Robert Reich Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich

Conservatives yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.

Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.

But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.

A functioning government requires pooling resources for the common good. Let me explain.

If inflation comes up at the dinner table, don’t forget to draw attention to a deeper structural driver of high prices: corporate power.

Much of the food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.

The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

Robert Reich The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)

Just five media companies control 90% of our media market.

But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

"The only known solution to creeping authoritarianism is broad-based, peaceful, geographically dispersed mass engagement by everyday Americans. That’s it. That’s what works."

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Keeping the U.S. government funded now is to participate in the most atrocious misuse of the power of the United States in modern times.

So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f*cking thing down. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/should-democrats-shut-the-government

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

One Million Rising: One Million Trained, Millions More Empowered · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and ...

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No Kings Day was one of the largest days of protest in US history. From deep red small towns to our largest cities, millions of people turned out to make it clear that the American people will not bow to fascism. #NoKings

NO KINGS Fairplay · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

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NO KINGS Fairplay · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

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Bailey from 4-6 p.m.

Join us at HWY 285 and Rosalie Road. Park on the south side of the highway. Afterwards, join like-minded folks for a social gathering at Casa Sanchez.

Fairplay: 12-1 p.m. AND 3 p.m.

Join us on HWY 9 (Main St) between 4th and 5th Streets outside the OLD Courthouse. Please park on side streets, behind the building or opposite the park on HWY 9. We'll have lunch at Highside Brewing after the first sign waving.

I'll be there!

a banner for HandsOff, a nationwide collection of aligned protests.

Details for Local Participation in April 5 Protest

Please join us locally as part of the Hands Off! mass mobilization day on April 5. See details below for both Fairplay and Bailey, and help us spread the word to your networks online!

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Join me on April 5th

Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. It’s time to fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/vgnXMeoh

Protest in Fairplay, CO for International Women's Day. Amazing turnout for our little town.

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

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Colorado governor does the political version of 'very fine people' • Colorado Newsline In a year or two, when the scale of Trumpist horrors is sure to be apparent, Polis might regret having coddled the man responsible.

Commentary: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is occupying ground he purports to be common but from which MAGA long ago withdrew.

Trump’s America

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A hand holding a silver pill pack is pictured. Headline reads: "Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts." Photo credit: Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times.

Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
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No matter how dull conditions, there are always photographic opportunities! A long exposure brings out streaking clouds, against the turquoise waters of beautiful Moraine lake in the Canadian Rockies.

#bluesky #photography #landscapephotography #scape
#nature #landscape #naturephotography #travel

I agree, too many voters are clueless, duped, sexist and racist

Harris was Right: We Need to Hear from Her We need a real law-and-order advocate to denounce Trump’s lawlessness

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January 20, 2025 The tone for the inauguration of Donald J.

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Why I remain hopeful about America Even as darkness falls

Here's my optimism but things will have to get a lot worse before people will wake up and smell the coffee.
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