Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM

The Smithsonian

There are five facets to Trump’s authoritarian attack on the American mind: Gut education, dismantle science, suppress the media, attack the arts, and rewrite history. Dear John, If you follow me on social media or Substack, you’ve heard me railing about Trump’s attack on the Am…

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June 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM

The most dangerous — and underreported — part of Trump’s agenda

We must act now with all possible urgency to stop Trump’s authoritarian takeover. Dear John, I’m writing to you today to issue a warning about one of the most dangerous and under-reported aspects of Trump’s authoritarian agenda. It’s his attack on the American mind. Ask y…

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June 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Demand your Senator reject Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill,” its cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, and its tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy that will balloon the national debt by nearly $2.4 trillion!

We can beat this bill and force Congress to start over Dear John, The name of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” twists the English language to Orwellian extremes. “Big” it may be, but “Beautiful” – only if you find beauty in the gutting of the social safety net that protects…

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June 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM

House passes sneak attack to strip judges’ power to stop Trump

Donald Trump’s authoritarian rampage is pushing our democracy to the brink, and the federal courts are fighting back. Dear John, In some 180 rulings so far, federal judges have stopped Trump from (1) deporting people without due process, (2) illegally closing federal agencies,…

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June 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Don’t let Congress gut our nonprofits!

The GOP’s big budget bill threatens to cripple nonprofits with new taxes and penalties. The Senate must strip these provisions from the bill. Dear John, You’ve heard me talk a lot about Trump’s Big Ugly Bill and its massive cuts to Medicaid to fund huge tax breaks for billionair…

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June 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM

If Republicans wanted to boost employment, they’d expand Medicaid

The GOP’s proposed Medicaid work requirements are intended to strip coverage from millions of Americans. John, Republicans are pushing false claims about Medicaid work requirements. Here’s the truth: Most adult Medicaid recipients already work – a solid 64%, in fact – often in …

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June 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Charter and Cox want to control your internet! Tell the FCC to stop it.

The proposed Charter-Cox media merger will raise your internet bill, reduce service quality, and leave fewer options – unless we stop it now. Dear John, A massive corporate merger is threatening to make internet access even more unequal – and we must act now to stop it. Charter…

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May 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM

I nearly spit out my coffee when I saw these numbers

I just got a report back on our latest videos, and I needed to share the results with you right now. Dear John — I’m re-sending this important email from earlier in the week to make sure you didn't miss it. — Robert Reich Dear John, The team here at Inequality Media Civic Ac…

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May 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM

Paramount can’t sell out free speech to appease Trump

Paramount wants to settle Trump’s lawsuit to curry favor for a potential merger. Don’t let them help Trump bully the press into silence! Dear John, It’s a perfect storm to deliver maximum damage to the free press: Trump’s authoritarian attacks designed to weaken opposition and …

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May 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM

I can’t wait to tell you about our latest test results

I just got a report back on our latest videos, and I needed to share the results with you right now. Dear John, The team here at Inequality Media Civic Action just launched a new series of voter-persuasion videos, and the results have been incredible. Usually, if a video mov…

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May 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM

Don’t let Congress threaten veterans’ benefits

Veterans’ services, benefits, and jobs are all under attack by Congress and this administration. Show your support and march on June 6! Dear John, In an era where a self-dealing president plans a huge military parade to celebrate his own birthday, while cutting services, benefit…

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May 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Tell Amazon: Recognize the Safety Bill of Rights – or face the consequences

The Amazon Labor Union demands that Amazon recognize the Safety Bill of Rights, written by Amazon workers, to improve working conditions and reduce worker injuries. Dear John, The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is calling on Amazon to recognize the Safety Bill of Rights. Strong union…

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May 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM

We’re fast approaching a tipping point to dictatorship

We must act now with all possible urgency to stop Trump’s authoritarian takeover. Dear John, I don’t want to cause undue alarm, but I truly believe that America is rapidly moving from democracy to full-blown authoritarianism. In just the past week, the Trump regime has: …

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May 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Reject the billionaire tax scam before it becomes law

The Republican Congress is pushing a plan to make the 2017 Trump Tax Scam permanent, paying for it with cuts to Medicaid and food assistance to the poor. John, Congress is pushing Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” with trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the rich -- and gu…

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May 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM

BREAKING: Trump megabill passes the House

I honestly believe this might be the worst bill I’ve seen in all my years in politics. Dear John, Early this morning, while many Americans were still asleep, the House of Representatives passed Trump’s huge, horrible mega-bill If passed in the Senate, this bill will cut $1.2 t…

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May 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM

America needs qualified public servants, not loyalists

Trump’s OPM is accepting public comments on the proposed rule that would enable him to replace expert career professionals with political loyalists. This is our chance to speak up! John, I’m guessing that by now, you know about Trump’s plan to replace expert career professionals…

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May 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Trump’s Gilded Age Obsession

Trump wants to take us back to the Gilded Age, rule by the ultra-wealthy, erasing the mid-century gains of progressive reformers and labor unions. Dear John, Donald Trump wants you to think that he’s bringing back the “Golden Age” of economic prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s. B…

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May 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM

Tell the Senate: Block the GENIUS Act.

The GENIUS Act, Trump’s crypto scam, is a gift to the ultra-rich. Tell the Senate to stop it now! John, The GENIUS Act is a billionaire scam in the making. This reckless bill would open the floodgates for ultra-wealthy figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk to create, market…

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May 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM

This is not your typical email from me

Republicans want to give Trump the power to crush any nonprofit organization with the stroke of a pen. Dear John, Since Donald Trump was sworn in, I’ve been warning about the regime’s rampant corruption, giveaways to the ultra-wealthy, and all-out assault on democracy and the …

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May 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM

A Sneak Peek of “The Last Class”

John, My colleagues at Inequality Media Civic Action have just released the trailer for the film they made about my final semester of teaching, The Last Class, directed by Elliot Kirschner. Watch and Share Retirement is often confused with aging, but I think the…

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May 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM

Reinstate the public servants who told the truth

Trump’s massive firing of over 250,000 federal workers cleared his path to replace them with sycophants. Now Congress must act to restore the experts and protect our democracy. Dear John, Trump’s purge of over 250,000 federal workers so far is not actually about government effic…

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May 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Why RFK Jr. just attacked me

RFK Jr. just attacked me for calling out Donald Trump’s failure to stand up to oligarchs. We’re not backing down. Dear John, Every day since Donald Trump was sworn in, the team here at Inequality Media Civic Action and I have been calling out the Trump administration for standi…

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May 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM

Is this a joke? RFK Jr. on Trump’s oligarchy

RFK Jr. called me out for saying Trump is “on the side of the oligarchs.” Here’s why I stand by what I’ve said John, Is this a joke? RFK Jr. called me out personally for saying Trump is “on the side of the oligarchs.” According to him, “There has never been a president more w…

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May 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Tax the rich -- it could be now or never!

You know things are out of balance when even 70% of Republicans support raising taxes on the rich. It’s time to fix this, not give huge tax cuts to the top 1%. Dear John, Reject inequality at its most extreme and help stop the Trump tax cuts for billionaires. Donald Trump and …

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May 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM

RE: I just almost fell out of my chair

I just got a report-back on our latest videos, and I needed to share the results with you right now. Dear John -- I’m re-sending this important update to make sure you didn’t miss it -- Robert Reich Dear John, I just got a report-back on our latest voter persuasion videos, an…

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May 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Trump wants to rig the courts: Tell Congress to stop him

Trump’s allies are pushing legislation to let him appoint 22 new federal judges. But the perpetrator of a constitutional crisis should not be given power to subjugate the courts. Dear John, At a moment when our democracy is under attack, MAGA Republicans are trying to give Dona…

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May 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM

I’m truly afraid

Republicans are trying to cripple the judiciary and sweep away the last meaningful checks on his power. Dear John, Donald Trump’s authoritarian rampage is pushing our democracy to the brink, and one of the only effective checks on his power has been the federal courts. Now Re…

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May 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM

Congress should serve the people, NOT their portfolios

Corrupt insider stock trading by members of Congress wrecks the integrity of both parties! The Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act can bring it to a halt now. Dear John, It’s rare to find an issue that unites the Progressive Caucus, the Freedom Caucus, and the Problem S…

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May 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM

A potato price-fixing scheme, exposed

Just four companies control 95% of the potato market. A new lawsuit alleges they’ve fixed prices over the past two years, and that’s no small potatoes Dear John, Trump's tariffs are going to drive inflation up and up. Some of the impact has already begun, and we can expect it to…

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May 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM

It’s time to stop insider profiteering in government

There are no checks on Elon Musk’s power to slash government agencies and hand the contracts over to his own companies. Senator Shaheen’s new bill would prevent this. Dear John, We must stop Elon Musk’s power grab. No billionaire should cut the programs we rely on – such as Soc…

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May 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM

Huge vote on the future of PBS coming soon

Donald Trump and his MAGA allies in Congress just dramatically escalated their war on PBS and public media. Dear John, For months, Donald Trump has been attacking PBS and public media, calling it a “giant SCAM” and an arm “of the Radical Left Democrat Party.” But Trump’s atta…

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May 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM

My true calling? Teaching.

Dear John, Please see below for a special announcement from Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse, my longtime collaborator and Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action. When I decided to retire from teaching two years ago, I wanted to do it quietly. I preferred to make it about …

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May 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM

I just almost fell out of my chair

I just got a report-back on our latest videos, and I needed to share the results with you right now. Dear John, I just got a report-back on our latest voter persuasion videos, and I can’t wait to share these results. First, let me explain a bit about how we work here at Inequ…

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April 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM

Our right to vote is under major attack -- demand Senate action

The House has passed a bill to suppress your vote! Tell the Senate to reject it! Dear John, The SAVE Act is voter suppression by design. The House has passed the so-called SAVE Act – a dangerous bill that threatens the most fundamental right in a democracy: the right to vote. N…

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April 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM

Trump: Dictator at Day 100

Whatever you think of Trump’s first 100 days, we have to admit he’s done a lot. But nearly all of it harms Americans. John, Can you believe Trump has been in office for 100 days? Whatever you think of him, you have to admit he’s done a lot. But here’s the thing: Most of it isn’…

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April 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Protect the USPS from Trump’s privatization plan

Trump is coming after the Post Office, again! But this time both Republicans and Democrats support resolutions in the House and Senate that oppose privatization Dear John, We sounded the alarm recently that Donald Trump and his billionaire allies are once again going after the U…

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April 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM

I cannot overstate how dangerous this is

The FBI arrested a judge in Wisconsin in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s assault on the rule of law. Dear John, Yesterday, the FBI arrested a judge in Wisconsin in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s assault on the rule of law. Friends, I cannot…

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April 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM

House votes to strip judges’ power to check Trump

Donald Trump has unleashed a full-blown authoritarian assault on our democracy. Dear John, Donald Trump has unleashed a full-blown authoritarian assault on our democracy, and federal judges have been among the few real constraints on his power. Now Republicans in Congress are…

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April 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Federal workers are under attack: Congress must respond

Congress can restore federal workers’ collective bargaining rights -- but only if House leadership brings the bill to the floor Dear John, Donald Trump’s executive order ending federal workers’ collective bargaining rights is a direct attack on the people who keep our government…

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April 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM

The calamity that has befallen the working class

How do we fight Trump and prevent others like him from gaining power? We must shake up the system. Dear John, Why did so many working class voters choose a selfish, thin-skinned, petulant, lying, narcissistic, boastful, megalomaniac like Donald Trump for president? And how do …

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April 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM

The USPS belongs to the people, not Wall Street!

Trump is coming after the Post Office, again! But this time we can support bipartisan resolutions in the House and Senate that oppose privatization Dear John, Donald Trump and his billionaire allies are once again trying to dismantle the United States Postal Service – not becau…

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April 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM

My rising sense of worry — and urgency

We must act now with all possible urgency to stop Trump’s authoritarian takeover. Dear John, Donald Trump says he wants to be able to arrest and deport U.S. citizens — but promises that he’ll only go after the worst of the worst. He’s lying. Just like every other dictator in …

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April 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM

I’m at a loss for words

We must act now with all possible urgency to stop Trump’s authoritarian takeover. Dear John, I hate to sound alarmist, but America is on the verge of going over one of the key tipping points that separates democracy from full-on dictatorship. Let me explain. Over the last mon…

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April 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM

Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s reckless tariff threats

Trump is playing bait-and-switch with tariffs, taunting the global economy like a cat with a rubber mouse. Congress needs to step in and take control. Dear John, Just days after triggering a global trade crisis that sent the planet into an economic tailspin, Trump decided to put…

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April 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM

Trump gave billionaires and multimillionaires $2 trillion in tax cuts

Trump's 2017 tax cuts were a huge giveaway to corporations and the ultra-wealthy — and a bust for working families. Renewing them would be a huge mistake. Dear John, The Trump tax cuts were a HUGE scam. The ONLY major legislation Trump passed as president was the 2017 Tax Cuts …

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April 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Fight back against the rollback of union rights

Trump’s executive order strips over 1 million federal employees of collective bargaining rights. Stand with them as they fight it in the courts. Dear John, I recently wrote to let you know that the largest federal workers’ union – the American Federation of Government Employees,…

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April 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM

I hate to cause alarm, but this is serious

Donald Trump has launched the most sweeping assault on the U.S. Constitution in my lifetime. Dear John, I don’t want to cause undue alarm, but I need to warn you: Donald Trump has launched the most sweeping assault on the U.S. Constitution in my lifetime. Trump is deporting …

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April 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM

TELL THE FEC: Investigate Elon Musk’s Election Bribery

Though he failed, Elon Musk’s attempts to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election included illegal bribes that must be investigated by the FEC. Dear John, When Elon Musk hands out million-dollar checks to sway elections, that’s not democracy – that’s wealth inequality in actio…

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April 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM

I hate to say this again... I’m truly horrified.

Donald Trump has launched an all-out attack on democracy taken directly from the same authoritarian playbook used by dictators like Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin. Dear John, No one should be surprised by the authoritarian nightmare that Donald Trump has unleashed on the Ameri…

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April 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM

How DOGE helps billionaires evade taxes

Gutting the IRS during tax season isn’t about efficiency—it’s about helping billionaires like Elon Musk avoid paying their fair share. Dear John, There’s a better name for the “Department of Government Efficiency.” The reality is, Elon’s DOGE doesn’t actually give a damn about …

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