Robert Reich From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich

Political corruption. Vast economic inequality. Giant monopolies. Ultra-wealthy elites. Conspicuous consumption.

These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.

But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?feature=shared

Public service announcement:
When Trump brags about how much the government is collecting in tariffs, he's bragging about his new taxes on American consumers.

•MEASLES AND RFK JR.•

The latest measles update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a total of 935 confirmed cases of the disease across 29 states.

It must be emphasized: The reason for America’s rapidly expanding measles crisis can be traced to declining…

I feel like John Fetterman is Sauroman to Trump’s Sauron.

Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering

Listening to the latest @facpapod.bsky.social and realizing Darth Matheus is the play by play man to JarJar Ginger’s CTE riddled color commentator.

Anyone else remember when Russia was our enemy and Nazis were the bad guys?

Okay, guys, writing and calling your Congressional representatives isn't going to be enough this time.

We must find a way to attend town halls, participate in protests, organize marches, and plan national boycotts.

It only takes 3.5% of us to spark a revolutionary change.

LFG.

#USDemocracy

Sadly, we are well aware…🤦🏼

US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

YouTube video by NowThis Impact What Every Protestor Needs to Know Before Speaking

This is important to know… youtube.com/shorts/rNqkG...

“Cry harder” folks are finding the F out. A little “pain”, but they’ll understand.

A wee little heads up for those of you telling me to “cry harder” right now…
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Making Censorship Real Again The Trump administration is capitalizing on a false conspiracy of censorship to usher in the real kind

"Trump’s executive order is meant to defund research on disinformation and intimidate anyone looking to protect the truth.”

Read more on Trump's latest censorship decree from American Sunlight CEO, @ninajankowicz.com.
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The Memory Holing of U.S. Healthcare Information Has Already Begun But actually, he thought as he re-adjusted the Ministry of Plenty’s figures, it was not even forgery. It was merely the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another. Most of the material that you...

🚨 The Memory Holing of U.S. Healthcare information has already begun.

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Please share this entire thread of advocacy groups throughout the United States.

(Sharing the Texas listing since that’s where I’m at, but be sure to begin at the top.)

Thank you @mutsy67.bsky.social for the state groupings, and @joekatz45.bsky.social for compiling the information!

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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

Well Well Well
We knew it all along. 🤬

GUYS! FELLAS! DUDES!
This is on us.

To acknowledge the inauguration of a rapist & his rapist filled cabinet, I will once again point out to all my fellow men that this applies to your mother, wife, sister & daughter more times over than you will ever know.

Don't forget American TikTok users who lost all your followers today - IT WAS TRUMP WHO IS THE ORIGINAL CAUSE OF THE BAN; yet, he now poses as if it's savior - for 170 Mil US TikTokers' votes. It's happened on META, X, etc too - they've banned and robbed millions of Trump resisters of our followers.

Damn! Trump and today’s oligarchy class are drawing from a playbook straight out of the Civil War.

The wealthy plantation class manipulated working-class white people into siding with the Confederacy by exploiting racism and fear—even though slavery primarily benefited the rich.
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Philadelphia locks up kids at a higher rate than other big cities, and about four times the national average.

As cities nationwide are turning away from juvenile institutions, we illustrate how Philly has fallen behind.

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Good Morning SKIES of BLUE

Reflecting
Once again
JOE'S FAREWELL SPEECH

The Last Decent Speech I'll hear from the Oval for a long time

What I Learned
NOW MORE THAN EVER

"NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO STAND GUARD"
"MAY YOU ALL BE KEEPER OF THE FLAME" 🗽

LET'S RISE UP AMERICA

Great Job White People.

Stop with the postmortems.

Sexism, racism, misinformation, disinformation, the media, tech bros, racist, misogynist billionaires and Boom.

He could’ve and would’ve run from prison.

You were offered a solution. Vote for Her.

Talk to your family then shut up. 4 ever.

We made a promise to folks who joined our military that they would have healthcare for life. Now, Republicans want to privatize the VA. Everyone wants to make a Buck off our veterans! We must honor our promise and stop Republicans from privatizing healthcare for ANYONE.

It's pathetic and disgusting that K+12 schools whitewashed history. The positive note is that in many colleges they don't do that and you learn the truth. Some universities (in red controlled states) are now being throttled from offering some classes which is unfathomable in this day and age.

To me, taking down my Christmas decorations is the home equivalent of me shaving off my beard. Neither one looks right and both make me feel naked.

The fact that an embryo has more rights to the GOP than actual living children should tell you everything

I swear I am more of a danger to myself on my own 2 feet than in a vehicle… I burned my hand with boiling butter while trying to butter baste a steak for my son and today, I reached into a drawer and brushed up against the peeler and peeled off the tip of my finger. 🤬🤬

I look at McDonalds, Meta, Amazon & others who are scaling back DEI programs to show the incoming administration their loyalty.

These companies were never serious about it. DEI programs are designed to learn from the uniqueness of each other & grow stronger.

We will adopt DEI #StrongerTogether