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America’s raging inequality is on display. The corrupting power of wealth and giant corporations has never been more clear. Billionaires are running Washington and unleashing a tsunami of big money and legalized bribery. Serious question: Where the hell are the Democrats?

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No, Elon. 40% of people who call Social Security's 1-800 number are not fraudsters, Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme & nobody who is 150 years old is getting a Social Security check. Stop the lies. Stop the disinformation. Get your billionaire hands off Social Security.

submitted 9 hours ago • 198 comments

I’ve asked this question before. Now I’m SHOUTING it. Where the HELL are the Democrats? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-are-the-democrats

submitted 1 day ago • 295 comments

We're 4 days into Signalgate and Trump clearly doesn't even know what Signal is. Who is running the White House?

submitted 1 day ago • 461 comments

The Trump regime will round you up off the street and arrest you because you spoke your mind. And federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it. It's fascism. Call it what it is.

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A Walmart heir took a daring stance against President Donald Trump by publicizing a political message emphasizing the need to work with allies while urging voters to attend town halls.

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The IRS could collect $500 billion LESS in tax revenue this year due to DOGE cuts to the agency. A big chunk of that will come from the rich underpaying their taxes. Meanwhile, only $7.7 billion of DOGE "savings" can actually be verified. So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...

submitted 2 days ago • 78 comments

“I shouldn’t have to read about it in The Atlantic,” Kim said.

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Last year, I launched an investigation into the outrageous price Novo Nordisk charges for Wegovy. Novo now says it will cut Wegovy’s price for the uninsured from $1,349 to $499. This is a modest step forward. But Novo must do better. Wegovy can be purchased for $92 in the U.K.

submitted 3 days ago • 204 comments

If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you. If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you. If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you. We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.

submitted 3 days ago • 185 comments

Meta raked in $8B thanks to Trump’s first tax cuts. It donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. Comcast got $6.6B. It donated $1M to his inauguration. Bank of America got $24B in tax subsidies, and you guessed it, donated to Trump’s inauguration. This is who Trump governs for.

submitted 3 days ago • 132 comments

The Social Security Administration under Trump/Musk/DOGE: -Website crashed 4 times in 10 days -Phone lines are overwhelmed -Staff being forced out -Customer experience office eliminated -SSA field offices on the chopping block This is an attack on Social Security itself.

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Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. That’s what’s really driving Trump’s attack on education and public knowledge.

submitted 6 days ago • 104 comments

The Trump regime's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," and the trans community have one clear purpose: If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

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My new segment on Trump’s golf never ending Mar-a-Lago golf bender. Is it a hobby? An addiction? Or something more? Watch my theory below.

submitted 6 days ago • 45 comments

Pro-life my ass! steady.substack.com/p/women-in-t...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Why are so many Democrats playing dead as Donald Trump runs roughshod over the entire country? I cover this (and more) on the latest Coffee Klatch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPj1...

submitted 13 days ago • 140 comments

Senate Democratic leadership essentially played dead today and greenlit the Trump-Musk-Vance coup. What is the point of the Democratic Party if it doesn't actually act like an opposition party? Hello?

submitted 14 days ago • 548 comments

The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind. And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it. If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.

submitted 14 days ago • 414 comments

Why is Trump waging a war on the Department of Education? Because he knows that his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations of learners who are unafraid to speak truth to power. Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.

submitted 16 days ago • 352 comments

Whether you like or dislike what’s said at universities, free speech is at the core of our democracy, and protecting it should be one of the core missions of universities. Which is why America needs a new Free Speech Movement, similar to the one that broke out on college campuses 61 years ago.

submitted 15 days ago • 68 comments

There was, in fact, a major tax revolt in the not-so-distant past—and it succeeded in bringing down a government.

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

Elon Musk reiterated his intention to destroy programs like Social Security, which he has called a Ponzi scheme: "Most of the federal spending is entitlements... that’s the big one to eliminate."

submitted 18 days ago • 581 comments

“Anyone caught checking them can and will be deported,” he warned.

submitted 18 days ago • 62 comments

Republicans have been out to gut Social Security for years because it’s one of the most popular and successful programs ever created. Those who claim to care about the debt while pushing for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations don't really care about the debt.

submitted 17 days ago • 168 comments

For Trump nothing is off-limits when it comes to finding $$$ for billionaire tax breaks, including cutting health care for the disadvantaged.

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

They absolutely could not possibly be clearer that they are going to try to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

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Trump is a traitor, and Europe is now alone open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

submitted 17 days ago • 156 comments

Elon Musk has called for Amtrak and the Postal Service to be privatized. Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits. Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.

submitted 22 days ago • 194 comments

The President is lying about Social Security as an excuse to gut Social Security after promising not to touch it. Why? To pave the way for more tax cuts for the rich.

submitted 24 days ago • 226 comments

For once, we agree Donald!

submitted 24 days ago • 55 comments

If you think Putin's agenda sounds similar to Trump's, there's a reason for that. Both are trying to distract from the economic looting by their respective oligarchies. Watch this video I put out just a few years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-nO8cBD79k

submitted 25 days ago • 59 comments

Brave Senator Marshall When the constituents' ire raised its ugly head, he turned around and bravely fled. Brave, brave Senator Marshall.

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Cartoon by Nick Anderson

submitted 30 days ago • 181 comments

This seems fair... NOT

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The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director. He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words

submitted 36 days ago • 218 comments

McConnell marked the solemn occasion with a minute-long moment of silence in the middle of a sentence.

submitted 36 days ago • 32 comments

BREAKING: Senator Mitch McConnell announces that he will not seek reelection in 2026 — bringing an end to one of the single most destructive political careers in American history. He will be remembered for his cruelty and greed and for helping pave the wave for MAGA fascism. Good. Riddance.

submitted 36 days ago • 260 comments

Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration. This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment. Hello?

submitted 37 days ago • 217 comments