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A Certified Genocidaire Visits Washington – OpEd

By James E. Jennings* Tomorrow, 24 July, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under indictment for crimes of fraud in his own country and a...

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Robert Reich: Go Kamala! – OpEd

Kamala Harris is off to a remarkable start.  She has made all the right moves. Her address at campaign headquarters was pitch perfect.  Her attack...

wednesday 5

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Robert Reich: What We Must Do Now – OpEd

Trump swiftly reacted to President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential campaign with typically nasty vitriol. Biden was “not fit to...

23.07.2024 5

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #8: ‘Corporate Tax Cuts Create Jobs’ – OpEd

I’m tired of hearing Republicans claim that we should reduce taxes on corporations because corporate tax cuts create jobs. It’s untrue.  Also...

21.07.2024 5

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Robert Reich: Trumpism’s Next Generation – OpEd

Trump’s pick of JD Vance for his vice president is part of a strategy for cementing Trumpism’s next generation. Vance is only 39 years old....

19.07.2024 6

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The Republican Party Is the Anti-Worker Party. Full Stop.

Why didn’t Teamster president Sean O’Brien use his allotted speaking time to ask the Republicans to adopt the pro-union initiatives that Democrats...

17.07.2024 10

Common Dreams

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My First Thought When I Heard Trump Had Been Shot—And the Ones That Followed

Please join me in doing everything possible to lower the hostility and anger now pervading American politics.

14.07.2024 20

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #7: America Is Socialist – OpEd

I keep hearing a lot about “socialism” these days, mainly from Donald Trump and Fox News, trying to scare Americans about initiatives like a Green...

14.07.2024 4

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Robert Reich: Who Exactly Is Trying To Push Biden Out? – OpEd

At a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, last Friday, President Biden said, “Some folks … are trying to push me out of the race.” To whom was Biden...

13.07.2024 7

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Robert Reich: There’s Only One Relevant Question – OpEd

I jwatched Biden’s first solo news conference since November 2023. He read the teleprompter well, and the speech he read

12.07.2024 5

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Robert Reich: How To Prevent America And The World From Falling Into Fascism – OpEd

Some of us have families and live in communities that agree with us about the profound danger of another Trump presidency. But some of you have close...

10.07.2024 4

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Robert Reich: Beware; Trump Is Project 2025 – OpEd

“Project 2025” is nothing short of a 900-page blueprint for guiding Donald Trump’s second term of office if he’s reelected. After the Heritage...

08.07.2024 7

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Robert Reich: The Pile-On – OpEd

Joe Biden is being treated far worse than Donald Trump by the two institutions critical for deciding the outcome of the 2024 election: the political...

07.07.2024 6

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #6: ‘Global Trade Is Good For Everyone!’ – OpEd

Welcome back to our debunking series, taking on conventional economic wisdom.  Today, I want to examine the dominant view that global trade is good...

07.07.2024 6

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Robert Reich: Stuck In Space – OpEd

On June 5, Boeing sent NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station aboard its new Starliner spacecraft — the...

05.07.2024 10

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Robert Reich: Honestly, How Old Is Too Old? – OpEd

The United States is 248 years old today. As nations go, we’re a spring chicken.  At 81, Joe Biden is the oldest president the United States has...

05.07.2024 4

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Robert Reich: Fearmongering? – OpEd

I’ve been going over Chief Justice John Roberts’s presidential immunity decision, trying to understand the distinction it sets out between...

04.07.2024 20

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Andrew Mellon’s Humongous Donation To Donald Trump – OpEd

If Donald Trump takes power this November (perish the thought), he’ll owe his victory in no small part to one of the richest Americans alive...

03.07.2024 8

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The Six Corporate-Owned US Supreme Court Justices Have Completed Their Assigned Mission

The series of devastating rulings over the last week are the consequence of a corporate strategy launched 53 years ago.

03.07.2024 10

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: The Supreme Court Decides, In Effect, There Will Be No Trump Trial Before The Election – OpEd

The Supreme Court decided, along party lines, that Trump will enjoy immunity in the federal election case in Washington from any allegation in the...

03.07.2024 9

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Robert Reich: The Corporate Legal Movement – OpEd

For years, conservatives have railed against what they call the “administrative state” and denounced regulations.  But let’s be clear. When

02.07.2024 4

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Robert Reich: May I Have A Word With You? – OpEd

I want to try to reassure you about this country.  I know that you’re worried and upset. You have every

01.07.2024 30

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #5: ‘The Market Doesn’t Play Favorites’ – OpEd

As I’ve emphasized in this debunk series, the “free market” is nothing but a set of rules, established and enforced by government. The real...

30.06.2024 6

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Robert Reich: The Taxing Difference – OpEd

One of my goals in sending you these articles is to equip you with arguments and facts you need. This is especially true leading up to the 2024...

27.06.2024 5

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Robert Reich: Why I’m Scared About The Thursday Debate – OpEd

I’m now 78, and I’m scared sh*tless about what might come down Thursday evening, when the oldest candidates ever to compete in a presidential race...

26.06.2024 10

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #4: ‘Corporate Political Donations Are Free Speech’ – OpEd

In 1971, Lewis Powell urged the leaders of American corporations to devote a portion of their profits to politics.  Since then, America has witnessed...

23.06.2024 8

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Robert Reich: Biden Should Welcome Their Hatred – OpEd

I have only one morsel of advice to Joe Biden as he prepares for his first debate with Trump, one

21.06.2024 8

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Robert Reich: Trump At The Business Greedtable – OpEd

The Business Roundtable is an association of more than 200 CEOs of America’s biggest corporations, their most powerful voice in Washington.  Last...

19.06.2024 5

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King Trump and the Greedy Knights of the Business Roundtable

The nation's most powerful CEOs are lining up to fund Trump, because they and their corporations want another giant tax cut and rollbacks of...

19.06.2024 10

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: The Lies That Undermine America – OpEd

Speaking at a rally on Saturday, Trump repeated his lie that the last presidential election was stolen from him, and again raised doubts about the...

18.06.2024 4

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #3: ‘The Rich Deserve To Be Rich’ – OpEd

Don’t be fooled by the myth that people are paid what they’re “worth” — that the rich deserve their ever-increasing incomes and wealth...

16.06.2024 5

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Biden Should Be Clear: Corporations Are to Blame for High Prices

Biden has not condemned specific corporations publicly, or threatened them with specific actions unless they lower their prices.

15.06.2024 30

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Biden Must Put The Blame For High Prices Where It Belongs — On Big Corporations – OpEd

I’ve analyzed every poll and survey over the last two months, and they all tell the same basic story:  Voters’ top issue is high prices and the...

15.06.2024 10

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Robert Reich: Who’s The Real Elite In America? – OpEd

More than a third of Harvard’s graduating seniors are heading into finance and management consulting — two professions notable for how quickly...

13.06.2024 7

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Robert Reich: Alito’s Admission – OpEd

I’m no fan of secret recordings designed to entrap public officials into saying things they’d rather not have the public hear, but Justice Samuel...

12.06.2024 7

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Robert Reich: It’s Not Too Late To Harden American Democracy Against Trump – OpEd

As usual, Trump signals what he’s planning to do before he does it.  He’s already signaled that he won’t accept the results of the 2024...

11.06.2024 40

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We Shouldn't Need a Secret Tape to Know Who Samuel Alito Is

Yet we did need it and what we believed we knew is now confirmed.

11.06.2024 3

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: The Job Machine Keeps Churning – OpEd

The consensus among economists is that this week’s jobs report, showing that the United States added a whopping 272,000 jobs in May, will cause the...

10.06.2024 10

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #2: ‘Government Obstructs The Free Market’ – OpEd

Last week, we saw how economics is inextricably connected to politics and morality — and the underlying questions are what we mean by a good society...

09.06.2024 20

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Robert Reich: Psst, Don’t Fall For A Third Party – OpEd

O the 80th anniversary of D-Day, seems an appropriate occasion to reaffirm our commitment to democracy and against fascism — which means doing...

07.06.2024 10

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Robert Reich: The Trump-Musk Thugocracy – OpEd

Elon Musk and convicted felon Donald Trump have been in contact several times a month since their private meeting in

07.06.2024 5

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Robert Reich: The Party Of Huge Nothingburgers – OpEd

As we slump toward the 2024 election, America faces harrowing existential crises — climate change, the potential loss of our democracy to...

06.06.2024 5

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Robert Reich: A Tale Of Two Consumers – OpEd

The government measures all sorts of consumer behavior: consumer spending, consumer confidence, consumer sentiment. The business pages are filled with...

04.06.2024 10

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Robert Reich: What Will Trump’s Conviction Really Mean? – OpEd

Anyone who tells you they know what effect Trump’s conviction will have on the 2024 election is lying. America has never been here before.  My...

04.06.2024 10

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #1: ‘Economics Is An Objective Science That Has Nothing To Do With Politics Or Morality. Or Power’ – OpEd

Welcome to our 10-part DEBUNK series!  Its goal is to equip you with what you need to know so you’re not misled by the most dangerous myths about...

02.06.2024 20

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Robert Reich: Convicted Felon Trump – OpEd

Convicted felon Donald J. Trump has attacked the judge and prosecutors, but he will find it far more difficult to

31.05.2024 9

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Robert Reich: The Dangerous Anti-Democracy Coalition – OpEd

Elon Musk and entrepreneur and investor David Sacks reportedly held a secret billionaire dinner party in Hollywood last month. Its purpose:...

29.05.2024 20

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Billionaire Capitalists Like Musk and Thiel Want to Kill Democracy

U.S. oligarchs are backing Donald Trump and the neofascists surrounding him in a bid to roll back the clock to the Gilded Age.

28.05.2024 9

Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: The Supreme Court’s Republican Partisan Hacks – OpEd

The Supreme Court decision announced in  Alexander vs. State Conference of the South Carolina NAACP  — written by Samuel Alito, and joined by the...

25.05.2024 40

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Robert Reich: When I Got The Political Bends – OpEd

When I left the president’s Cabinet in early 1997 after over four years as secretary of labor, I felt enormous

24.05.2024 30

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