Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
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Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Elon Musk’s bizarre $1 trillion pay package and Zohran Mamdani’s unlikely win together suggest that the unique form of harsh capitalism now practiced in America may be coming to an end.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-and-mamdani-the-end-of-harsh
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-and-mamdani-the-end-of-harsh
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s bizarre $1 trillion pay package and Zohran Mamdani’s unlikely win together suggest that the unique form of harsh capitalism now practiced in America may be coming to an end.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-and-mamdani-the-end-of-harsh
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-and-mamdani-the-end-of-harsh
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
Beyond rebuking Trump, Tuesday’s elections were a resurgence of the ideals that *actually* make America great.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Beyond rebuking Trump, Tuesday’s elections were a resurgence of the ideals that *actually* make America great.
Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
Everywhere Democrats won this week, they won because they focused on the affordability crisis facing average working Americans. But an important question remains: What are they going to do about it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-how-will-dems-deliver
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Everywhere Democrats won this week, they won because they focused on the affordability crisis facing average working Americans. But an important question remains: What are they going to do about it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-how-will-dems-deliver
Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why?
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why?
"The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November."
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November."
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
Read that back.
The cruelty of this regime is on full display.
Remember: no matter who is in the Oval Office, you can always fight for change at the state and local levels.
Just look at New Mexico.
Just look at New Mexico.
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Remember: no matter who is in the Oval Office, you can always fight for change at the state and local levels.
Just look at New Mexico.
Just look at New Mexico.
Watch @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring victory speech.
This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace.
Turn the volume up.
This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace.
Turn the volume up.
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Watch @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring victory speech.
This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace.
Turn the volume up.
This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace.
Turn the volume up.
Yesterday, millions of voters refused to go along with the cruelty of the Trump regime.
They repudiated the formula Trump and his billionaire backers have used to distract and divide us.
Democrats must build off of this moment. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-test-of-our-progress
They repudiated the formula Trump and his billionaire backers have used to distract and divide us.
Democrats must build off of this moment. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-test-of-our-progress
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Yesterday, millions of voters refused to go along with the cruelty of the Trump regime.
They repudiated the formula Trump and his billionaire backers have used to distract and divide us.
Democrats must build off of this moment. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-test-of-our-progress
They repudiated the formula Trump and his billionaire backers have used to distract and divide us.
Democrats must build off of this moment. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-test-of-our-progress
Americans are speaking up — loudly and clearly.
The sleeping giant of America is up and roaring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-awakens
The sleeping giant of America is up and roaring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-awakens
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Americans are speaking up — loudly and clearly.
The sleeping giant of America is up and roaring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-awakens
The sleeping giant of America is up and roaring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-awakens
Know your rights when voting today.
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Know your rights when voting today.
Trump is now going against his own administration's plan to partially fund SNAP.
He's demanding Democrats end the shutdown and let health insurance costs skyrocket for millions of people, otherwise food assistance won't be released for millions of hungry people ahead of the holidays.
Hello?
He's demanding Democrats end the shutdown and let health insurance costs skyrocket for millions of people, otherwise food assistance won't be released for millions of hungry people ahead of the holidays.
Hello?
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Trump is now going against his own administration's plan to partially fund SNAP.
He's demanding Democrats end the shutdown and let health insurance costs skyrocket for millions of people, otherwise food assistance won't be released for millions of hungry people ahead of the holidays.
Hello?
He's demanding Democrats end the shutdown and let health insurance costs skyrocket for millions of people, otherwise food assistance won't be released for millions of hungry people ahead of the holidays.
Hello?
First Colbert. Then Kimmel. Now he's threatening to go after Seth Meyers? Donald Trump can't take a joke. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-humorless-president
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
First Colbert. Then Kimmel. Now he's threatening to go after Seth Meyers? Donald Trump can't take a joke. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-humorless-president
Trump pardoned Binance cofounder Changpeng Zhao after Binance made a $2 billion investment in his family’s crypto venture.
Now Trump is claiming he has no idea who Zhao is.
Hello?
Now Trump is claiming he has no idea who Zhao is.
Hello?
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump pardoned Binance cofounder Changpeng Zhao after Binance made a $2 billion investment in his family’s crypto venture.
Now Trump is claiming he has no idea who Zhao is.
Hello?
Now Trump is claiming he has no idea who Zhao is.
Hello?
Don't forget: Election Day is TOMORROW in NYC and other parts of the U.S.
I was delighted to speak to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about building a more affordable future for New York.
He is getting a new generation of young people excited about politics — and charting a path for Democrats.
I was delighted to speak to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about building a more affordable future for New York.
He is getting a new generation of young people excited about politics — and charting a path for Democrats.
November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Don't forget: Election Day is TOMORROW in NYC and other parts of the U.S.
I was delighted to speak to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about building a more affordable future for New York.
He is getting a new generation of young people excited about politics — and charting a path for Democrats.
I was delighted to speak to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about building a more affordable future for New York.
He is getting a new generation of young people excited about politics — and charting a path for Democrats.
We don’t have to rely on the federal government to advance a progressive agenda. Several states are taking up the baton. Here's just one example you should know about. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-wealth-tax-that-works
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We don’t have to rely on the federal government to advance a progressive agenda. Several states are taking up the baton. Here's just one example you should know about. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-wealth-tax-that-works
Donald Trump wants to get rid of the filibuster.
Did he just accidentally hand Democrats a huge opportunity?
Did he just accidentally hand Democrats a huge opportunity?
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Donald Trump wants to get rid of the filibuster.
Did he just accidentally hand Democrats a huge opportunity?
Did he just accidentally hand Democrats a huge opportunity?
The law requires Trump to continue to fund SNAP.
Instead, he's trying to steal food from the mouths of hungry children.
Instead, he's trying to steal food from the mouths of hungry children.
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The law requires Trump to continue to fund SNAP.
Instead, he's trying to steal food from the mouths of hungry children.
Instead, he's trying to steal food from the mouths of hungry children.
On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.
Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.
Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
Every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.
Remember this.
Friends — these are terrible times, to be sure. But I believe we will triumph. Here’s why.
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Friends — these are terrible times, to be sure. But I believe we will triumph. Here’s why.
If Zohran Mamdani wins, his success should be a lesson for all progressives and all Democrats across America. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-five-ingredients-of-zorhans-secret
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-five-ingredients-of-zorhans-secret
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If Zohran Mamdani wins, his success should be a lesson for all progressives and all Democrats across America. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-five-ingredients-of-zorhans-secret
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-five-ingredients-of-zorhans-secret