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

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

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The Contemptible Cowardice of Big Law Firms Bowing to Trump

The Contemptible Cowardice of Big Law Firms Bowing to Trump
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Trump Himself Is the Real National Emergency

Trump Himself Is the Real National Emergency
07.04.2025 3

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

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

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Robert Reich: Trump’s Crypto Inc. – OpEd

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

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

Voters in Florida and Wisconsin Have a Chance Today to Stick It to Trump and Musk
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Robert Reich: Trump’s Car Taxes On Americans – OpEd

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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Trump Plays Very Dangerous Game by Saying 'F You' to Judicial Orders

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Tell Your Senators: Don’t Give Trump and Musk a Blank Check to Continue Their Pillage

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Robert Reich: The Trump Slump Is Now – OpEd

The message we’re getting from stock and bond markets deserves your attention.  Recall that Trump was elected largely because Americans

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Trump, a Fascist Tyrant, Targets Universities and the Media

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Robert Reich: More Reasons For Modest Optimism – OpEd

Your anxiety is entirely justified. We are going through one of the most stressful times in American history. It is

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Robert Reich: The Biggest Ponzi Scheme In History – OpEd

I remain optimistic about the longer term, but I still awaken each morning with a sense of dread. I’m sure

07.03.2025 4

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Dems Should Not Attend Trump’s State of the Union But With Fury in Their Hearts

04.03.2025 20

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Robert Reich: 10 More Reasons For Modest Optimism – OpEd

Since I offered you 10 reasons for modest optimism last week, discontent with the Trump-Musk regime has surged even further.

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Boycott Major Retailers to Show Them We Have the Power

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Robert Reich: It’s The Oligarchy, Stupid – OpEd

One of the unacknowledged advantages of the horrendous era we’ve entered is that it is revealing for all to see

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The Essence of Tyranny: Trump Is Rapidly Gaining a Monopoly on the Use of Force

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Robert Reich: Ten Reasons For Modest Optimism – OpEd

If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of

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The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin Plan – OpEd

Trump’s startling remarks this week that Ukraine’s leadership “should have never started” the war in Ukraine, that Ukraine’s President Zelensky...

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10 Reasons for Modest Optimism in the Fight Against the Trump-Vance-Musk Regime

They want a dictatorship built on hopelessness and fear, but we can take courage from the green shoots of rebellion now appearing across America...

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Robert Reich: Bribery Unbound – OpEd

Trump has ordered the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for the next six months and

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A Right-Wing Supreme Court Won't Save Us From This Right-Wing President

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Robert Reich: Say What This Is, A Coup – OpEd

I want to talk today about the media’s coverage of the Trump-Vance-Musk coup.  I’m not referring to coverage by the

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Robert Reich: Profiles In Courage – OpEd

Sometimes it takes a crisis to reveal one’s true character. This is especially true of people who occupy positions of

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Corporate Media Failing to Call This What It Is: A Coup

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Message To The US And Russia: Don’t Think About Nuclear War – OpEd

By Jonathan Power War over Ukraine? It mustn’t be. Some of us believed that at the end of the Cold

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Robert Reich: Fraud And Musk – OpEd

The Trump-Musk regime is accusing federal civil servants of fraud, based on no evidence, while at the same time allowing

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Robert Reich: The End Of Law? – OpEd

He is the most lawless president in American history. He’s allowed Musk’s rats unfettered access to the Treasury’s payments system.

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Robert Reich: This Is What Dictatorship Looks Like – OpEd

It’s a coup. As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making

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Robert Reich: How Musk Is Messing With Your Social Security, Your Religion, And Everything Else – OpEd

Elon Musk vowed this week to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after he and

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Trump's Trade War, Authoritarian Power, and the Oligarchs

04.02.2025 20

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Robert Reich: Keep Your Eye On The Big Picture – OpEd

It can be overwhelming. Trump is trying to “flood the zone” so we focus on a few outrages that we

02.02.2025 7

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Robert Reich: Does Anyone Need More Proof That Trump Is Fronting For The Oligarchs? – OpEd

In his ongoing rampage against the laws of the land, Trump this week fired National Labor Relations Board acting chair

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Trump’s Crypto Scam Threatens the Economy and His Own Power

27.01.2025 7

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Robert Reich: Ten Ways To Resist Trump II – OpEd

In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are

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10 Concrete Things You Can Do to Resist Trump II

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Robert Reich: The LA Fire And The Common Good – OpEd

Trump has spent much of the past week complaining — and lying — about California’s water policies, falsely claiming that

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Twenty Million Radicalizing Muslims Pose A Challenge – OpEd

By Jonathan Power Besides dealing with Ukraine, Russia stands at a major crossroads as it works out how exactly to

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Robert Reich: Will Trump Get Credit For Biden’s Successes? – OpEd

Trump will try to take credit for the Biden economy. Don’t let him. And don’t let Republican enablers of Trump

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Robert Reich: How Trump Seeks To Destroy The Four Major Pillars Of Resistance – OpEd

Trump and his MAGA allies are already targeting the four major pillars of resistance to Trump during his first term. 

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Robert Reich: Advice And Consent Or Total Submission? – OpEd

The cast of characters Trump has chosen to populate his second term are a Star Wars cantina of fanatics, extremists, conspiracy theorists, sexual...

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Beware Elon Musk and His Attempts to Steer the World Toward the Neo-Fascist Right

It will not be the first time in history that someone is seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power, although it may be the first time that so...

07.01.2025 3

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Robert Reich: The Only Real Firewall Against The Trump Regime – OpEd

As a practical matter, where will we find a firewall against the excesses of the Trump regime? The federal courts.  You might say it doesn’t matter...

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Let's Make Trump the Last Gasp of America's Second Gilded Age

The challenge is the same as it was at the start of the 20th century: To fight for an economy and a democracy that works for all rather than the few.

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Robert Reich: The 20 Realities Of The American System – OpEd

As we come to the end of a difficult year, it’s important to establish a baseline for seeing how much worse Trump will make the American system...

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