Notices by Robert Reich (rbreich@masto.ai)

Trump’s testosterone-poisoned picks https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-testosterone-poisoned-picks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?

100%? 500%?

Try 1,085%

Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

https://buff.ly/4fwE36r

Office Hours: Who gave Trump a majority? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-who-gave-trump-a-majority?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"House Republicans have revived HR 9495, which would give Trump power to shut down nonprofits he doesn't like under the guise of fighting “terrorism.”
52 House Dems shamefully joined the GOP in voting for it last week.
Every Dem should vote against this authoritarian power-grab."

Top 10 Ways to Unrig the System | Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNxm4RgSNA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Trump will be the oldest president ever and is already showing cognitive decline. Yes, he'll be in the White House, but probably not in the driver's seat. I think that's why Elon Musk worked so hard to elect Trump and to position himself within the administration.

"Is America an oligarchy? Even a system that calls itself a democracy can become an oligarchy if power becomes concentrated in the hands of a few very wealthy people and corporations.

https://buff.ly/4ewJKQb"

Elon Musk says Americans must suffer "hardship" while he gets tax cuts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R_j2CNyFhY&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Trump’s “First Buddy” is in deep shit https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-first-buddy-is-in-deep-shit?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Americans want a fairer economy. Trump Republicans won’t deliver one.

Instead, Trump and his allies are readying more tax cuts for big corporations and the wealthy and regulatory rollbacks.

They’re preparing to hand the country over to billionaires.

Be warned.

Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15%. This would give...

-The 5 largest banks a $4.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest drug makers a $3.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest US oil companies a $2.5B tax cut
-The 5 largest grocery stores a $1.7B tax cut

Some populist, huh?

Hello?

Ever since Citizens United, outside spending on elections by groups like super PACs has skyrocketed.

The biggest individual donor to outside spending groups in 2024 was Timothy Mellon — heir to the Mellon banking fortune.

This is how dynastic wealth corrupts our politics.

So the richest man in the world spent $130 million to elect Donald Trump.

Now he's being put in charge of a "government efficiency" agency while controlling corporations with billions in government contracts that are also under federal investigations.

See how this works?

The Democratic party should use this inflection point to shift ground – from being the party of well-off college graduates, big corporations, “never-Tumpers” like Dick Cheney and vacuous “centrism” – to an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans.

This is and should be the Lesson of the 2024 election.

Trump's nomination of Gaetz will be the clearest signal yet of whether GOP senators are ready to do his bidding on all sorts of issues.

If Trump can get 51 votes for Gaetz, he can get a Senate majority for just about anything — like cutting back Social Security.

Be warned.

One of Trump's biggest promises was to address the rising cost of living. But will he do anything to challenge the main source of high prices — corporations who have gobbled up their competitors and now have enough market power to keep prices high even as their costs have dropped? Of course not.

Corporate monopolies get rich, and we pay the tab. Keep the receipts.

Trump said he’d drain the Washington swamp. But he appointed more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his first admin than any admin in history.

What's he planning for his second term? Appointing more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his admin. Hello?

Trump's early admin picks (Wiles as chief of staff, Miller as deputy chief of staff, Homan as border czar, Zeldin as EPA administrator, Stefanik as ambassador to the U.N.) have one thing in common.

It’s not their expertise. It’s their unblinking loyalty to Trump.

Be warned.