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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM

The Government Shutdown Explained

Crucial government services aren’t delivered. Federal employees are furloughed without pay. John, As of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time today, the United States government is closed. Crucial government services aren’t delivered. Federal employees are furloughed without pay (apart from …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM

I continue to be gobsmacked

Dear John, I continue to be gobsmacked by how many of you are going to theaters to see The Last Class film about my final semester of teaching. When Elliot Kirschner, the director, and Heather Lofthouse, the producer, suggested they were going to make a feature-length documenta…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

The Supreme Court’s corruption has put the survival of our democracy at risk. We must impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. John — I'm re-sending this important email to make sure you didn't miss it. — Robert Reich Dear John, Friends, I’ve been in and around politics for …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM

Tell Congress: shut the government down to protect families’ care

Congress must reject any GOP funding bill that doesn’t restore health care for working people Dear John, Democrats must reject the GOP funding bill, even if it means the government shuts down. Democrats must use their leverage to reverse some of the devastating cuts Republicans …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM

I’m SO angry at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s corruption has put the survival of our democracy at risk. We must impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Dear John, Friends, I’ve been in and around politics for over 60 years, and Donald Trump is the greatest threat to American democracy that I’ve seen i…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Extend ACA tax credits or premiums will skyrocket

Without congressional action, millions will lose ACA subsidies and face premium increases of 20%–50% — all while billionaires enjoy a 4 trillion-dollar tax cut. Dear John, Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill gives billionaires nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts while jacking up mi…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Why Corporate Media is Bending the Knee

Trump is using the federal government to wage his war on free speech. Corporate media caves in to appease him, but tyrants can never be appeased. Dear John, Jimmy Kimmel will return to television tonight — but Trump’s war on free speech is far from over. He has cracked down on …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Stop Medicare Advantage from denying care by algorithm

Congress has given Medicare the go-ahead to implement its own AI pilot program, to run for six years in six states, starting next year. Dear John, Picture a death panel run by robots. Machines spitting out authorization denials by the batch, with little or no human review, prior…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM

I’m deeply worried

I am increasingly concerned that next year’s all-important midterm elections will not be free and fair. Dear John, I hate to sound like an alarmist, but I am increasingly concerned that next year’s all-important midterm elections will not be free and fair. We’ve already seen…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM

Disney caves to Trump, cancels Kimmel

Disney caved to Trump’s threats and suspended Jimmy Kimmel — now we must show we won’t tolerate cancellation of our First Amendment freedoms Dear John, ABC, owned by Disney, has surrendered to Trump’s escalating attacks — this time, suspending Jimmy Kimmel’s show in response to …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Free speech is disappearing before our eyes

Trump is threatening to mobilize the full weight of the federal government to go after Democratic politicians as well as progressive funders and organizations. Dear John, I fear that the Trump presidency has entered a dangerous new phase. In the days since the horrendous assa…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM

The CLARITY Act deregulates crypto — and endangers us all

The CLARITY Act isn’t regulation — it’s deregulation that puts working families, our economy, and our democracy at risk. Dear John, Don’t be fooled by the name: the so-called “CLARITY” Act isn’t about bringing clarity and order to cryptocurrency — it’s about stripping away what …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM

Unregulated crypto: Huge boon for Trump, looming threat for the U.S.

Join us this week as we search for the most dangerous beasts in Trump’s mysterious crypto forest! Beware: this could get scary Dear John, I hope you’ll join us this week as we engage in a bit of cryptozoology. In this week’s video, we will be searching for all the strange and m…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Big Oil’s Big Secret

Big Oil rakes in record profits while taxpayers subsidize their pollution.t’s time to expose and end these corporate giveaways. Dear John, In this week’s video, we take on the Big Tax Breaks that enable Big Oil to make the Big Bucks. Just how big is Big Oil? Well, the top five …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM

Protect Vote by Mail from Trump’s attacks

Democracy thrives when more people can vote. Tell your governor to stop Trump’s attacks and defend Vote by Mail Dear John, Vote by Mail reduces inequality by expanding voter access. That’s why Trump wants to end it. Fortunately, the decision is not his to make — despite his vo…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Trump and RFK Jr. make Covid vaccines unavailable

Millions of lives were saved by Covid vaccines — now RFK Jr. has revoked them, dismantled the CDC, and left Americans defenseless. Congress must act immediately. Dear John, The Centers for Disease Control estimates the Covid-19 vaccines have saved 3.2 million lives in the United…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Why Trump is doomed

Trump’s latest assault on truth comes directly out of the same authoritarian playbook used by dictators like Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin. Dear John, The neofascist takeover of America is getting worse by the day, with cities, universities, museums, the civil service, judge…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Trump’s downfall is inevitable. It needs to start now.

Trump’s authoritarian control over the economy is guaranteeing his own political downfall. Dear John, I’m old enough to remember when the Republican Party stood for “small government and free markets.” But today they stand for something no one has ever seen in America: A sin…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Pass public financing and put power back in the people’s hands

Public financing empowers voters, levels the playing field, and ensures elections are decided by people – not billionaires Dear John, Across the country, Americans are calling for elections to be about people with the best ideas, not the tycoons with the most money. Last year al…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
September 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM

How Trump Is Selling Justice to the Highest Bidder

Donald Trump is pardoning his wealthy supporters, as he weaponizes the DOJ against his enemies. Dear John, It’s a wonderful time to be a criminal. If you cozy up to Donald Trump, that is. Trump has been using his presidential power to shield his allies and donors from legal tr…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM

Tell Congress: keep life-saving weather data public

Turning the National Weather Service into a subscription service puts lives at risk -- tell Congress to keep weather warnings free and public. Dear John, Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes form in the Southeast. Floods and winter storms threaten the Midwest and Northeast. Ac…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM

Why I won’t retire

There’s no way I’ll retire as long as Trump sits in the Oval Office, and I’m asking for your help. Dear John, Yesterday I heard from an old friend who urged me to slow down. “You’re overdoing it, Bob,” he said. “A new book. Movie. Substack. Videos. You’re pushing 80, for cryi…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM

Reject Trump’s plan to seize police powers nationwide

If Congress passes Trump’s sham crime bill, DC will become the model for overriding local governments everywhere — a blueprint for authoritarian rule Dear John, Let’s be clear: If Congress authorizes Trump’s sham “crime” bill to give him permanent authority over law enforcement …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Oh, I’ll tell you what’s happening in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s latest assault on truth comes directly out of the same authoritarian playbook used by dictators like Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin. Dear John, Donald Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., isn’t about crime or homelessness. It’s a trial run for putting the entire c…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM

National Park visitors spend $56 billion a year in local economies

Our country is blessed with the majestic natural beauty of our National Parks. We must protect them from Trump’s reckless funding cuts Dear John, If there’s one thing Americans can agree on, it’s that our country has been blessed with majestic natural beauty. National parks like…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Even more theaters and extended runs!

Dear John, Thanks to you, the viewers, The Last Class is now showing in 114 theaters across 36 states, DC, and Canada (Vancouver, Hamilton, Ottawa, and Toronto). Elliot and Heather like to remind me about when they told me this would be a feature film instead of a short video f…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Congress must invest in Medicaid and Medicare

The GOP’s ruthless cuts to Medicaid and Medicare aren’t inevitable — they’re a preventable tragedy. If Congress does not reverse them, millions will lose their healthcare. Dear John, In 1965, when Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law, America made an historic promise to he…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM

I just got the results back on our latest videos. They’re INCREDIBLE.

I just got a report back on our latest videos, and I needed to share the results with you right now. Dear John, I just got the results back on our latest public persuasion videos, and the results have been incredible. Typically, when you test a set of videos or ads, you’re hop…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Tell the Senate: Don’t confirm Trump's new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trump wants to turn America’s most trusted source of economic data into political propaganda. It’s up to the Senate to stop him. Dear John, Donald Trump is destroying our source of information about jobs. He is trying to turn the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the nation’s most tr…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Trump WILL fail. It’s our job to accelerate his downfall.

Trump is surrounded by incompetent lackeys, and they will be his inevitable undoing. Dear John, In my 60-plus years in and around politics, I’ve never seen more incompetent and unprincipled people in high positions than the brainless lapdogs filling the Trump administration. …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM

Don’t let Trader Joe’s strip workers of healthcare and rights

Trader Joe’s is denying affordable healthcare to many crew members, while trying to dismantle the very labor board that protects their rights Dear John, Trader Joe’s loves to market itself as a friendly, progressive employer — the kind of place where crew members are valued just…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM

What can we do before the midterms?

Democracy is not a spectator sport! Between now and the midterms, here are five practical next steps you can take to make a difference. John, People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Millions have hit the streets in protest. America continues to show that Trump’s author…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Stop the largest act of union-busting in history

We depend on federal workers to keep the government running. Congress must stand up for their right to unionize. Dear John, Congress must act now to protect the federal workforce — and the public they serve. On March 27, Donald Trump signed an executive order to strip nearly on…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM

I’d like to send you a copy of my brand new book

My new book, Coming Up Short, came out earlier this week. And you can order it through Inequality Media Civic Action today. Dear John, We just learned that my new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Seller list, thanks …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM

Stand up for the Social Security Administration

Social Security is a lifeline in an age of extreme inequality – we can’t let politicians and billionaires dismantle it. Dear John, Social Security has been a lifeline for working Americans for 90 years — and in an age of historic income inequality, we need it more than ever. Fo…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Trump administration just revealed their plan for dismantling Social Security

Trump’s Treasury Secretary just revealed Trump’s “backdoor” plan to privatize Social Security. Dear John, Today is the 90th anniversary of the creation of Social Security — but Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that Trump’s big, ugly budget mega-bill is in fact a “bac…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM

One Thing to Know as Trump Attacks Our Freedom

It’s more important than ever to understand your right to due process. Dear John, There has been some misinformation about the fundamental right of due process that’s guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. I may do TikTok dances from time to time, but I am a lawyer and I know a t…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Tell your state: Divest public funds from Truth Social now

Trump Media is losing hundreds of millions while risking the retirement portfolios of teachers, firefighters, and state workers. Dear John, Trump Media is a terrible bet for workers' pensions – and a dangerous use of public money. Millions of teachers, firefighters, and public …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Re: Never have I seen a president do so much damage in so little time

I know many of you are feeling deep grief and anger, as am I. But we have a plan to hold Republicans accountable and take back control of Congress. John -- I'm re-sending this important email from earlier in the week to make sure you didn't miss it. The stakes truly couldn't be h…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM

Demand Congress fully staff FEMA, NOAA, and the National Weather Service

Millions of lives are at risk from floods, fires, and hurricanes. Demand Congress reverse Trump’s brutal staffing cuts to FEMA, NOAA, and the National Weather Service now. Dear John, Trump’s betrayal of the American people is costing lives. A government’s most fundamental duty…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM

Never have I seen a president do so much damage in so little time

I know many of you are feeling deep grief and anger, as am I. But we have a plan to hold Republicans accountable and take back control of Congress. Dear John, Over the past month, Trump and his MAGA stooges in Congress have passed legislation to: Strip health care from 10 mil…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Trump Never Cared About You

Trump claims to be helping the working class, but he’s actually hurting them. John, Let’s be clear: Trump doesn’t care about you. Never has. Never will. If he did, he wouldn’t be trying to undermine the federal agency that protects your health and safety on the job — the Occupa…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM

Special offer: Get my brand new book!

My new book, Coming Up Short, is out next Tuesday. And you can order it through Inequality Media Civic Action today. Dear John — I'm resending this email to make sure you don't miss this special opportunity to get a copy of my brand new book from Inequality Media Civic Action. — …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Can I send you a copy of my brand new book?

My new book, Coming Up Short, is out next Tuesday. And you can order it through Inequality Media Civic Action today. Dear John, As you may know, I’m very short. I’ve always been very short. In fact, I never got taller than 4 feet 11 inches. (And in the last few years, I’ve been …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
August 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Cultural survival is at stake. Protect Tribal higher education

Congress is about to gut 83% of Tribal college funding. Speak out now to defend Native students, culture, and sovereignty. Dear John, Brutal budget cuts to Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) proposed by the Trump administration are a serious threat to Native futures. For g…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
July 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM

I’ll be honest. I’m afraid.

We must act now with all possible urgency to stop Trump’s authoritarian takeover. Dear John, Every authoritarian regime in history has had some version of a secret police force to enforce its will. In East Germany, they called it the Stasi. In the Soviet Union, it was the Ch…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
July 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Profit-driven healthcare is killing us. It’s time to pass Medicare for All

The GOP is stripping healthcare from 10 million Americans. Tell Congress health care is a human right: It’s time to pass Medicare for All! Dear John, Today marks Medicare’s 60th anniversary. For six decades, Medicare has provided critical services and care for elderly Americans …
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
July 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM

How do we get out of this mess?

We need to look beyond Trump. John, We need to look beyond Trump. Just fighting against his destructive agenda isn’t enough. We also need to fight for bold ideas that will make our society and economy fairer for everyone. Check out our latest video on 15 ways to build a better…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
July 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM

These voices can change hearts. News outlets must cover them

Across the country, former MAGA supporters are stepping away and speaking out. Tell major news networks to cover these brave voices Dear John, Leaving MAGA is like leaving any other cult: it requires an internal reckoning, a redefinition of self, and the support of a community t…
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  Robert Reich · [email protected]
July 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Enact a bipartisan ban on congressional stock trading now

While Congress writes the rules, members are still cashing in. It’s time to stop the corruption and demand a bipartisan ban on individual stock trading in Congress. Dear John, Another day, another Congressional stock trading scandal. This time, four senators (or their families)…
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