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Robert Reich: Trump’s Police State – OpEd

Robert Reich: Trump’s Police State – OpEd

Now that Trump’s tariffs have been halted, his One Big Beautiful Bill has been stymied, and his multibillionaire tech bro

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Eurasia Review

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How Should We Respond to Trump’s National Guard Deployment Against the People of LA?

How Should We Respond to Trump’s National Guard Deployment Against the People of LA?
08.06.2025 6

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Musk Vs. Trump – OpEd

Robert Reich: Musk Vs. Trump – OpEd

I’m trying not to be too delighted about the new reality TV show starring Elon and Donald, but the dialogue

08.06.2025 5

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Robert Reich: While America’s Front Doors Are Closing To China, Back Doors Are Opening – OpEd

Robert Reich: While America’s Front Doors Are Closing To China, Back Doors Are Opening – OpEd

When it comes to non-Americans, Trump and his regime are clear: Foreigners — especially if they’re Chinese — are no

06.06.2025 5

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Robert Reich: Trump’s Vicious Attack On The American Mind – OpEd

Robert Reich: Trump’s Vicious Attack On The American Mind – OpEd

Why is Trump trying to cancel “Sesame Street,” which has helped children learn to read and count for over half

04.06.2025 7

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Robert Reich: How To Protect Our Judges – OpEd

Robert Reich: How To Protect Our Judges – OpEd

One of our highest priorities in this darkness must be to protect the people who are doing the most right

03.06.2025 6

Eurasia Review

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The Tragic History Of Neoliberalism – OpEd

The Tragic History Of Neoliberalism – OpEd

I rarely ask you to look at charts. Today is an exception. This one is from the Economic Policy Institute.

01.06.2025 10

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Robert Reich: The Reemergence Of Social Darwinism – OpEd

Cut Medicaid to give billionaires a huge tax cut. But why?  They say they want a smaller government, but that can’t

30.05.2025 5

Eurasia Review

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Neoliberalism Cannot Be Rehabilitated

30.05.2025 8

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: The Truth About The Medicaid Work Requirement – OpEd

One of my purposes in sending you this daily letter is to give you the truth about an important issue

30.05.2025 9

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6 Truths About Medicaid Work Requirements the GOP Doesn’t Want You to Share

29.05.2025 6

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Four Years Of College Shouldn’t Be The Only Gateway To The Middle Class – OpEd

Trump’s latest idiotic idea of redistributing $3 billion in grant money from Harvard to trade schools, which he posted, masks a

28.05.2025 8

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A New Phase of Trump Neofascism

25.05.2025 7

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: As These Senators Go Home For The Memorial Day Weekend … – OpEd

As Republican senators go home for the Memorial Day weekend, it’s an excellent time for those of you who live

25.05.2025 8

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Robert Reich: What You Need To Share About The ‘One Big Beautiful’ Ugly Horrible Bill – OpEd

The old professor in me thinks the best way to convey to you how utterly awful the so-called “one big

23.05.2025 10

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The House’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Only Beautiful If You’re Rich

22.05.2025 4

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Stop Asking About A Biden ‘Cover-Up’ – OpEd

I’m truly sorry that Joe Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. But the Biden news that’s been dominating

21.05.2025 3

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Robert Reich: The Bond Vigilantes – OpEd

Last Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moody’s, the ratings firm, announced that the U.S. government’s

21.05.2025 5

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Don't Blame the Bond Vigilantes—Just Tax the Rich!

19.05.2025 4

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Trump Vs. The Supremes – OpEd

The showdown is nearly upon us. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump regime cannot deport a group of Venezuelans

19.05.2025 6

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Robert Reich: The One Thing That’s Certain To Tank Trump Is Coming Soon – OpEd

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, says Trump’s tariffs are “too high” and it will have to raise prices because of

18.05.2025 3

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Robert Reich: Trump’s Huge Tariff Hoax – OpEd

On Sunday night, the U.S. announced that it is cutting tariffs on Chinese imports from 145 percent to 30 percent,

15.05.2025 3

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Grifter-in-Chief Trump and the Grift That Keeps on Grifting

12.05.2025 2

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Is Starbase The Future Of America? – OpEd

On Saturday, the town of Starbase, Texas, was born. The town includes Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch facility and company-owned land

10.05.2025 10

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Robert Reich: Prices And Unemployment Are Heading Up, Everything Else Is Going Down – OpEd

The Federal Reserve decided this week to leave interest rates where they are, at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent. Although the Fed acknowledged that...

09.05.2025 10

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Starbase: the Future Trump and Musk Want for America

09.05.2025 10

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Don’t Call Them ‘Potential Conflicts Of Interest’ – OpEd

Words matter. When the media points out Trump’s “potential conflicts of interest,” as it has in recent days when describing Trump’s growing crypto...

06.05.2025 20

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Robert Reich: George Washington Would Have Thrown Up – OpEd

Trump is planning a giant military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., to coincide with his 79th birthday on

05.05.2025 6

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Dear Media, Call It What It Is: Corruption

05.05.2025 30

Common Dreams

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'Mayday! Mayday!': It's May Day

01.05.2025 9

Common Dreams

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The Most Important Lesson Of Trump’s First Hundred Days – OpEd

Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first hundred days, “the first hundred days” of a presidency has become the first test

01.05.2025 6

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Robert Reich: How You May Find Yourself On The Front Line Of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown – OpEd

The most important constraints on the Trump regime during its heinous first hundred days have been (1) federal courts, (2)

30.04.2025 10

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Robert Reich: The First 100 Days, Why We Must Mobilize – OpEd

Today is the start of the 14th week of the odious Trump regime. Wednesday will mark its first 100 days.  The U.S. Constitution is in peril. Civil...

29.04.2025 20

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At This Rate, We Won't Survive Trump's Next 100 Days

28.04.2025 2

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Ineptitude, Incompetence, Stupidity, And Chaos – OpEd

Some Democrats fear they’re playing into Trump’s hands by fighting his mass deportations rather than focusing on his failures on

26.04.2025 6

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Robert Reich: The Secession Of The Billionaire Class – OpEd

Billionaire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the drop in the stock market is nothing to be concerned about because Americans

25.04.2025 6

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Robert Reich: Trump’s Playbook Is Viktor Orbán’s – OpEd

A few days ago I had breakfast with my old friend John Shattuck, who, as president of Central European University

16.04.2025 9

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American Oligarchy Petrified by Economic Chaos But Won't Criticize Trump Directly

14.04.2025 4

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: 12 Small Reasons For Modest Hope – OpEd

My heart leapt last Saturday when I saw how many people turned out for the Hands Off protests: More than

13.04.2025 3

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Robert Reich: The Real Reason We’re In A National Emergency – OpEd

It’s hard to remember that only 10 weeks ago, the American economy was quite good, our foreign relations were on

09.04.2025 7

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The Contemptible Cowardice of Big Law Firms Bowing to Trump

08.04.2025 3

Common Dreams

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Trump Himself Is the Real National Emergency

07.04.2025 3

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: This Week’s Small Reasons For Modest Optimism – OpEd

In many ways this was another horrific week. Like a terrible hurricane, the Trump dictatorship is sweeping more people into

06.04.2025 10

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Robert Reich: Trump’s Crypto Inc. – OpEd

I know it’s almost overwhelming — the continuous cacophony of catastrophes brought on my the crackpot in chief. But I

04.04.2025 5

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Voters in Florida and Wisconsin Have a Chance Today to Stick It to Trump and Musk

01.04.2025 3

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Trump’s Car Taxes On Americans – OpEd

Trump said worldwide automobile taxes, er, tariffs, will come into effect next week, on April 3, alongside Trump’s so-called reciprocal

30.03.2025 3

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Robert Reich: Why Social Security Is In The Worst Crisis Since Its 1935 Founding – OpEd

Financial services executive Frank Bisignano, Trump’s pick to become permanent commissioner of Social Security, faced lawmakers this morning in a

27.03.2025 8

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Robert Reich: If Trump Can Disappear Them, He Can Disappear You – OpEd

Let’s say you don’t like what the Trump administration is doing, or you don’t like Trump. You express these views

25.03.2025 4

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Robert Reich: Trump’s Attack On The American Mind – OpEd

Trump is dismantling much of the Department of Education. He has ordered wrestling executive-turned-Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shut most

21.03.2025 6

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Robert Reich: How To Fight The Trump Regime’s Use Of Fear And Intimidation – OpEd

The major weapon of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime is fear that causes people to be intimidated into silence and submission.  The

18.03.2025 8

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