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February 23, 2026
The Sham of Billionaire Philanthropy
It's an unregulated irresponsible ripoff, as I show in our latest video
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February 23, 2026
Boycott the State of the Union
Trump doesn’t deserve our attention
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February 22, 2026
Sunday caption contest: Justice
And last week’s winner
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February 22, 2026
Sunday thought: The last best hope on earth
From a cup-half-full guy
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February 21, 2026
The Supreme Court's tariff decision extends far beyond tariffs
It stops Trump from deciding not to spend money Congress appropriated, and from going to war without Congress's approval
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February 21, 2026
King Trump, Prince Andrew, and the Supreme Court | The Coffee Klatch for February 21, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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February 20, 2026
What if the typical worker's pay had risen like CEO salaries?
Over the past 50 years. You may be surprised.
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February 20, 2026
Office Hours: Would you have dinner with a strong Trump supporter if you didn’t have to?
And if you did, what would you try to do?
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February 19, 2026
The U.K. arrests Price Andrew. Why shouldn't the U.S. arrest King Trump, who appears to have done even worse?
Are we a monarchy or a nation of laws?
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February 19, 2026
The economic trend that worries me most
And the best way to reverse it.
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February 18, 2026
Memo to Kathy Hochul and Gavin Newsom: Why taxing the rich makes enormous sense
And why you shouldn't worry about the wealthy abandoning your states
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February 18, 2026
Why the hell is Trump threatening war with Iran again?
His real goal is regime change, which will get us bogged down there for years.
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February 17, 2026
Jesse Jackson's speech to the Democratic National Convention, July 19, 1988
May he R.I.P.
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February 17, 2026
Office Hours: What does the regime’s pullback from Minneapolis really mean?
What’s the lesson?
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February 16, 2026
Goodbye and Good luck, David Brooks
His musings about personal morality have been thoughtful; his views about public morality and our political economy, far less so.
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February 16, 2026
The Squalor of the Epstein Class
Happy Presidents Day
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February 15, 2026
Sunday caption contest: Nation's Capital
And last week's winner
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February 15, 2026
Sunday thought: My father and the bullies
Hitler, Joseph McCarthy, and Trump
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February 14, 2026
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current cabinet secretary from a former one
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February 14, 2026
Trump, Epstein, and America's Ruling Class | The Coffee Klatch for February 14, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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February 13, 2026
Office Hours: What is stopping you from becoming even more active against this loathsome president and his venal regime?
A personal question at this dark moment in the nation’s history
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February 12, 2026
The tragic end of CBS News
Another trusted source of information bites the dust under Trump
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February 12, 2026
Who, exactly, is ICE arresting, jailing, and abusing?
History will judge this a crime against humanity.
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February 11, 2026
The Citizen's Revolt
Ordinary people serving on grand juries have become a new front line in the resistance against the Trump regime.
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February 11, 2026
AI and the Coming Jobless Economy
AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Here’s what we should we be considering now.
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February 10, 2026
Office Hours: Is Trump Really, Truly, Finally Losing His Mind?
Here are the views of some experts about what’s wrong and what we can expect. What do you think?
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February 9, 2026
The Key Lesson from Mamdani's Campaign that nobody's talking about
How David beat Goliath
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February 9, 2026
What you can do to stop big corporations from helping ICE
You are not powerless. You can stop their complicity in this humanitarian disaster.
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February 8, 2026
Sunday caption contest: Bunny
And last week's winner
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February 8, 2026
Sunday thought: Cry, the Beloved Country
But please don’t just cry for what we’ve lost.
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