There’s more to the SAVE Act than disenfranchising legal voters. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8bC8g7v/

the interior spiral staircase of the Torre dei Lamberti in Verona, Italy

Washington just passed a “millionaire tax,” after Massachusetts passed its own in 2022. New Mexico enacted universal childcare last year. And organizers in Montana and California are advancing a ballot measure that would get corporate money out of politics. We still have power to fix the system.

Lieu: "I want the White House to send Kevin Hassett to every single TV channel and to every single swing House district where he can tell the voters of America that hurting consumers is 'the last of our concerns.'"

The spectacular vaulted ceiling of the Marble Hall within Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.

Iran

"I don't know how to save the world. I don't have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth's inhabitants, none of us will survive-nor will we deserve to."

Stripping the Electoral College of its grip on our elections is as almost as straightforward. States must cooperate. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

GOOD NEWS: The world’s largest steam-producing heat pump is now online in Finland, delivering 12 MW of superheated steam from waste heat and CO₂-free electricity. Proof that industrial heat can be electrified at scale. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/19/w...

Persian architecture

Call your senators now. US Congressional Switchboard (202) 224-3121 youtube.com/shorts/0a9zL...

The 3rd Floor of the Seattle Central Library

The SAVE Act has passed the House It will disenfranchise many but married women the most If your current name doesn’t match your birth certificate have marriage licenses & divorce decrees ready Others will need adoption papers etc Call your Senators Congressional switchboard (202) 224-3121

And here we are. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89fLR1C/

No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main . . . Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. John Donne 1624 This was by the door in my childhood home.

Your First Amendment rights when protesting Here are key rights every Connecticut resident should know, whether a U.S. citizen or not. ctmirror.org/2026/01/27/y...

Casa en el bosque Puerto Varas Daiber Aceituno Arquitectos

The intricate interior tilework of the Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran

Just sky rocketing inflation at home as US citizens have to pay these US economy killing tariffs. Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney apnews.com/article/trum...

1/8 Peaceful non violent protest can work. Minnesota is leading the way It needs to be organized, substantial, & sustained while still allowing people to survive Large nationwide strikes/protests on weekends/fed holidays followed by rolling protests/strikes across the country every day in between

This is Pulitzer worthy. #Minnesota

Just a decade ago. substack.com/@beinglibera...

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In the spirit of Dr. King, we must respond to ICE's tyranny with peaceful, mass civil disobedience across America. I stand with the people of Minnesota and other cities across the country who are doing that today.

This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says

Students for Socialism at the UF JAN 23 — WE WALK OUT. Minneapolis is preparing for a GENERAL STRIKE. From workplaces to campuses, people are refusing business as usual while ICE terror, war, and racism continue. 🕒 3 PM 📍 Walk out to Plaza of the Americas Gainesville to Minneapolis — shut it down.

MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Remember this.

The Art Deco masterpiece, American Radiator Building, Manhattan, NYC. c.1924

Wangxian Valley, China Cliff-hugging houses that look like they’re floating above the valley stitched together by endless wooden stairways.

Meshtastic discussion on Wired. youtu.be/wnhCuYRYCdM?...

Renee Nicole Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us.

How our pets grieve and what you can do to comfort them: www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...

How they’re trying to squeeze even more from the 99% for the 1%. youtube.com/shorts/-rR2g...

Mathematician Ruth Moufang, known for extending Hilbert's axioms for plane geometry to projective geometry, was born #OTD in 1905. The Nazis dismissed her from teaching, but she later became the first woman officially titled as professor of mathematics in Germany. 🧪 👩‍🔬

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

January 9, 2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

1/8 Has an unlawful regime been removed by lawful means? Yes.

He turned trashed oyster shells into stunning porcelain… is this the future of rethinking what garbage can become? 🦪

Your activism will be even more important this year. Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.

There really needs to be a 💔 button as well.

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.

The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE&feature=youtu.be

Friends — Here's one "big idea" for how we can start to fix the system in 2026. Let me know your thoughts. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united