4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (741+ words) With the midterm races officially beginning this week, a big question hanging over the Republican Party is how Trump will allocate his giant stash of super PAC money. As of July 31, MAGA Inc. had more than $400 million on hand, larger…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) When the Supreme Court doesn’t want to decide on the legality of some issue, it often finds that a plaintiff lacks “standing” — that is, doesn’t have sufficient interest in the issue to merit the court’s involvement. Today, the five Trump-sympathizers…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (102+ words) robertreich.substack.com What’s REALLY driving up America’s debt? Not government spending on social safety nets What’s REALLY driving up the U.S. debt, which just reached the $40 trillion milestone? I appeared recently on CNBC to explain that, contrary to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (735+ words) I’m still grieving Dolly Parton. I never met her and always wanted to. She was almost exactly my age and my height and had values I deeply admired. Her death leaves a hole in the firmament. Which brings me to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (152+ words) Robert Reich | Substack Office Hours: Will Anything Good Come of This Trumpian Awfulness? In search of a silver lining Many of you are frightened, anxious, and in despair about this country. I feel many of these same emotions. But today…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (978+ words) Trump buddy Larry Ellison (one of the richest people in the U.S.) and his son David are a hair’s breadth away from being able to decide what many Americans learn about what Trump is doing to America. The only thing stopping…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (377+ words) I’m sorry for interrupting you again today but I need to inform you of a very serious matter. Trump is threatening the Center for American Progress, a prominent liberal think tank, with a $5 billion defamation lawsuit over a report concluding…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) Trump says he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” military drills with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un” — whom he calls “unthreatening and respectful.” Kim Jong Un is unthreatening and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (800+ words) The U.S. national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion, months earlier than forecasters had expected — because of billions of dollars in lost revenue from Trump’s invalidated tariffs, Trump’s tax cuts (mostly to big corporations and the very wealthy), and the soaring costs…...