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The Biggest Contrast in the Upcoming Election (Other Than Democracy vs. "Blood in the Streets" Fascism)

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

One of my goals in this column is to give you the facts and analysis you need to make informed decisions, especially political ones — and equip you to spread the word to others. So here goes on social security.

During a typically rambling and incoherent interview last week, Trump admitted he would cut Social Security and Medicare if reelected...Read more

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The Case for Nauseous Optimism

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

I chose the word nauseous over cautious because my stomach is churning at the very possibility Trump could get a second term. But I don’t believe that will happen. The progressive forces in America are overtaking the regressive.

I’m not paying attention to polls. It’s way too early to worry about them. Most of the public hasn’t even ...Read more

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Escaping Trump’s Revenge

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

Nikki Haley won the Republican primary in Washington, D.C., yesterday, with about 63% of the vote to Donald Trump’s 33%, securing all 19 available delegates, and becoming the first woman to ever win a Republican presidential primary.

To be sure, the contest was tiny: Just over 2,000 Republicans voted in the overwhelmingly Democratic city of ...Read more

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Trump Continues to Do Poorly in Republican Caucuses and Primaries

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

Don’t fall for the media hoopla. In fact, Donald Trump is doing extraordinarily poorly in the Republican primaries and caucuses.

In Saturday’s South Carolina Republican primary, he pulled in just 59.8% of the vote. Nikki Haley got 39.5%.

If Joe Biden had gotten less than 60% of the vote in a Democratic primary, the mainstream media would ...Read more

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The Difference Between Leaders and Thugs

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

Days before Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison, Tucker Carlson gushed over Vladimir Putin, saying, “Leadership requires killing people.”

Well, I’m sorry, Tucker. You’re wrong.

Real leadership is the opposite of thuggery. The world’s greatest leaders help their societies deal with their hardest problems. They ...Read more

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Who’s Vladimir Putin’s Best Friend in the World?

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

The mainstream media doesn’t seem to want to talk about this, but it’s important that America and the world face what seems increasingly clear: Vladimir Putin’s best friend in the world — the person prepared to allow Putin to mount additional wars of aggression in Europe — is the leading Republican contender for president of the United...Read more

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Why I preach to the choir

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

Several people have asked me why I spend so much time and energy on this column, which is read mainly (if not exclusively) by people who already share my views and values.

“Why are you preaching to the choir?” you ask. “Wouldn’t your efforts be more useful if you tried to convince people who aren’t already convinced?”

I doubt I’d...Read more

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How to Survive the Next 280 Days (and Help America Survive Beyond Them)

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

The 2024 election is 280 days away. How can we survive until then? How can we help America survive beyond it?

Many of you tell me that you’re already filled with outrage. I am, too.

Trump is still not locked up, although he incited an attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago, which resulted in several deaths and could have cost ...Read more

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Violence and Threats of Violence Have Become Inherent to Trumpian Politics

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

I apologize for the length of this column, but the subject warrants it. Donald Trump has galvanized an army of vigilantes who are casting a fearsome shadow over the 2024 election. Please spread the word.

It’s impossible to know how large this potential army is, but last October, 41% of pro-Trump Americans agreed with the statement that “...Read more

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What’s the Matter with Iowa?

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

What? You’re not mesmerized by today’s Iowa Republican caucuses? You’re not planning to spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day glued to your mobile phone for the play-by-play? You’re not excited to find out whether Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis comes in second to Trump?

Nor, to tell you the truth, am I. Iowa is solidly Trump territory.

I knew ...Read more

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Where in the World is Lloyd?

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

Normally I wouldn’t comment on the odd fact that it took the Pentagon three and a half days to inform anyone at the White House — including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan — that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had been hospitalized following complications from an elective procedure.

Austin was admitted to the intensive care...Read more

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Welcome to (Gulp) 2024

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

Yesterday marked the start not only of a new year, but also a terrifyingly high-stakes ride for America — slightly over 10 months to the presidential election of 2024.

Trump is leading in the polls by a slim margin. Even more remarkably, more Americans disapprove than approve of Biden’s efforts to improve the nation’s infrastructure, and ...Read more

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A Holiday Question: How Old is Too Old?

From the Left / Robert B. Reich /

In the spirit of Christmas past and future, and in light of the age of our likely two major candidates for president in 2024, I thought it a good day to ask: How old is too old? (Forgive me if I’ve asked this before. I’m old and occasionally repeat myself.)

I have a personal stake in the answer. I’m now a spritely 77. I feel fit, I swing ...Read more

 

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