Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult. A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates. Dems need to be on the side of the many, not Big Money. 521724540
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem. 14140881855
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Don't forget that nearly all Republicans in Congress stood by and supported Trump's... -Tax cuts for the rich -Cuts to the social safety net -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are here. 10734001474
Reposted by bratACLU @aclu.org · 08/10/2026Christa Pike and Tony Carruthers' torturous execution attempts aren't exceptions, but a predictable result of the death penalty's brutality. We must end the death penalty once and for all.propublica.orgWhy Tennessee’s Botched Death Row Execution Could Happen AnywhereThe complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida. 731077
Reposted by bratKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026President Obama just endorsed Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Georgia governor's race. 151263266
Reposted by bratKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.democracydocket.comICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them. 1151728999
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy. 12352052282
Reposted by bratRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 60776672287
Reposted by bratElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026What happened after Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to federal child care programs? 400+ day cares shut down in Oklahoma. 300+ programs shut down in Indiana. HUNDREDS more have closed nationwide. Our families deserve better. 25891260
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…commondreams.org'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common DreamsChildren as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we 27045111990
Reposted by bratErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comRiley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding ClaimsGaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete. 1485038971
Reposted by bratKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 352191644
Reposted by bratKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 767286835989
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity. 324172144878
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1300190726214
Reposted by bratAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 538159994460
Reposted by bratChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026ICE IS ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY BILL EVEN WORSE Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle. They’re reporting millions in losses. 51148022520
Reposted by bratNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 26/09/2026Fourteen US senators from both parties urged Trump to withdraw Putin’s invitation to the G20 summit in Miami on Dec. 14-15 and bar other sanctioned Russian officials. The lawmakers argued Putin’s participation could legitimize Russia’s government amid the war in Ukraine. #US 20436107
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed! 218140633084
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here. 12129231192
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6594022111830
Reposted by bratRobert Mahon @bedform.org · 22/09/2026Banning press from the white house the same week you set up a state Dear Leader TV station is absolutely dictator shit 12532595
Reposted by bratAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You scared? You sound scared. 1759163223163
Reposted by bratAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president. Georgia voters have an immediate interest in understanding the full extent of Mike Collins's ties to some of the nation's most notorious white nationalists ... these are not allegations. These are facts." 643986965
Reposted by bratVoteVets @votevets.org · 22/09/2026Nothing says "serious wartime leadership" like inviting Jake and Logan Paul to the Pentagon to lecture service members and make TikToks. 2619167
Reposted by bratScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA): "Trump’s notion to make his vanity arch an ammunition depot for ‘snipers’ in a location where snipers have never been needed would place a large weapons cache within feet of 1000s of tourists, pedestrians, cyclists & drivers on major commuter traffic thoroughfares" 60721218
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 719160466064
Reposted by bratKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The top official at the U.S. Postal Service says the agency has stopped work on developing that controversial computer system central to Trump's effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order. "There's an injunction so we're not doing anything."apnews.comPostal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail votingThe U.S. Postal Service has stopped developing a controversial computer system tied to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting. 160917303
Reposted by bratAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Cutting off trade with our allies because they support our other allies? What a fucking buffoon. 58765751756
Reposted by bratMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Mike Johnson can't even self-police and self-regulate his masturbating to porn. He needs his son to police him. 981454331
Reposted by bratKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE. As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.nytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE EffortAs part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 8019701013
Reposted by bratKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Of course Alito and Thomas dissent like the whiny pains in the ass they are. 633135701951
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 519153155867
Reposted by bratAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova…. 425128373458
Reposted by bratJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/09/2026NEW: More than 20 current and former Republican leaders endorse James Talarico for Senate. 411664546
Reposted by bratBerin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel 399208714813
Reposted by bratHarry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Excuse my language but Fuck you Todd. And all the people who attacked law enforcement and were pardoned for doing so. 🖕🏽 621147249
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor. Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted. Repeat. This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design. 8927091022
Reposted by bratAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026It's nuts that Republicans in Congress DRAGGED Secretary of Defense LLoyd Austin through hearings for going to the doctor one day, but Mitch McConnell is out for four months and that's totes fine. 20368401864
Reposted by bratDemocrats @democrats.org · 03/09/2026WIN: Virginia Democrats have officially banned convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. Nearly every Republican voted against it. 18371117
Reposted by bratAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false. 835205167198
Reposted by bratAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026"To root out the nonexistent scourge of voter fraud, the government will disenfranchise millions of American citizens!" — @lizdye.bsky.socialpublicnotice.coTrump begs SCOTUS to let him unleash midterm chaosThey’ll find that fraud if they have to throw out millions of lawful ballots to do it. 691672579
Reposted by bratChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/09/2026TEXAS REPUBLICANS DID IT —63 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY Tarrant County, they voted 3–2 to close 92 Election Day polling locations, cutting the number from 316 to 224. More than 100 people showed up to speak out before the vote. Republicans did it anyway. Closing nearly 30% of the polling places. 28526451553
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026PSA: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense. 19464981932
Reposted by bratMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington. 613305228910
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There's a secretive force driving up your electricity bill, but it's NOT just data centers. Watch.youtube.comThe Secret Behind High Electricity BillsPrivate utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin 511228593
Reposted by bratMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In his perpetual effort to distract from being credibly accused of child-rape in the EPSTEIN Pedo-Files, it's time for the Presidunce to arbitrarily rename something again, since renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America went so "well".🙄 Seems Canada & the Internet have a few thoughts... 🇨🇦 49871291770
Reposted by bratRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Since 2019, corporate profits have grown 52 percent. Wages have grown 12 percent. Read that back. This is what a rigged economy looks like. [Chart by @groundwork.bsky.social] 6924391056