Despite exploding technology and increased worker productivity, millions of Americans are worse off financially today than they were 52 years ago.
Meanwhile, the rich get much richer.
We need an economy that works for all, not just the billionaire class.
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Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.
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Sunday thought
Awakening the sleeping giant
America is like a sleeping giant whose passion for democracy and social justice is fearless, once awakened.
The giant doesnβt awaken easily, but a nightmare can do it.
Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
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The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
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Itβs time for the US to guarantee healthcare to all | Bernie Sanders
We spend almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as any other country on Earth. Itβs time to change that
The US health care system is broken & wildly expensive.
The function of a health care system is not to provide billions in profits for insurance & drug companies. It is to provide quality care as a human right.
The time is NOW to pass Medicare for All.
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AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected β that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court β and that wasnβt true.
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VA Secretary Doug Collins: "There's gonna be reorganization and people will not be employed as we go forward in a reduction in force, just like there will be across the whole of government because that's what the president promised during his campaign."
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Carney: When I sit down with President Trump, it will be to discuss the future economic and security relationship between two sovereign nations and it will be with our full knowledge that we have many, many other options than the United States..
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Canada PM DESTROYS Trump in VICTORY SPEECH
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Prime Minister Mark Carneyβs victory speech roasting Donald Trump as the Liberal Party won Canadaβs election.
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A new episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast is OUT NOW!!!
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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holy shit -- Jay was spitting facts on Fox News
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Q: Trump trolling or Trump truthing -- Greenland joining America?
LEAVITT: Definitely Trump truthing
Q: Canada becoming the 51st state
LEAVITT: Trump truthing. All the way. And the Canadians would benefit greatly.
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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 119
β¦ AG Pam Bondi is going to start locking up journalists: βSafeguarding classified, privileged, and other sensitive information is essential to effective governance and law enforcement.
Trumpβs DOJ reverses protections for journalists. Meanwhile, Trump wears a blue suit to the Popeβs funeral, Putin mocks his βwarnings,β and MAGA elites launch a $500k pay-to-play club in DC. Catch up with our weekend bulletin:
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Booker: I miss Obama⦠I miss Obama.. I miss her husband too.
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Iβve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. Iβve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952,
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Iβve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
Iβve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but hereβs how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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Q: "Are you worried about empty shelves?"
Bessent: "We have some great retailers. I assume they pre-ordered."
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We are no longer Democrats or Republicans. We are either patriots fighting the Trump regime or we are complicit in its tyranny. There is no middle ground.
Now is the time for all of us to become activists. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-start-of-week-14
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Claudia Tenney endorses the gulag in El Salvador after her visit there: "You go to this prison, it is very clear that these people are in harsh conditions. I'm not gonna say this is exactly what we should be doing, but look at the results."
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CNBC: The president is using emergency powers, saying the current state of trade represents an unusual and extraordinary threat. Why do you disagree?
ARIZONA AG KRIS MAYES: Because it's not
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KEILAR: Implicit in Trump's comments is that Hegseth doesn't have it together right now. Is that what our nation's fighting men and women deserve in a sec def?
DAVIDSON: Pete Hegseth is the secretary of defense our fighting men and women deserve
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Katie Phang: And now that my time here at MSNBC comes to a close, I am taking that fight back to a familiar placeβ¦ I hope you'll follow along with me as I continue to meet you where you are at places like Substack and YouTube with fellow truth tellers like MeidasTouchβ¦
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Tomorrowβs the day Canada! π¨π¦
#ElbowsUp
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Trump's incompetence is everywhere.Β
His regime canβt keep military secrets. It canβt maintain financial stability. It canβt protect children from measles.
While we resist Trumpβs authoritarianism, we also need to highlight his utter inability to govern America.
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WELKER: Does the US still want to make Canada the 51st state?
MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
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Jake Sullivan: "One of the things we recognized while we were in office was that Putin at that time was not prepared to come to the table to do a deal that would generate a just peace for Ukraine. So we recognized we had to actually build more leverage for Ukraine."
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The world is on Zelenskyβs side.
Zelensky applauded by world leaders upon entering church.
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Last night, I sat down & discussed all the drama with @jimmykimmel.com.
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