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🔹Retired teacher; still learning 🔹Ignorance is NOT bliss 🔹Pay attention!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 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.
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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I ACTUALLY agree with Thomas Massie! He speaks the truth out loud!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A year ago, just 42% of Americans opposed a data center being built in their community. Today, a staggering 75% do. Are data centers really that bad? Let’s take a look.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Elon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Per a new report from Senate Democrats, American farmers are now paying $1.4B — or 63% more — on diesel fuel due to the Iran War. Those higher costs will get passed onto consumers, compounded by Trump's resurrected tariffs. America is paying the price for Trump's blunders.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Money does not necessarily buy class … 🫣
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
In February, Trump purchased over $1 million in Dell stock. Just weeks ago, Trump told everyone to “go out and buy a Dell.” Its stock price is up over 60% since then. Now, Dell has been awarded a $9.7 BILLION Pentagon contract. See the problem here?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We have a president who took the nation into a war for reasons he cannot fully articulate, without a strategy for how to respond if Iran did the expected and closed the Strait of Hormuz, and without an exit strategy if Iran doesn’t surrender. Reminder that Congress can step up and stop this.
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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Random reminder that banning elected officials from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"If you give the rich tax breaks, they'll lower prices for everyone else." No, they won't. Want proof? Every single MLB team owner is in the richest 0.1% and receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax breaks every year. And it now costs an average $225 to attend a game.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
CEO pay rose 20 times faster than worker pay in 2025, per Oxfam. Overall, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025 — while CEO pay rose 54% during the same time. Trickle-down economics was always a sham. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay
Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. 85% of teachers are working second jobs during the school year, often just to keep up with the cost of living. Meanwhile, the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Something has gone terribly wrong.
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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happy Nat’l Teacher’s Week to you … and thanks.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The widening gap between the wealthy and working-class consumers is so bad, even the CEO of McDonald's is sounding the alarm bell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8OWhw-GXUU
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Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
While corporate profits skyrocket and the stock market rides high, regular Americans are struggling to make ends meet.Ev
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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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This Graph Exposes Our Rigged System
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Cartoon by John Deering 💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 15/01/2026
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely. That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/01/2026
Frey: "You know what I don't want [ICE] focusing on? Hunting down a dad that just dropped his kids off at daycare, is about to go work a 12 hour shift who happens to be from Ecuador. That guy makes our city a better place."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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Jill 💙🌊🌊💙 @pumpkin061.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Start talking to the teens in your life that will be 18 by midterms & get them registered early! Help a friend, family member, or co-worker to get registered. Offer rides to people who want to vote in person. We all need to work together so we can regain control of the house & senate
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
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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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I’ll be watching Montana and hoping for the best. How to Get Rid of “Citizens United” open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Cancelling/boycotting are effective ways of protesting.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We will never see eye to eye with republicans on healthcare. It’s because most of us believe healthcare should be a human right, affordable to anyone. They see it as a profit-rich enterprise for big pharma and insurance. This is why any solution they put forward is invariably a non-starter.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Trump is dining with top Wall Street executives at the White House tonight — just months after giving them a huge tax cut in his Big Ugly Bill. Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans. "New Golden Age."
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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grinarut.bsky.social @grinarut.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Meanwhile, in Australia, there is a glut of electrical energy from solar panels so that some states will now receive 2-3 hours per day of free electricity…homes with and without solar panels, renters, apartment dwellers… everyone.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Does anyone know the proper etiquette for how long a widow should wear black leather while mourning her husband?
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670 Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy? You’re doing their dirty work.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office. Why the delay from Mike Johnson? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 31/10/2025
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/10/2025
This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Literally
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