I use ExpressVPN, works fine.

Well, Bernie talks "socialism", but what's needed is to see just what he means - socialized medicine, etc., is something, but not everything. Of Democratic Party members, I figure I could support him conditionally, but then he jumped in and supported Hillary for president, so now I'm not so sure - anyway, socialized medicine would be something.
Example of a 'socialist' measure in the US: creation of the Tennessee Valley Administration.

They are also highly democratic within their political systems, and largely because of the public social welfare measures mentioned, they are relatively democratic socially as well.

Before doing the above you'd better decided what you mean by 'socialist'. For me, the social democracy of Europe is, basically, capitalism with fairly advanced social welfare - socialism to me means the public ownership of the major means of production. There are varieties of the same, and varieties as to how such an economic arrangement has been or might be governed. And then there's the question of just how much of the means of production is publicly owned.
Naturally, the US Consulate cannot support the Demo Community, as it is a party organization (apparently) rather than a governmental one. Though that doesn't mean they couldn't cooperate with it concerning voter registration etc. But we might get clearer answers from the initiator of the thread.

I find the burgers at Salvador's to be a bit dry, or slightly overcooked, or something - not bad, but....or maybe not enough fat in the meat.