The Engineer
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
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12 Monkeys may not be the most iconic Gilliam movie, but it might be his flat-out best
30 years ago, a legendary director made a time-travel masterpiece that was ahead of its time
12 Monkeys may not be the most iconic Gilliam movie, but it might be his flat-out best
www.polygon.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
12 Monkeys may not be the most iconic Gilliam movie, but it might be his flat-out best
Attention Americans, effective immediately, the District of Columbia will be used as a distraction from the fact that Trump participated in kiddie diddling and facilitated crimes around said diddling with his bestie Jeffrey Epstein. Thank you for your attention on this matter.
August 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Attention Americans, effective immediately, the District of Columbia will be used as a distraction from the fact that Trump participated in kiddie diddling and facilitated crimes around said diddling with his bestie Jeffrey Epstein. Thank you for your attention on this matter.
And they wonder why the kids are turning towards socialism. It's getting a lot of positive press.
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
August 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
And they wonder why the kids are turning towards socialism. It's getting a lot of positive press.
Fox news dares to ask the question "What if we were the baddies?"
This is what happens when people aren't taught empathy.
This is what happens when people aren't taught empathy.
Imagine this in Russian on Russian state TV
The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.
There nothing funny about it.
The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.
There nothing funny about it.
August 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fox news dares to ask the question "What if we were the baddies?"
This is what happens when people aren't taught empathy.
This is what happens when people aren't taught empathy.
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Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
August 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
Worst timeline ever.
a group of people are gathered in a living room with a fire coming out of the floor
ALT: a group of people are gathered in a living room with a fire coming out of the floor
media.tenor.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Worst timeline ever.
L.A. woman screams at uninterested representatives.
August 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
L.A. woman screams at uninterested representatives.
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When they show you who they are, believe them
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When they show you who they are, believe them
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We told you they were going to do project 2025 and it’s 2025 and they’re doing project 2025
July 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We told you they were going to do project 2025 and it’s 2025 and they’re doing project 2025
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
The boring company is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Only a fuck wit would think that a small car with a battery would be the best method for transporting people efficiently in a tunnel. Musk would be a terrible engineer if he actually was one. He's just a dork with a lot of money.
July 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The boring company is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Only a fuck wit would think that a small car with a battery would be the best method for transporting people efficiently in a tunnel. Musk would be a terrible engineer if he actually was one. He's just a dork with a lot of money.
Went to see the new Superman movie tonight. It was great, funny, and sweet. I don't know why people feel the need to politicize everything. It's obvious trump is in the epstein files.
July 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Went to see the new Superman movie tonight. It was great, funny, and sweet. I don't know why people feel the need to politicize everything. It's obvious trump is in the epstein files.
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Well this sure as hell isn’t incriminating! Nothing to see here.
July 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Well this sure as hell isn’t incriminating! Nothing to see here.
I can't believe he thought we didn't know they were an item.
July 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I can't believe he thought we didn't know they were an item.
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Fourth of July is our Independence Day. We can’t let them own patriotism. Let’s get out on the streets and remind them that this country is our country.
June 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Fourth of July is our Independence Day. We can’t let them own patriotism. Let’s get out on the streets and remind them that this country is our country.
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We are excited to release this new flyer for June 14th No Kings Day! This flyer was created by one of our great volunteers, and includes all of our coalition partners. Please spread this far and wide!!
#NASH #UVTON #fiftyfiftyone
#NASH #UVTON #fiftyfiftyone
June 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
We are excited to release this new flyer for June 14th No Kings Day! This flyer was created by one of our great volunteers, and includes all of our coalition partners. Please spread this far and wide!!
#NASH #UVTON #fiftyfiftyone
#NASH #UVTON #fiftyfiftyone
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I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
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Donald's campaign merch is from China and his jet engines are from England. He's laughing at you when you think he really cares about "America First."
May 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Donald's campaign merch is from China and his jet engines are from England. He's laughing at you when you think he really cares about "America First."
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New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
May 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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Today is the day we honor those who died overseas stopping the same thing many of you are ignoring here at home--fascism.
May 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today is the day we honor those who died overseas stopping the same thing many of you are ignoring here at home--fascism.
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the world watches with bemused concern as america repeatedly slams its penis in the car door of history
May 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
the world watches with bemused concern as america repeatedly slams its penis in the car door of history
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June 14, save the date.
Millions of us are showing up in the streets all across the nation to protest Trump's regime. We’ll see you there. #50501movement #NoKings
Millions of us are showing up in the streets all across the nation to protest Trump's regime. We’ll see you there. #50501movement #NoKings
May 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
June 14, save the date.
Millions of us are showing up in the streets all across the nation to protest Trump's regime. We’ll see you there. #50501movement #NoKings
Millions of us are showing up in the streets all across the nation to protest Trump's regime. We’ll see you there. #50501movement #NoKings