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rbreich, 5 days ago to random

Trump's not running for office so much as running from the law.

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

59 years ago today, Griswold v. Connecticut guaranteed the right to birth control.

Justice Thomas says the Supreme Court should "reconsider" that ruling.

And this week, 38 GOP senators voted against the Right to Contraception Act.

Republicans are coming for birth control.

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

Conservatives say raising the minimum wage would drive up inflation.

But the federal minimum wage hasn't gone up since 2009.

Average CEO pay has gone up about 60% since 2009.

Who's pay is contributing to inflation?

rbreich, 5 days ago to random

Is Trumpism Fascism? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sAOud-qm38&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 5 days ago to random

Is Trumpism Fascism? | The Coffee Klatch, June 8, 2024 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-trumpism-fascism-the-coffee-klatch?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

Unemployment has been at or below (mostly below) 4% since the end of 2021.

4 years ago, Trump called it "joyous" &"stupendous" that unemployment was only 13.3%.

In the "booming" Reagan years, unemployment averaged 7.5%.

Pres. Biden is presiding over historically strong growth.

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

Myth 2: "The Free Market " I 10 Economic Myths Debunked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP3GlTMBKmU&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

Debunking Myth #2: “Government obstructs the free market” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/debunking-myth-2-government-obstructs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 7 days ago to random

Four years ago today, Trump called it "stupendous" and "joyous" news that American unemployment was only at 13.3%.

Four years later, unemployment has been under 4% for 27 straight months.

Yes, we are indeed better off than we were four years ago.

rbreich, 7 days ago to random

Rich donors are paying as much as $300,000 per person to attend a Trump fundraiser in San Francisco today. What do they expect in return for their money?

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

All nine Republican senators running for reelection this year just voted against the right to contraception:

John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker

So much for the party of "freedom."

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

Speaker Johnson is adding Scott Perry to the House Intel Committee.

Perry sought a pardon for his key role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. People who try to overthrow the U.S gov't don't belong in the House, let alone on the Intel Committee.

rbreich, 7 days ago to random

Psst: Don’t fall for a third party (pass it on) https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-unvarnished-truth-about-no-labels?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

Trump had been involved in 4,000+ lawsuits before he ever rode down that escalator in 2015. He's not in legal trouble because he's running for president. He's running for president to escape his legal trouble.

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

The Senate will vote shortly on a bill to prevent birth control from being banned. Republicans previously blocked attempts at this and may do so again.

If you'd told me 60 years ago that we'd be debating whether birth control should be legal in 2024, I wouldn't have believed it.

rbreich, 7 days ago to random

Convicted felon Donald Trump has succeeded in getting his three remaining criminal trials postponed indefinitely.

If he really thought he was innocent of the 54 remaining charges, don't you think he'd want the trials to happen before the election so he could clear his name?

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

Office Hours: Why is the world drifting toward authoritarianism and neofascism? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-why-is-the-world-drifting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

The Trump-Musk Thugocracy https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-musk-thugocracy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 9 days ago to random

Trump has threatened a 10% tariff on all imports.

Tariffs can be used strategically, but a blanket tariff is effectively just a sales tax on American consumers.

Trump's tariff tax would cost the average family an extra $1,500 year.

rbreich, 9 days ago to random

Why Corporations Have More Rights Than People | Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAIlo3upJHM&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 9 days ago to random

The Party of Huge Nothingburgers https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-party-of-nothingburger-issues?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

rbreich, 10 days ago to random

The Roberts Supreme Court is the worst since the shameful days of Roger Taney’s Supreme Court.

Alito, Thomas, Roberts, and the three Trump appointees are Republican partisan hacks.

We need radical reform — and we need it the moment Dems regain control of Congress.

rbreich, 10 days ago to random

50 billionaire families have already poured $600M+ into this year's elections — mostly in support of Trump.

That's only 0.6% of their total wealth. It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in dark money.

rbreich, 10 days ago to random

Trump's most obvious lies (like pretending he never led chants of "lock her up) are perhaps the most disturbing.

Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself.

rbreich, 10 days ago to random

The more Trump can tear down democracy, the safer the oligarchy becomes.

This is why the billionaires who once disavowed him are quietly crawling back.

The ultra-rich will do anything to protect their wealth and power.

That includes destroying democracy itself.