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Robert Reich
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Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.

Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com

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Robert Bernard Reich is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served as secretary of labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century; in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers. .. more

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How did my generation – the baby boomers – squander the potential our parents left us?

What can our children do to correct our mistakes?

These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short.

You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich

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Trump would have you believe that immigrant workers are “freeloaders” and the “worst of the worst.”

Here to debunk his lies and lay out how we can protect immigrant workers on the job is former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u_HwUn4bYQ
Trump’s Lies About Immigrant Workers, Debunked
Don’t believe the lies you hear about immigrant and undocumented workers.The real villains are the greedy corporations t
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This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

Buying sweets for your valentine? Here’s how big candy barons might be ripping you off.

What do the powerful people named in the Epstein files all have in common?

This was yet another week of Trump ruling on behalf of the so-called Epstein Class.

But it was also a week that featured extraordinary pushback and solidarity against his regime.

Join us as we break down the week that was.

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Trump, Epstein, and the Ruling Class | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
This was yet another week of Trump ruling on behalf of the so-called Epstein Class.But it was also a week that featured
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

The system is rigged — and Trump wants to keep it that way because his own power depends on it.

What drives Trump is simple: he cares more about protecting the interests of those with power than those with none.

So when he and his regime lash out about Epstein, understand why.

Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket.

Biden sued to break it up.

But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
Trump Justice Department Poised to Preserve Ticketmaster Monopoly - The American Prospect
Settlement talks on a monopolization case against Live Nation are under way, with Kellyanne Conway and other MAGA lobbyi
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DHS has begun purchasing warehouses to detain tens of thousands of immigrants.

The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son.

Cashing in on cruelty.
Empty Warehouses, Secret Deals: Insiders Poised To Profit From Trump’s Deportation Boom
As the Trump administration hunts for massive detention sites, politically connected real estate brokers are lining up t
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Union elections plummeted last year after Trump gutted the NLRB — while the cost of living soars and corporate profits hit record highs.

Unions are the key to taking on corporate power and increasing working people’s standard of living.

No wonder Trump wants to eradicate them.

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The company is facing a lawsuit from three detainees who allege guards beat and sexually assaulted them, then covered it up.

Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.
https://prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent - The American Prospect
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state imm
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Everything is for sale.
For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.

Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.

This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics.

Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.

If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

Trump's EPA has revoked the agency's landmark "endangerment finding," which underpins key environmental protections against greenhouse gas pollution.

The deregulation that would unleash will enrich Big Oil — while the rest of us pay the price. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqr1tVVOnBA
Who Wins in Trump’s Deregulation Spree?
Protecting us from financial predators. Keeping our air and water clean. Making sure our food won’t make us sick.Regulat
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The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.

AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-bogus-4-day-workweek-that-ai

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DHS funding runs out today. That means we have real leverage in this fight since a funding bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. Call your Members of Congress and demand they reject any bill that doesn’t stop ICE and CBP terror.

House: indivisible.org/actions/ice-...

Senate: 👇
Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible
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“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”

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George Zoley was on a conference call just a few hours ago talking about GEO's outstanding 2025. For fiscal year 2025, the company clocked an 800% increase in profit, thanks to our tax dollars. Just a massive wealth distribution upwards to this guy and his fellow profiteers. 800%.

Top Palantir and OpenAI executives are funding a new AI industry Super PAC, which has already amassed $100M to spend on the 2026 midterms.

They want to stop anyone who supports guardrails on AI from being elected.

We must not let them win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
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This is a moral blight on America, a crime against humanity. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/who-exactly-is-ice-arresting-and

The SAVE Act would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person just to register to vote.

Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple.

Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121

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In a country with a bad president, be a Bad Bunny. [Cartoon by Matt Davies]

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Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.

The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.

Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires.

There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom.

Dems need to learn this.

Bernie Sanders is right.

We need Medicare For All.