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August 8, 2026
Big Money Loses | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 8, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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August 7, 2026
The Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)
And how to disempower the oligarchy
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August 6, 2026
Who's the World's Worst Billionaire?
This week's video
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August 6, 2026
Who's Responsible for This Mess?
The media must name names
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August 5, 2026
The Real Meaning of El-Sayed's Victory
It's not what you're hearing
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August 5, 2026
Office Hours: How are you coping?
Friends,
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August 4, 2026
The Biggest Cost of Trump
It goes far beyond guns vs. butter
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August 3, 2026
The Stink of Musk
It should cling to any candidate he's supporting
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August 2, 2026
Sunday caption contest: Reflecting
And last week's winner
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August 2, 2026
Sunday thought: Real Patriotism
From Texas to North Carolina
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August 1, 2026
It's Still The Economy, Stupid | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, August 1, 2026
With Michael Lahanas-Calderón and yours truly, Robert Reich
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July 31, 2026
A Realist's Guide to the American System
Part 1: Dimon and the enshittification of everything
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July 30, 2026
We are in a Populist Revolution
But under Trump it's regressive rather than progressive populism. Will the Democrats fill the void?
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July 30, 2026
The Incredibly Shrinking American Workforce
The official unemployment rate tells us less and less
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July 30, 2026
Trump's huge hidden upward redistribution
The truth about Trump's war, Trump's tariffs, and Trumponomics
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July 29, 2026
Office Hours: What's Trump's Most Likely Move on the Midterms?
Beyond gerrymandering, restricting mail-in voting, and requiring voter IDs
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July 28, 2026
Are AI Data Centers Really THAT Bad?
No. They're worse.
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July 28, 2026
The biggest question I get from random strangers
And my answer
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July 27, 2026
How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control
A primer on what's happened — and what to do about it
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July 27, 2026
"Charitable Giving" Isn't What You Think
And the gusher of it is just beginning
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July 26, 2026
Sunday caption contest: Blockage
And last week's winner
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July 26, 2026
Sunday thought: When the sleeping giant dances
Friends,
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July 25, 2026
What the Hell Is Trump Doing in Iran? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, July 25, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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July 24, 2026
The REAL Food Stamp and Medicaid Scandal
The biggest employers in America are paying their employees shite and treating their CEOs as royalty.
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July 24, 2026
The Real Reason Trump Subpoenaed The New York Times
It has nothing to do with national security
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July 23, 2026
The Crash of 2026
I hope I'm being unnecessarily alarmist
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July 22, 2026
CEO Pay is Completely Outrageous
And what we must do to rein it in
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July 22, 2026
Trump's Biggest Self-Dealing Scheme Yet
And some good news
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July 21, 2026
Trump's Two Killing Fields
Why is his violence escalating at home and abroad?
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July 21, 2026
O Canada
What can we say?
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