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Multiple polls show Trump’s approval at record lows, but I think what’s happening runs deeper than this. Something very dramatic is occurring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/exposed

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day. Please remove Columbus Day from your vocabulary.

Live at Kittenz today in #secondlife Live music in the #metaverse (All times are in PST) 3pm: Strum Diesel 4pm: MrMulti-Mic, Edward Lowell, and Wizard Sideshow 5pm: Rosedrop Rust 6pm: Zachariah Loon maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/N... kittenzkreations.club

They were spot on. This was The New York Times Sunday Opinion section on October 27, 2024.

The next time you hear Republicans in Congress complaining about the national debt, remember that roughly 25% of it has been added during Trump's presidencies — largely thanks to his tax cuts for the rich. The notion that Republicans care about the debt is one of the biggest lies in politics.

An Open Letter to Scott Bessent https://robertreich.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-scott-bessent

President Trump was said to have been hidden in a catering cart and taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of Turkey last month.

USA must lose the soccer football game tonight. Cheaters win sometimes, but they shouldn't.

Trump's financial disclosures just came in. We’re talking big money and big looting. But he doesn’t have any conflicts of interest, really. That’s because he has only one interest: lining his own pockets. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-troubling-thing-about-trump

I voted for Platner.

One day we will look back on the murder of “60 Minutes” as one of the travesties of Trump’s reign. In the meantime, thank you Scott Pelley for telling the truth. Thank you, former “60 Minutes” producers, correspondents, and staff, for telling the truth. And now, we should boycott CBS.

Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.

Donald Trump just stole $1.7B from us — and he's creating a slush fund to reward his political allies. I've never seen anything like this in my 50 years in politics. It makes Nixon look like a boy scout. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/t...

Under 1000 days left in the Trump regime. We're getting there.

Happy April 20. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-7...

Your Tax Day reminder that trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor. Don't let billionaires fool you into thinking we shouldn't tax the rich.

This is a huge deal. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/goodbye-viktor

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

The first Earthset of the 21st century from Artemis II

First photo of The Artemis II eclipse. A rare alignment where the Moon slips directly between the Sun and Earth, creating this eclipse.

Gotta lova them Christians...

That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.

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Turns out 47 spoke to 45. None of the other living presidents claim to have spoken to him about this.

When economists say the president can't really do much to change gas prices, what they mean is he can't do much to *reduce* gas prices. Turns out they can do a lot to raise them www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-iran...

Donald on Iran: "When crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen." There he goes projecting again.

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For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from: -Epstein files -His deadly deportation agenda -Losing on tariffs at SCOTUS -Tanking polls -His devastating (and unpopular) budget bill -Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism When he's cornered, he lashes out. Be warned.

Trump’s bombing of Iran is reckless and a direct threat to American and Iranian lives. Launching military strikes without congressional authorization or evidence of an imminent threat is not strength. It is an abuse of power. Tell your Members of Congress to put an immediate stop to this war.

“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Schrödinger's dumpster!

I’m not going to watch the State of the Union address Tuesday night. I urge you not to, either. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fate-of-the-dis-union

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Universal in all languages, actually!

Martin Luther King Jr. devoted his life to fighting for justice and equality. Today, as divisions in our world deepen, his vision is not just inspiring, it is urgent. The work he began continues, and it is up to all of us to carry it forward.

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

When global land masses are stretched out to display flat. I'll bet that orange moron things Greenland is as big as it looks here.

Trump really is trying to destroy America. He has ginned up this idea that there are Red states and Blue states, instead of the United States. I think (and hope) that we will outlast him. One year down, three to go.

$1.5T for the military budget $170B for ICE and Border Patrol $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $470M to send National Guard into cities $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $100M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

Using phony criminal charges to intimidate his opponents. Deploying masked thugs to terrorize American cities. Unilaterally threatening and bombing foreign countries. Trump is a ruthless dictator, plain and simple.

Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested. It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Manufacturing has been contracting for most of the past year. If you drill down you'll see metal manufacturing is doing ok, because Trump pummeled their competition with tariffs. Meanwhile the downstream US firms (machinery, electronics, autos) that have to *buy* more expensive metal are screwed.

Nearly every industry lost jobs or flatlined in the past year

Is this what Trump had in mind for his “Golden Age”?

To drive this home: We learned this morning that the US manufacturing sector contracted in December for the 10th consecutive month, per ISM

Trump’s real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, crypto, defense contractors, & Wall Street — know that the midterms may limit what they and Trump can get away with moving forward. 2026 could be the last year they can cash in and loot the country. Be warned.

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936