Robert Reich · [email protected]

September 6, 2022 at 10:59 PM

Yet another Republican lie — and one to worry about

The IRS is coming for the super-rich who cheat on their taxes. Dear John, “They’re coming after you.” “Not a single one of us is safe.” “A shadow army of 87,000 IRS agents.” This is the new bald-faced lie from the GOP and its billionaire donors — that Democrats are sending the I…

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August 31, 2022 at 9:14 PM

The real reason teachers are quitting

Is it a “teacher shortage” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the dignity and pay they deserve? Dear John, As summer winds down and children head back to school, you’ll probably see dozens of news stories about America’s “teacher shortage.” What’s often missing from …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 30, 2022 at 9:03 PM

Very, very scary news

Ultra-right wing conservative Leonard Leo has $1.6 billion in dark money to spend. John -- I wanted to make sure you saw this news that broke last week and ask you to chip in anything you can to help fight back. -- Robert Reich Dear John, Friends, we just received some very, ver…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 28, 2022 at 9:48 PM

Tell Facebook: Crack Down on Republican Lies About the IRS

The next time you hear Republicans in Congress complaining about increasing IRS enforcement, remember that the richest 1% of Americans evade as much as $163,000,000,000 in taxes each year. Dear John, The IRS is set to receive its largest funding increase in years thanks to the I…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 27, 2022 at 7:30 PM

This is very, very scary news

Ultra-right wing conservative Leonard Leo has $1.6 billion in dark money to spend. Dear John, Friends, we just received some very, very scary news. Leonard Leo, the arch conservative who orchestrated the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court, just received the largest donatio…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 26, 2022 at 10:07 PM

Stop Google's Political Spam Plan

Google’s new plan will open the floodgates to a major increase in political spam, inundating our inboxes with political emails we did not sign up for and do not want. Dear John, No one wants email from Donald Trump that they didn't sign up for. No one. But if Google implements t…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 25, 2022 at 7:09 PM

How Republicans could choose the next president without you

Here’s what you need to know about the latest Republican plot to sabotage our democracy. Dear John, The latest Republican attempt to undermine our elections could remove American voters from the process of selecting our next president. You heard that right. Our new video expla…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 20, 2022 at 11:07 PM

Biden’s Last Chance to Oust DeJoy

This December, President Biden will have the chance to appoint two public-interest minded nominees to the USPS Board of Governors and finally hold Postmaster DeJoy accountable. Dear John, Before Louis DeJoy became Postmaster General at the USPS, he was a Trump mega donor. He's b…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 17, 2022 at 3:21 PM

Fwd: Our secret weapon this November

We have a secret weapon to combat the right wing in the midterms. Good morning, friends. I hope you don't mind me re-sending you the email below about our ground-breaking plan for this fall's crucial midterm election. I would be grateful for any help you can provide. The survival …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 16, 2022 at 9:54 PM

Is crypto really going to crash? (Yes)

Our latest video uncovers the crypto Ponzi scheme, and explains how the unregulated nature of crypto leaves investors vulnerable. Dear John, Crypto is crashing and could take your savings with it. Recently, major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have plummeted in value -- with near…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 15, 2022 at 9:47 PM

Not even a single cent of new taxes on billionaire wealth.

The one provision that would’ve taxed billionaires, was killed by a single Senator who has received more than half a million dollars in campaign donations from Wall Street executives in just this election cycle alone. Dear John, Congress has passed the Inflation Reduction Act, wh…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 14, 2022 at 9:45 PM

The power of private equity money vs. the power of public pressure

The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act along party lines, but only after Senator Sinema killed reforms to the Carried Interest Loophole. Dear John, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden don’t agree on much, but they have agreed on one thing: closing the carried interes…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 11, 2022 at 8:54 PM

You are being lied to about the IRS

Don’t believe the lies coming from the oligarchs and their propaganda machine – IRS funding is a good thing. Dear John, The IRS is set to receive its largest funding increase in years thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. You know who should be worried about this? Wealthy Amer…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 10, 2022 at 8:45 PM

Our democracy is on the ballot this November

We have a secret weapon to combat the right wing in the midterms. Dear John, This might be the most dangerous midterm election our democracy has ever faced. After staging a violent insurrection to try to overturn the 2020 election, Trump and his allies are now backing a slate o…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 4, 2022 at 4:51 PM

Tuesday's terrifying election results in Michigan and Arizona

The same people behind the January 6 insurrection are now trying to overthrow the government in a slow-motion coup. Hello, friends. I wanted to make sure you saw the email I sent you yesterday about Tuesday's terrifying election results Michigan and Arizona. In all my years, I've …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 3, 2022 at 4:12 PM

Trump’s next coup just took a big step forward

The same people behind the January 6 insurrection are now trying to overthrow the government in a slow-motion coup. Dear John, Yesterday, Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2024 presidential election took a big step forward. In Arizona, January 6 insurrectionist and election denier …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

August 2, 2022 at 10:36 PM

How America can lower gas prices like the UK

Big Oil is getting away with highway robbery. But we don't have to tolerate their greed. Dear John, While you pay through the nose at the gas pump, Big Oil is lining its pockets. Exxon just reported second-quarter profits of $17.9 billion, more than three times what it pocketed …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 31, 2022 at 8:56 PM

The truth about the latest inflation report

Republicans are lying to you about inflation, and the policies they would put in place would make things even worse. Dear John, The latest monthly inflation report showed that the annual rate of inflation is now running at 9.1 percent, the highest inflation rate in 40 years. As …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 28, 2022 at 9:54 PM

The Fed is making a mistake. Congress needs to act.

The oil industry is not delivering a product that’s twice as good as it was in 2019. They are just using inflation as a cover to jack up prices and rake in record profits. Dear John, Yesterday the Federal Reserve enacted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 27, 2022 at 10:27 PM

Young people are fed up. I don’t blame them.

Young voters get their news from Snapchat and TikTok, and we’re speaking their language. Dear John, Polls say that less than one-third of voters ages 18 to 29 say they plan to vote in the 2022 midterms. And if that’s what actually happens, Democrats will get crushed. To turn th…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 26, 2022 at 8:02 PM

Debunking 4 Myths About Inflation

The truth about inflation is getting covered up by countless myths spewed by monopolistic corporations and their political lackeys. Let’s set the record straight. Dear John, It’s no secret that inflation is a massive problem right now that is squeezing Americans’ already tight bu…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 24, 2022 at 10:03 PM

Democrats are losing young voters (and we must get them back)

Young voters get their news from Snapchat and TikTok, and we’re speaking their language. Dear John, I just reviewed the new poll from The New York Times that has been getting so much attention lately … and it’s not good. Most of the media are focused on President Biden’s low app…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 22, 2022 at 7:43 PM

Democrats must kick Joe Manchin off the committee

Why on earth should Manchin be in charge of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee? He’s taken more money from fossil fuel sources than any other member of Congress, including every Republican. Hello? Dear John, Last week, West Virginia’s Democratic Senator Joe Manchin…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 22, 2022 at 1:51 AM

I. Am. Fed. Up.

I have zero patience left for senators who bemoan the end of Roe v. Wade but do nothing to fix it. Dear John, I’ll be honest. I have absolutely zero patience left for Democrats like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema bemoaning the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade — whil…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 20, 2022 at 2:41 PM

How Amazon, Starbucks, and Other Companies Fight Unions

You could be working for a union-buster and not even know it. Dear John, You as a worker have a legal right to join a union, but there are many ways big corporations are skirting the law to stop you from getting your fair share. You could be working for a union-buster and not ev…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 17, 2022 at 10:31 PM

It’s wire fraud. The DOJ must prosecute it!

The January 6th hearings have been exposing Donald Trump’s lies and plot to overthrow our democracy, but there’s one critical thing missing: prosecution! Dear John, There have been so many bombshells exposed by the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol th…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 15, 2022 at 10:03 PM

Tell President Biden: Rein in CEO Pay

A new report exposes that we are enabling extreme pay gaps between CEOs and low-wage earning workers with our tax dollars. The president can stop it. Dear John, The gap between CEO pay and average worker pay is getting more outrageous year after year. Now a new report by the Ins…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 14, 2022 at 7:14 PM

Why are food prices so high right now?

Corporate monopolies are raking in record profits — while destroying the farming industry and driving up the price you pay for food. Dear John, When a handful of giant corporations control entire industries, they can raise prices with impunity and rake in record profits. You’d be…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 12, 2022 at 10:56 PM

The secret weapon to winning the midterm election

The media is leaving youth voters behind. John — We have a plan to win the midterms, but we're running out of time to raise the money needed to pull it off. Please check out the email we sent last week, pasted below, and, if you are able, donate whatever you can. — Robert Reich …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 10, 2022 at 8:57 PM

Sign the Petition: Stop letting candidates who lose the popular vote win the presidency

Our democracy doesn’t work properly when voters don’t have the power to directly choose the president. Dear John, Throughout our country’s history, the president of the United States has been chosen not by popular vote, but by the undemocratic Electoral College, and this has crea…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 9, 2022 at 6:21 PM

The secret weapon to winning the midterms

The media is leaving youth voters behind. John — I wanted to make sure you saw the email we sent last week about our plan to win the midterm elections in November. — Robert Reich Dear John, The New York Times laid it out plainly in a recent article: If young voters remain as di…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 8, 2022 at 9:25 PM

Reform the filibuster to codify abortion rights nationwide

If Mitch McConnell can kill the filibuster to confirm three Trump nominees to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, the least Democrats can do is carve out a filibuster exemption to protect the rights those justices are sabotaging. Dear John, If you are like me, you have n…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 7, 2022 at 9:30 PM

The Secret to the GOP’s Assault on Your Rights

Here’s how GOP controlled states are pushing unpopular bills through their legislatures. And how we stop them. Dear John, Democracy is not just under attack in America. In some states, it’s being lost entirely. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once suggested that states could …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 6, 2022 at 3:21 PM

The secret weapon to winning in November

The media is leaving youth voters behind. Dear John, The New York Times laid it out plainly in a recent article: If young voters remain as disengaged as they are right now, Democrats are going to get clobbered in November. According to exit polls, explosive turnouts of 18- to 29…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 3, 2022 at 10:16 PM

Another blow to our rights

This ruling deals a major blow to America’s efforts to address climate change and just like the Court’s other recent decisions, it has far larger implications than the EPA and the environment. Dear John, The Supreme Court on Thursday -- with the 6 Republican appointees on one sid…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 2, 2022 at 4:21 PM

What can we really do about Donald Trump?

Where we go from here. Dear John, Since Cassidy Hutchinson testified at the January 6 hearings on Tuesday, the bombshells are still reverberating. I have a few takeaways from the hearings thus far that I want to make sure are clear among the salacious details that have come to l…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 1, 2022 at 4:03 PM

They aren’t stopping with Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court’s extreme decision puts a range of other rights on the chopping block. Dear John, Last week’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade set the country back 50 years. The right-wing majority’s ruling was extreme, but what’s just as alarming is the logic Ju…

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June 30, 2022 at 8:50 PM

Garland will have to prosecute Trump

Attorney General Merrick Garland must bring criminal charges against former President Trump -- Now! Dear John, After yesterday’s explosive testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson -- who served as chief assistant to Mark Meadows and was literally and figuratively in the middle of Trump’s …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 29, 2022 at 10:25 PM

If Collins and Manchin feel betrayed, and others feel outraged, they all have an easy fix:

At least three U.S. Senators claim they were misled or lied to by the Supreme Court Judges they voted to confirm. If they really mean it, here’s what they can do. Dear John, I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of lawmakers trying to cover their backsides when the Supreme Court …

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June 28, 2022 at 10:04 PM

FWD: I want to be honest with you

The steering wheel, the secret service agent, and the ketchup on the wall. John — Among the bombshells we heard in today's hearing, we learned that Trump has been pressuring witnesses to alter their testimony. We cannot let these revelations fly under the radar. Will you donate to…

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June 28, 2022 at 2:20 PM

Look, I want to be honest with you

At least 108 Republican candidates who embrace the Big Lie have won their nominations or advanced to runoffs, and there is no sign that the hearings have reduced the intensity of their demagoguery. Dear John, Look, I want to be honest with you: I feel utterly gut-punched by the …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 23, 2022 at 10:24 PM

$32 million to 147 Republican Members of Congress – guess which ones?

In the wake of the January 6 insurrection, many corporations pledged to stop donations to the 147 Republican Members of Congress who voted to overturn the election. Many of them didn’t follow through. Corporations cannot in good faith claim to support democracy at the same time th…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM

$7.25 an hour is a starvation wage

Shouldn’t the federal minimum wage lift people out of poverty, not keep them in it? Dear John, The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour has not been raised since 2009. That’s 13 years, the longest period without an increase since the minimum wage was enacted, meaning today’s min…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 21, 2022 at 1:20 PM

The voters who support the Jan. 6 panel

More Americans need to hear the shocking revelations from the January 6 committee. Dear John, I have watched every moment of the January 6 committee hearings, and so far, the revelations have been nothing less than explosive: John Eastman, the architect of the theory that forme…

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  Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse, Inequality Media Civic Action · [email protected]

June 20, 2022 at 10:48 PM

Have you checked out Robert Reich’s Substack yet?

Dear John, If there’s one thing you learn when you work with Professor Reich (whom I am fortunate enough to now call Bob) for as many years as I have, it’s that he never stops! He generates an incredible amount of compelling content, including for us at Inequality Media Civic Act…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 17, 2022 at 8:36 PM

40k cannabis prisoners need reform

Eight in ten Americans agree: It’s time to end the federal criminalization of marijuana. Dear John, Eight in ten Americans agree: It’s time to end the federal criminalization of marijuana. Keeping marijuana illegal nationwide creates an incredible level of unequal enforcement. S…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 16, 2022 at 9:09 PM

Stop rewarding the bullies

Amazon spends $4.3 million a year on union-busting and is accused of many violations of federal labor law. But they receive more than $3.5 billion in tax dollars. This has to stop. Dear John, Major corporations -- from Tesla, Nike, and FedEx, to Google, Disney, and AT&T -- su…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 15, 2022 at 11:10 PM

Could this be the end of American democracy?

Trump's Big Lie election deniers are on the verge of taking over the key offices that oversee our elections. Dear John, Last night, yet another Trump-backed Big Lie conspiracy theorist won a Republican nomination for secretary of state, this time in Nevada. The nominee, Jim Marc…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 7:48 PM

How Joe Biden can help workers without Congress

He can sign three executive orders, right now, to empower workers across the country. Dear John, Today, the Starbucks unionization effort hit a major milestone: 150 stores across the country have won unionization, and more stores are organizing to join them. There’s no doubt abo…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

June 12, 2022 at 6:28 PM

What we've learned from the January 6 committee so far

Blockbuster revelations by the January 6 Committee are exploding the lies told by Trump and his cronies. John In just one night of public hearings from the January 6 Committee, we've already gotten explosive revelations, including that Trump personally voiced support for rioters …

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