Robert Reich · [email protected]

October 1, 2020 at 8:11 PM

It’s time for a reality check

Trump wants you to believe that voting doesn’t matter.   Dear John, At Tuesday’s debate, Donald Trump spewed a flood of conspiracy theories baselessly claiming mail-in voting fraud. Once again, he refused to promise a peaceful transition of power should he …

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September 30, 2020 at 8:43 PM

That wasn't a debate

It was a confrontation that laid bare Trump's commitment to white supremacy.   Dear John, The first presidential debate was as horrific as we feared it would be. We were barely able to hear a word from Joe Biden or moderator Chris Wallace thanks to Trump’s …

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September 29, 2020 at 7:22 PM

The GOP's takeover of the Supreme Court

Here's what you need to know.   Dear John, There's nothing more grotesque than the GOP working to ram through a Supreme Court pick before they get substantive coronavirus relief to their constituents. Led by Mitch McConnell, Republicans are gearing up to re…

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September 27, 2020 at 7:05 PM

Trump Nation v. Anti-Trump Nation

Whatever happens, Trump’s megalomaniacal ego will prevail. America will have come apart over him, and Trump Nation will have seceded from Anti-Trump Nation.   Dear John, What is America really fighting over in the upcoming election? Not any particular issue…

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September 26, 2020 at 10:50 PM

RIGHT NOW: Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to replace RBG

Donald Trump just announced his nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.   John--It's official: Donald Trump just introduced Amy Coney Barrett as his extreme right-wing nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. This nomination is …

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September 25, 2020 at 10:26 PM

BREAKING: Trump selects right-wing extremist to replace RBG

Donald Trump just announced his nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.   Dear John, The New York Times is reporting that Donald Trump has selected his nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It's Amy Coney Barrett, a far-right conservative …

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September 23, 2020 at 6:41 PM

RBG Update: Trump to announce nominee THIS SATURDAY

Trump is scheduled to announce his nominee to replace Justice Ginsburg this Saturday.   Dear John, Yesterday, Mitt Romney announced that he would not oppose allowing Trump to nominate Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement, defying Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish…

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September 22, 2020 at 7:02 PM

This is how we flip the Senate

Here are six key races that need your support.   Dear John, Mitch McConnell and his GOP lackeys in the Senate have already announced they plan to ram through a third Trump Supreme Court nominee — before Trump has even announced who he will nominate. They’re…

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September 21, 2020 at 4:15 AM

RBG stood for principles. McConnell stands for GOP power.

In rushing to fill Ginsburg's seat, McConnell demonstrates how little he cares for our democracy.   Dear John, People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories – those motivated by principle, and those motivated by power. Justice Ruth Ba…

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September 17, 2020 at 7:24 PM

Trump's YouTube videos seen 40 million times in four days

Trump's dominance on YouTube could swing this election just like Facebook did four years ago.   Dear John, One of Donald Trump's keys to victory in 2016 was his social media presence on Facebook and Twitter, where his huge following allowed him to push lie…

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September 15, 2020 at 5:49 PM

An endless cycle of oppression

In a system built on theft, exclusion, and exploitation, racism is profitable.   Dear John, In a system built on theft, exclusion, and exploitation, racism is profitable. In 2017 alone, mass incarceration cost $182 billion — turning a massive profit for big…

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September 13, 2020 at 8:49 PM

The climate crisis is upon us all

The west is burning, yet the president has done almost nothing.   Dear John, The air outside my window is yellow today. It was orange yesterday. The Air Quality Index is over 200. The Environmental Protection Agency defines this as a “health alert” in which…

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September 12, 2020 at 1:02 PM

The reason Trump could still win

Americans still trust Trump more than Joe Biden on the economy.   John, Believe it or not, a plurality of voters STILL think Donald Trump is doing a good job managing the economy—and would do a better job on the economy than Joe Biden. But the gap is narrow…

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September 11, 2020 at 2:02 PM

If we don't fix this, Trump can still win

Americans still trust Trump more than Joe Biden on the economy.   Dear John, Donald Trump may be trailing in most polls right now, but there's one big issue he is winning: the economy.  And that's a big problem, because as long as Americans trust Donald Tru…

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September 10, 2020 at 5:19 PM

Mitch McConnell wants you to delete this email.

Mitch McConnell's proposal is a pathetically inadequate response to this deepening crisis, and shows how out of touch he is with the suffering of the American people.   Dear John, After months of dithering, Senate Republicans have finally revealed their ne…

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September 6, 2020 at 7:31 PM

Off the rails

Bezos's net worth has reached $200 billion, even as 30 million Americans reported their households don’t have enough food.   Dear John, On Labor Day weekend, eight weeks before one of the most consequential elections in American history, it’s useful to cons…

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September 5, 2020 at 1:01 PM

John, don't delete this email, it's important

Joe Biden‘s lead in national polls has shrunk to just 6-7 points.   John, Joe Biden may be leading in the polls now, but it is still too close for comfort, with Biden's lead within the polling margin of error in crucial battleground states. Will you chip i…

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September 3, 2020 at 4:08 PM

The greatest tragedy of COVID-19

This pandemic is a national trauma, like 9/11, and the lessons we learn from this experience will have enormous influence on the country for decades to come.   Dear John, We are fast approaching 200,000 Americans dead from COVID-19, the largest preventab…

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August 29, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Stop. Killing. Black. People.

We need a radical reimagining of law enforcement and how we address racial injustice in this country.   Dear John, Even at the end of a summer marked by historic protests against racial injustice and police killings, officer shootings of unarmed Black peo…

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August 26, 2020 at 4:55 PM

Trump's 40 Broken Promises Revealed

"I didn't back down from my promises, and I've kept every single one." — Donald Trump at the RNC   Dear John, The 2020 Republican National Convention has been nothing but a storm of vitriol, fear-mongering, and outright lies.  Perhaps the most egregious lie…

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August 23, 2020 at 7:25 PM

Forced to evacuate

It’s one thing to understand the climate crisis in the abstract. It’s another to experience it firsthand.   Dear John,   My wife and I have been warned that we may need to evacuate because of ravaging wildfires in the Bay Area. The climate crisis is largely…

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August 21, 2020 at 8:28 PM

Stunning Louis DeJoy testimony (600 mail sorting machines gone)

Trump’s handpicked postmaster just testified that 600 mail sorting machines (135 in key battleground states) will NOT be replaced before the election. John, Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy just testified that more than 600 mail sorting machines that were removed will NOT be rein…

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August 20, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Trump's attacks on the Postal Service haven't stopped. They barely slowed down.

Trump openly admitted that he was sabotaging the post office to stop people from voting. Now his political stooge postmaster general is basically saying “trust me.”   Dear John, On Tuesday, Trump Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that he would dela…

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August 18, 2020 at 6:08 PM

Trump’s “law and order” campaign is a diversion

Don’t let his fear-mongering distract you from his deadly COVID failures.   Dear John, More than 170,000 Americans have died and 30 million are still unemployed. And what is Donald Trump focused on? His campaign is flooding the airwaves with racist tropes, …

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August 16, 2020 at 10:51 PM

The biggest difference this election

Instead of “left” versus “right,” think of two different core competences.   Dear John,   As America heads into its quadrennial circus of nominating conventions (this year’s even more surreal because of the pandemic), it’s important to understand the real d…

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August 11, 2020 at 7:44 PM

As schools reopen, COVID continues its spread

Meanwhile, Betsy DeVos is holed up at her massive waterfront estate in Michigan.   Dear John, Just one week after a Georgia school district opened without social distancing protocols and mask requirements in place, over 800 of its students and staff have be…

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August 9, 2020 at 10:27 PM

Trump and Kodak

Is the insider trading we're seeing during this pandemic against the law? You bet.   Dear John,   Since the start of the pandemic, American billionaires have been cleaning up. As more than 50 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance, billionaires…

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August 4, 2020 at 7:11 PM

30,000,00 Americans are on the brink of disaster

And Mitch McConnell is to blame.   Dear John, 30,000,000 Americans are facing a financial cliff now that the extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits have expired. Tens of millions won’t be able to make rent or mortgage payments. More will go hungry, incl…

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August 2, 2020 at 8:05 PM

The truth about the COVID economy

Trump’s economic lies are about to cause a great deal of unnecessary suffering.   Dear John,   The recovery has been very strong,” Donald Trump said on Monday. Then the commerce department reported the US economy contracted between April and June at the fas…

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July 30, 2020 at 8:43 PM

The clock is ticking

Congress has just days left to pass a coronavirus relief bill to keep struggling Americans afloat and stave off economic catastrophe.   Dear John, The clock is ticking. Federal eviction protections expired last week. Expanded unemployment benefits will expi…

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July 28, 2020 at 5:25 PM

Donald Trump, corporate conman

He’s the culmination of a rigged-for-the-rich system that’s shafting working Americans at every turn.   Dear John, As coronavirus surges and unemployment continues to rise, Trump’s White House wants to slash expanded unemployment benefits by $400 a week. So…

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July 27, 2020 at 2:30 PM

Trump is waging war on his own citizens

We have 99 days to consign Trump and his GOP enablers to the dustbin of history.   Dear John, As the death toll soars and COVID-19 surges, Trump is waging war on his own citizens. He’s sending unidentified federal agents to pick protesters off the street an…

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July 26, 2020 at 7:05 PM

Trump's invasion of America

He’s only a leader when it comes to assaulting Americans.   Dear John,   Donald Trump has said he has “no responsibility” for the coronavirus pandemic, fobbing it off on governors and mayors whose repeated requests for federal help he’s denied. Yet he’s now…

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July 21, 2020 at 7:12 PM

Trump’s secret police in Portland are part of a larger trend

He's the culmination of forty years of increasing social control in the United States and decreasing social investment.    Dear John, Americans were given $1,200 to live on for five months. Meanwhile, our military spends more than $2,000,000,000 a day. Amer…

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July 19, 2020 at 5:57 PM

Trump's only accomplishment

He’s on the verge of accomplishing what no American president has ever achieved.   Dear John,   Donald Trump is on the verge of accomplishing what no American president has ever achieved – a truly multi-racial, multi-class, bipartisan political coalition so…

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July 14, 2020 at 5:39 PM

Jeff Bezos’ tokenism

The billionaire CEO says "Black Lives Matter" but refuses to give his predominantly Black warehouse workers paid sick leave.   Dear John, Jeff Bezos says "Black Lives Matter" but refuses to give his predominantly Black warehouse workers paid sick leave. Jam…

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July 13, 2020 at 7:18 PM

We’re outnumbered

Right-wing pages spouting pro-Trump propaganda are winning the Internet.   Dear John, It’s no secret that progressives are outnumbered on social media — especially on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook, which has become a minefield of dangerous, right-wing conspira…

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July 12, 2020 at 7:52 PM

Trump’s biggest enabler

Guess who?   Dear John,   The nation is grappling simultaneously with a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 130,000 Americans; the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression; and horrifying police killings, which have generated t…

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July 7, 2020 at 7:24 PM

Bezos and Zuckerberg are $76 billion richer since March

Meanwhile, 21 million Americans have lost their jobs.   Dear John, Since the start of the pandemic, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's wealth has grown by 59 percent, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' wealth has grown by 39 percent, and America’s billionaires have coll…

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July 6, 2020 at 7:32 PM

Trump's defeat is not inevitable

We have 120 days to make sure every American knows the willful failures of Trump and his spineless Republican toadies.   Dear John, The United States’ coronavirus death toll is rapidly approaching 130,000. Florida just set a single-day record for new cases …

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July 5, 2020 at 5:40 PM

Trump's sheer lunacy

Just over half of Americans have jobs now, the lowest figure in more than 70 years.   Dear John,   Donald Trump said Thursday’s jobs report, which showed an uptick in June, proves the US economy is “roaring back.” Rubbish. The labor department gathered the …

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June 30, 2020 at 6:18 PM

Beware Trump’s authoritarian plans

If you think Trump is on the ropes and will surely lose in November, think again.   Dear John, Last week, the United States saw its highest single-day total of new coronavirus cases to date. Today, the European Union announced it would begin reopening its b…

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June 28, 2020 at 5:09 PM

Layoffs

No bailouts for corporations that don’t share profits with its employees.   Dear John,   While millions of Americans have lost their jobs during this pandemic, America’s billionaires have grown their wealth by more than $500 billion. It's never been more…

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June 23, 2020 at 6:19 PM

Here's what American exceptionalism really means:

1,000+ police killings every year, no paid sick leave, no universal healthcare, largest prison population, most COVID deaths, most student loan debt, highest drug prices, largest military spending, largest CEO-to-worker pay gap.   Dear John, As we all witne…

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June 21, 2020 at 7:07 PM

Defund the police, invest in community

Taxpayers spend $107.5 billion more on police than on public housing.   Dear John, Some societies center on social control, others on social investment. Social-control societies put substantial resources into police, prisons, surveillance, immigration enfor…

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June 17, 2020 at 6:44 PM

2020 has exposed America

We cannot cling to the idea of "going back to normal" because "normal" is what got us here.   Dear John, We’ve seen the pictures of doctors and nurses forced to wear garbage bags as personal protective equipment. We’ve heard the stories of teachers paying f…

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June 14, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Corporate America’s performative activism

CEOs are quietly funding the re-election of a president whose political ascent began with a racist conspiracy theory and who continues to encourage white supremacists.   Dear John, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, took a knee last week before…

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June 11, 2020 at 9:46 PM

Let's talk about who's really looting America.

Only 1 Wall Street banker was jailed for fraud after the 2008 financial crash.   Dear John, As hundreds of thousands take to the streets to protest ruthless police killings of Black Americans and centuries of systemic racism, Donald Trump and his enablers h…

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June 9, 2020 at 9:10 PM

The deadly Fox News-Trump syndicate

Trump’s propaganda machine is making two deadly calamities — coronavirus and systemic racism — even more deadly.   Dear John, “People like this don't bother to work, they don't volunteer or pay taxes to help other people. They live for themselves...On tele…

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June 7, 2020 at 7:39 PM

Trump is a fascist

I’ve held off using the f word for three and a half years, but there is no longer any honest alternative.   Dear John, History teaches that mass protests against oppression can lead either to liberation or brutal repression. This past week, Donald Trump be…

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