How did my generation – the baby boomers – squander the potential our parents left us? What can our children do to correct our mistakes? These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short. You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich

“How Jared Kushner’s Bold Bets In The Middle East Made Him A Billionaire” @mhunterhart.bsky.social , @giacomotognini.bsky.social for Forbes in Sept.

California is currently weighing a ballot initiative that would institute a one-time wealth tax on billionaires living in the state. I think it’s a good idea. Watch what my friend Bernie Sanders had to say.

Yet another sad reminder that there is a two-tiered justice system in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else. If elites can be held accountable in other parts of the world, why can't they be held accountable in America?

What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years? Take a guess and watch this video to find out.

Trump has turned the Department of Justice into his own personal vendetta machine. And Pam Bondi has been happy to go along for the ride. We're witnessing the most egregious politicization of the DOJ in recent memory — and I lived through the Nixon years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”

America gave up kings 250 years ago and adopted a system in which “no one is above the law.” But presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity. Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute. Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections. The legacy of the John Roberts Supreme Court.

Regular Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich get tax cuts. They struggle while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets. Their voices are drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is broken? This is why we must fix the system.

Palantir Technologies raked in $1.5 BILLION in income last year — including from lucrative taxpayer-funded DHS contracts — and paid ZERO federal income tax. It's fast becoming the most dangerous and least accountable corporation in America. https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=RCrKYNu1bMlNhU0G

What are your thoughts? My latest on Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fascist-dictator-or-16th-century

A hand-picked panel of Trump loyalists just rubber-stamped his plans to build a White House ballroom, funded by billionaires and corporate donors. This could be the most corrupt thing a president has ever done. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=GZhIGzaaS50AjCk3

Almost 250 years after we broke with George III, the question must now be faced: Are we a monarchy or a nation of laws? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fascist-dictator-or-16th-century

State elections matter. A lot.

This should be a bigger story. More than 15,000 American farms shut down in 2025.

More than a year after the Trump administration was first sued over its anti-transgender prison policies, DOJ literally showed up in court Thursday morning with a new policy — and it is even more anti-trans, aiming to end trans-related care in federal prisons altogether.

When we topple the Trump regime we should claw back every dime his family pilfers from the U.S. Treasury. Include all the fines & restitution he allowed fraudsters to get out of paying via corrupt pardons. Costing Americans billions. Stop MAGA now.

Sometimes all you can do is laugh.

We are a nation of laws, not of men. This banner symbolizes a disgusting betrayal of our values. www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...

One side of the coin is that a lawmaker is saying that educating himself made him change his mind on an issue. (Which, good!) The other side of the coin is that he's admitting that he authored, sponsored, filed a bill while having evidently spent no time doing reading or research about the topic.

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented. Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

has the resistance found its footing? @hcrichardson.bsky.social suggests so..... AND I SUGGEST IT TOO youtu.be/ts2Kazx-ruY?...

Now, get these bastards to comply. Because this could be wonderful news.

This is sooo on-brand for the Trump Regime. Even as Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is reported to be sleeping with her security guard, her husband is evidently roaming the halls of the Dept. of Labor to sexually harass staffers. This is Trump's America. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...

NEW: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been barred from entering Labor Department HQ after two female staffers accused him of sexual assault inside the building, according to NYT. One alleged incident was captured on security cameras and is now part of a criminal investigation.

As former bank employee I'm not laughing. We are required to report this exact situation to the police. He not only said the words but he grabbed his arm and squeezed while threatening him. We are watching the elder abuse of a witness of a large child sex trafficking ring. #Epstein

So here's a hardened criminal in Minnesota who was about to go away for good and he went free ... because Trump and the MAGA degenerates are so focused on shooting protesters and assaulting law-abiding grandmas. apnews.com/article/minn...

Congress is pushing through bills that could exclude millions of eligible U.S. citizens from voting. Call your Senator now and demand they vote NO on any bill that makes it harder for us to vote.

The White House sent Trump to Georgia for damage control on the economy and health care ... instead he focused yet again on 2020 election denial. None of this bodes well for the GOP!

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Undocumented immigrants don’t vote Trump was not “exonerated” re: Epstein The board of peace is a huge grift The Melania movie was a bribe You pay the tariffs The boat bombings are murder The ceasefire is not a ceasefire Ice is not targeting criminals And on and on

Beyond parody. How many dictatorship-style monuments, building name changes, and fake awards do Americans have to endure?

Illinois was the first in the Midwest to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour. For 1.4 million workers, it was their first raise in nearly a decade. I promised as a candidate to build an economy that works for everyone — and that's been a priority of my administration.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao made a triumphant return to the U. S.—his first visit since his release from prison in 2024—attending a crypto conference at Mar-a-Lago.

Today is also the anniversary of FDR's signing of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast. February 19—not a great day in American history!

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

Buh-bye, democracy. SAVE US FROM THE SAVE ACT CALL YOUR SENATOR: 202 224-3121

More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes. Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted. Beautiful and devastating all at once.

This is the eighth death in ICE custody in the last seven weeks.

reported by reuters, link to the ruling in the story www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

The Trump administration is trying to reopen a shuttered correctional facility in Dublin, California notorious for its decrepit conditions and history of inmate sexual abuse. Its proposed new tenant? ICE. I’m leading the fight in Congress to oppose this dangerous move.

Totally representative of the Trump regime. A competent military chasing the fever dreams of a senile crazy man with no competent policy advisors.

Posting for no reason whatsoever youtu.be/TvnYmWpD_T8?...

NEW: Major, BFD action by blue states standing up to ICE. Maryland, on Tuesday, banned local law enforcement from being part of ICE's notorious 287(g) program.  That automatically forces *9* sheriffs out of their ICE contract! And New Mexico did the same last week:

This here just sort of…sums it up.

“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.” This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate." #TrumpSyndicate

We're announcing $107 million in grants to 42 communities across California to prevent gun violence. That brings our total investments to more than $350 million since 2018. Violent crime in California is now down 12%. Gun violence is preventable — and we're proving it.