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Kavanaugh, Ford, and power
Make no mistake: The drama that took place in hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 27, 2018, was about power: On one side, the power of men who harass or abuse women and get away with it, the power of privileged white men to entrench their power even more on the Supreme Court, the power of men to take away a woman’s right to choose what she does with her body. Continue reading
Another tax scam for the rich
Hard to believe, but the Trump administration is proposing yet another massive tax windfall for the rich. Continue reading
The three big lessons we didn’t learn from the economic crisis
Ten years ago, after making piles of money gambling with other people’s money, Wall Street nearly imploded, and the outgoing George W. Bush and incoming Obama administrations bailed out the bankers. Continue reading
The dangerous myth of deregulation
Trump and his appointees are on a binge of deregulation that masks another kind of trickle-down economics, where the gains go to the top and the rest of us bear the risks and losses. Continue reading
How you can stop Trump’s lie machine
Trump is ramping up his lies through his three amplifiers: Fox News, his rallies, and his Twitter account. Continue reading
The next crash
September 15 will mark the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and near meltdown of Wall Street, followed by the Great Recession. Continue reading
Don’t just impeach Trump, annul his presidency
The only way I see the end of Trump is if there’s overwhelming evidence he rigged the 2016 election. In which case impeachment isn’t an adequate remedy. His presidency should be annulled. Continue reading
How Trump’s war on regulation is trickle-down economics
When Trump’s not blaming foreigners for everything that ails America, he’s blaming regulations. Continue reading
Trump and the art of the no deal
Donald Trump promised to be America’s dealmaker-in-chief, touting his “extraordinary” ability to negotiate. But so far, Trump has shown he can’t make a deal. Continue reading
The roadblock to common sense pension reform
Fifty-five million Americans—about half of the entire private-sector workforce—have no employer-sponsored retirement plan at all. Many work for small businesses in the low-wage service and hospitality sectors. If they don’t save money independently, they will have nothing when they stop working. Continue reading
Why wages are going nowhere
The official rate of unemployment in America has plunged to a remarkably low 3.8%. The Federal Reserve forecasts that the unemployment rate will reach 3.5% by the end of the year. Continue reading
We’re living a constitutional crisis
I keep hearing that if Trump fires Mueller, we’ll face a “constitutional crisis.” Or if Mueller subpoenas Trump to testify and Trump defies the subpoena, it’s a “constitutional crisis.” Or if Mueller delivers substantial evidence that Trump is guilty of colluding with Russia or of obstructing justice, and the House does nothing to impeach him, we have a “constitutional crisis.” Continue reading
The fog of Trump
Trump uses 5 tactics to create a fog of confusion and bewilderment, so we don’t pay attention to the real damage he’s doing—undermining our democracy; rewarding the rich and hurting the working class, middle class, and the poor; stoking hatefulness; and undercutting America’s standing in the world. Continue reading
What we can do about Trump’s escalating lies
As the political season heats up, Trump is ramping up his lies through his three amplifiers: Fox News, rallies, and Twitter. Continue reading
How to prevent future Trumps
Why did so many working class voters choose a selfish, thin-skinned, petulant, lying, narcissistic, boastful, megalomaniac for president? Continue reading
Trump’s art of the no deal
Trump promised to be America’s dealmaker in chief, touting his “extraordinary” ability to negotiate. But so far—whether he’s dealing with foreign governments or with Congress—Trump has shown that he can’t make a deal. Continue reading
The Trump takeover of the courts
Trump’s most lasting legacy might be his impact on the federal court system. It must be stopped. Continue reading
The military-industrial drain
As Trump stokes tensions around the world, he’s adding fuel to the fire by demanding even more Pentagon spending. It’s a dangerous military buildup intended to underwrite endless wars and enrich defense contractors, while draining money from investment in the American people. Continue reading
The constitutional crisis is now
I keep hearing that if Trump fires Mueller we’ll face a constitutional crisis. Continue reading
A second American civil war?
Imagine that an impeachment resolution against Trump passes the House. Trump claims it’s the work of the “deep state.” Fox News’s Sean Hannity demands every honest patriot take to the streets. Rightwing social media call for war. As insurrection spreads, Trump commands the armed forces to side with the “patriots.” Continue reading
America’s megalomaniac
I spent last week at a conference in South Korea, during which time Trump went from seeking a meeting with Kim Jong-un to cancelling it, then suggesting it might be back on. Continue reading
How to stop Trump
Why did working class voters choose a selfish, thin-skinned, petulant, lying, narcissistic, boastful, megalomaniac for president? Continue reading
The shameful silence of the CEOs
Congressional Republicans would be more willing to stand up to Trump if their major financial backers—big business and Wall Street—had more backbone. Continue reading
A third party? How not to settle for the lesser of two evils
Are you happy with the electoral choices provided you by the two major parties? If not, should you vote for a third party candidate? Continue reading
While China picks winners, Trump picks losers
“It’s nonsense that there’s a beautiful free market in the power industry,” Energy Secretary Rick Perry said last week as he pushed for a government bailout of coal-fired power plants. Continue reading
The truth about an untethered Trump
The petulant adolescent in the White House—who has replaced most of the adults around him with raging sycophants and has demoted his chief of staff, John Kelly, to lapdog—lacks adequate supervision. Continue reading
Dollars for decency
Last week, Laura Ingraham, Fox News’s queen of snark, tweeted that David Hogg—a 17-year-old who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, and has been among the eloquent advocates for gun control—“whines about” being rejected by four universities he applied to. She linked to an article from the Daily Wire calling him a “gun rights provocateur.” Continue reading
The real danger of Trump’s fanatics
What’s worrying isn’t that Trump is now getting advice about public policy from fanatics like John Bolton and Lawrence Kudlow. Trump has never cared about public policy. Continue reading
The stock buyback boondoggle is beggaring America
Trump and Republicans branded their huge corporate tax cut as a way to make American corporations more profitable so they’d invest in more and better jobs. Continue reading
Containing the catastrophe
Posted on October 16, 2018 by Robert Reich
Anyone still unsure of how (or even whether) they’ll vote in the midterms should consider this: All three branches of government are now under the control of one party, and that party is under the control of Donald J. Trump. Continue reading →