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Robert B. Reich: Why I remain hopeful about America
It's tragic that America had to come to this point. A few years of another Trump regime, even worse than the first, will be hard on many people.

Robert B. Reich: Will Trump get credit for Biden’s successes?
The nation gained more jobs in Biden's four years than it did under Trump's first term of office, or under either of Barack Obama's or George W. Bush's terms of...

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Robert B. Reich: Advice and consent or total submission?
Patel has even created a list of whom he dubs "government gangsters" -- headlined by outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland

Robert B. Reich: How about if Canada annexes Blue America? (CT is part of it)
New England states (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut) and New York could become the 12th Canadian province, for much the same reason.

Robert B. Reich: We the People will prevail
I continue to have an abiding faith in the common sense and good-heartedness of most Americans.

Robert B. Reich: How the DOGE billionaires plan to kill Medicaid
Nor will working Americans discover that big corporations and the wealthy are reaping most of the savings from the gutting of Medicaid in the form of lower taxes.

Robert B. Reich: What Liz Cheney deserves from Joe Biden
She rejected Trump's claim that the select committee destroyed evidence during its investigation and his assertion that "for what they did, honestly, they should go to jail."

Robert B. Reich: Musk’s dangerous bullying
In one instance, Musk quote-tweeted a post highlighting the role of 37-year-old Ashley Thomas, a little-known director of climate diversification at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.

Robert B. Reich: How to hope in a near-hopeless time?
Grotesque inequalities of income, wealth, opportunity, and power have caused most Americans to feel angry, surly, cynical, and ready to take a wrecking ball to the whole system.

Robert B. Reich: Trump’s ‘First Buddy’ is in deep trouble
I don't know what Trump will do but I'm sure he's seething. The most likely outcome is Trump doesn't offer the job to either Lutnick nor Bessent, and fires Musk.