Breaking: Bernie wants to turn off orphan-crushing machine.
Been a national headline since 2016.
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crowhopsMar 25, 2026
+13
Neolibs/moderates will use Bernie "never winning" as proof that progressive (AKA systemic problem-solving) ideas are unpopular whilst simultaneously agreeing that corporations have been using dark money to influence who gets to be a realistic candidate for decades, and while also always eventually coming around to his policy beliefs like a year later anyway
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kindasfckMar 25, 2026
+7
American neolibs favorite past time is shooting their feet off.
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ragingreaverMar 26, 2026
+1
Neolibs sabotaging and crippling every progress and reform effort for decades:
"How many more times do we have to do this before you understand progressive politics doesn't work!"
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StretchFrenchTerryMar 25, 2026
-8
Breaking: Bernie won’t get this bill passed, just like every other agenda he pushes.
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TheDwilightZoneMar 25, 2026
+6
Hard to get things passed when your colleagues are bought off.
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ShermansFieldOrder66Mar 25, 2026
-8
But is he willing to work and PASS it or just wants the headlines?
Been that way for 19 years.
It's weird how he gets a free pass for accomplishing nothing in 20 years.
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wiredmagazineMar 25, 2026
+21
The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to "ensure that AI is safe." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead.
Read the full article: [https://www.wired.com/story/new-bernie-sanders-ai-safety-bill-would-halt-data-center-construction/](https://www.wired.com/story/new-bernie-sanders-ai-safety-bill-would-halt-data-center-construction/)
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r4inbowgravityMar 25, 2026
+37
At least there is still one politician who cares about people instead of just making lines go up in the stock market.
This guy could have been president.
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
-6
If only he could have won a primary
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r4inbowgravityMar 25, 2026
+23
To be fair to him, he came a lot closer to winning one than Kamala Harris ever did.
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
-8
And neither of them are president. Huh
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Alternate_CostMar 25, 2026
+11
He would have if the Democratic party supported him. But they wanted their good ol boy and pushed him over Bernie.
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ThomasVivaldiMar 25, 2026
+8
Literally cut a deal with Clyburn to get South Carolina. Special funding in the infrastructure bill and he gets to keep his seat for as long as he wants it.
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sumoraidenMar 25, 2026
If the Democratic Party voters supported him yeah, but they didn’t
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[deleted]Mar 25, 2026
+1
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sumoraidenMar 25, 2026
-1
The ultimate responsibility is on the voters (and non voters) lol
At the end of the day it’s their decision
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branflake777Mar 25, 2026
-6
He’s not even a member of the Democratic Party. Why would they support him
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Alternate_CostMar 25, 2026
+11
He ran as a member of the democratic party for the presidency. They would support him because they should want to win.
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FantasticBicycle37Mar 25, 2026
+4
I would have voted for him for sure. But you're absolutely right: Bernie was the most well-funded ticket, and Biden swept super Tuesday with almost no funding. Post-mortum showed that Bernie had declined against his entire 2016 demographic
Biden's primary win was very context-based win. We were in the middle of a major trump-driven recession, people were absolutely sick and terrified of the direction of America. People wanted the calm steady hand of experience of the Obama years, and they ended up getting exactly that. In fact, the economy was *so good* under Biden that the fed had to step in and artificially slow it down. That slowdown gave fox and friends the ability to say we're in a recession and now I'm just rambling
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jotsea2Mar 25, 2026
+10
Pretendign like Bidens funding was the issue and not other candidates dropping conveniently on time, while also claiming to win victories they didn't have (Iowa) overlooks a lot of context/nuance, no?
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sumoraidenMar 25, 2026
+3
Not really,
If you’re entire strategy is based on people staying in the race past their chance of winning so they split the vote so you win on a plurality, it’s not a very good strategy
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jotsea2Mar 25, 2026
+3
Biden's strategy was literally the opposite....
Lets not pretend like this wasn't a coordinated move by the establishment
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sumoraidenMar 25, 2026
+3
To win with a majority? That’s the strategy of most politicians
Your complaint is that the other candidates didn’t stay in after hope of winning was gone, purely to harm the candidate they (and apparently most dem primary voters) align with and to help the candidate they align less?
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jotsea2Mar 25, 2026
+3
Hope of winning gone? Pete was claiming he won Iowa!
Warren had no path, and conveniently stayed in, amazing!
Lets just say it wasn't JUST funding. And pretending like the funding didn't follow establishment candidates is bad faith imo.
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sumoraidenMar 25, 2026
Yeah winning Iowa does not = winning the primary by the time he dropped out it was over for him
> Warren had no path, and conveniently stayed in, amazing!
So did Bloomberg and he took as much from Biden as Warren took from sanders (she probably took a fair amount from Biden as well)
Also are you arguing Warren should have dropped out? Because doing so is evidence of a conspiracy according to you
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jotsea2Mar 25, 2026
+3
I'm not arguing that, I'm saying your point about funding isn't good faith. Sanders consolidated funding as the one (or two) progressive candidate. The establishment money was spread out because of so many different.
[Only for it to consolidate when many candidates unexpectedly dropped out. Hell Pete made a GIANT PUSH for more money the Thursday before Super Tuesday, just to drop out 4 days later...It was coordinated.](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/20/pete-buttigieg-super-tuesday-fundraising-116495)
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ShermansFieldOrder66Mar 25, 2026
Pete did win Iowa.
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airinatoMar 25, 2026
+3
You can't talk sense to these people, for 2016 the DNC chair was caught colluding with a candidate and had to resign, to be immediately hired by that candidate.
They deny all the bullshit that happened, just call you a Bernie bro and walk away. Every. Damn.Time.
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jotsea2Mar 25, 2026
-1
Appreciate the support. We're still fighting and we will win!
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airinatoMar 25, 2026
-3
Our democracy is dead, 2016 was last chance to save it. Even if they don't f*** it completely now, it's inevitable, the population has hit terminal stupidity, history shows exactly what happens when a democratic populace becomes this complacent in the face of obvious corruption. It's so predictable it's sad.
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
-2
Then let’s talk about 2020! What is your excuse for that, Bernie Bro?
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Setsune_WMar 26, 2026
+1
Right before Super Tuesday everyone dropped out except for Biden and Bernie, and Warren who suddenly got a mysterious cash injection despite trailing way further back. [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/27/warren-super-tuesday-ad-118055](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/27/warren-super-tuesday-ad-118055) Media drummed up a "feud" between the latter two, and because Warren was able to stick around, the sales pitch changed from Biden vs. Bernie to "The Established Sensible Candidate vs. the Two Squabbling Leftist Loonies". Warren, who I want to clarify was my choice earlier in the primary season, was used as a spoiler and fell for it. Eventually she bowed out in exchange for writing some policy for Biden. She got played hard.
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AmethystApothecaryMar 25, 2026
+1
For the 2020 election? The candidates that dropped out had no path to victory.
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jotsea2Mar 25, 2026
+2
[No path, then why the hell did Mayor Pete make a 13 million dollar fundraising goal the Thursday before Super Tuesday, just to drop on Sunday?](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/20/pete-buttigieg-super-tuesday-fundraising-116495)
It was just a grift?
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AmethystApothecaryMar 25, 2026
+1
Fundraising dollars doesn't always translate to votes and he dropped out in March, after the primaries had already kicked off and after his path to victory was already tightening.
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Mental-Position-4533Mar 25, 2026
The History rewriting in your post is ctr ridiculous.
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+1
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
+1
What about her? She tied up every Bernie supporter so he couldn’t get enough votes?
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+1
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
What about 2020?
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jotsea2Mar 25, 2026
+1
Is this where we blame voters for being idiots?
Or do we just do that when our favorite candidate LOSES!
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
+2
Huh?
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Mental-Position-4533Mar 25, 2026
-1
He was legit robbed but liberal on
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
+2
He legit didn’t get the votes. Maybe you should have helped his campaign.
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Mental-Position-4533Mar 25, 2026
He was ahead until the perpetual losing liberals all dropped out in concert to endorse their chosen corpse with the help of political favors from the southern states they used to give us Trump so thanks again. Please support the next loser while blaming everyone but yourselves for the next Trump that further destroys the world.
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SirDiegoMar 25, 2026
+2
Did you expect the other candidates to stay in longer than they should have just to help Bernie by splitting the vote of other candidates? This doesn't make any sense. It isn't a conspiracy, that is how primaries work. I voted for Bernie in the 2016 primary but he lost. Shit happens.
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Mental-Position-4533Mar 25, 2026
-1
It was concerted. You know it, I know it, the entire world knows it. You are literally here to hear yourself talk since you can convince nobody. Hilarious reply given what happened though, and enjoy losing and losing and losing while the world literally burns because of it.
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
+1
You supported a loser too, brother.
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Mental-Position-4533Mar 25, 2026
+1
The Dems making sure a progressive lost with their underhanded nonsense is exactly why they will keep losing for the test if your life. The entire party is corrupted past redemption and by the time liberals care it will be far too late. Everything you claim to want will never happen in your life.
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pinkfartlekMar 25, 2026
-1
If only the DNC and the mainstream media didn't set it up for Hillary
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sirimuyoMar 25, 2026
+2
Yeah couldn’t be his terrible ground game that caused him to get fewer votes. People didn’t see enough commercials.
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FantasticBicycle37Mar 25, 2026
-1
I would have voted for Bernie had he won the primary for sure.
While Trump is out there literally closing hospitals to pay for billionaire hand outs, Bernie is out there chastising democrats for not appealing to middle class workers, and it comes off as a little tone def
Like....Democrats cap overdraft fees at $5, and Republicans repeal it so mega bank CEOs can make more money.
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HowardBunnyColvinMar 25, 2026
+9
Locally some of them have been making really loud noises as loud as 95 db and the neighborhood is very upset. They're all over here, including 2 of them right down the street.
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ElCamo267Mar 25, 2026
+7
93 db is actually insane and much higher than most places allow. I'd be calling in noise complaints daily.
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HowardBunnyColvinMar 25, 2026
+7
If I heard a 93 db whine from those down the street I would be on the phone so fast to complain. Luckily I can't hear shit
Very peaceful quiet neighborhood !
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homefront420Mar 25, 2026
+4
So it has no chance
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Anti-Charm-QuarkMar 26, 2026
+1
This is the worst possible approach to safety. All it will do is entrench big data leaders and drive up compute prices. If you want to regulate safety, then regulate safety. Start by passing a law that bans AI agents pulling a trigger and bans deepfakes. There is obvious low-hanging fruit if you care about safety that won’t have highly distorting economic effects.
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FantasticBicycle37Mar 25, 2026
+1
*Cut to Pademe:* "We're going to use AI to cure cancer, right?"
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squirlnutzMar 25, 2026
-3
Otherwise known as the "Ensure China Dominates AI" bill.
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thebruceMar 25, 2026
+2
Is data center construction the limiting factor here? I honestly don't know, I'm not trying to say you're wrong.
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zane314Mar 25, 2026
Locally or state wide moratoriums make complete sense. A federal guideline that installation need to pass reviews for water, electricity and noise use also would make sense.
No data centers, period, nationally, does not make sense.
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ItsAConspiracyMar 25, 2026
+1
When Bernie announced it he didn't even mention those sorts of local issues. They aren't the reason for this.
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