Robert Reich

Robert Reich

I hope you find my new book helpful for understanding the time we’re in, how we combat the bullies, and why I believe so passionately that we will succeed. Here's a bit more on why I wrote it.

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As we resist Trump’s tyranny, America gains solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous. As we feel courageous and stand up to Trump, we weaken him and his regime. As we weaken Trump and his regime, we have less to fear.

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Robert Reich

Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use these laws to further exploit workers 5) Repeat Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.

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On a special Labor Day weekend Coffee Klatch, I reflect on what I’ve witnessed during my time in politics and how it connects to our struggle today. We also discuss Trump’s continued occupation, not just of American cities, but the American economy. https://youtu.be/v5mmLwI_KmA

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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. And now a Social Security Administration whistleblower is resigning after apparently being punished for trying to warn the public. Nothing about this fake government agency is "efficient."

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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. 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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Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him. He's a tyrant with his back against the wall, so he and his cronies are rigging elections in Texas. Understand what's going on here.

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The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?

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A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.

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Nearly 70% of Americans support labor unions. Why? Because more and more people know that unions ensure workers get higher paychecks, safer working conditions, and a real voice in both the workplace and our democracy. It's what every worker deserves.

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Trump is 10 days older than I am. If he can cause as much mayhem as he does every day, the least I can do is make a bit of good trouble every day. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-i-cant-retire

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Federal agents detained two firefighters in Washington state... ...while the firefighters were in the middle of fighting one of the largest wildfires in the country. Under Trump’s regime, cruelty takes precedence over everything else.

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Trump is trying to push more government agencies to end collective bargaining agreements with federal worker unions. Why? Organized labor is standing up to Trump's authoritarian power grab. Tyrants will do anything to crush dissent. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

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The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.

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Robert Reich

No one voted for this.

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This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest. We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR

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How to respond to Trump's lies about a "crime wave" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-respond-to-trumps-lies-about

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There’s a reason Dr. King's historic 1963 rally was called “The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” As he warned the nation, "We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor." Real freedom requires economic freedom for all.

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Thousands of Mike Johnson's own constituents are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage following the passage of a budget bill he pushed for. And it’s all so he could help bankroll more tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich. Don’t let him forget.

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Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers after Big Tech companies donated huge amounts to his inauguration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

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Trump’s "state capitalism" has nothing whatever to do with public ownership, socialism, helping the working class, or improving national security. There is no real industrial policy. It’s all about centralizing ever more control over America in the Oval Office.

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The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly barring states and organizations that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants. This will make it harder for the most vulnerable people to get help in the aftermath of disasters. It was always about cruelty.

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Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?

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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

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The richest 400 Americans paid a lower average effective tax rate than all other U.S. taxpayers from 2018 to 2020. And thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill, they’ll keep paying less. Is it any wonder so many think the game is rigged?

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Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?

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If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.

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The National Park Service just celebrated its 109th birthday. How is Donald Trump marking the occasion? By taking an axe to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7IJaB5NDc

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FEMA employees were just placed on leave after criticizing the Trump regime in open letter. Their letter was meant to "sound the alarm" about inexperienced appointees and drastic cuts to agency programs. Like all tyrants in history, Trump wants to squelch dissent.

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Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.

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The irony of Trump trying to usurp control over the BLS, Federal Reserve, the tariff power of Congress, and even private corporations is that he'll have no one else to blame when the economy crumbles. His hubris will be his undoing.

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Trump just hung a giant portrait of himself over the Department of Labor building, claiming he puts "American Workers First." Take it from a former Secretary of Labor: Donald Trump doesn't give a shit about working people. https://youtu.be/ARL5VvYJUe8?feature=shared

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Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.

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For Trump's ultra-wealthy donors, fascism is just good business. zeteo.com/p/ice-no-bid...

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Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.

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“Epsteingate” has all the hallmarks of a cover-up. Will it bring Trump down? Here are three likely scenarios... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-will-jeffrey-epstein

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Kudos to Catelin Drey on her victory in Iowa. This is a district that Trump won easily last November. It's one special election, yes. But it's a sign of hope and another reminder that every election is important. Democracy is not a spectator sport.

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The fundamental choice has not been as stark since World War II: democracy and freedom, or dictatorship and tyranny. Trump and his sycophants are siding with the latter. The rest of us must loudly, proudly, and boldly proclaim our allegiance to the former.

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Cash bail creates a two-tiered system of justice where the wealthy can buy their way out of jail. Cashless bail lets judges detain people based on flight risk and community threat, rather than financial means, and does not raise crime rates. Don't fall for Trump's lies.

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There are too many Democrats who are afraid to bite the corporate hands that feed them. It's time for the party to reject Big Money.

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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

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And the so-called "party of small government" sits idly by... Hello?

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Trump's termination of federal grants for universities has jeopardized lifesaving research breakthroughs at Harvard Medical School — including treatments for cancer and developmental disorders. His attacks on higher education will hurt us all.

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Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Just after SCOTUS granted it access to Social Security, DOGE uploaded a database containing the private information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an unsecure cloud. DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

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Under Trump, FEMA: -Lacks a Senate-confirmed leader -Has seen drastic cuts to mitigation, disaster recovery, and training programs -Is unable to make quick decisions under a new expense approval policy Its own staff are warning this could lead to a Katrina-level disaster.

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The new order being imposed on American industry doesn’t come from a vast authoritarian bureaucracy. It’s personal and arbitrary. A single so-called “strongman” is beginning to control everything. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whatss-fascist-capitalism-and-which

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Americans love their national parks. There’s a reason why they were once described as “America’s best idea.” So why are Trump and Republicans taking an axe to the National Park Service’s budget? Follow the money. youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?...

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We now have an economy subject to the whims and desires of one person, unaccountable to anyone else. Call it what it is: a dictatorship.

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Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst. Every dictator in history has lied. Donald Trump is no different.

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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

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Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants My latest for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/25/trump-staff-incompetent-sycophants

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Trump's troops are making federal cases out of low-level arrests — such as possession of an open container — in DC. Meanwhile, his administration has rolled back enforcement actions against 165 lawbreaking corporations since January. "Tough on crime."

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Political parties have control over the terms of primary elections. The DNC has the power to ban Super PAC spending. If Democrats really want to become the party of working people and fight the forces that brought us Trump, they must disavow Big Money.

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Sending troops into US cities against their will. Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions. Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor. Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.

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From time to time I come across a personal story about life in Trump’s America that’s so powerful that I want to share it with you. This is an op-ed titled "My Family Lives in the Shadow of the American Dream." I encourage you to read it. robertreich.substack.com/p/life-in-th...

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Trump has attacked and undermined vital nonpartisan data, including: -BLS monthly jobs numbers -DC crime statistics -EPA emissions database -NOAA & National Weather Service forecasting Like every dictator, Trump knows the major enemy of tyrants is an educated public.

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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

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Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors. If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared

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ICYMI: Trump says his administration won't approve any wind or solar power projects. Reminder that Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024. It's a huge payoff for his corporate donors at the expense of a livable planet.

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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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Sunday thought: Is there a silver lining to these darkening clouds? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-silver-lining

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Don't agonize — organize! Here are five steps you can take between now and the midterms to resist Trump's tyranny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-l...

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Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719. Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469. Textbook corporate greed.

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Thanks to the Medicaid cuts in Trump's Big Ugly Bill, hospitals across America are facing severe cuts and closure — all so the ultra-wealthy can get even richer. This is what class warfare looks like. https://www.commondreams.org/news/hospital-closures-gop-medicaid

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54 years ago today, the corporate takeover of American politics began with Lewis Powell's infamous memo. I watched it happen with my own eyes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbgfnpJN9w

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Friends — I’m going to express myself today in a way I’m not particularly comfortable doing. I hope you’ll forgive me. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/being-1

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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

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Buckle up. Here’s why we might be headed towards “stagflation.”

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What in the world is happening in Texas — and what can Democrats do about it? Join us in the Lone Star State for this week's Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/dCRy36Dmjek

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By continuing to provide weapons to Israel — and bolstering the profits of America's military contractors — the U.S. is complicit in the genocide unfolding in Gaza. There is no moral justification in wreaking vengeance on innocent women, men, and children. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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Using threats of violence to gain power. Targeting political enemies. Undermining the free press. Pumping huge sums of money into the police state. Just a few months into his second term, Donald Trump is already following the dictator's playbook to a tee.

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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rising-food-prices-trump-trade-wars-1235410245/

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History teaches us that the way to stand up to a dictator is to fight back against him, not capitulate to him. Surrendering to tyranny invites more of it. This moment we're in should not be met with a "moderate" response. Luckily, some Democrats starting to understand this.

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Every tyrant in history has sought to stifle criticism of himself and his regime. But America was founded on criticism. American democracy was built on dissent. Every institution, group, firm, or individual that surrenders to Trump’s wanton tyranny invites more of it.

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Whether it’s freaking out about the new Cracker Barrel logo or some other bogeyman, remember this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

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