I am not worried about whether the Democrats will do will in the voting in a year, but I do worry whether President Trump and his Republican colleagues will look for excuses not to let the winners take office. There needs to be a plan!
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I am not worried about whether the Democrats will do will in the voting in a year, but I do worry whether President Trump and his Republican colleagues will look for excuses not to let the winners take office. There needs to be a plan!
As an historian of the Nazi era, it troubles me to see that Department of Labor is featuring "young idealized patriots [that] are uniformly white and have hair styled unmistakably like the Hitler Youth." Is that what President Trump wants for the US?
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October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As an historian of the Nazi era, it troubles me to see that Department of Labor is featuring "young idealized patriots [that] are uniformly white and have hair styled unmistakably like the Hitler Youth." Is that what President Trump wants for the US?
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NY Times: "...the president posted an A.I.-generated video to his Truth Social account depicting himself as a fighter pilot, careening through major cities and dropping excrement on protesters." : www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Poor Donald: is this is not the action of a sick mind that needs help?
Poor Donald: is this is not the action of a sick mind that needs help?
Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
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October 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
NY Times: "...the president posted an A.I.-generated video to his Truth Social account depicting himself as a fighter pilot, careening through major cities and dropping excrement on protesters." : www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Poor Donald: is this is not the action of a sick mind that needs help?
Poor Donald: is this is not the action of a sick mind that needs help?
The no kings demo by US citizens in Berlin was quite peaceful. A person in a frog costume was there too.
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The no kings demo by US citizens in Berlin was quite peaceful. A person in a frog costume was there too.
From the New Republic: "ICE agents kidnapped a U.S. citizen in Chicago who had just finished working a double shift because she didn’t “look” American to them." newrepublic.com/post/201745/...
Surely this is illegal and should be stopped.
Surely this is illegal and should be stopped.
ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name
She even had her U.S. passport on her.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
From the New Republic: "ICE agents kidnapped a U.S. citizen in Chicago who had just finished working a double shift because she didn’t “look” American to them." newrepublic.com/post/201745/...
Surely this is illegal and should be stopped.
Surely this is illegal and should be stopped.
One day after the court order protecting journalists: "masked border patrol agents pinned WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and arrested her after she recorded agents detaining a Latino man. "
October 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
One day after the court order protecting journalists: "masked border patrol agents pinned WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and arrested her after she recorded agents detaining a Latino man. "
"..., U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis granted a two-week temporary restraining order prohibiting federal agents in Chicago from “[d]ispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist..."
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"..., U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis granted a two-week temporary restraining order prohibiting federal agents in Chicago from “[d]ispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist..."
I have just subscribed to Heather Cox Richardson's letters from an American. Here is a link for others who might want to subscribe: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com?r=4j2oxj&utm...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I have just subscribed to Heather Cox Richardson's letters from an American. Here is a link for others who might want to subscribe: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com?r=4j2oxj&utm...
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's lack of respect for congressional oversight is unacceptable. If a democratic AG behaved that way, Republican members would call for her removal. Why are they silent now?
October 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's lack of respect for congressional oversight is unacceptable. If a democratic AG behaved that way, Republican members would call for her removal. Why are they silent now?
Donald Trump may be seriously dement. According to the Guardian (5. Oct 2025) Madeleine Dean, a Democratic congresswoman from Pennsylvania, said: “The president is unhinged. He is unwell.” Certainly his social media posts and recent speeches suggest that. Congress has a responsibility to act.
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Donald Trump may be seriously dement. According to the Guardian (5. Oct 2025) Madeleine Dean, a Democratic congresswoman from Pennsylvania, said: “The president is unhinged. He is unwell.” Certainly his social media posts and recent speeches suggest that. Congress has a responsibility to act.
At 1:00 AM Tueday Federal agents raided a building on Chicago’s South Shore Drive. Agents said that they believed that it was a drug trafficking site. ABC News reported that people were terrified. Even children were zip-tied together. No evidence of any crime was offered. Is the rule of law dead?
October 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
At 1:00 AM Tueday Federal agents raided a building on Chicago’s South Shore Drive. Agents said that they believed that it was a drug trafficking site. ABC News reported that people were terrified. Even children were zip-tied together. No evidence of any crime was offered. Is the rule of law dead?
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Remind Donald Trump!
October 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Remind Donald Trump!
According to Guardian, President Trump said: "We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military – national guard, but military – because we’re going into Chicago very soon, that’s a big city with an incompetent governor." Surely that suggestion is unconstitutional?
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
According to Guardian, President Trump said: "We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military – national guard, but military – because we’re going into Chicago very soon, that’s a big city with an incompetent governor." Surely that suggestion is unconstitutional?
Robert Reich wrote: "Trump is showing growing signs of dementia. He’s increasingly unhinged. He’s 79 years old with a family history of dementia. He could well be going nuts... Perhaps the most telling evidence of Trump’s growing dementia is his paranoid thirst for revenge..." Congress needs to act!
September 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Robert Reich wrote: "Trump is showing growing signs of dementia. He’s increasingly unhinged. He’s 79 years old with a family history of dementia. He could well be going nuts... Perhaps the most telling evidence of Trump’s growing dementia is his paranoid thirst for revenge..." Congress needs to act!
The prosecution of former FBI director James Comey gives new life to the old phrase "Trumped up charges". :-)
September 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The prosecution of former FBI director James Comey gives new life to the old phrase "Trumped up charges". :-)
The Guardian just published an article about the National Railway Museum: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘A hub of humanity’: National Railway Museum space reopens after £11m refit
Station Hall displays from a microwave-burger box to royal carriages intended to showcase best and worst of rail travel
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September 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The Guardian just published an article about the National Railway Museum: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why did Khalil not get due process?
September 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Why did Khalil not get due process?
Robert Reich writes: "On March 8, immigration agents appeared at Khalil’s apartment building and told him he was being detained. They then revoked Khalil’s green card and student visa and held him at a Louisiana detention facility for 104 days before a federal judge ordered him released."
September 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Robert Reich writes: "On March 8, immigration agents appeared at Khalil’s apartment building and told him he was being detained. They then revoked Khalil’s green card and student visa and held him at a Louisiana detention facility for 104 days before a federal judge ordered him released."
William Kristol wrote: "In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts ...." Sounds like corruption.
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
William Kristol wrote: "In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts ...." Sounds like corruption.
Donald Trump's attacks on the constitutional right to free speech ought to alarm citizens. News sources report: "Trump pushes justice department to prosecute his political opponents". That is a violation of the US constitution, for which a president can be impeached.
September 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Donald Trump's attacks on the constitutional right to free speech ought to alarm citizens. News sources report: "Trump pushes justice department to prosecute his political opponents". That is a violation of the US constitution, for which a president can be impeached.
Robert Reich (robertreich@substack.com) writes that Amazon is marketing a fake version of his Book "Coming up Short". He wrote: "I’ve repeatedly alerted Amazon to these frauds, but they’ve done nothing."
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Robert Reich (robertreich@substack.com) writes that Amazon is marketing a fake version of his Book "Coming up Short". He wrote: "I’ve repeatedly alerted Amazon to these frauds, but they’ve done nothing."
Robert Reich quoted William Butler Yeats today;
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
September 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Robert Reich quoted William Butler Yeats today;
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
It is interesting to watch Republicans violate the law and the constitution out of fear that Trump's poll numbers have fallen so low that they are sure they will lose badly in any mid-term elections that are not rigged. And this was once the party of law and order.
August 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It is interesting to watch Republicans violate the law and the constitution out of fear that Trump's poll numbers have fallen so low that they are sure they will lose badly in any mid-term elections that are not rigged. And this was once the party of law and order.
From the Washington Post: "Oklahoma will test some incoming teachers with ‘America-first’ exam" This sounds dangerously like fascism. It seems that teachers no longer have freedom of speech or of opinion.
August 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
From the Washington Post: "Oklahoma will test some incoming teachers with ‘America-first’ exam" This sounds dangerously like fascism. It seems that teachers no longer have freedom of speech or of opinion.
Today Robert Reich posted a cartoon of people holding a sign where the M in Trump's name was replaced by a swastika.
See: robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hou...
See: robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hou...
Office Hours: What the hell do they tell themselves?
How do Trump's Republican enablers in Congress, the Cabinet, and the White House justify their roles in dismantling American democracy?
robertreich.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Today Robert Reich posted a cartoon of people holding a sign where the M in Trump's name was replaced by a swastika.
See: robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hou...
See: robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hou...