#7
🔥 Top 10
High-impact voice in US Congress
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Bernard Sanders

Independent
US Congress Twitter/X
#7
X Rank
2,715,329
Benchmarker Score
227
Posts
1,996,283
Likes
359,523
Comments
8,794
Avg Likes
1,584
Avg Comments
2,355,806
Total Engagement
10,378
Engagement Rate
23.2
Posts/Week
Daily
Posting Regularity
Metrics are based on tracked posts and calculated averages. Actual performance may vary.
11,587,316 followers

Data last refreshed: August 10, 2026

Engagement metrics shown below reflect data as of this date. Current X stats may differ.

20 posts

The American healthcare system is broken. Insurance and drug companies make billions, while healthcare is unaffordable. Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. Democrats must pass Medicare...

Healthcare & Social Programs Medicare Health Insurance Prescription Drug Prices Aug 08, 2026 View on X
7,186
Likes
1,472
Cmnts
1,547
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data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

WE MUST ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS The last 11 years have been the hottest 11 years on record. The last three years have been the hottest three years on record. 2026 will be one of the warmest yea...

Environment & Energy Climate Change Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Wildfire Labor Unions Aug 07, 2026 View on X
9,300
Likes
2,431
Cmnts
2,228
Reposts
data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

Mark Zuckerberg's greed is fueling a youth mental health crisis in America. Today, a judge ordered Meta to pay a $567 million fine for the damage it has done to our kids. Good start. We cannot ...

Healthcare & Social Programs Mental Health Social Media Regulation Aug 07, 2026 View on X
6,750
Likes
671
Cmnts
1,334
Reposts
data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

At a time when the U.S. faces the highest rate of child poverty of any major country, how does Mr. Trump respond? Instead of expanding access to early childhood education, he is moving to dismant...

Education & Workforce Head Start Aug 06, 2026 View on X
3,837
Likes
410
Cmnts
1,113
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data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

Big Oil’s Q2 Profits: ExxonMobil: $14.5 billion Chevron: $12.1 billion Shell: $9.8 billion BP: $5.7 billion While the world burns, oil companies rake in billions. Congress: Reject fossil fuel c...

Environment & Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels Oil & Gas Campaign Finance Aug 06, 2026 View on X
3,025
Likes
527
Cmnts
842
Reposts
data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

Should Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, pay the same amount of taxes into Social Security as a fireman or nurse? Of course not. The answer isn't complicated. Let's lift the cap and make t...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Social Security Tax Reform Aug 06, 2026 View on X
20,861
Likes
10,019
Cmnts
5,285
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data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

Many Republicans (and some Democrats) want to cut Social Security. Not acceptable. At a time when many seniors are struggling, we must INCREASE benefits and extend solvency by scrapping the cap on...

Healthcare & Social Programs Social Security Tax Reform Income Tax Aug 04, 2026 View on X
3,750
Likes
524
Cmnts
778
Reposts
data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

The Trump Agenda: 4 million people kicked off nutrition assistance 15 million will be kicked off healthcare $1 trillion in tax cuts for the top 1% $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon $2.2 billion into ...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Federal Budget Income Tax Health Insurance Pentagon Budget Aug 04, 2026 View on X
8,472
Likes
1,197
Cmnts
3,154
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data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

$5.1 million in taxpayer money to restore 19-foot statues with 23.75-karat gold leaf. Just when you think Trump cannot be more out of touch with the needs of working people, he outdoes himself. h...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Federal Budget Aug 03, 2026 View on X
18,981
Likes
4,372
Cmnts
5,409
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data as of 10 Aug 2026, 07:35 BST

Netanyahu: I need $12 billion Trump: Approved Elon Musk: SpaceX needs $4.16 billion Trump: Approved Jeff Bezos: Amazon needs $17.5 billion Trump: Approved Top 1%: We need a $1 trillion tax cut T...

Healthcare & Social Programs Medicaid Foreign Aid Income Tax Federal Budget Aug 02, 2026 View on X
131,635
Likes
5,317
Cmnts
28,153
Reposts
data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

Congratulations to the Vermont Green men’s team on winning a second consecutive USL2 National Championship, accomplishing another undefeated season! What a team and what a club. Vermont truly is ...

Culture, Media & Sports Sports & Olympics Aug 02, 2026 View on X
369
Likes
77
Cmnts
45
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data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

After Trump and Musk fired 8,000 Social Security workers, Republican Senators are now calling the entire program a “scam“ and trying to dismantle it. Millions of seniors depend on Social Security...

Economic Policy & Federal Budget Social Security Republican Party Aug 01, 2026 View on X
13,186
Likes
2,823
Cmnts
4,758
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data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

Over 500 communities across America now have laws on the books that ban or restrict the rapid expansion of AI data centers. The American people are standing up to the Big Tech oligarchs and making...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Antitrust Tech Jul 31, 2026 View on X
1,562
Likes
254
Cmnts
303
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data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

It's unacceptable that Mass General Brigham refuses to meet its nurses at the bargaining table to negotiate a fair contract. MGB made $2.4 billion last year and pays its CEO over $8 million/year. ...

Healthcare & Social Programs Labor Unions Wages & Pay Jul 30, 2026 View on X
2,082
Likes
143
Cmnts
259
Reposts
data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

This is what a broken healthcare system looks like: More uninsured patients are showing up in emergency rooms. More people are unable to pay their hospital bills. More Americans are delaying sur...

Healthcare & Social Programs Medicare Health Insurance Jul 30, 2026 View on X
2,585
Likes
488
Cmnts
846
Reposts
data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

Let me be very clear: opposing the genocide in Gaza is not antisemitism. https://t.co/SVvko6RiMx

Foreign Affairs & Diplomacy Israel & Palestine Middle East Jul 30, 2026 View on X
56,353
Likes
4,809
Cmnts
11,421
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data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

Pentagon waste is costing taxpayers billions: ❌ Ballistic missile project: $64B over budget ❌ Submarines: $17B over budget ❌ $12B missile battery that might not work ❌ $6B GPS that took 16 years &...

Defense & National Security Pentagon Budget Defense Procurement Jul 30, 2026 View on X
2,943
Likes
294
Cmnts
675
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data as of 6 Aug 2026, 07:39 BST

As the world burns from unprecedented heatwaves and wildfires, Trump's friends in Big Oil are cashing in on his endless war in Iran. Our job: take on the greed of the fossil fuel industry by tran...

Environment & Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Jul 29, 2026 View on X
1,059
Likes
191
Cmnts
316
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data as of 3 Aug 2026, 07:41 BST

Willie Nelson is right. All of America deserves thoughtful stewardship that doesn’t steal farmland (where our essential shared-food is grown) and small family farmers’ livelihoods, and not data c...

Environment & Energy Farm Bill Conservation Jul 29, 2026 View on X
3,532
Likes
137
Cmnts
530
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data as of 3 Aug 2026, 07:41 BST

Trump said he would cut drug costs by 1,500%. He lied. Instead, his administration is ending a Medicare subsidy program, which will raise prescription costs for about 25 million seniors. Outrag...

Healthcare & Social Programs Medicare Prescription Drug Prices Jul 29, 2026 View on X
5,073
Likes
439
Cmnts
1,175
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data as of 3 Aug 2026, 07:41 BST

Rank History

Aug 2026
#7
Jul 2026
+2 #7
Jun 2026
+6 #9
May 2026
#15
Apr 2026
#15

Content Categories

Economic Policy & Federal Budget 41
Science, Technology & Digital 34
Healthcare & Social Programs 27
Foreign Affairs & Diplomacy 21
Defense & National Security 16

Topics & Themes

Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Wages & Pay Israel & Palestine Labor Unions Middle East Pentagon Budget Tax Reform Federal Budget Foreign Aid Health Insurance Campaign Finance Climate Change Fossil Fuels Armed Forces Affordable Housing Income Tax Antitrust Tech Wall Street Clean Energy

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 126 of 503 in US Congress

Posts
370
Bernard: 547 ↑
Likes
415,652
Bernard: 16,022,147 ↑
Comments
36,871
Bernard: 684,258 ↑
Avg Likes
876.4
Bernard: 29,291.0 ↑
Avg Comments
85.2
Bernard: 1,250.9 ↑
Benchmarker Score
489,394
Bernard: 17,390,663 ↑
Posts/Week
17.1
Bernard: 23.2 ↑
Avg Post Length
237 chars
Bernard: 269 ↑
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
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