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United States Senator from Vermont since 2007
Bernie Sanders and his wife own three properties: a primary home in Burlington, Vermont; a Washington, D.C. rowhouse; and a lakefront seasonal home in North Hero, Vermont purchased in 2023 for about $...
Bernie Sanders’ publicly reported net worth rose from under $1 million in 2016 (OpenSecrets’ 2016 estimate $873,031) to multiple independent outlets’ 2025 estimates of roughly $2.5–$3 million, driven ...
Bernie Sanders and his wife own multiple homes: a Burlington, Vermont residence, a Washington, D.C. rowhouse/townhouse, and a lakefront property in the Lake Champlain islands (North Hero) purchased fo...
Countries most commonly cited as examples of successful democratic socialism in recent commentary are the Nordic states—often Finland and other Scandinavian countries—and small, high-state-ownership e...
Available sources show multiple people named “Pierre Dupont/DuPont” connected to philanthropy and to a criminal named John Pierre Dupont who ran political fundraising scams; they do not identify a sin...
Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned as chair of the Democratic National Committee in late July 2016 after a public controversy triggered by a large leak of internal DNC emails that suggested during the ...
In 2025 Rep. Ilhan Omar sponsored or reintroduced multiple high-profile bills including the Department of Peacebuilding Act (reintroduced Feb. 7, 2025), the Combating International Islamophobia Act (r...
Government Accountability Office analysis and subsequent reporting identify major U.S. employers — notably Walmart and McDonald’s — as having the largest *counts* of workers who receive SNAP (food‑sta...
A review of the supplied reporting and public records finds no definitive, sourced list in these materials naming current members of the U.S. Congress who have publicly acknowledged holding citizenshi...
OpenSecrets and related reporting show that pharmaceutical/health‑product PACs spent about $16.05 million on federal candidates in the 2024 cycle . Multiple outlets compiling OpenSecrets data list top...
Coverage shows multiple Democrats and prominent Democratic-aligned figures have described Donald Trump’s behavior or agenda as “fascist,” “authoritarian,” or likened it to Nazi Germany — with some ind...
Available reporting shows questions and complaints about Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez’s use of House Members’ Representational Allowance (MRA) and wide fundraising and travel spending tied to the joint “F...
Available reporting shows Bernie Sanders was the largest congressional recipient of donations from individuals coded by OpenSecrets as “pharmaceuticals/health products” in the 2019–20 cycle, receiving...
Available reporting shows industrywide totals and past recipient lists but no single authoritative list in the provided sources naming “which senators receive the largest campaign donations from pharm...
Available reporting does not provide a single, current national percentage of full‑time Walmart employees who receive SNAP benefits; studies and state data give counts or regional snapshots instead (e...
Bernie Sanders’ reported net worth varies widely across recent estimates, with some outlets placing him near while others report figures up to or higher; these discrepancies stem from differing method...
Bernie Sanders and his wife have owned between two and three houses in recent years: a Burlington primary home bought in 2009 for $405,000, a Washington, D.C. rowhouse purchased in 2007 (about $488,99...
Most 2025 estimates put Bernie Sanders’s net worth between about $2 million and $3 million, though some outlets and trackers give wider or lower figures—Quiver Quantitative’s live estimate listed $955...
Congressional pension rules have not been swept away in 2025 — members remain eligible for pensions under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) with vesting typically after five years and ben...
Bernie Sanders received about $1.4 million from people employed in the pharmaceuticals/health products field, but that figure largely represents donations from rank‑and‑file industry employees rather ...