must. Everyone who works should pay taxes even the rich should pay their more than fair share. We are sick to death of it.
Absolutely 1000% It's blatant corruption, extortion and all kinds of high crimes from this evil regime. They're all treasonous traitors
Yes. Politicians in general are not working for us. They go unchecked and do what ever they want. It is absolutely disgusting
YES! Absolutely agree. A new party. Not having that is what got us this.
Yes. A party that is younger and more in touch with the people.
Definitely one that is more in touch with people. While I would say that being younger isn't necessary, so long as they're not out of touch, I will say that they should be more inclusive of younger people and more open to listening to what they have in mind. A healthy variety of perspectives is always good.
Thank you, Ben & Bernie!
Love you, Bernie!
Bernie on Meidas Touch!!!! I am loving this.
It just doesn’t make sense… Who is going to buy the ‘products’ of the billionaires when all the ‘parasites’ are dead…?
They've made so much that they couldn't spend it all in 1000 lifetimes. They don't need us to buy another thing and they'd still be wealthy, so let's boycott all their companies.
Evil greedy billionaires should not be allowed to use OUR money to make self exploding rockets and cars OR to buy govts and politicians to fund their dystopic future plans, it's obscene.
What's "funny," is no matter how it turnes out their system has no future in principle. As it is parasitic. But we don't want them to drag us with them on their stupid suicidal quest.
That's how a parasitic system works and why it's so stupid. It sucks life from its host until the host and it die. Symbiosis is always the better choice if one has a choice, and we have a choice.
Of course Bernie is right. But Democrats need to expose how we got here. Beginning in 1981, government policies, including taxation, began supporting the top 1% of Americans. Between 1978 and 2022 $50 TRILLION in wealth moved from the BOTTOM 90% of Americans to the top 1%!!!!! Then cane Citizens United which allowed that 1% to use their obscene wealth to further influence government. Labor unions were crippled and ultimately killed; gig work replaced full time work with benefits; private equity bought up homes and raised rents. So the reason for the miserable circumstances of many Americans is tax and labor policy and oligarch influence. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS!!!!!!!!!
Without the working class the wealthy well not be making any money! And the stress that the working class people have is what makes them sick is bad. But the poorest in our society today is what I call industrialized MURDER! And most people never see these people but as a nurse I saw them when for the most part they were not going survive! We should be ashamed of the way we treat people here in American that as you say is the RICHEST NATION ON EARTH! We need to fight the NAZI DICTATOR trump and his SOCIOPATH NAZI musk!
Exactly and the Republican Party and all the traitor loyalists who work for themselves and not the people who pay them
Great as always, guys, thank you for your hard work
Keep it going Bernie!! We can do this!!
Super exciting!!! I love me some Bernie!
Ben, thank you so much for having Senator Sanders on your podcast. We all love this man for what he stands for💙🇺🇸
Thank you for fighting for us, Bernie and AOC! 🙏💪
Thank goodness for Bernie. He totally gets it!💕
FINALLY!!!
Thank you Bernie Sanders for telling the truth. I am so glad you are doing what you are. How can we kick the other democrats in their butts and get them to think about what we are dealing with? Do they just think they should keep their mouths shut and it will all blow away? Well, it won't and We the People are going to stand up to it.
It is unbelievable that the rich ruthless radical Republicans are taking America back to days of slavery, oppression of women, and lawlessness. 🫣
Unbelievable times here in USA.
Super interview, Gentlemen!
GO BERNIE!!! COME TO PHILLY!!! No one here will talk to us.
You can request an appearance on Bernie's website
You guys rock , keep on rocking it. https://thistleandmoss.com
Since 2014, I've seen Bernie speak several times. His message has remained consistent. A true politician fighting for the majority of Americans.
He's what all politicians should be. We pay their wages - work FOR the people
Bernie is awesome. He throws blows and lands perfectly. I respect good honest people like him.
What an honor to have him with us❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️
As a Dane, I've always resonated with Bernie's messages. I never understood the defense of the failed trickle down economics or the meager American middle class, let alone the growing near nationalist Christian patriotism.
I know I'm incredibly privileged living in a Scandinavian country where our most precious commodity is social trust and I dearly hope the American people will be able to stand up, stand tall and stand together in this incredibly important fight for democracy!
Canadian here, sure wish you guys voted him for president, he actually understands what the people need.
In 2016 Bernie was fighting for the rich to pay taxes and universal healthcare. Of course all the rich fought against him and booted him out. USA would be a wonderful country now if Bernie was president, a much different place
To have artificial intelligence, first one must have actual, natural intelligence. For a couple thousands of years, humankind developed w/o artificial intelligence. Now they are using AI to destroy those thousands of years of evolution. That is not intelligent.
Ben is awesome I also talk to George Conway and Sarah, this isn’t about Republicans vs Democrats it’s about democracy
This is why I only go in MSNBC and doing Podcasts and Substacks it’s safer. I also spoke to POD Save America
Why is nobody talking about getting rid of the alien immigrant Draft Dodger from South Africa Elon Musk?
Yes! Lock Musk up or Deport Him! The damage and entitlement is surreal!
Why did people vote for 45? They parrot his bloviating about the great job he's done without knowing what that job even was. Was it Biden's success? But more so, they want to believe his pie-in-the-sky promises of tomorrow that are blatant unachievable lies. The bottom line, they are snake oil victims.
Tour dates? Are they posted anywhere?
Thank you, have you seen any dates for the Midwest? I’m in Missouri, but could probably get to any state close to it. Illinois is closest to me. Thank you!!
https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-bernie-sanders
What an American HERO!! The Democratic Party better start listening and learning from Bernie, AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Pete Buttiegege and a few others who know how and are FIGHTING to bring this country back to sanity.
If Bernie ran I would vote for him
Buyer's remorse is being increasingly seen among Trump voters. I predict that the 2025 word of the year will be schadenfreude -- joy at the misfortune of others. As we say in German, "my black heart is laughing."
Thank you,, Senator Bernie Sandor. This country is looking so much like Nazi Germany
Right. Is AI going to buy their products and services too? A little short-sighted.
I want to jump to the alternative universe where Bernie was the nomine and defeated OrangeJezuz. I can say with certainty more Americans would be alive thanks to a COVID response directed by medical experts, and *every* citizen would have the right and access to heathcare. GoFundMe campaigns for cancer treatments scream that the system is broken.
*sigh*
I don't know who will be next to pick up the torch and inspire people to fight. I am not even certain there will be an opportunity for the fight to happen.
Every politician should be forced to volunteer in a homeless shelter. Just sit there and hear their stories. It’s an eye opener. Not everyone that is there is because they are dumb or mentally ill. A lot are because they had something happen and then domino effect
Exactly most working people are one pay cheque away from homelessness. It's disgusting and evil greedy billionaires have a lot to answer for.
Empathy would be required for the experience to then result in any tangible changes. We know that is completely absent from most on one side.
Fantastic interview! No one says it more clearly than Bernie. He really understands the problem. He’s been prescient about this for years, but maybe now the Dems (myself included) will seriously pay attention, because he is right.
What this honorable senator understands is inequality. He has always fought for more equality, not less. He is one of the greatest congressman who ever served, he truly understands the real pain that so many honorable people struggle with everyday. People need to return to being united in solidarity and fight for their own collective interests and not the interests of a few wealthy who are very very well off.
For years, I've called Bernie "my political hero." I think that's too limited, and I'm amending that now: He's a full-blown, bona fide, American hero! Thank you, Bernie!
Crimes of Big Money in Politics
🔸Endless war in every country for endless profit
🔸Endless destruction of the environment for endless profit
🔸Endlessly pit society against itself to hide in plain sight for endless profit
"Consequences of Capitalism", Noam Chomsky, Preface
https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=280c3q
We need more politicians like Bernie , the peoples choice. Thanks
Bernie for standing up for the Working Class.
I hope this tour makes a difference Bernie. Thank you Ben!
So heartwarming to hear someone who speaks for the working class people. Thank you guys so much!!
Thank you Bernie !
Feel the Bern billionaires!
With this Trump environment, who the Hell wants to live the extra 7 Years!!!!
These are hard core facts that need to be addressed face to face. Let the rich and wealthy become caregivers to the less fortunate. How about that?!!!
Let the broadest shoulders carry the heaviest load.
A fine Danish principle.
Let the greedy evil billionaires pay their workers above minimum wage and pay their taxes in full NO loopholes!!
We could have been so good with you as our President. I have written you in for years. Thank you Bernie for being you and for being one of the few non self serving politicians.
I wished the lazy Democratic leaders would be a Bernie Sanders
In a world full of Chuck the schmucks - be a Bernie sanders!!
I guess I missed something, but I heard Kamala talk about lowering healthcare, raising minimum wage and everything else Bernie says dems failed at saying. Maybe not going on FOX was the biggest mistake. Trump didn't have any plan other calling people nasty and evil. So I really believe it was pure racism and misogyny that was that lost the election and of.course gerrymandering. Just my opinion.
Also please see election truth alliance they have lots of proof that musk rigged the election for trump to win
Sorry, but Harris would have been another in a long line of betrayals. She has absolutely no love for the working class, or wish to supporting them. To speak nothing of her repulsive foreign policy, which the two tend to go hand in hand, as it's about honest and respect. She too would have represented wealth and had she won it would have only pushed the inevitable a bit further while making no progress. She was just another "I'm not the other," lesser of two evils nonsense. You have to look at the whole pattern over the years. It's not enough to say desirable things. You have to look past the words and into their actions. There also could have been foul play, possibly by both sides. But the two party, electoral college, gerrymandered system is a sham altogether. And the Democratic party had long been a sham, as with the other party.
I guess we will agree to disagree.
Well, we don't have to agree on everything. That's one of the wonderful things about a democratic system and freedom of speech. All of which Trump and his goons are trying to dismantle. As long as we can agree that it's ok to disagree then all is good and fine.
Thank you, Senator Sanders! I'm proud to live in Vermont, with you speaking our for us and all the American people.
Thank you sir. Mad respect for Bernie Sanders!💙
We need to get the military and get those domestic terrorist out of Washington 😡😡😡
Why am I the only one that remembers in January 2021 Donald Trump signed the temporary protective services order allowing Venezuelans to enter our country. It was one of the last things he did before he left. And now he is wondering why we have so many Venezuelans in the country. Of course we know that they are not criminals. By most counts there are maybe 700 gang members here. And they actually took a 14-year-old boy from reports who had nothing to do with gangs and they were actually fleeing the gangs. Trump keeps saying that Joe Biden let them in but it was he who signed the TPS for them
Absolutely disgusting what he's doing. ICE is the modern day Gestapo
I love you dear Bernie ❤️ greetings from Denmark 😘 here we think that you ROCK!!! Go go go 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
THANKS BEN AND BERNIE!!! Wonderful!
Thank you Bernie Sanders, and thank you Meidas Touch for having him on. He is inspiring.
Awesome interview guys!!! Love to listen to him and I’m glad AOC is out there with him. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
YES!! Finally here!! Go Bernie!! The BRAVEST democratic man we have in congress!
Senator Sanders gets us! It is time that the Democrats listened to him. Democrats have lost touch with the working class people of America. The Republicans never cared about working class families. It is time for a big change!
Bernie is the man! We need an over-haul of the Dem Party if we are to over-turn the Red minions in charge right now.
Bernie and AOC both are great together imho
Bernie, come to Kansas please!
I absolutely love Bernie. Thanks for doing the interview. This man is a powerhouse and the Democratic Party just needs to listen to him for once.
Ths is brilliant conversation. Listen to Bernie, American people, Democrats. He is the wise man. With love from Poland!
IT'S FANTASTIC that two excellent messengers from two different generations--Bernie and AOC--are doing this, and taking the fight to the GOPigs. May it have MAJOR impact.
GOPigs and the Trusk Regime!! I love it 😂
I don't think many people realize how long and hard Bernie Sanders has fought "for the people". We may not agree with everything he wants to do, but he's not cruel or being manipulative. He has always wanted something different for the middle class, but he wouldn't do it by threatening judges and trying to destroy a democracy. He doesn't have to be in this fight at his age, but he's tenacious, and cares deeply about what's happening - enough to actually do something huge about it. Bernie is one of the only well known heroes we have right now. We need him.
Thank you Bernie Sanders for having more courage and strength to fight for our country and more importantly, our democracy! Sen. Jasmine Crockett is also a force to be reckoned with as a woman of color and part of the next generation of leaders. Absolutely incredible work by both!!
As someone who is 75 years old, i have voted in every election since I was 21. Unfortunately, I have read many stories about voter fraud in the swing states and how it was impossible for Trump to win them all. Groups are looking into these allegations and I believe they will find something. I’m worried abut voter security for the 2026 elections.
Exactly. Election truth alliance has proof musk rigged the election. They were hoping for a recount of paper ballots. They can prove the interference. Algorithms were used to delete Harris votes also voter suppression deleted millions of votes. See Vigilante Inc.
Lots of people know about the interference but are unwilling to go against trump and risk their own livelihoods. How the Dems didn't order a recount investigation is unbelievable.
Trump and musk were both headed to prison - they're criminals of course they cheated!! They will definitely cheat again to get all their dark maga morons into power positions all over the world.
I have such a high level of respect for this manufacturing and his message because he is so consistent and on point on topics that have been extremely important for decades. I still can't believe that we dropped the ball when he was running for president. 😪
Bernie was working towards taxing the rich and universal healthcare - they couldn't allow that to happen. The evil greedy money hoarders
Where we go from here better be left. Unless we move left, the Democrats are sunk. Listen to Bernie, change the conversation from Trump to corporate control of our government and bring people together over income disparity and the unconstitutional power of billionaires. Bernie's message appeals to the gut and the heart! We're not talking about electing him. He's retiring. We're talking about magnifying his message and passing it to the Dems who need a revitalized message. Centrism is a dinosaur of the past. Bernie is drawing huge crowds in red states. Go with it! Stop fighting each other. Eat the b-aires before the b-aires eat you!
Exactly the tech bro billionaires have evil plans for the rest of us. A slow genocide that no one notices. They want the world to themselves to rule. The rest of us will be slaves or die. So their plans are worse than Russia. Putin is a humanitarian compared to these monsters and their beliefs
Thank-you! Ben and Bernie - what a team. Our NC senator Thom Tillis will not hold a town hall because he is claiming death threats. He is able to go to a country club fundraiser this week and many plan to meet him there with our signs and voices!!!
Yay!! Give them NO peace 💜
He should've been our president in 2017! We wouldn't be in this disaster now! 😡
Bernie and AOC need to launch a 3rd party.
Bernie is such a class act! God I wish the DNC hadn’t screwed him over in 2016. What a different world we’d be in now!!!!
I have always loved Bernie. I also always voted for Bernie. He is the only politician that I have ever seen that REALLY cares about us. Thank you Bernie for always putting us first.
Get Bernie on Meidas as much as you can. As much as his schedule will allow. Saturate the people with his common sense. Leave no doubts about the terminal cancer which is Donald Trump.
Schumer was on the Chris Hayes show & his rationale for not fighting back was that he doesn't think this is a constitution crisis. Thus we have differences tween the elderly Dem leadership of Biden, Pelosi, et al and the youngsters in Congress that were told to sit down & shut up. We are in this situation due to the lack of imagination of centrist Democrats who can't fight back.
He was bought and paid for that's why he didn't fight. Trump congratulated him so you know he did wrong. Boycott his stupid book
Bernie is THE ONE! And he always always has spoken the same truths. He doesn't pander for votes. He would have won in both 2016 and 2020 had the DNC not rigged it for Hillary and Joe. I watched it both times. And--as a result--I left the Democrats and switched to Independent. So, too apparently, did a lot of others. I voted D both times, but I think too many said "NO MORE," by 2024. There is a group of fascists who love what Trusk is doing. But they aren't the majority. If Democrats change their ways and start listening to voters, they might take it back. I just hope AOC is sucking up every word and philosophy Bernie represents and doesn't suck into the $$$$$$$ the way Democrats did.
Well I just know that the information for Bernie’s tour will be easy for me to find on the internet but I just popped on here to see where he’s going next? Is there a Missouri date set already? Bernie I can almost imagine how our country would have fared if you had not been undermined and won the primary for democratic president all those years ago. Oh, that was just 10 years ago? Feels like eons.
Had to buy my daughter and son in law a car. He works at Amazon and can not afford to fix it. She works for minimal wage. They have 2 kids and can't do it with rent and other bills. So fu** ing sad!!
Unbelievable we have to live like this as hard workers just so billionaires don't have to pay tax and maintain control.
This is a must watch! Come to Oregon and Washington Bernie and OAC.
Bernie tells it as it is. What I find amazing is level of ignorance about the working class. I have had 'worker jobs', I've been a waitress and store clerk and then I moved 'up'. I think what people don't get is that working class people are not stupid. They do not have time to get involved in politics as it stands now. He was so spot on that the Democrats failed to get the working class. Since Bill Clinton they seem to have favored the monied. But as grim as that is, the Dems always managed to toss a few crumbs off the table to the lower class. The GOP never has. Hope to god, we, as in 'we the people', can vote again and pitch
the broliarchs...long live democracy. BRAVO Bernie and AOC. At last!
Thank you Ben and Bernie for speaking about these important issues. Tax the rich! Instead the GOP wants tax cuts for billionaires.
Bernie, today was the day I really needed to hear you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
He is the BEST!!!!
Having lived overseas for 17 years in 8 different countries I can say unequivocally that we are not doing things right here in the USA 🇺🇸
It’s insane here especially that we don’t have universal healthcare
I’m suffering serious culture shock
This reckless firings are ridiculous
What on Earth is Musk doing dismantling our government?
Let’s come together and end this madness 😔‼️‼️☮️
Bernie is an inspiration again and again. And AOC too; what a pair! Thank you, Ben, for your promise to keep up with them.
Guys i love you so much but when i heard the Conservative party of canada ad at the end on the apple podcast i almost had a heart attack. They are canadas maga please do not let them run ads on your platform
Americans need visual descriptions of what he is talking about. Show how much money the wealthy has compared to the rest of us. If we let 10 pies equal the wealth of the US and 100 people represent our population, then 1 person would get 4.3 pies; 19 people would get 5 pies and the otherd 80 people (us) would get to share 0.7 (a little more than 1/2) of a pie. Yet the rich want to take more money from us. How freaking insane is that!!
Exactly it's pure greed and money hoarding. Imagine being so greedy that you take food and aid away from starving sick children. It's despicable and we should boycott the billionaires
Right! It amazes me how many people can't or won't see this. Love of money IS the root of all evil.
I hope it’s contagious to speak up Bernie style!
Thank you Bernie and Ben! Keep up the Good Fight for We The People!
I went to see Bernie in Omaha NE. Thousands showed up in sub zero weather. We need to figure out how to get these struggling people to vote and for their best interests.
I came from a blue collar working class family that believed in unions; which is a rare concept today. The majority of my 35y career (before being forced into early retirement due to my body making a catastrophic hard stop 🛑) my husband and I lived paycheck to paycheck. Now, my income derives from SSDI due to continued spiraling health challenges & my husband is owns a small business. And, this administration doesn’t care about my voice or any of the others that continue to stand together. Change is needed, but Trump’s way will increase the deficit & hurt the working class to the most vulnerable.
Many children in Sudan have already died bc they cut aid from USAID and traitor trump couldn't care less
I concur! Kamala Harris was right about everything. She tried to spare us from and I’m not saying the Democratic Party doesn’t need work because it does, however, she said it did. She agreed that it wasn’t perfect and she conceded that the way the borders were handled needed work. I will not give up on our country, our democracy and standing up for the people in our constitution. I love y’all! I knew Trump and the administration was a liar, as he doesn’t care about Americans he only cares about washing the pockets of the billionaires who wash his pockets. I get reminded by my family every day about how I’m different because I’m the only one that stands against Trump. And, that’s OK, as I will never stop trying one by one going down the line one topic gets brought up about how either it’s all wrong or half wrong that they’re only being fed half truths since they only watch Fox News and do not fact check. It shocks me how many educated people would rather be fed lies as opposed to know truth. I get asked how do you know this and I explain and even offered to provide proof and get told I don’t see that. I love them as they’re my family and I will never stop trying with them either. Thank you for sharing.
I Love Bernie, too bad he's not the President. He's always been the champion for the people. Let's keep up this great fight. We cannot allow Trump to destroy America.
I love Bernie. He is so remarkable. Fearless and his moral compass is pointing in the right direction. Unlike so many others in Congress.
I love watching him on the bench. He demands answers he already knows but he wants them to say it out loud to humiliate themselves!! He's a legend and won't let them get away with anything. He is the people's senator 💜
Excellent interview!! This is the reality that must be talked about more and more.
I keep thinking that if the DNC didn't get in the way we could have had 2 terms of Bernie.
America would be a much better place. He was rallying for free healthcare and free education and higher taxes for the wealthy - this is why they had to silence him and not let him win
Thank you for not only doing the right thing but actually DOING something
They need to come to NW Florida ahead of the special election on April 1st (Gaetz former seat)
Great idea, you can request an appearance on Bernie's website
Right?! I couldn’t find where to do so. I’ve emailed the info account on the site as well as messaged AOC on instagram. I’ll keep trying!
I'm privileged to see him in AO. C tomorrow in north las vegas
Yay cheer loudly for us 💜
Fox News and other propagandists sold these poor folks a shit storm of lies about the Democrats and the Biden economy. And they are still at it. How do you counter that?
That was a super hot episode! 🔥🔥
Thanks Ben for having Sen Sanders on your program.
Bernie! Thank you MTN for all the interviews you have been doing in here. Very appreciated and very informative 💙
Fantastic. Hooray for Bernie
Thank you both! My daughter, an elementary teacher in Phoenix , hopes to see you this week. She drives a 10 year old car. I pay her car insurance. I pay her cell phone bill. Her fed student loans are in my name, $40K at 6% int over 25 years will cost $90K. We never wanted them to be wiped clean, we had just hoped the interest would have remained at 0%. We were always happy to pay for what we borrowed. It’s the interest that kills you.
Bernie was rallying for free education, the wealthy wouldn't allow it
It’s not unfortunate that federal employees lose their jobs, it’s a huge insult to us Americans who count on their daily work to pay our debtors, support congressional allocated disbursements, work with Americans who approve Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security disbursements.
Cutting these services is another form of intentional genocide
Greetings from The Netherlands. Thank you so much for actually listening and giving hope.
Bernie, I'm in Denver — you're probably going to be getting a rip roaring way more than 20,000 people in the capital for you you AOC showing up. You'll be in the heart of the blue territory of the state when you're in the central metro area, if you want deep red you'll need to have gone out into the Springs minimum and into the mountain towns.
Thank you Bernie for standing up to be a voice for the betterment of the People. We are grateful!
Thank you, Senator Bernie! 💙 Thank you, Ben! 💙
Thank you So much for your fight Senator. I really admire you.
Thank you Bernie! Come to Texas!! We need you.
God bless Senator Bernie Sanders!!
Thank you Bernie Sanders. Thank you Meidastouch Network. Thank you #wearetheflood
I was invited to join my sister and her husband for a month in Curaçao. I don't usually take vacations. This was extraordinary for me.
Some things I noticed:
Local people appear a little poorer on average than Americans, but they seem friendlier and more relaxed. I saw no evidence of homelessness. I asked about it. I was told, "no, there is no homelessness here in Curaçao". I asked about unemployment. I was told, "anyone who wants a job can have a job". I observed people maintaining roadsides with simple hand tools: rakes, lopping sheers and maybe one gas powered weed eater.
I observed several people doing a fairly long task in Curaçao when one American might do this job in a very short time. The pressure to be productive is so strong in the US. I see it causing great stress.
Yes, I was on vacation, but my eyes and ears were tuned to social concerns.
Excellent observations. I've seen that too in other countries. The wealthy have certainly trained us all so well
Thank you Bernie!
Come to Fort Scott Kansas
It means we must be willing to die while protesting…
Come to Texas .. We need you here!
You can make an appearance request on Bernie's website
MSNBC is my go to place
This is why I stay away from Social Media it’s safer my ho to place is MSNBC
MSNBC is my home away from home, and Bernie needs to run
Ukraine matters check out the song from Edna Madden “The Ballad of Ukraine” it’s beautiful
Thank you so much to MSNBC there are angry voters confronting GOP at town Halls, David Jolly is a former Republican and angry voters are confronting GOP at town halls
The MeidasPlus.com
I want to ask Bernie and you people at MTN: should we be trying to confront the specific tenets of Project 2025 as we see how they directly correlate to acts of these traitors in the administration? I’ve been considering starting a thread called, “Call It What It Is” and taking specific outrageous acts committed by its proponents and demonstrate how they are following specific guidance in the Projeck! I understand that most of your followers probably know, but I’ll bet there are many like me who weren’t familiar enough to see what was planned. I don’t know how to reach you directly, though. Thank you for what you do.
The Bangor Daily News link below
A 12-year-old was found unaccompanied on the border. He was detained they let him go. They found his mother. He was supposed to have a court date to be naturalized which takes a lot of time, even though his mother would call.
Now living in Maine
He is now 17. He just got caught speeding. Border patrol took him into custody, even though it’s very rare to get detained again. He’s facing deportation to El Salvador. He’s not a murderer thief.
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/19/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/lewiston-maine-teen-immigrant-detained-customs-border-protection-deportation-el-salvador-jose-adalberto-herrera/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0GSNyh3mJezWYzXOtrDlvGdVPorxR6opVjNhgdbZs-Ru6XXT3426ysrF0_aem_REGqKHSwHuvpI-hlbeHlNQ
Thank you Bernie for all you do for the working class people!🩷
As a Dane I’ve never understood how this dude could be too left wing for the USA, he's not even left of Danish center parties and we’ve got a working society.
He's been talking plain truth without hidden agenda for years. And now when the shit has hit the fan people are finally beginning to listen…..hope it is not too late.
Love and respect to Bernie..if he can win I’m in! But we need more people who think like him. It seems AOC and walz are taking up that lead! Go left!
I think Bernie Sanders, along with "the squad" and some handpicked members, ought to start or splinter into a new party; get away from the right of center, conservative democrats, so-called neo liberals--non liberals more like--and take the reigns. This may seem divisive, but it's not. It's what should have happened many years ago. For nearly 25 years I've been watching and warning about the continued betrayal by the Democratic party of it's base, it's inevitable collapse and repercussions thereof--the symptom manifested in the form of Trump. It's too bad that he was the one that picked up on this, used it and capitalized on it--pardon the ironic pun. Reminiscent of how the Roman Catholic Church capitalized on Jesus--again. They pick up on the general sentiment, only use it to do the very opposite. They appeal to the desires of the people to achieve the very opposite. For the kind of fight Berni speaks of, I can't help but think that it will take more than your Fettermans, Schumers, Bidens or Harrises. It's like pouring money into a car that keeps breaking down, except worse because a car can't truly betray. Maybe I should use the abusive partner analogy. Anyhow, It's time for option "C." Not a lesser evil party, not a "not them" party, but a party that represents the vast majority of Americans, one that embraces real progressive politics, social values and fights for the working class...the majority of Americans. What the Democratic party claimed to aspire to be, but even better.
Bernie nailed it. The Dems cannot keep selling the "status quo" as the benchmark. Too much just doesn't work for most of the population. Get involved in politics! Thanks so much for having him on the show.
In awe of Bernie's clarity and dedication - may it spread to the entire Dem ecosystem.
Bernie is m favorite of all time. He has so much integrity and is devoted to us regular working folks.
Yes, broken economy being fixed by a felon.
Excellent interview!
Fire up the troops Bernie! We need fighting words.
Bernie! What can I say? Go Bernie!!!
Bernie and AOC❤️. Fighters for us!!
Thank you!!! So great!!!
THERE is a fighter. Call him socialist if you will, but what he is, is a social reformer on a par with all the great reformers of history. He is determined to break the destructive cycle of Big Money rule and return the power of decision-making to the people who are most closely affected by it. A true patriot and American hero. Never mind the years, he's still a fighter for the good and decent, truths that can't be denied. He thanks MTN for featuring his videos; we should be thanking HIM. I just hope he outlasts the Orange Ogre and lives long enough to see his goals, and ours, come to fruition.
Thank you Bernie for fighting for what's right and educating people Bernie! Thank you Ben you are doing the same in a different way too! I love what you're both doing, you're fearless! Thank you, God bless you both and may God keep you safe 🙏💙💛
❤️💪🔥 BERNIE!!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a nomination for “ stack/thread or reply, of the night “ !! Bravo, I salute you sir 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾( Informative/Truth/Educational/Real 💩+You Can’t Stop Bernie !! He’s taking it to the republicans home fields , They are becoming AWARE !! Some people say WOKE !!! Republicans Be Afraid… Be very VERY AFRAID !!😱 categories)
There was a live polling done in Detroit of people who voted for trump. They all said the same thing - they did not vote for this, they just wanted their lives to get better instead now it's worse for them. So people are waking up
The only point I would take with Sen. Sanders is when he said billionaires don't know what 60% of Americans go through living paycheck to paycheck. Billionaires may or may not know; what they don't do is care.
Bernie the one that got away for sure!
Great job getting Bernie, a true American hero, treasure and all around patriotic adult. His vision has always been clear and consistent.
We need to really listen to Bernie. He is spot on.
Bernie, we need to clone you! Glad you're touring with AOC! We need more of both of you!
Go Bernie! Always was a Berner. We need him more than ever as no one else has stepped up to tell the anti-billionaire anti-MAGA truth!
Love Bernie!
God Bernie, GO GO GO!!! THE TRUTH NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE!!!
This was just awesome. This man has not wavered even a fraction on his message over the years.
Thank you, MTN for featuring him, and DEMOCRATS, listen up! You need to honor what this man says and come together as a party for ALL Americans! We do not care about glitz and glamor, and big name celebrities! They are NOT the largest group in America!
Bernie is great!! Thanks for having him on Ben. He has so much energy that it's contagious.
Thank you BERNIE and AOC for educating the Red state's
My son is in college and he voted for Kamala but so many of his friends did not for at all yet they love Bernie Sanders and AOC. We need to get these kids voting so let's keep the momentum going. College kids need a strong Democratic voice that makes sense. Perhaps they will save us.
I Love Bernie-I voted for him and felt he would have made a good POTUS-Given his age, I sure hope he paces himself with this tour-Would Really hate to lose him-Go Bernie!
MAGA = Make America Go Away
Thank you Bernie! I appreciate you so much!
I came from Chicago to Kenosha to see Bernie on his Fight Oligarchy Tour, had privilege to shake his hand and now I'm canvassing for Susan Crawford in Racine, Wisconsin, who is running against Maga extremist B.Schimel, who's campaign got $12 million!! from Musk personally, in a race for Wiscinsin Supreme Court! Hundreds of people showed up to canvass, thanks to Bernie's tour, where he stressed it's the most important race, and test, to stand up against purchase of states' power via oligarchy..
Yes!! That's fantastic news!
The Nobel Peace Prize should go to those who bring real peace—not those giving Putin time to prepare for another war.
Putin, backed by China, Iran, and proxies, pretends Russia has won while struggling to send reinforcements without full mobilization. Soaring military costs and sanctions are crushing Russians' livelihoods, driving up prices. Now is the time to intensify pressure, securing a just peace for Ukraine—not surrendering to Putin’s ultimatums and his anti-Western coalition’s attempts to humiliate democracy. Read my full report here https://substack.com/home/post/p-158800832