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Today's billionaires own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the country.
Here's how wealth inequality spiraled out of control — and what we can do to fix it.
https://youtu.be/wOI8RuhW7q0?si=Fq4N9wTQhLHawXq7
Here's how wealth inequality spiraled out of control — and what we can do to fix it.
https://youtu.be/wOI8RuhW7q0?si=Fq4N9wTQhLHawXq7
How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Today's billionaires own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the country.
Here's how wealth inequality spiraled out of control — and what we can do to fix it.
https://youtu.be/wOI8RuhW7q0?si=Fq4N9wTQhLHawXq7
Here's how wealth inequality spiraled out of control — and what we can do to fix it.
https://youtu.be/wOI8RuhW7q0?si=Fq4N9wTQhLHawXq7
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
"After the government shutdown began Wednesday morning, furloughed employees at an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services were told to set an out-of-office message in their email accounts blaming Democrats for the situation."
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown
One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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"After the government shutdown began Wednesday morning, furloughed employees at an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services were told to set an out-of-office message in their email accounts blaming Democrats for the situation."
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown
One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.
www.huffpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
"After the government shutdown began Wednesday morning, furloughed employees at an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services were told to set an out-of-office message in their email accounts blaming Democrats for the situation."
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
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Grocery inflation hit a two-year high in August.
But Trump seems to have given up on doing anything to make groceries cheaper.
Wasn’t that what the entire election was supposedly about? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
But Trump seems to have given up on doing anything to make groceries cheaper.
Wasn’t that what the entire election was supposedly about? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
Trump Lied About Grocery Prices
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Grocery inflation hit a two-year high in August.
But Trump seems to have given up on doing anything to make groceries cheaper.
Wasn’t that what the entire election was supposedly about? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
But Trump seems to have given up on doing anything to make groceries cheaper.
Wasn’t that what the entire election was supposedly about? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
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It is insane that this is happening in a country with such clearly stated 1st amendment rights. ABC and CBS could easily have won all these abuse cases in court rather than kowtow to this regime.
September 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It is insane that this is happening in a country with such clearly stated 1st amendment rights. ABC and CBS could easily have won all these abuse cases in court rather than kowtow to this regime.
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A UAE investment firm run by a member of the country’s ruling family put $2 billion into the Trump family’s crypto firm.
Then the White House gave the UAE access to hundreds of thousands of powerful computer chips needed to build AI.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
Then the White House gave the UAE access to hundreds of thousands of powerful computer chips needed to build AI.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A UAE investment firm run by a member of the country’s ruling family put $2 billion into the Trump family’s crypto firm.
Then the White House gave the UAE access to hundreds of thousands of powerful computer chips needed to build AI.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
Then the White House gave the UAE access to hundreds of thousands of powerful computer chips needed to build AI.
Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.
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Woodrow Wilson earned a Nobel Peace Prize by doing everything he could to build an institution to prevent world wars and end colonialism. Trump wants one for undoing Wilson’s legacy.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/22/w...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/22/w...
Woodrow Wilson Has Something Donald Trump Desperately Wants | Washington Monthly
Trump seeks a Nobel by undoing Wilson’s legacy of peace and self-determination—reviving great power imperialism instead.
washingtonmonthly.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Woodrow Wilson earned a Nobel Peace Prize by doing everything he could to build an institution to prevent world wars and end colonialism. Trump wants one for undoing Wilson’s legacy.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/22/w...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/22/w...
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Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
August 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
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June 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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JUST IN: A Federal Judge blocks Trump from deploying National Guard in LA. The ruling orders Trump to return control of the National Guard to the Governor by Friday.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in Los Angeles
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
JUST IN: A Federal Judge blocks Trump from deploying National Guard in LA. The ruling orders Trump to return control of the National Guard to the Governor by Friday.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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DEVELOPING: A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles, writing that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard.
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., reacts on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., reacts on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
DEVELOPING: A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles, writing that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard.
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., reacts on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., reacts on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
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Isn't that the truth...
May 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Isn't that the truth...
Any traders with inside information that Trump was going to walk back his tariffs — some of them, presumably, Trump family members and cronies — just made a fortune.
It all feels like chaos until you look more closely at who is winning.
It all feels like chaos until you look more closely at who is winning.
April 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A Realistic Strategy for Overturning Citizens United washingtonmonthly.com/2020/07/25/a...
A Realistic Strategy for Overturning Citizens United | Washington Monthly
Passing a constitutional amendment is hard—but far from impossible.
washingtonmonthly.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A Realistic Strategy for Overturning Citizens United washingtonmonthly.com/2020/07/25/a...
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Don’t listen to what Republicans are saying, watch what they’re doing:
🚨Proposing tax increases on the middle class and tax cuts for their rich friends
🚨Cutting funding for PBS and NPR and controlling what you can and can’t read in the newspaper
🚨Absolutely nothing to lower the cost of groceries
🚨Proposing tax increases on the middle class and tax cuts for their rich friends
🚨Cutting funding for PBS and NPR and controlling what you can and can’t read in the newspaper
🚨Absolutely nothing to lower the cost of groceries
March 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Don’t listen to what Republicans are saying, watch what they’re doing:
🚨Proposing tax increases on the middle class and tax cuts for their rich friends
🚨Cutting funding for PBS and NPR and controlling what you can and can’t read in the newspaper
🚨Absolutely nothing to lower the cost of groceries
🚨Proposing tax increases on the middle class and tax cuts for their rich friends
🚨Cutting funding for PBS and NPR and controlling what you can and can’t read in the newspaper
🚨Absolutely nothing to lower the cost of groceries
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The Commerce Department just made it easier for states and municipalities to use government subsidies to buy Musk’s Starlink internet service.
When Musk's many ethics conflicts are tallied up, it will make Warren G. Harding’s Teapot Dome scandal look like a game of checkers.
When Musk's many ethics conflicts are tallied up, it will make Warren G. Harding’s Teapot Dome scandal look like a game of checkers.
Musk Set to Cash In Big on Trump’s Internet Overhaul
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reportedly wants to modify a Biden-era broadband program, opening it up to satellite internet providers.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Commerce Department just made it easier for states and municipalities to use government subsidies to buy Musk’s Starlink internet service.
When Musk's many ethics conflicts are tallied up, it will make Warren G. Harding’s Teapot Dome scandal look like a game of checkers.
When Musk's many ethics conflicts are tallied up, it will make Warren G. Harding’s Teapot Dome scandal look like a game of checkers.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education
Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...
sign.moveon.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
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For the last four years, Jennifer Abruzzo vigorously defended workers' rights and cracked down on union-busters as General Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board.
She was one of the strongest pro-worker voices in the federal government.
Trump just fired her.
She was one of the strongest pro-worker voices in the federal government.
Trump just fired her.
The most important protector of workers' rights you've never heard of
Listen now | Why Jennifer Abruzzo is critical
robertreich.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
For the last four years, Jennifer Abruzzo vigorously defended workers' rights and cracked down on union-busters as General Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board.
She was one of the strongest pro-worker voices in the federal government.
Trump just fired her.
She was one of the strongest pro-worker voices in the federal government.
Trump just fired her.
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In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
robertreich.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...