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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At 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.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Glad to join the American Growth Summit virtually from Hungary to talk about how democracy, freedom, growth & innovation go hand in hand. As I told attendees, a healthy economy is one where workers, employers & businesses can succeed together, and where we prepare our kids for what’s ahead.
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did you know rooftop #Solar provided 47% of Australia’s energy needs, utility scale solar provided 22%. Total renewable energy was 80% And this happened 2 days in a row now. How long now before we see periods of 100%? Or will coal’s inability to shut down stop it?
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’ve been pushing the Education Department to give student loan borrowers more breathing room—and today, borrowers got it. Extending this deadline is a good step. Now keep going: Fix the broken system and make repayment actually affordable for working people. www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...
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Education Department Extends Student Loan Interest Rate Reduction Deadline To End Of 2026
The Education Department announced that it is extending the enrollment deadline for student loan borrowers borrowers to receive an enhanced 1% interest rate reduction.
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Scotland heading for massive increase in renewables electricity generation in 2026 to generate 4 times more per head than England
At the midway point, Scotland has already generated far more renewables electricity than in previous years. With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and ge…
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Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Discover #NoKings #NoKingsDay #NoKingsDayProtests #California #NoKingsDayProtestsNationwideInOctober #NoKingsDayProtestOct17 #NationalNews #America #USA #NoKingsInAmerica @paulinsc.bsky.social #NationwideProtest #NoKingsRally #NoKingsRallies #NationalNoKings www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/09/25/n...
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'No Kings' protests taking place nationwide in October. Here's where they are happening locally
Rallies and marches are planned across several North Bay communities on Oct. 17.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29/09/2026
Danish Afghan filmmaker and journalist Nagieb Khaja joins us in Copenhagen to discuss his reporting on the U.S. military, the Taliban and U.S.-backed Afghan police forces during the war in Afghanistan.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Super PACs aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have spent a combined $55.7 million and counting on the midterm elections. Almost none of their ads mention AI or data centers. Know their names and don't fall for their lies.
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Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seriously 💥 😡🙄
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Being an educator is one of the lowest-paying jobs that requires a bachelor's degree, and salaries keep falling behind inflation. If we want to keep educators in our classrooms, we have to pay them like the professionals they are. wallethub.com/edu/best-and...
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Supreme Court has helped create an electoral system in which competition is scarce, money is dominant, and voting protections are weaker.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
An AI apocalypse involving killer robots is terrifying, but don’t overlook a speculative bubble whose collapse will reverberate across the economy. www.levernews.com/is-the-ai-th...
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Is The AI Threat ‘The Terminator’ or ‘The Big Short’?
An AI apocalypse involving killer robots is terrifying, but don’t overlook a speculative bubble whose collapse will reverberate across the economy.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21/09/2026
When it comes to voting rights, presidents should stay out and Congress should jump in. bit.ly/4xw0XmA
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Toward a More Representative Government
The Brennan Center has released a batch of proposals to reform voting and elections.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The most potent force in American politics is anti-establishment fury at a system seen as rigged against average working people. AI has become Exhibit A. Will Democrats seize the moment and embrace the new AI-fueled economic populism? Or will they continue to succumb to the siren song of Big Money?
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The Rise of AI Populism
Are we on the cusp of a political realignment against corporate power?
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 21/09/2026
Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month for speaking out about the inhumane conditions endured by U.S. deportees at the hotel and threats by armed forces.
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“Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned
Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month, in apparent retaliation for speaking out about conditi...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The number of Americans using buy now, pay later loans for necessities like groceries and rent is on the rise. What does this say about the health of our economy? Should we be worried? Here's what you should know.
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The Hidden Cost of Buy Now, Pay Later
Is "Buy Now, Pay Later" too good to be true?Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra shines a light on its hidden costs for bor
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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Australia's largest electricity grid surpassed 80% renewables for the first time (momentarily) over the weekend. More than 50% of demand was met by distributed solar. reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-h...
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Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time - despite heavy throttling of wind and solar
Updated: Renewables met more than 80 per cent of total grid demand for first time over a weekend that also saw record levels of rooftop PV and new demand lows.
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AFT @aft.org · 21/09/2026
From parents struggling to complete vaccination schedules to public health workers being ready for outbreaks, AFT member Beverly Grace warns that declining vaccination rates could hit vulnerable communities hardest and undermine the prevention efforts that keep communities healthy.
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Lessons from the vaccination frontlines
At the beginning of every school year, Beverly Grace sees a familiar pattern. Parents bring their children to clinics held by the Baltimore…
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 21/09/2026
U.S. Military Attacks Alleged Drug Boat in the Caribbean, Killing Four
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U.S. Military Attacks Alleged Drug Boat in the Caribbean, Killing Four
The U.S. military attacked a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, killing four people. The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was transporting drugs. Since Se...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five 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.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21/09/2026
Jesse Wegman writes that certain Supreme Court justices might want to take a lesson from the Missouri Supreme Court in handling dishonest litigants: bit.ly/4AmlD2U
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Are Your Hands Clean?
Certain Supreme Court justices might take a lesson from the Missouri Supreme Court in handling dishonest litigants
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at a paltry $7.25 an hour since 2009. Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New Hampshire GOP Senate hopeful John Sununu oversaw product safety and FDA communications at Boston Scientific as it fought to keep pelvic mesh on the market amid mounting lawsuits. www.levernews.com/this-senate-...
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This Senate Frontrunner Oversaw “Quality And Compliance.” Women Suffered “Life-Altering Harm.”
New Hampshire GOP Senate hopeful John Sununu oversaw product safety and FDA communications at Boston Scientific as it fought to keep pelvic mesh on the market amid mounting lawsuits.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A Philadelphia nun named Sister Rose Kuhn drives to a Texas immigration court weekly to sit next to unaccompanied children as young as 4 who are facing deportation hearings alone without relatives or an attorney so that they won’t have to face the judge by themselves. Heartbreaking and horrific.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
America’s trend toward higher profits, higher share prices, and mounting executive pay but near stagnant wages is unsustainable — economically and politically. It's time to bring back profit sharing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Share the Profits! Why US business must return to rewarding workers properly | Robert Reich
The economy is booming and corporate profits are huge, but American wages still stagnate. History provides the answer
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A truck driver working 40-hour weeks to make $50,000 a year pays about $3,800 in federal income tax. An 8% rate. An investor earning the same $50,000 in long-term capital gains pays $0. Work gets punished. Wealth gets rewarded. This tax code is a scam.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pathetic 😡
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is basically a push poll and Zohran still beat it.
12. Mayor Mamdani has faced intense scrutiny from critics regarding his political circle and
statements. Do you feel his administration represents the core values of the average New Yorker
or is his platform out of step with average New Yorkers?
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Represents core values of average New Yorkers-------301 60.20
Platform is too out of step with average New
Yorkers -----------------------------------------------------------140 28.00
Undecided --------------------------------------------------------- 56 11.20
Refused--------------------------------------------------------------- 3 0.60
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime
New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.
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AFT @aft.org · 08/09/2026
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, labor’s share of economic growth fell to a record-low of 52.8% last quarter. While companies see record profits, workers are struggling to keep up. Americans deserve a fairer share of the economy they help drive. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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American workers are getting the smallest slice of the pie on record
Since 2000, the value of the S&P 500 stock index has gained about 600%. Over the same period, inflation-adjusted worker earnings have climbed just 12.5%.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New Hampshire congressional candidate Maura Sullivan worked for a biotech giant accused of using “shell” customers to inflate its business — and its executives are now campaign donors. www.levernews.com/the-billiona...
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The Billionaire-Backed Democrat With An Enron-Sized Problem
New Hampshire congressional candidate Maura Sullivan worked for a biotech giant accused of using “shell” customers to inflate its business — and its executives are now campaign donors.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]
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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/09/2026
Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work theonion.com/americans-take-day-off…
Americans Take Day Off From Looking For Work
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
First reviews call Musk documentary ‘damning’ & ‘distressing’ -While Elon Musk was celebrating the far-right victory in the German elections, a new documentary about him that warns he is involved in right-wing political parties all over the globe made its world premiere apple.news/A87BRoDAOTIy...
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First reviews call Elon Musk documentary ‘damning’ and ‘distressing’ — San Francisco Chronicle
While Elon Musk was celebrating last weekend’s far-right victory in the German elections, a new documentary about him that warns he is involved in right-wing political parties all over the globe made ...
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The university has held PitchBook’s No. 1 spot for four years. Its edge may come down to a dense network of programs, peers, and startup support. apple.news/AKmehQpZtTSC...
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The World’s Top University for Startup Founders Isn’t Stanford or Harvard. Its ‘Secret Sauce’ Explains Why — Inc.
The university has held PitchBook’s No. 1 spot for four years. Its edge may come down to a dense network of programs, peers, and startup support. Sep 2, 2026 University of California, Berkeley. For th...
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 01/09/2026
The U.S. government and the U.S. population have again been played by Meta.
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How Meta’s $17.1 Billion Social Media Settlement Came Together
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good news! The USPS whistleblower allegations are now officially in front of a federal judge. The groups challenging Trump’s mail-in voting executive order have submitted the whistleblower disclosure to the federal court in Massachusetts as part of their push for a preliminary injunction.
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fightplutocracy.bsky.social @fightplutocracy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It’s policy more so than market forces youtube.com/shorts/LqOKE...
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The ‘Invisible Hand’ Is off the Hook
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The massive nationwide electricity rate hikes aren’t happening simply because utility services have gotten more expensive or customers have been receiving better service. It’s because utility monopolies have bought off the system that’s supposed to keep them in check. Watch.
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
Private utility companies like PG&E, Duke, and Exelon control electricity for nearly 70% of Americans — and they're usin
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 01/09/2026
We interviewed 35 federal judges. Every single one said the dangers federal judges face are more serious today than in the past. @washingtonpost.com breaks down our report, which covers the sharp rise in threats over the past decade and makes recommendations.
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Dozens of federal judges describe intensifying threats in new report
One jurist paid to construct a safe room after the floor plan of their home was posted on the internet.
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