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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

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.”

He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

If you managed to stomach the sky-high price of a ticket to a game today, you probably noticed the price-gouging didn’t stop at the stadium entrance.

Concessions prices can be double or even triple what they cost just across the street. But there’s a way to crack down.

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Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.

Without press freedom, we do not truly live in a free society.

This is why I urge the news media to boycott the White House in response to Trump's ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politico.

Giving in to tyranny only invites more of it.

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Tax the rich.

Break up big banks.

Primary corporate Democrats.

Get Big Money out of politics.

The message of the Occupy Movement is as important today as it was 15 years ago.

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Five years ago today we began this journey on Substack. I am grateful for these five years, for this community, and for all of you who have made it possible. Breathe deep. We can and will keep going. Together. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/substackiversary

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Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.

Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
The Hidden Danger of America's Wealth Gap
Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
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To my friends in the Bay Area: I'm hearing Rob Bonta is about to cave and hand Warner Bros over to the Ellisons. We can't let him do that. Can you show up outside his AG office in Oakland tomorrow at 5pm to reject this backroom deal? Reject the deal.

www.mobilize.us/notabovethel...
Block the Merger: Don't Settle with Paramount! · Not Above the Law
Join us to rally outside of the California Attorney General's Oakland office! We need Attorney General Rob Bonta to stand strong against a Paramount-Warner Brothers Merger. A core principle behind a...
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Trump's stock-trading is out of control.

A president is supposed to govern for the benefit of the entire country — not for his own financial benefit.

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What’s really behind the AI panic?

Do Big Tech execs actually want to be regulated — or just rig the rules in their favor?

And what about the money AI companies are pumping into the midterms?

@rbreich.bsky.social is back to discuss it all on a new Coffee Klatch.
What’s Behind the AI Panic? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
What’s behind the AI doomerism?What’s up with Trump’s obsession with the Kennedy Center?And what does the Macklemore sto
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With 45 days until the midterms, I urge you all to:

1) Help get out the vote.
2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference.
3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism.

We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.

We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
As Trump tries to ban CNN from the White House, it would be a massive mistake to cave on the Paramount merger.

The last thing we need is another Trump-controlled media conglomerate abusing its power to stomp out competition.

This is a dangerous merger.

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Paramount and California AG Bonta Reportedly in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Settle Antitrust Suit
Paramount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported.
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1/ Per Status, @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov may soon bless a weak settlement with few or none of the divestments he's demanded for months.

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Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza.

Why the hell is Trump trying to send him $2.8 billion worth of bombs?

What’s behind the AI doomerism?

What’s up with Trump’s obsession with the Kennedy Center?

And what does the Macklemore story tell us about power in America?

I’m back to discuss all of this, and much more, on a new Coffee Klatch.
What’s Behind the AI Panic? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
What’s behind the AI doomerism?What’s up with Trump’s obsession with the Kennedy Center?And what does the Macklemore sto
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News broke this afternoon that Bonta and Paramount are in settlement talks. All of the sources are anonymous. Which is really … something.

The Wall Street Journal and Deadline have slightly conflicting reports on timing.

If I were advising the state AGs, this is what I’d say:
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion.

Read that back.

Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.

A reminder as we discuss AI safety: Deregulation (or allowing corporations to "self regulate") only masks another kind of trickle-down economics — one where the financial gains go to the top, and nothing trickles down except risks and losses for everyone else.

Chipotle is working with surveillance company Palantir to build a “food safety risk platform.”

Should you be worried Palantir might be tracking how much guacamole you add to your burrito? Maybe not.

But you should be worried about what it’s doing for the federal government.
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.
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The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions.

Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court?

https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone

Today would be a great day to ban the president, VP, and members of Congress and their families from trading stocks. Oh wait, Mike Johnson sent the House home early to cover up for Trump's failures. Never mind.

Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself.

But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities.

Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
NEW: A nonprofit tied to RFK Jr. solicited payments from companies in exchange for access to top HHS officials, according to Bloomberg.

The top tier: $300,000 for a speaking slot and a private dinner with Kennedy and Dr. Oz.

Reminder that Elon's DOGE recommended firing government workers at the...

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

See what DOGE was really all about?

The price of diesel fuel hit a record high on Wednesday, while gas prices continue to increase thanks to Trump’s illegal war on Iran.

And it’s not just gas prices. Trump has made your life more expensive in plenty of other ways.

Watch.

25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law.

Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars.

History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

The FCC will allow the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & Abu Dhabi to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros — potentially giving them sway over our media.

This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries.

See the problem?
FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W
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