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The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin manosphere
Friends,
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Sunday caption contest: Dance
And last week’s winner
18 hrs ago • Robert Reich
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The shame of it
But it’s not our shame.
Mar 2 • Robert Reich
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The Trump-Putin Axis of Evil | Coffee Klatch for Saturday, March 1, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
Mar 1 • Robert Reich and Heather Lofthouse
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February 2025
Today’s disgusting scene
Friends,
Feb 28 • Robert Reich
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Here’s the real threat to personal liberties and free markets
Friends,
Feb 28 • Robert Reich
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10 more reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
Feb 28 • Robert Reich
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Boycott tomorrow!
Join in tomorrow’s economic blackout
Feb 27 • Robert Reich
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Musk’s lies, lies, and more lies
He’s lying about what we did in the Clinton administration, lying when he says public servants are our enemies, and lying that beneficiaries of public…
Feb 27 • Robert Reich
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It’s the oligarchy, stupid.
Friends,
Feb 26 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: How the hell do Republicans in Congress face themselves in the mirror?
What do they tell themselves to justify supporting a dictator?
Feb 26 • Robert Reich
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What Trump is really trying to do
And what we must do
Feb 25 • Robert Reich
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Fire the Muskrat. Now.
Call 202-224-3121.
Feb 24 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: The former White House
And last week’s winner
Feb 23 • Robert Reich
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We will not accept a dictatorship or monarchy
Why Trump’s support is melting
Feb 23 • Robert Reich
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The Trump-Putin regime? The Coffee Klatch | February 22, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly, Robert Reich, with special guest Rohit Chopra
Feb 22 • Robert Reich
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Ten reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
Feb 21 • Robert Reich
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The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin plan
Making the world safe for oligarchy
Feb 20 • Robert Reich
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The conservative media is going bonkers trying to normalize Trump
Friends,
Feb 19 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: What the hell do we do to stop this madness?
Friends,
Feb 19 • Robert Reich
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How Musk is cancelling the U.S. government
Friends,
Feb 18 • Robert Reich
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Bribery unbound
The most unabashedly corrupt president in American history
Feb 18 • Robert Reich
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Will the Supreme Court constrain the wild Trump?
I wouldn’t bet on it.
Feb 17 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: Visiting the nation’s capital
And last week’s winner
Feb 16 • Robert Reich
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Decency in the time of monsters
Friends,
Feb 16 • Robert Reich
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The Musk Show | Coffee Klatch for Saturday, February 15, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly, Robert Reich
Feb 15 • Robert Reich and Heather Lofthouse
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Say what this is: a coup.
Friends,
Feb 14 • Robert Reich
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Profiles in courage
Friends,
Feb 13 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: What the hell are they really aiming to do?
Friends,
Feb 12 • Robert Reich
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Fraud and Musk
Friends,
Feb 11 • Robert Reich
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Trump’s biggest corruption yet
Friends,
Feb 11 • Robert Reich
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Nixon’s letter to Elon Musk
From the Borowitz Report (February 9, 2025)
Feb 10 • Robert Reich
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The end of law?
The Trump regime is refusing to be bound by the federal courts. Where will this end?
Feb 10 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: Geography class
And last week’s winner
Feb 9 • Robert Reich
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Flooding Trump and Musk’s zone
How to deal with their tyranny
Feb 9 • Robert Reich
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Fusk Muck! | The Coffee Klatch, Saturday, February 8, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly, Robert Reich
Feb 8 • Robert Reich
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Lina Khan’s warning about America’s tech giants
Friends,
Feb 7 • Robert Reich
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Musk’s rats
They’re burrowing into every data system in the federal government, although many wouldn’t pass a security test
Feb 7 • Robert Reich
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What you can do
Revised and expanded
Feb 6 • Robert Reich
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This is what dictatorship looks like
We’re now in a coup
Feb 5 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: Where the hell are the Democrats?
What should Democratic lawmakers do now?
Feb 5 • Robert Reich
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What Trump ignores
While he tries for subservience from other world leaders, he’s turning his back on the real problems of America.
Feb 4 • Robert Reich
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How not to describe the Trump presidency
Friends,
Feb 4 • Robert Reich
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How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else
He and his goons must be stopped
Feb 3 • Robert Reich
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What you need to know about Trump’s tariffs and the rest of Trump’s madness
The art of the deal, with him as dealer
Feb 3 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: After two weeks of Trump
And last week’s winner
Feb 2 • Robert Reich
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The Fu*king Nightmare
Trump II, week 2
Feb 2 • Robert Reich
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Trump’s Rampage | Coffee Klatch for February 1, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly, Robert Reich
Feb 1 • Robert Reich
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44:26
January 2025
An important idea for dealing with Trump, from north of the border
Friends,
Jan 31 • Robert Reich
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Keep your eye on the big picture
Five ways Trump is concentrating power in his own hands, thereby replacing democracy with oligarchy
Jan 31 • Robert Reich
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Deadly bigotry
Friends,
Jan 30 • Robert Reich
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Is Kash Patel worse than J. Edgar Hoover?
Trump’s pick to head the FBI should not be confirmed. Consider what he has written and said.
Jan 30 • Robert Reich
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Some advice to federal workers
From a former secretary of labor
Jan 30 • Robert Reich
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The basic equation
What’s behind the apparent chaos today in Washington
Jan 29 • Robert Reich
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Does anyone need more proof that Trump is fronting for the oligarchs and doesn’t give a shite about workers?
Friends,
Jan 29 • Robert Reich
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Office hours: The best way to respond to Trump’s neo-fascist takeover of America?
Friends,
Jan 29 • Robert Reich
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The man no rational person would put in charge of the public’s health
Friends,
Jan 28 • Robert Reich
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Clearly illegal
This isn’t about cutting the size of government. It’s about further concentrating power in Trump’s hands.
Jan 28 • Robert Reich
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Please share what you know
… about how Trump’s cruelties are affecting people in your community, and what decent people are doing to protect the vulnerable
Jan 28 • Robert Reich
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American capitalism just got a black eye
The story behind today’s stock market tank
Jan 27 • Robert Reich
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Trump’s crypto-ligarchy
It will blow up in his face — and possibly take the financial system with it
Jan 27 • Robert Reich
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Praise the Broken Promise of America
Friends,
Jan 27 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: Sightseeing
And last week's winner
Jan 26 • Robert Reich
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Trump's first week: The Real Story
Let it be known
Jan 26 • Robert Reich
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My mole in the Department of Labor sent me this
Friends,
Jan 25 • Robert Reich
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Trump’s Real Agenda | The Coffee Klatch for January 25, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly, Robert Reich
Jan 25 • Robert Reich
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Here’s how Trump’s vengeance machine works
He’s the mob boss who keeps his hands clean while others do his dirty work.
Jan 24 • Robert Reich
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A view from north of the border
Friends,
Jan 24 • Robert Reich
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What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
Jan 23 • Robert Reich
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The Muskrat Strikes Back
It could be his last strike
Jan 22 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: What will restrain him?
Friends,
Jan 22 • Robert Reich
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The jig is up
Global corporations are now ending the pretense that they’re socially responsible. That’s progress, in a way.
Jan 21 • Robert Reich
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Preemptive pardons and Trump’s retribution
Day 1
Jan 20 • Robert Reich
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Why I remain hopeful about America
Even as darkness falls
Jan 20 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: January 20
And last week’s winner
Jan 19 • Robert Reich
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Tomorrow will be a shameful day
But some reasons for reassurance
Jan 19 • Robert Reich
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The Trump takeover: Fascism or oligarchy? Coffee Klatch | January 18, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
Jan 18 • Robert Reich and Heather Lofthouse
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Does he want to be more feared than loved?
Trump’s official portrait resembles those of fascist strongmen.
Jan 17 • Robert Reich
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The LA fire and the common good
Are we all in this together or are we on our own?
Jan 17 • Robert Reich
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How we get rid of the American oligarchy
Friends,
Jan 16 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: The biggest long-term effect of LA’s dystopian nightmare?
Friends,
Jan 15 • Robert Reich
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How to prepare for a Senate confirmation hearing
What I learned 33 years ago.
Jan 14 • Robert Reich
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The shame of Hegseth
Today begins the hearing on his bonkers nomination
Jan 14 • Robert Reich
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Conspiracy theorists
Friends,
Jan 13 • Robert Reich
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Will Trump get credit for Biden’s successes?
Preparing for the Trump Regime Part 2.
Jan 13 • Robert Reich
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Those who are fighting the blaze
Friends,
Jan 12 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: Genuflecting
In honor of Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes
Jan 12 • Robert Reich
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Trump's Oligarchy | The Coffee Klatch for January 11, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse, Michael Lahanas-Calderón, and yours truly, Robert Reich
Jan 11 • Robert Reich, Heather Lofthouse, and Michael Lahanas-Calderón
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Trump's Oligarchy | The Coffee Klatch for January 11, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse, Michael Lahanas-Calderón, and yours truly, Robert Reich
Jan 11 • Robert Reich, Heather Lofthouse, and Michael Lahanas-Calderón
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The Great Fire
Friends,
Jan 10 • Robert Reich
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How Trump seeks to destroy the four major pillars of resistance
But we lose only if we stop fighting
Jan 10 • Robert Reich
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Jimmy Carter on the American oligarchy
He was a truth-teller. We should remember what he said — and act on it.
Jan 9 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: Should we worry that Zuckerberg is opening his platforms to vicious lies?
Friends,
Jan 8 • Robert Reich
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The Muskrat Goes Global
Why is the richest person on earth with the largest political platform in the world and the next U.S. president in his pocket becoming a global…
Jan 7 • Robert Reich
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Advice and consent or total submission?
The Senate will soon hold hearings on Trump’s Cabinet picks. At least four are dangerously unqualified. Will Senate Republicans have enough integrity to…
Jan 6 • Robert Reich
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A day that shall live in infamy, as should Donald J. Trump
The last time a presidential vote was certified, the losing incumbent attempted a coup against the United States. We must never forget his treachery.
Jan 5 • Robert Reich
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Sunday Caption Contest: Crossword!
And last week’s winner
Jan 5 • Robert Reich
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The Republican Takeover. Oof. | Coffee Klatch for January 4, 2025
With Heather Lofthouse, Michael Lahanas-Calderón, and Yours Truly, Robert Reich
Jan 4 • Robert Reich
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From the Robber Barons to Elon Musk: Will History Repeat Itself?
Preparing for the Trump Regime, Part 1.
Jan 3 • Robert Reich
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The only real firewall against the Trump regime
In the pending Trump regime, federal judges (most of them appointed by Democratic presidents) will form the most important firewall.
Jan 2 • Robert Reich
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Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does.
Friends,
Jan 1 • Robert Reich
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Office Hours: What will be our biggest challenge on January 1, 2026?
Friends,
Jan 1 • Robert Reich
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December 2024
The 20 realities of the American system (before Trump gets a second crack at wrecking it even more)
Establishing a baseline.
Dec 31, 2024 • Robert Reich
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How about if Canada annexes Blue America?
It’s a perfect way out for Trump, who doesn’t like these states anyway.
Dec 30, 2024 • Robert Reich
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In memoriam: A good citizen
Friends,
Dec 29, 2024 • Robert Reich
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What are they really seeking?
Trump, Musk, Sacks, and the other billionaires taking over in three weeks and one day want to do something quite different from what the previous…
Dec 29, 2024 • Robert Reich
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Sunday caption contest: 2025
And l
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