We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

Virginians, If having a Democratic majority in Congress is important, you must vote for Jay Jones for Attorney General. If Virginia poceeds with redistricting the Attorney General will defend legal challenges against it. The fate of democracy is way more important than some unfortunate text messages

The brutality. The corruption. The lies. Everything is on full display — and many Americans are beginning to learn an important lesson. Watch.

@50501movement.bsky.social, I've seen a lot of calls for a general strike which seems likely to hurt as much as it helps. 2 small steps: 1. Move your money Mondays: invest with allies 2. Super Saturday: save up and spend on 1 saturday a month with allies #nokings #50501movement 🧵...

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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

Trump just called American citizens “the enemy within,” encouraging the men and women of the armed forces to use OUR cities as military training grounds. It’s time to wake up, put aside our differences, and create a united front to oppose Trump’s unconstitutional and illegal abuse of power.

A disgrace. Border Patrol “commander” on who gets detained in Chicago. “‘Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?’ he said to the reporter, a middle-aged man of Anglo descent.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Since Charlie Kirk's death, Trump's administration has made it clear that they're launching a serious campaign against the left. The president's executive order, deeming "antifa" as a terrorist org, acts as a blueprint, according to one expert.

“The outcry against this butchery started in the Army itself. [General Nelson] Miles was incensed that the simple surrender of a peaceful band of Lakotas had become what he called a ‘criminal military blunder and a horrible massacre of women and children.’” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube. It would be a shame for you to share it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"Umberto Eco warned in the 1990s of the ghost of fascism re-emerging to stalk the world. That ghost has become a clear and present danger today." www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...

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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

Bizarro! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-basic-struggle-today

This is the way.

This is very bad. Not just for the homeless; it is ripe for abuse. There is a long history, including here in the US, of using insanity as a pretext for falsely imprisoning dissidents. This is a much bigger problem than it may seem. #homeless #FirstTheyCame #nokings also, #epstein

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

This is unacceptable. There is no justification for this. It must end. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days. They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention. Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...

Nice to see that somebody still follows the law. m.richmondfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

The cruelty is the point. youtu.be/4T8jF8BEeCM?... #resist #fascism #nokings

Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”. This is fascism.

Here's a good first analysis of the Texas flood tragedy. open.substack.com/pub/theeyewa...

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all

I flagged this in April and have been howling it into the void. Trump wants Black & Latino incarcerated U.S. citizens sent to CECOT in El Salvador, Congo, South Sudan. These are the “homegrown” Trump talked about with the Salvadoran PM. Please. Take this seriously. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Let’s call it what it is — UVA President Jim Ryan’s forced resignation is an attack on all of our public higher education institutions.

The budget bill contains tens of billions to fund an army of 10,000 more ICE agents. This is a red alert moment for our democracy.

The Supreme Court has imperiled the health of millions, denying Medicaid patients access to their preferred provider. But Justice Jackson’s dissent warns of a secondary blow in the court's decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, one that threatens a foundational civil rights law.

Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!

Important. We’re sliding down the slope. Actually, we’re sliding because Stephen Miller is pushing. He knows what he’s doing. Domestic deployment of the military at the absolute discretion of the president — a big move, a big prize, for the authoritarians.

If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge. Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden. This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy. It’s not America. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...

Bottom line: MAGA can't use reconciliation to cut SNAP, at least not as the budget bill's drafted. This fight's not over though. @indivisibleva.bsky.social @50501virginia.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...

61 years ago today, the Klan murdered three civil rights workers in Mississippi. One of them was a childhood friend. I'd like to share what he meant to me. https://youtu.be/u-kv3wdqqNo?si=Zc3Uh-CJOcODt-RW