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Sat May 08 17:47:26 +0000 2021

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Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Providing an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits to low-income families living in desperation is not radical. What's radical is that 719 billionaires became $1.6 trillion richer during the pandemic while the $7.25 federal minimum wage has not been increased in 12 years. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 8, 2021

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No. We don't need to end $300 a week in emergency unemployment benefits that workers desperately need. We need to end starvation wages in America. If $300 a week is preventing employers from hiring low-wage workers there's a simple solution: Raise your wages. Pay decent benefits. — PolitiTweet.org

CNBC Now @CNBCnow

U.S. Chamber of Commerce blames weak jobs report on enhanced unemployment benefit, kicks off lobbying effort “One… https://t.co/X140SCkiZj

Posted May 7, 2021

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The United States must speak out strongly against the violence by government-allied Israeli extremists in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and make clear that the evictions of Palestinian families must not go forward. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 8, 2021

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