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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For decades, I've had cable news producers tell me to "be angrier" on TV. But we all need to do less yelling — and more listening — if we actually want to solve our problems. Delighted to speak with Daily Cal about our new film THE WORK IN PROGRESS.

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Robert Reich sits Americans down for hard political conversations in ‘The Work in Progress’

During Robert Reich’s political career as U.S. Secretary of Labor, he recalls being told to “be angrier.” Decades later,

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don’t care what it cost. Whatever he builds, knock it down. And put his face on the wrecking ball.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Does Trump bloviating to the UN count as a hostage video? But with the audience as the hostages?

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Here is an incredible opportunity for Democrats to go on the attack and split the MAGA movement along its bursting seams. And the weapon is the one Trump seems to fear most: ridicule. Make his impotence and irrelevance the joke, and let him be the punchline.”

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What a Joke

Make Trump what he fears most

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

But Jimmy Carter putting solar panels on the White House was the crazy one? Imagine where we might be today if we had followed that path back then.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The problem of course is not the press. It is that Donald Trump should have been impeached and permanently banned from the White House after January 6.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

But Jimmy Carter putting solar panels on the White House was the crazy one? Imagine where we might be today if we had followed that path back then.

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 09/09/2026

A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.

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New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"We all want to be seen and see one another. We all want to be included. And the more we acknowledge that, the faster our curiosity will take over and the kind of fracture we have right now will dissolve into the exciting mosaic of the amazingly diverse population displayed in this film."

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The Work in Progress

New documentary from Robert Reich and team

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I don't care what it cost to build these marble monstrosities. They all need to be demolished with a wrecking ball bearing the visage of the would-be emperor who erected them.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit.

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Abbey Rhodes @abbeyr28.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Love this reminiscent piece by Elliot Kirschner, extolling our connection with earth and the meaning it has had for his family. “Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life." - John Muir @elliotkirschner.bsky.social elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/rock-of-ag...

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Rock of Ages

I took great pride in watching my daughters efficiently take down their tents, roll up their mats, and stuff their sleeping bags.

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Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

open.substack.com/pub/elliotki... “A search for wisdom, insight, and truth is, of course, the very opposite of the Repiblicans’ purpose behind the harassment of Dr. Fauci. Their aim is not to learn from the past but to rewrite it.” By @elliotkirschner.bsky.social

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Fauci vs. Trump

What Kind of Leaders Will We Choose?

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

One of the great casualties of this era is our growing discomfort, bordering on antipathy, toward nuance, complexity, and depth. It is a trend bigger than any one man or moment, a loss long in the making that is making it harder to confront our problems, much less solve them.

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"It is impossible to know how this age will be viewed by people in the future, in part because we do not yet know how it will end. "But one distinct possibility is that they will look back and ask: 'How could they have been so stupid?'" -- @elliotkirschner.bsky.social

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Measles Loves MAGA

Stupidity Goes Viral

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

If you are covering the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as an event and not an abomination and farce, you may indeed be part of the problem.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It is a grim and deadly irony that, in an age obsessed with “going viral,” one of today’s most successful influencers has been around for at least 1,500 years. Say hello to measles.

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Measles Loves MAGA

Stupidity Goes Viral

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The most amazing part of this is when she tells him London is not actually a dystopian hellscape, and he, the world's richest man who spends his days cooking his brain on his Nazi CSAM social media site, responds "You live a cloistered existence." He really is an extraordinary moron.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 13/07/2026

We should have learned that you can’t manage a public health crisis by ignoring it. Politicizing science and weakening disease surveillance doesn’t make threats disappear, it only makes us less prepared to respond.

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Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

People are right to be mad about the predictable Platner fiasco, but it's worth remembering that last year a ton of establishment Democrats supported disgraced sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo against clean-as-a-whistle Zohran. Tolerating problem men is an issue across the ideological spectrum.

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Inequality Media Civic Action @imcivicaction.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

THIS WEEK: Join Robert Reich himself for the final online watchalong of our film THE LAST CLASS this WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 at 5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET. We'll also be previewing our next film, coming out in September. RSVP at the link below.

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RSVP For Our Last Class Live Watchalong

We're excited to offer one final live online watchalong of The Last Class film on Wednesday, July 8, at 5:30 p.m. PT/8:3

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"The radical, destructive & unhinged Supreme Court majority ... are radical, reactionary & revanchist, unrestrained in their methods & imperious in their certainty. "They don't seem to believe they are bound by precedent, Congress, history, institutional legitimacy." -- @elliotkirschner.bsky.social

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This Supreme Court Is Not Conservative

The radicals in robes strike again

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Thank you for sharing! It's true, I may have retired from the classroom, but I can never really give up teaching. I hope you'll all join us next Wednesday, July 8 for our final watch-along of THE LAST CLASS: actionnetwork.org/forms/last-c...

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RSVP For Our Last Class Live Watchalong

We're excited to offer one final live online watchalong of The Last Class film on Wednesday, July 8, at 5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET, with Professor and Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Professor Re...

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🚨🚨🚨 Professor Robert Reich recently taught his last class. (Although great scholars like Reich never really stop teaching) Join him in an interactive watch party for "The Last Class" 7/8/2026, 5:30 pm PT/ 8:30 pm ET Sign up 👇 actionnetwork.org/forms/last-c... #Voices4victory #USDemocracy #DV1

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RSVP For Our Last Class Live Watchalong

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

As a refresher for media outlets. The definition of a TRUCE: : a suspension of fighting especially of considerable duration by agreement of opposing forces. Not seeing a suspension of fighting let alone of considerable duration. If it ain’t a truce let’s maybe not call it one.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“.. The extensive damage done to America’s sole naval base in the Middle East .. has the U.S. re-evaluating its entire footprint in the region, according to U.S. officials ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I hate when the press uses “baseless claims” to explain Trump’s lies.

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Abbey Rhodes @abbeyr28.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

“Weiss does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s doing exactly that.” - Elliot Kirschner, former CBS News producer, applauds Scott Pelley's heroic confrontation with the new 60 Minutes producers. @elliotkirschner.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/elliotki...

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Tick, Tick, Tick

Scott Pelley says what needs to be said

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"Polls continue to show that Trump’s approval ratings are plummeting. And that means many people who voted for him in the last election, and likely in the previous two, have become disillusioned." — @elliotkirschner.bsky.social [1/2]

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Exploiting Trump's Weaknesses

An opportunity to renew American democracy

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Inequality Media Civic Action @imcivicaction.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Last Class film about Robert Reich’s final semester of teaching is now available for home viewing! In the film, Prof. Reich says to his 1,000 students: Pessimism is fine, cynicism is not. Together, we will triumph over cynicism. Watch it at home today. www.thelastclassfilm.com

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The Last Class Film

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Jackie K. @jackiek1.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I just finished the “The Last Class with Robert Reich”. It is excellent, in addition there are juicy clips at the end. He is a true champion of the working class.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My film THE LAST CLASS about @rbreich.bsky.social final semester of teaching is now available to stream at home. Please check it out. So exited! elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/im-very-ex...

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I’m very excited to share this

Thank you

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Lynn Lovegreen @lynnlovegreen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

You can now rent the Robert Reich film The Last Class from your home! www.thelastclassfilm.com?utm_source=s... @rbreich.bsky.social Alt: text "The Last Class with Robert Reich", photo of Robert Reich (older man) in front of large college class in auditorium

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The Last Class Film

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A friend saw this while filling up. Can we make these stickers go everywhere? Has anyone else seen them?

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

i was just thinking that there isnt a single person involved in this in any way who is currently in jail

A picture of the Capitol on January 6 with smoke and Trump flags and his supporters all over the building. Looks like a war zone

A picture of the Capitol from January 6 of Trump supporter’s climbing the building like the zombies in World War Z

A picture of the Capitol from January 6, close up with a mic at a door presumably trying to bash it down

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I am very tired of the stupid-savvy 'oh you think politicians were honest before Donald Trump' take, like yes there has in fact been a qualitative change in the way modern american politics have been conducted that is largely attributable to him, and is bad.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Are “distracted” and “bogged down” really the words you would use to describe this man and this moment?

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Distracted and Bogged Down, Trump and Xi Enter a Summit of Reduced Ambitions

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2026

ESPAILLAT: What happens to a child if a family is split bc they're thrown out of a home bc of the status of the dad? TURNER: Families have to make good decisions E: So the child should pay, even if the mother is a citizen & the child is too? T: If a family is breaking the law, everybody suffers

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."

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How minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide prevention

Studies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/04/2026

Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Typical. The regime is confused. Jimmy Kimmel was not the mentalist dude at the dinner predicting the future. He's just a guy with eyes who can see that Trump is very old and not in good health whose wife doesn't like him.

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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

As long as we are talking about manifestos, can we please menition Project 2025?

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