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To all My Fellow Americans:

I ask you Sincerely who would you prefer your children to grow up to be like, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. our 46th President or Donald John Trump the 45th and former President ?

I know many of you feel like the Government has let you down and you want to protest. If you think Trump is going to straighten it out and make it better for you, you are sadly mistaken. He’s a one man demolition expert! He can and will destroy our Democracy.

As voters we have the power to change our country. As Patriots we must support our Government and vote in people who will take the oath of office and mean it. They are there to work for ALL OF US not the billionaires and corporate executives!

I listened to a 17 minute podcast from February 9, 2018 called The Resistance Report with Robert Reich “Divide and Conquer”. So much of that podcast is still true today!

Mr. Reich, you are a very wise man. Thank You

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May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

I agree on the importance of mobilizing, but this time, we must focus on the real enemy: the corporations and wealthy individuals behind all of this. Let's stop pretending the problem is elected officials, who are mostly just doing what they are told, attacking targets selected by lobbyists and pretending to care about whatever will rally their frothing, easily manipulated supporters. America's problem is that its citizens refuse to learn the real lesson year after year:

Politicians are the distraction. Corporations that write the script and the legislation and direct the spectacle that passes for genuine discourse must be stopped. We must economically threaten the wealthy titans and firms spearheading all of this. THAT is who we must protest, who we must call out in the press and online and in person, who we must stop to have any future at all.

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May 15, 2023·edited May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

You can say anything in America. Anything at all. Go ahead. Say it.

Except for one thing and one thing only. There is one thing that no one dare say.

Never, ever, ever criticize the economic system of capitalism. Ever.

Never ask, "Why do a few men such as Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon Musk have trillions of dollars while half the population (160 million Americans) live in or close to poverty?"

Why are the super wealthy (who so often obtain their wealth by nefarious means such as cheating their work force of a decent wage) not taxed at a reasonable rate as they were in the 1950s and 60s?

America is an oligarchy. It is not a democracy. Elections at the federal level are basically a sham.

I've admired and respected your work for decades, Dr. Reich. But why will no one (neither you nor anyone else) speak this fundamental truth?

PS Why has the federal minimum wage been stuck at $7.25 for about 15 years now? What happened to Biden's campaign pledge to raise the minimum wage? Who can live on that paltry sum? Is this not slavery by another name? After all the chattel slave owner, having paid good money for his "property" (sic) made an effort to keep him or her alive, housed and fed, however poorly. The wage slave owner doesn't care if his "slaves" live or die. There are always more lined up at the factory gate.

https://www.rt.com/business/576098-uk-gig-workers-low-wages/

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I recently read how Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. There were several political maneuverings by President Hindenburg. None of them worked very well to keep Hitler out of this office. Finally he was appointed to that office as they thought that they could control him. We all know the rest of the story.

Many hands contributed to his rise to power. Such is the workings of the republicans in this country. The Lincoln Project is pushing to eradicate not just Trump but Trumpism. I hope they succeed.

We are seeing republicans passing off the attempted coup as no big deal. In some countries around the world, this coup attempt would have been taken seriously. It would have been greeted with lethal force to the participants.

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Trump is a lying fascist, a Goebbels without the intellect. For that reason alone, it is imperative to indict him and indict him quickly for his felonies, starting with the Georgia shakedown. Pussy grabbing charges don't cut it. Once convicted of a single felony he cannot run.

Next, the DNC needs to field a slew of liberal policies that will appeal to the 70% of Americans who are not nuts.

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May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

I am s 97 year old woman who has loved this country and the democracy for which it stands all my life until Trump

became President. Now I am frightened by this man who lacks decency and honor. Thank you, Mr. Reich for telling

American voters what we must do to save our country from Trump.

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May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

Thank you, Dr. Reich.

You are expressing what the democratic party should be shouting from the rooftops every day.

One of the things that has me very worried is that Biden and his administration are far too complacent in the face of the ever increasing threat of "Trumpian fascism."

Trump's fascism is real, while the democrats seem to believe that what the Biden Administration has accomplished and what it aspires to achieve will have voters magically flocking to vote for them in 2024.

But this is far from the case, especially with the end of the pandemic safety net programs hurting many (which should have been established years prior), the Federal Reserve continuing to punished workers with ongoing rate hikes, and the DOJ still too scared to hold Trump accountable for his treason.

There is only one political party capable of saving this country from another disastrous Trump presidency in 2024 and that's the democratic party.

But if the Biden Administration takes voters for granted, as democrats have done in the past, this country is doomed.

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Perfect rebuttal. Any future moderator confronting Trump has to be right back at him. In HIS FACE with the labels he has earned. Traitor. seditionist . Grifter. Don’t call him Mr President. He hasn’t earned the title . In fact, the majority of Americans never voted him into office. Remind Donald of the fact. And remind his audience/. And remind Americans that it is okay to reject the sad spectacle Donny has made of our democracy. Time to treat him with the contempt he has earned when confronting his lies and percersion. Tell him to his face he is CONTEMPTIBLE and that is the way history will remember him.

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DeSantis, Repubs passed laws last week that allows any medical provider (except ER), that's doc, nurse, anasthesiologist, lab tech, etal And insurers to refuse service to anyone based on their "religious, moral or ethics beliefs". Waited for Potus, Dems response. Silence.

Also passed, effective Jun 1, dystopian immigrant law. Even includes LEO taking DNA, Hospitals have to ask for proof of citizenship. Employers lose license, and more. Felony charges if you give undocumented a ride or help. The day it passed, construction sites, roofing sites, agricultural, hospitality - became silent after workers fled. A few mumbles, but from the top, Silence.

Enablers are delusional to the danger they put themselves in sometimes, but danger to others, they never do. I'm looking at Dem's actions or lack of it more and more as enabling. To hear they were "delighted" that a major media outlet platformed a traitor to everything and everyone Americans hold confirms whatever you call their refusal to recognize the current danger or act to prevent it.

Corporations - the ones who seem to be in charge, care only about money. Perhaps nationwide strikes & boycotts, not protests, are a people's remedy. I don't see them caring one hoot if we protest. But they do seem to blow a gasket if they show a $10 loss in their quarterly reports. I just don't see complaining to Dems anymore will bring about a different result.

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May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

OK, I sent emails or web forms to my CA Secretary of State, my State Assembly member and my State Senator. Didn't think you would mind me plagiarizing you, Bob! Below:

Assemblymember xxxxxx,

Please consider passing legislation to refuse to put Donald Trump on the CA ballot — under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars anyone from holding office who, having taken an oath to support the Constitution, has engaged in an insurrection against the United States.

It is now democracy versus authoritarianism. There can be no compromise. And there must not be silence.

Thank you - Al

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Several years ago, in the lead up to the 2016 election, I was walking my dog past my neighbor's yard. I was shocked to see a Trump sign on his lawn. We talked over the years, and I felt we were of a like mind, politically. I eventually asked the neighbor why the sign? He told me, politely, that America was on the wrong track and wanted change. The sign reappeared in 2020.

Two months ago, I saw this neighbor had a huge, used pick-up truck sitting in his driveway. My neighbor, his wife and son already own five cars, before the truck appeared. I asked him about the truck. I was hoping he would say, oh, I'm into off-roading (or whatever it's called). Instead, he said, "I'm ready to do my part to change America."

Trucks, guns, lies, riots. I've decided that it's a piece of the plan to take over our country. We're still litigating the Civil War that didn't really end in the 1860's.

at I can to

Folks, if my formerly mild-mannered neighbor has changed course, I'm at a loss as to what I can do -- except vote. I live in Delaware -- a state that has reliably voted Democratic in national elections. There are small signs, though, this might be changing.

I have no idea where Trumpism is going, but I do know that I have to do what I can for as long as I can to try to save the US from fascism. My parents didn't immigrate from the UK so I can take a pass on defending what they thought was -- and I still think is -- important.

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May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

Alarm bells are ringing in the UK. Today, we have the eighth "National Conservatism Conference" (NatCon) opening for three days. Speakers will include the extreme right wing of the Tory party, your very own J.D. Vance, and many others who espouse subjects such as "replacement ". There will be anti-vaxxers, supporters of the Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, who promotes White Christian Nationalism, and many others with views that used to be kept quiet. Thanks in large part to Loser 45, it's now OK to to tell lies openly and frequently, to denigrate "others" . Our Home Secretary, a daughter of immigrants, who is "dreaming" of sending those who have entered our country in small boats and so forth (because there are *no other* routes for safe asylum seeking) to Rwanda, a country noted for its appalling human rights record. She has referred to them as "swarms". A famous ex-footballer and now renowned sports pundit Gary Lineker was castigated for saying that our government was "using the rhetoric of Germany in the 30's" was absolutely right.

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May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

So glad you wrote this! We all need to speak up loudly for democracy in every way we can everywhere we can!

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Exactly right, Robert. Trump is an evil force trying to destroy our democracy. The good people of this country must fight or we will be like Nazi Germany. Trump is following Joseph Goebbels strategy to a T: Tell a lie. Make it big. Keep repeating it and people will believe it. With Trump and the current Republican Party, we will no longer be the leader of the free world.

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May 15, 2023Liked by Robert Reich

PRINT THIS OUT AND PLACE ON EVERY COFFEE TABLE MARKED "MUST READ".

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I am with you 100%

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