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Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.
It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
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NEW: The Trump administration's brutal removal of so many workers is projected to shrink the nation’s GDP by as much as 6.8% — a deeper hit than the one sustained during the Great Recession.
A.J. Schumann:
A.J. Schumann:
Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers. They’re Tanking The Economy. - OtherWords
Trump claimed immigrants were “taking your jobs.” But during his brutal crackdown, the job market has only gotten worse.
otherwords.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW: The Trump administration's brutal removal of so many workers is projected to shrink the nation’s GDP by as much as 6.8% — a deeper hit than the one sustained during the Great Recession.
A.J. Schumann:
A.J. Schumann:
Can the EPA legally do this? Doesn’t P stand for Protection?!
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Can the EPA legally do this? Doesn’t P stand for Protection?!
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The US has drafted a coin featuring Trump. Here’s a better way to immortalize him. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/16/us-coin-trump
The US has drafted a coin featuring Trump. Here’s a better way to immortalize him | Robert Reich
It is our solemn duty to ensure he is remembered for all he has done and may still do to destroy US democracy
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The US has drafted a coin featuring Trump. Here’s a better way to immortalize him. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/16/us-coin-trump
Only corrupt leaders fire or push out truth-tellers. This is tragic.
Thousands of attorneys have left the Trump Justice Department this year. We talked to 60 about what alarmed them most.
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Only corrupt leaders fire or push out truth-tellers. This is tragic.
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Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer.
So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals
So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer.
So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals
So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals
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The U.S. agricultural industry is bracing for the potential of tens of billions of dollars in losses after China on Friday announced a 34% retaliatory tariff on all U.S. products. China’s counterpunch to the Trump administration’s policies will hit American farmers hard.
U.S. Farmers Brace for Losses in New Trade War With China
China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The U.S. agricultural industry is bracing for the potential of tens of billions of dollars in losses after China on Friday announced a 34% retaliatory tariff on all U.S. products. China’s counterpunch to the Trump administration’s policies will hit American farmers hard.
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Who lost their jobs at the FDA?
The people who determine if a costly drug is ready to be a generic
The people who test food and drugs for contaminants and deadly bacteria in several labs were let go
The people talking to overseas drug safety regulators to get ahead of foodborne illness & deaths
The people who determine if a costly drug is ready to be a generic
The people who test food and drugs for contaminants and deadly bacteria in several labs were let go
The people talking to overseas drug safety regulators to get ahead of foodborne illness & deaths
FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety (Gift Article)
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who lost their jobs at the FDA?
The people who determine if a costly drug is ready to be a generic
The people who test food and drugs for contaminants and deadly bacteria in several labs were let go
The people talking to overseas drug safety regulators to get ahead of foodborne illness & deaths
The people who determine if a costly drug is ready to be a generic
The people who test food and drugs for contaminants and deadly bacteria in several labs were let go
The people talking to overseas drug safety regulators to get ahead of foodborne illness & deaths
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At least two offices of the National Weather Service have said they are delaying or skipping sending staff into the field to survey damage from this week’s severe weather, a key step that meteorologists usually use to confirm whether or not a tornado has struck.
Some Weather Service Offices Are Delaying or Skipping Storm Surveys
At least two Weather Service offices in Kentucky cited the continued threat of bad weather.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At least two offices of the National Weather Service have said they are delaying or skipping sending staff into the field to survey damage from this week’s severe weather, a key step that meteorologists usually use to confirm whether or not a tornado has struck.
Yep, he hates the poor. We tried to tell you. But choosing a golden calf seemed fine to you. I’m sorry for you and much more sorry for those relying on LIHEAP.
The Trump administration abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the U.S. pay their heating and cooling bills.
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yep, he hates the poor. We tried to tell you. But choosing a golden calf seemed fine to you. I’m sorry for you and much more sorry for those relying on LIHEAP.
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Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! 👇
March 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! 👇
Terrible!
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Terrible!
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Five years after COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, Donald Trump's botched response remains one of the worst moments our nation experienced during his first term in office.
Here are other moments you've probably forgotten. https://youtu.be/gdstZDCCgAc?si=_RiziFsySPY9mjx7
Here are other moments you've probably forgotten. https://youtu.be/gdstZDCCgAc?si=_RiziFsySPY9mjx7
10 Worst Things About The Trump Presidency | Robert Reich
Donald Trump left office with the lowest approval rating of any president ever. But some people now seem to be suffering from amnesia. Let me jog your memory.
youtu.be
March 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Five years after COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, Donald Trump's botched response remains one of the worst moments our nation experienced during his first term in office.
Here are other moments you've probably forgotten. https://youtu.be/gdstZDCCgAc?si=_RiziFsySPY9mjx7
Here are other moments you've probably forgotten. https://youtu.be/gdstZDCCgAc?si=_RiziFsySPY9mjx7
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In all our winning, we have lost Jesus. In all our self-congratulations, we have lost our souls.
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In all our winning, we have lost Jesus. In all our self-congratulations, we have lost our souls.
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Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
February 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
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The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director.
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
February 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director.
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
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On Monday, USAID's IG warned that Trump's agency cuts have made it harder to root out fraud and abuse — and that nearly $500M in food was about to spoil due to Trump's foreign aid freeze.
On Tuesday, Trump fired him.
So much for transparency.
On Tuesday, Trump fired him.
So much for transparency.
USAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency | CNN Politics
The inspector general of the US Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday, a day after his office released a report critical of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
On Monday, USAID's IG warned that Trump's agency cuts have made it harder to root out fraud and abuse — and that nearly $500M in food was about to spoil due to Trump's foreign aid freeze.
On Tuesday, Trump fired him.
So much for transparency.
On Tuesday, Trump fired him.
So much for transparency.
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What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
February 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
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Elon Musk’s 20-year-old staffers are not only demanding access to highly restricted information but are also displaying aggressive behavior—shouting at anyone who stands in their way, resorting to name-calling, throwing tantrums, and even hitting objects in anger.
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Elon Musk’s 20-year-old staffers are not only demanding access to highly restricted information but are also displaying aggressive behavior—shouting at anyone who stands in their way, resorting to name-calling, throwing tantrums, and even hitting objects in anger.
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When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt.
This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.
This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.
February 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt.
This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.
This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.
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I was just outside the Treasury Department where Elon Musk has launched a full scale authoritarian takeover. My message to Musk is simple: get your hands off our money and get the hell out.
February 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was just outside the Treasury Department where Elon Musk has launched a full scale authoritarian takeover. My message to Musk is simple: get your hands off our money and get the hell out.