Bernie Fans: How To Use Twitter (for dummies)

Create an account. You can usually just create an account using your Facebook.

If you create your account using FB it is easier to find people you know.

Otherwise, you have to search for people which is harder on Twitter because most people use handles rather than their actual names.

Once you are on Twitter it is incredibly easy to find Bernie!

Just type @berniesanders in the searchbar.

There is also a Bernie page for every state and many subdivisions therein.

Just type Bernie in the search bar and you will find hundred of people to follow.

Using Twitter:

Hashtags – Hashtags are used as search terms. If you include a hashtag in your tweet it makes it visible to anyone using that hashtag.  You may also search hashtags to find like minded people.

Bernie hashtags : #Bernie2016 and #feelthebern are the most widely used. It is best that you use at least one of these EVERY time you mention Bernie. That is how they track how well he’s doing.

There’s also #SummerofSanders #RunBernieRun #BerniePics #Women4Bernie

Other liberal hashtags - #wethepeople #uniteblue #fightfor15 #equality4all #p2 #voteblue2016 #notreadyforhillary #nomorebushes

You can use existing hashtags or make up your own. Using existing hashtags makes your tweets more visible to the public.

You can say anything you choose but you may only type so many characters. If you choose to include a link of any kind the length of the link will not affect how many characters you can use.

If you search #feelthebern the list will have every tweet ever using that tag. At the top of the screen you will see 2 options – Top Tweets or Live. Top tweets are the highest performing overall and live is sorted by how recent it was tweeted. I recommend using both and alternating.

Once you have the found the content you can start sharing. Click the square under the post to RETWEET.  There are 2 options to retweeting – retweet or quote.

Retweet means you are simply recirculating the tweet without adding anything. You can retweet as much as you want. It isn’t like FB. On FB once you share something it becomes your post. On Twitter once you RT it is still not your content. It still appears under their name, therefore you may RT as much as you want without worrying that you are spamming the public.

Quote tweet means you are now taking that tweet and making it yours. You may add a comment and it will now appear under your name.

Instead of “friending” people like on FB, you “Follow” people on Twitter. This means that once you follow someone you will now see their posts in your home feed. Just because you follow someone doesn’t mean they will follow you. The more tweeting and retweeting you do the more followers you get, plain and simple. Again, it’s not Facebook. You don’t have to be polite. Go nuts on Twitter. Post as much as you want. Post anything you want. People love it.

Let me know if you have more questions!

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The American People's List of Demands

1.     We demand wage laws that protect the American workers. We demand that the following guidelines be introduced into leglislation:

•  The Federal minimum wage must never be so low that an employee working 40 hours a week does not earn enough to meet standard costs of living for one person.
• The Federal minimum wage must always rise in proportion to inflation.
• The Federal minimum wage must be reevaluated annually.
• With every 1% raise in salary for the highest paid employees there must also be a 1% increase in the wages of the lowest earning employees.
• All fulltime employees, with at least one year tenure, must be given a minimum of five paid sick days per year.
• All fulltime employees, with at least one year tenure, must be given a minimum of 7 paid vacation days per year.
• All fulltime employees, with at least one year tenure, must be given a minimum of 6 weeks paid maternity/paternity leave. This benefit must be given to any legal parent upon the birth of a child or adoption of a child regardless of sex, marriage status, or sexual orientation.
• We demand that all women be paid a wage that is equal to that of their male counterpart.

2.     Healthcare for all. We demand a single payer healthcare system in which economic status is irrelevant to level of care.

3.    The U.S. government must make the people a priority when addressing the national budget. We, the people, demand the following become top priorities:

• Invest in education.We demand all schools have enough funding to support art programs, music programs, physical education, and extra-curricular activities, teams, and clubs each year. In addition, all high schools will have funding to support home economics, automotive or wood shop, after-school academia teams, and sports teams. These programs must be in addition to current programs and must not detract from current program funding.
• We demand that each state offer a minimum of one tuition free college. These colleges must be in proportion to other state colleges, both in size and in funding.
• We demand that federal student loans be interest free.
• Invest in infrastructure.
• We demand that stricter guidelines be put forth that will force all local and national government to annually or bi-annually conduct inspections of all roads, bridges, parks, etc.
• We demand that each government to promptly and accurately address each and any issue that may be found during inspections.

4.    We demand immediate tax reform.

• We demand the immediate deregulation of corporate tax breaks. 
• We demand legislation that clearly states that the lowest paid workers must never at any point pay more taxes than those in higher brackets.
• We demand that NFL, and all other teams and media outlets, pay taxes.

5.   We demand the immediate regulation of corporations manufacturing overseas.

• We demand that any company selling it’s product in the United States must adhere to U.S. Federal minimum wage regardless of what country they are operating out of. Any company or corporate entity that is found operating a facility that pays workers a wage less than the current Federal minimum wage will not be permitted to sell said products in the U.S.

6.   We demand that GMO’s be banned in the United States and legislation be put into effect that will strictly regulate food labeling with the sole purpose of informing the consumer.

• We demand the immediate end of factory farms.
• We demand immediate legislation addressing the treatment of animals in farm settings.

7.   We demand legislation be introduced immediately and effectively banning any corporation or individual profiting off the arrest or imprisonment of any human being.

• We demand that the War on Drugs cease immediately.
• We demand the Federal legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational use.
• We demand the immediate release of all persons currently incarcerated for marijuana related charges.
• We demand that all marijuana related criminal charges be expunged from all involved persons legal records.
• We demand the immediate reevaluation of all persons currently incarcerated due to nonviolent crimes and subsequent release of all prisoners who do not pose an actual threat to society.
• We demand that honest and information drug education and support programs be put into place in all high school and public colleges.

8.   We demand immediate action to fight and reverse climate change.

• We demand a new and separate board made up entirely of scientists specializing in the field. 
• We demand that the recommendations of this board be heeded promptly and effectively. 
• We demand an immediate reduction in the usage of plastics and other harmful materials.
• We demand an immediate reduction of product packaging.
• We demand an immediate shift to green energy with the ultimate goal of eradicating all power and energy sources that are harmful to the environment.

9.    We demand media fairness and accountability.

• We demand structured sanctions and penalties for any and all media and/or public officials who deliberately attempt to provide misinformation or otherwise lie to the American people.
• We demand broad, in depth, and equal coverage for any and all current events, regardless of party, affiliations, or lack thereof.

10.  We demand the immediate restructuring of the FDA.

• We demand that drug research be based on need and not on profit margins.
• We demand that the FDA ban all carcinogenic substances currently being used in the manufacturing of any and all food products, beauty products, cleaning agents, and health supplements.
• We demand the immediate and heavy regulation of pharmaceutical corporations including but not limited to the regulation of promotional content. 

11. We demand legislation be introduced effectively banning any and all contributions, donations, or the like by corporate entities to any political campaign, individual, or organization.

12. We demand the immediate regulation of corporate lobbyists.

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