Robert Reich

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Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder, @InequalityMedia. Preorder my new book below:

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1Oct 29, '24Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add 17.1×9.9M102k31k23k
2Jan 14, '23If Elon Musk can afford to lose $200 billion in a single year, he can afford a wealth tax.16.5×9.5M98k13k286
3Jan 15, '23Moderna is planning to charge $130 for its COVID vaccine, but the vaccine only costs $2.85 to make. Meanwhile, over the last two years, the company made over $19 billion in profits13.9×8M97k26k717
4Sep 1, '24Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.2512.4×7.2M148k20k2.1k
5Sep 24, '25The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth ri6.8×3.9M119k27k4.9k
6Nov 10, '24To recap, the Republican Party has opposed: -Paid sick leave -Paid family & medical leave -Universal childcare -Universal pre-K -Tax increases on corporations & the rich -T6.2×3.6M99k22k5.3k
7Jun 1, '20Your reminder that tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war.5.8×0386k106k1.6k
8Oct 12, '24Look, if you make less than $400K a year, Kamala Harris is not going to raise your taxes. Period. And if you make more than $400K… Congratulations! You're doing great. And you can 5.3×3.1M76k10k680
9Jun 24, '22Forced birth in a country with: —No universal healthcare —No universal childcare —No paid family & medical leave —One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nati5.0×0320k91k3k
10Jan 9, '21Republicans who say we can't impeach a president 10 days before an inauguration had no trouble confirming a Supreme Court justice 8 days before an election.3.9×0288k56k715
11Sep 12, '17Our silence on this is embarrassing.3.4×0175k90k1
12May 24, '22Forced birth in a country that refuses to protect children from being murdered at school.3.3×0232k51k894
13Jan 28, '21If Redditors rallying GameStop is unacceptable market manipulation, what would you call it when greedy Wall Street bankers gambled away our entire economy in 2008 and faced no cons3.3×0247k43k1.2k
14Apr 26, '22Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. Elon Musk owns Twitter. When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for2.9×0191k41k1.8k
15Sep 30, '25This signature?2.9×1.7M96k8.9k1.1k
16Oct 3, '20Shh don’t tell the Republicans, but at Walter Reed they have socialized medicine.2.7×0214k31k459
17Jun 3, '20RT if you want to see Congress pass legislation prohibiting the use of tear gas in the U.S.2.5×0114k73k183
18Oct 6, '20Please stop calling undocumented people who pay taxes “freeloaders”. A freeloader is a trust-fund billionaire who pays $0 in federal income taxes for 10 out of 15 years and then re2.4×0162k43k610
19Jan 10, '21Call me old-fashioned but I don't think a president who incites a coup against the U.S. government deserves a $200,000 pension for the rest of his life, along with a million-dollar2.4×0188k29k252
20Jun 11, '20I don't know who needs to hear this, but refusing to disclose the corporations receiving $500,000,000,000 in taxpayer-funded bailouts is just about as corrupt as it gets.2.4×0154k44k568
21Jan 9, '21Those now saying Twitter's ban violates free speech didn't object when the NFL fired Colin Kaepernick.2.3×0174k30k471
22Nov 3, '22Memo to the media: Please don't say inflation is at a 40-year high without also mentioning that corporate profits are at a 70-year high. Give the people the full picture.2.2×0129k41k979
23Feb 15, '21How about we nix Presidents Day and make Election Day a national holiday instead?2.0×0165k18k110
24May 27, '20So let me get this straight: Black Lives Matter protesters are tear gassed for protesting the murder of George Floyd, but MAGA protesters are left alone for bringing AR-15s inside 2.0×0124k35k374
25Mar 17, '20No industry -- not airlines, not hotels, not cruise ships -- should be bailed out. They can stay in business by borrowing at rock-bottom rates, using their assets as collateral. Ta1.9×0115k36k458
26Apr 28, '22So let me get this straight: conservatives love free speech for Elon Musk, but hate free speech for Colin Kaepernick?1.8×0121k17k420
27Jun 2, '20Where is Congress? Where is the Supreme Court? Where are the mayors and governors? Living former presidents? Where are the university presidents, foundation heads, religious leader1.8×0118k31k319
28Jan 9, '21So let me get this straight: Republicans in Congress wanted to impeach Obama for passing the Affordable Care Act, but they don't want to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection?1.8×0131k24k360
29Dec 18, '20We have a literal yacht tax deduction in this country, and our politicians have the nerve to call a survival check a handout.1.7×0125k26k603
30May 8, '20So let me get this straight: Black men are shot for jogging, but white men can bring AR-15s inside state capitols?1.7×0116k27k284
31Dec 17, '20Can I let you in on a secret? We have the money to extend unemployment benefits and send the American people $1,200 direct payments. The Pentagon spends $2,000,000,000 a day.1.7×0122k23k392
32May 31, '20More peaceful protestors and journalists have been jailed in the past week than all the bankers who were jailed for fraud during the financial collapse.1.6×0104k30k450
33Jan 9, '21If a president is not impeached and removed from office for seeking to overthrow the government of the United States in order to remain in power, I don't know what the Framers of t1.6×0120k21k282
34Sep 28, '20Donald Trump isn’t alone. The richest 1% of Americans is responsible for 70% of all unpaid taxes.1.5×0103k26k507
35Jun 25, '22If Thomas is correct, wouldn't the Supreme Court's 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia also have to be reversed, barring him from marrying Ginni?1.5×0113k17k533
36Jun 3, '20I have held off using the f word for three and a half years, but there is no longer any honest alternative. Trump is a fascist, and he is promoting fascism in America.1.5×0110k21k293
37Jan 14, '21In other news, America's billionaires could give everybody in the country a $3,000 stimulus check and still be richer than they were before the pandemic. It's past time for a wealt1.5×0109k22k347
38Sep 4, '20Trump attacked 17-year-old Greta Thunberg for fighting to save our burning planet, but defended Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old charged with murdering Black Lives Matter protesters1.5×0100k26k344
39Mar 21, '20As a former secretary of labor, I can tell you that the airlines don't deserve a $50 billion bailout. In the last 10 years, they spent 96% of their cash flow to buy back shares of 1.4×094k26k346
40Jan 6, '21Impeachment or 25th amendment. Either is fine. Must happen now. Trump shouldn't be in office another day.1.4×0112k17k103
41Apr 18, '20So let me get this straight: Jeff Bezos has grown his fortune by $24,000,000,000 during this pandemic, but he still can't afford to provide sick leave to all of his employees?1.4×091k26k278
42Feb 16, '21Another mindless Republican politician just blamed the power outage in Texas on the Green New Deal. Hello? It hasn't been implemented yet. Over 80% of Texas power is from non-renew1.4×0105k19k311
43Feb 14, '21I never want to hear Republicans talk about law and order again.1.4×0114k13k120
44Feb 11, '21Today, 15 Republican Senators chose not to attend Trump's trial. They should be held in contempt of Congress. Jurors in criminal trials cannot get up and leave the courtroom. If th1.4×094k19k197
45Jun 5, '22While Elon Musk lays off 10 percent of Tesla employees, he's set to take home $23 billion bonus. Yes, $23 billion. The economy is somehow always great for billionaires, bad for wor1.4×093k17k605
46Jun 3, '21Why did we all bust our as*es getting Democrats elected to the presidency and in control of both houses of Congress if they can't do a simple thing like protect voting rights?1.4×0101k16k253
47Jan 19, '21Here’s the difference, folks. When Colin Kaepernick speaks out against racial injustice, no team will sign him. When Josh Hawley gets dropped for helping incite an insurrection, he1.4×087k23k491
48Nov 4, '19Jeff Bezos' D.C. mansion will have: — 2 elevators — 25 bathrooms — 1,006 light fixtures — A full movie theater Amazon's Whole Foods cut health benefits for part-time workers less t1.4×085k25k250
49Sep 8, '20I refuse to tolerate a system that lets billionaires add $792,000,000,000 to their wealth during a pandemic but doesn’t raise the $7.25 minimum wage for over a decade.1.4×092k23k321
50Jan 6, '21Call me old-fashioned, but when armed insurgents breach the Capitol building at the request of a president, I'd call it an attempted coup.1.4×099k19k210
51Jun 23, '20So let me get this straight: Legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act has been sitting on McConnell’s desk for months — and he will directly benefit from his state allocating j1.3×078k27k276
52Jun 21, '20If you think Trump is on the ropes and will surely lose in November, think again. He will do anything to be reelected. Our side has limits because we believe in democracy. Trump ha1.3×088k21k226
53Jan 28, '21So let me get this straight: Redditors rallying GameStop is market manipulation, but hedge fund billionaires shorting a stock is just an investment strategy?1.3×099k17k359
54Dec 20, '20Call me a radical lefty, but I think frontline workers should have access to the vaccine before Republicans in Congress who refused to take it seriously.1.3×0107k14k99
55Mar 31, '20Unfettered capitalism is Jeff Bezos making $8,961,187 per hour but refusing to provide paid sick leave for all of his employees.1.3×085k24k260
56Dec 20, '19Just a casual reminder that 60% of all wealth in America is inherited. “Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” is a sham.1.3×082k20k817
57Jul 23, '20I don't know who needs to hear this, but including another $21,300,000,000 for the Pentagon in a bill that refuses to extend extra unemployment benefits for 25,000,000 people is th1.3×080k26k347
58Feb 24, '21I have this radical lefty belief that we shouldn’t spend $1,700,000,000,000 on a failed F-35 fighter jet program when 94% of public school teachers are forced to spend their own mo1.3×092k18k283
59Jan 15, '21McConnell refuses to call the Senate back into session to convict Trump. Why does one man — who only 1.2 million people voted for — hold absolute power over 330 million people?1.3×091k16k189
60Feb 22, '21If you let your constituents freeze to death, you’re not pro-life.1.2×098k14k132
61Jan 18, '21Mexico has 2 days to pay for the wall.1.2×0100k11k104
62Feb 16, '22Starbucks is raising prices after reporting a 31% increase in profits. The company’s revenue increased by almost 20% to over $8,000,000,000. Their CEO’s pay increased by almost 40%1.2×076k19k628
63Jan 10, '21I'm fed up with fascists calling for unity. The rest of us have to unify against them.1.2×096k14k158
64Feb 26, '21Why did we all bust our as*es getting Democrats elected to the presidency and in control of both houses of Congress if they can't do a simple thing like raise the minimum wage to $1.2×089k13k221
65Sep 1, '21News flash: If you ban mask mandates, outlaw abortions, dictate what educators can teach in schools, and stop people from voting, you're not the party of "limited government."1.2×078k20k602
66Nov 14, '20Donald Trump is the only president in history to have been impeached, lost the popular vote, and be limited to a one-term presidency. A fitting legacy.1.2×096k11k260
67Apr 23, '21You know how you got your vaccine without paying a dime? That’s how all health care could be.1.2×092k14k146
68Nov 24, '20If we can afford a $740,000,000,000 military budget, we can surely afford to pay people to stay home to contain Covid.1.2×094k12k189
69Aug 23, '21I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my six-year-old friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get polio shots (without the howl1.2×084k15k288
70Jan 22, '21Folks, this is not complicated. Without accountability, the next coup will succeed.1.2×086k16k160
71Feb 27, '21So let me get this straight: essential workers are essential to keeping the economy going, but it's not essential to pay them a living wage?1.2×086k15k149
72Apr 12, '20So let me get this straight: We can afford to give airline companies billions in bailout even when they’ve spent billions on stock buybacks, but we can’t afford to bail out the pos1.1×076k19k180
73Feb 9, '21How can you have a fair trial if the jurors are co-conspirators?1.1×089k13k127
74Aug 10, '20What would you give to watch Ted Cruz try to live off of a single $1,200 check for 4 months?1.1×091k11k86
75Apr 24, '22When billionaires like Elon Musk justify their motives by using “freedom,” beware. What they actually seek is freedom from accountability.1.1×074k13k587
76Feb 7, '21I will never accept a system that enables billionaires to add $1,100,000,000,000 to their wealth during a pandemic but doesn’t raise the $7.25 minimum wage for over a decade. Tax t1.1×083k16k209
77Feb 20, '21The next time you hear Republicans in Congress accuse AOC of being divisive, please remind them that she used her platform to raise more than $3M for a red state.1.1×088k14k177
78May 26, '21Call me old-fashioned, but I think ending poverty and hunger on Earth is more important than colonizing Mars.1.1×086k13k195
79Sep 19, '20So let me get this straight: a Democratic president can’t appoint a new a justice to the Supreme Court during an election year, but a Republican president can?1.1×074k16k149
80Oct 10, '20Next time you hear Trump and his enablers touting the economy, remind them that more Americans have filed for unemployment this year than voted for Trump in 2016.1.1×072k21k426
81Feb 14, '19So let me get this straight: Declaring Election Day a national holiday would be a "power grab," but declaring a national emergency over a manufactured crisis is totally fine?1.1×072k21k114
82Sep 15, '20Jeff Bezos could give every Amazon employee $105,000 and still be as rich as he was before the pandemic. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, I'm not sure what will.1.1×074k20k377
83Dec 27, '20So let me get this straight: After months of downplaying the virus, Marco Rubio is now attacking Dr. Fauci, but he was first in line to get vaccinated?1.1×084k13k138
84Nov 6, '21So let me get this straight: Aaron Rodgers can spread misinformation about vaccines, but Colin Kaepernick can't speak the truth about racial injustice?1.1×076k16k181
85Sep 3, '20How is it that Jeff Bezos can grow his wealth by $13,000,000,000 in a single day but Amazon can’t afford to provide paid sick leave to its warehouse workers?1.1×075k17k138
86Mar 24, '20As a former secretary of labor, I can tell you that we shouldn't be talking about stimulating the economy or going back to work. We should be talking about shutting down the econom1.1×073k18k895
87Jul 25, '20So let me get this straight: Elon Musk doesn't think the government should bail out the American people during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, but he has no p1.1×072k17k186
88May 17, '20Call me old-fashioned, but it’s nice to see a president speak in coherent sentences.1.1×091k9.2k41
89Apr 4, '21So let me get this straight: 55 of the most profitable companies in America paid no federal income taxes, but Republicans in Congress still think corporate taxes are too high?1.1×075k17k329
90Jan 12, '21If any member of Congress dies after catching COVID from Republicans who refused to wear masks, those Republicans must be indicted and convicted for involuntary manslaughter.1.1×083k12k126
91Dec 2, '20Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them sick leave, health care and hazard pay.1.1×081k13k182
92Jan 7, '21We spend $716,000,000,000 on defense and insurrectionists were practically escorted into the U.S. Capitol. Read that again.1.0×075k16k246
93Feb 1, '21A 0.1% tax on Wall Street trades would generate $777 billion over a decade. That's enough to end homelessness in the United States 38 times over.1.0×074k15k353
94May 3, '22News flash: If you outlaw abortions, ban mask mandates, dictate what educators can teach in schools, and stop people from voting, you're not the party of "limited government."1.0×075k14k427
95Feb 7, '21Anyone else wondering why Louis DeJoy is still postmaster general?1.0×078k10k87
96Jan 14, '21Can you imagine how much better off we’d be right now if Trump was convicted the first time he was impeached?1.0×080k8k56
97Mar 8, '21When you get your stimulus check, be sure to thank Black organizers and voters in Georgia.0.9×076k9.1k55
98Feb 21, '22How about we nix Presidents Day and make Election Day a national holiday instead?0.9×072k8.4k57
99Aug 12, '20I think @SenWarren would make a great Senate Majority Leader. What do you think?0.9×073k7.1k50
100Jan 11, '21We must ensure that Donald Trump can never hold public office again.0.9×075k7.8k32

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