Bernie Sanders calls for data-center pause in Jon Stewart interview

Beyond the leadership debate, Sanders lays out a post-election agenda built around healthcare, housing and taxing billionaires.

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11:38Sanders identifies healthcare as the most urgent crisis and advocates Medicare for All.
16:05Stewart and Sanders examine whether reconciliation could advance major healthcare reform with a simple Senate majority.
23:03Sanders sets out priorities including Medicare for All, taxing billionaires and expanding affordable housing.
37:12Sanders warns about AI's rapid development and calls for a moratorium on data-center construction.
40:07The discussion turns to filibuster rules, corporate lobbying and campaign finance, including Sanders's support for publicly funded elections.
48:16They discuss immigrants' role in the economy and paths to citizenship.

What should Democrats actually do with their new congressional majority? Bernie Sanders gives Jon Stewart a list of priorities, but also a warning: winning elections is not enough if voters cannot see a difference in their lives.

On The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, the Vermont independent puts Medicare for All, affordable housing and taxing billionaires at the center of that argument. Healthcare is his most urgent concern. Stewart presses him on the practical route to major reform, including whether budget reconciliation could allow legislation to pass with a simple Senate majority.

The conversation also reaches a proposal beyond those familiar Sanders priorities. Warning about the rapid advance of artificial intelligence, he calls for a moratorium on data-center construction. That discussion begins around 37 minutes into the episode, before the pair turn to the filibuster, corporate lobbying and campaign finance. Sanders says he wants to move toward publicly funded elections.

His assessment of the political stakes is blunt: "I worry very much, Jon, that in a sense this may be the Democrats' last chance." He connects working-class frustration in America with the appeal of right-wing movements in Europe.

The full interview has drawn about 1.4 million views. It includes paid sponsor segments between portions of the discussion.

Later, Stewart and Sanders take up immigration, the economy's need for immigrants and paths to citizenship. They also address whether Democrats can investigate the Trump administration while delivering tangible results. Sanders rejects the choice between the two: "My answer is that I think we can chew bubble gum and walk at the same time."

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