Robert Reich

Robert Reich

Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469. Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by. Hello?

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Robert Reich

The Trump regime is plotting to convert commercial warehouses to massive ICE detention centers. Private prison corporations, who just so happened to donate to Trump, are already raking in billions. How many more private companies are going to cash in on this cruelty?

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Robert Reich

Friends, when the history of this sordid period of America is written — assuming it’s not written by historians trying to curry favor with a future fascist regime — I hope the leaders of American business are condemned to the hellfire they deserve for helping destroy American democracy.

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It's important to understand what Trump is trying to plot. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trump-really-take-over-the

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$1.5T military budget $170B for ICE and Border Patrol (over 4 years) $100B on tax cuts for the 1% (per year) $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $496M to send National Guard into cities $200M for Kennedy Center renovations $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $100M for Trump's golf outings Priorities.

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Robert Reich

Zohran Mamdani overcame millions of dollars of superPAC and billionaire money to win his race. One reason why? New York City’s public financing system. Watch:

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Robert Reich

"Imagine if we actually followed the Constitution."

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Not one more penny for this brutality. Congress needs to grow a spine and stand up to this regime. If you are represented by Democrats — call them. If you are represented by Republicans — call them. They need to hear from you too. (202) 224-3121

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Robert Reich

A UAE firm backed by a member of the royal family secretly bought a 49% stake in the Trump family’s crypto company — to the tune of $500 million. Then the U.S. gave the UAE access to tightly guarded AI chips. Trump’s crypto corruption is off the charts.

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According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals. That amounts to $456,621 per hour. But how are you doing?

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Are we great yet? www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...

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Trump suing the IRS takes the “art of the deal” into a surreal new dimension. Trump will be making a deal with himself. It's Donald Trump vs. Donald Trump https://robertreich.substack.com/p/donald-trump-vs-donald-trump

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Zohran Mamdani overcame millions of dollars of superPAC and billionaire money to win his race. One reason why? New York City’s public financing system. Watch:

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ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families. Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota. The cruelty is endless.

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Trump claims he wants to cap credit card interest rates. But before his announcement, his own regulators filed a legal brief opposing a Colorado law that would do just that. Don’t believe his fake populism for a second. He will always govern for the rich and powerful — not you.

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Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here?

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Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

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Trump isn't just suing the IRS. He's waging a war on it. His regime has... -Shut down the IRS's Direct File program, a huge gift to the tax prep industry -Gutted IRS staff, leaving fewer employees to assist taxpayers -Deprioritized federal tax prosecutions, letting tax cheats off the hook

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As politicians stoke fear and hatred about immigrants, always remember this...

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Polymarket, the gambling app that lets users bet on just about anything, was being investigated for violating money laundering laws. Then Trump became president. The DOJ dropped its probe. And Don Jr. (who was an investor) got hired as an advisor to the company. Funny how that works, huh?

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Kudos to Mayor Mamdani. This is what economic justice looks like. And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/

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