The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert B. Reich

From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, an urgent analysis of how the “rigged” systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change.Millions of Americans have lost confidence in our political and economic system. After years of stagnant wages, volatile job markets, and an unwillingness by those in power to deal with profound threats such as climate change, there is a mounting sense that the system is fixed, serving only those select few with enough money to secure a controlling stake. With the characteristic clarity and passion that has made him a central civil voice, Robert B. Reich shows how wealth and power have interacted to install an elite oligarchy, eviscerate the middle class, and undermine democracy…
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• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1346325832193564672 (‘ 5-01-2021, Senator Cruz isn’t happy with me calling him and his 11 cohorts enemies of democracy. But that’s exactly what they are. There has been no finding of serious election fraud. Nearly 60 courts, including Supreme Court, agree. In challenging the certification, they attack democracy. And if the Senator read the article I wrote, which he cites, he’d know that I argued against the very kind of baseless tactics he’s now using to contravene democracy.’)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1346260516436471808 (‘ Robert Reich : Not sure who needs to hear this, but Donald Trump lost the election by more than 7 million votes and that is not in dispute. ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1341421160085352448 (‘ 22-12-2020, Robert Reich : Trump is now seriously, worryingly nuts. Invoke 25th right away. en.wikipedia .org :  The Twenty-fifth Amendment  to the United States Constitution deals with issues related to presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the vice president becomes president ‘)
• theguardian .com/commentisfree/2020/dec/09/inequality-free-market-myth-billionaires  (‘ Robert Reich, Inequalities of income, wealth and political power continue to widen across all advanced economies. This doesn’t have to be the case. But to reverse them, we need an informed public capable of seeing through the mythologies that protect and preserve today’s super-rich no less than did the Divine Right of Kings centuries ago.’)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1331992352861335556 (‘ 26-11-2020, So let me get this straight: Trump fires officials for telling the truth, but pardons his lackeys for telling lies? ‘)
• twitter .com/donwinslow/status/1331836838403735553 (‘ 26-11-2020, Pardoning Flynn was a tactical error because he can no longer take the 5th in any trial of Trump and will have to answer questions. –A Criminal pardons another Criminal who committed Federal Crimes to protect the other Criminal from his Federal Crimes. Rob Reiner @robreiner ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1322599142489665538 (‘ 31-10-2020, Reminder: Voter intimidation is illegal. Know your rights. And if you encounter any issues at the polls, call the national Election Protection hotline.**English: 866-OUR-VOTE; Español: 888-VE-Y-VOTA; Asian Languages: 888-API-VOTE; Arabic: 844-YALLA-US, Robert Reich @RBReich ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1321230451567067136 (‘ Days it took the GOP to confirm Amy Coney Barrett: 30. Days it took them to pass a $1,900,000,000,000 tax cut for the super-rich: 51. Days since they let expanded unemployment benefits expire for millions of Americans: 88 and counting. Their priorities are crystal clear. My response to the Supreme Court’s shamefully undemocratic Wisconsin ruling: Drop off your ballot TODAY. Make this a landslide. tip Robert Reich  ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1320827757073367040 (‘ 26-10-2020, video, Message from Robert Reich : Just a reminder: Defeating McConnell means flipping the Senate. Here are 6 winnable races that need your support right now… ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1320893304712482817  (‘ Robert Reich : I suspect we’ll be soon saying farewell to the following people in public life: Cory Gardner (CO), Martha McSally (AZ), Susan Collins (ME), Thom Tillis (NC)Lindsey Graham (SC), Steve Daines (MO), John Cornyn (TX), Mitch McConnell (KY), Donald Trump Please. ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1318975704885731328 (‘ 21-10-2020, Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, states with a history of voter suppression have closed 1,688 polling places. And you wonder why we’re seeing 12-hour lines in Texas and Georgia. Robert Reich, Dr. Cleavon Gilman ‘)
• theguardian .com/commentisfree/2020/oct/18/donald-trump-amy-coney-barrett-abortion-gay-rights (‘ Republicans won’t tell Americans to wear masks to beat Covid, but will say what women and gay people can and cannot do, Robert Reich, @RBReich ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1316416367428419585 (‘ 14-10-2020, Wouldn’t it be nice if pro-lifers focused on suicide prevention? Or ending the death penalty? Or fighting poverty? Or curbing hunger? Or stopping gun violence and police killings? Or combating the opioid epidemic? Or ending wars? You know, things that would actually save lives? ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1316845133023735808 (‘ 15-10-2020, TODAY is the last day to fill out the 2020 census. Make sure you’re counted: 2020census .gov, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC , Robert Reich ‘)
• theguardian .com/commentisfree/2020/oct/11/donald-trump-fifth-avenue-shoot-covid-election (‘ Since then, the president’s Fifth Avenue principle has been repeatedly tested – most notably by the Access Hollywood tape, Robert Mueller’s findings that Trump obstructed justice and his campaign aides cooperated with Russia, overt racism, quid pro quo to the president of Ukraine, and impeachment – yet some 40% of American voters have stuck by him notwithstanding. That’s all he’s needed. And for reasons Robert Reich will explain in a moment, he’s counting on them to preserve his presidency after 3 November.  Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley… ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1313598643602034689 (‘ 6-10-2020, the video, Since contracting COVID, Trump: — Told Americans not to be afraid of it, after 210K people died on his watch — Halted stimulus talks, and told the Senate to “focus full time” on confirming his SCOTUS nominee. Why should we feel empathy for the least empathetic man in the world? , Berkeley prof, frmr Sec of Labor. Cofounder, Inequality Media, Robert Reich ‘)
• robertreich .org (‘ Robert Reich, conseiller économique américain, professeur, commentateur politique: pourquoi devrions-nous sympathiser avec l’une des personnes les plus indifférentes du monde? Il a raison. Lisez absolument, et surtout ne vous baissez pas la garde et ignorez la télé-réalité. Concentrez-vous sur la mobilisation de vos proches et vos amis pourqu’ils aillent voter tôt si possible. Sortez vos voitures, camions, bus et autres véhicules pour conduire les gens qui ont besoin dans les bureaux de vote et assurez-vous que chacun vote dans son comté, etc… ‘)
• theguardian .com/commentisfree/2020/oct/04/trump-covid-hospital-sympathy-decency (‘ Robert Reich, US economic adviser, professor, political commentator: why should we why should we sympathize with one of the most indifferent people in the world? He is right. Please read his post absolutely. ‘)
• twitter .com/billyeichner/status/1315823814329077761 (‘ Laughing at 220,000 dead Americans. : McConnell’s gleeful laugh when McGrath talks about his failures on COVID is…something ‘)
• twitter .com/Cleavon_MD/status/1316217799082041345 (‘ I’m an Iraq War vet & ER doctor on the frontlines of the pandemic in NYC and Arizona. My colleagues and I have seen countless people die from COVID who should be ALIVE… ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1316506005228777472 (‘ 14-10-2020, Happy #PrimeDay! Jeff Bezos could give every Amazon employee $105,000 and still be as rich as he was before the pandemic. Instead he’s denying hazard pay and paid sick leave to his employees — and has already subjected more than 19,000 warehouse workers to COVID-19. ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1317822636622286849 (‘ 18-10-2020, The fact that Trump and his enablers have contracted the virus yet still refuse to mandate even the most basic precautions tells you one thing: As long as they have access to top quality healthcare, they are willing to sacrifice the health of the American people. Robert Reich  ‘)
• twitter .com/BernieSanders/status/1320796888455696385 (‘ 26-10-2020, Does anybody care? Half of our people live paycheck to paycheck, and millions face hunger, eviction and lack of health care. If McConnell won’t do it, we will. The first job of a new Democratic Senate will be passing a major coronavirus stimulus bill protecting working families.  ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1320808857677885440 (‘ 26-10-2020, We must never forget that Merrick Garland was nominated *8 months* before an election and McConnell didn’t give him a single hearing. Trump is a total disgrace, but Mitch McConnell may go down as the most corrupt and duplicitous politician in modern American history. ‘)
• twitter .com/RBReich/status/1323756117537693697 (‘ Reminder: Republicans have lost the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections. ‘)