Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.

I remember when a president admitting to a bribery scheme would've been a career-ending scandal. Quaint times.

#Trump is a #pedophile #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles

"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff

Donald Trump isn't interested in wielding his antitrust authority to protect the American people and preserve competition in our economy — he's using it to reward his allies. It's all out on the open.

Rebecca Slaughter helped the FTC sue big corporations for abusing their power and ripping off customers. Then Trump fired her. Today, a lawsuit over the legality of her firing will be argued before SCOTUS. Watch my recent conversation with Slaughter youtu.be/HxQJinGZijY?...

Rep. Adelita Grijalva was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents during a raid last week. Remember: ICE is getting $170B in new funding from Trump's Big Ugly Bill and lowering its hiring standards. If Trump's thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you.

Snow blower from the 1930s

If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end

“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. But teach a man how to fish and Pete Hegseth will murder him.”

Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project? Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E

I know it has been a long ass time but… more ‘Conjuring A Midnight Garden’ went up on substack and it’s the best installment yet.

A Minnesota preacher told sheriff’s detectives that his church made no attempt to “hide” a child abuser and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement. But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

The Trump regime's war crime spree is in service of a deeply racist foreign policy doctrine.

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-Bust up monopolies -Boost unions -$20/hr fed minimum wage -Ban Wall Street from buying homes -Pass M4A -Universal childcare -Get rid of Trump’s tariffs -Enact UBI -Tax the rich These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.

I PROMISE you... people like this guy, specifically, when they do public performative sadism like this? This guy has incredibly bad/dark shit in his closet. The kind of stuff that one might be publicly hanged for.

Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night. Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim. Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen. Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

100% THIS!!!!

73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data. Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.” As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.

According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information. Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?

The collective 7.5% tax rate paid over 7 years by American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and United is about half the 14.5% paid by the average U.S. household in 2022. Counting only Delta, Southwest and United—the collective tax rate declines to 4%. The tax code is rigged.

Childhood vaccination rates were falling before Trump took office. But RFK Jr.'s latest attacks on vaccines will make new outbreaks of old diseases even more deadly. I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We do not want to go back to that era.

It was never about peace on the Russia 🇷🇺 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 war. For Trump and Putin it was only about how quickly Trump could deliver a victory and Ukrainian territory to Putin.

I'm formally requesting/demanding the release of the #TrumpEpsteinFiles one more time!

And yet.... #HakeemJeffries...is his latest fanboy..... #primaryhim JFC. 😡🙄🤮 Jeffries has about as much depth as a sheet of paper and he excites me about as much as a limp egg noodle in a wet paper bag. 🙄 #Shitler #draftdodger #dementiadon #diaperdon #SleepyDon #FDJT #ETTD #pedophile #trumpstein

Trump’s insults, tantrums, and threats have exploded. He’s losing control over what he says, descending into angry, venomous, often dangerous territory. A filterless president who says anything that comes into his head poses a unique danger. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/age-and-inhibition

When Bezos changed the Washington Post's editorial board standards to align with “personal liberties and free markets,” he meant his own liberty to become even richer and more powerful, as the rest of America slides into worse economic insecurity and fear.

Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream. Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads. Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks United workers in New York. Listen to their powerful message of solidarity.

I should not be cackling, this is a sad and serious business. And yet. —— Government accountability office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...

Drug dealers and corrupt politicians, that’s who Trump pardons. 💯% on-brand for him. “President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would pardon Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, who was indicted last year on bribery and money laundering charges.”

The WSJ Editorial Board “Those 400 tons of cocaine, transshipped via Honduras, were worth $10 billion in the U.S. . . “‘he knew and understood the violence that accompanies drug trafficking, and in facilitating trafficking, he knowingly facilitated the violence.’” www.wsj.com/opinion/juan...

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

The Trump admin is systematically firing immigration judges across the country for no reason other their above average grant rates. The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the “deportation judges” they want.

Trump loves murdering brown people.

Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B. Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct. A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.