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Robert Reich
Personal blog · robertreich.substack.compoliticseconomics
Robert Reich's personal blog at robertreich.substack.com covers politics and economics. Since 2021, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 37 times, most often “The provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
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Most-linked posts?
- The provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-05-22
- /p/why-is-boeing-such-a-shitty-corporation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-22
- You or Someone You Love Could Be Next2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-29
- /p/corporate-soaring-profits-are-from2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-19
What Hacker News says?
The campaign obviously had that concern and acted on it; it’s irrelevant if you think it’s “tortuous logic”. When did the affair occur? When did the payment occur, and what was the surrounding context? — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels–Donald_Trump_... Then, read this again — https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-call-it-the-hush-mon... “This case alleges that in 2016 Trump arranged to pay off an ad…
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on “Trump wins presidency for second time”Submitted Trump only simulates madness [Stock Insider Trading] as a story · 36 points
HN discussionYou have some misunderstandings on these cases —- How to understand next week’s Trump criminal felony trial https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-call-it-the-hush-mon... How Trump is liable for fraud even though no one was hurt https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-trump-is-liable-for-f...
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on “Trump wins presidency for second time”Submitted When billionaires talk about freedom, watch your wallets as a story · 34 points
HN discussionIt was a serious election interference case —- https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-call-it-the-hush-mon...
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on “Trump wins presidency for second time”Submitted Two tipping points for officially becoming a dictatorship could occur this week as a story · 30 points
HN discussionIt was an election interference case; not mundane. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dont-call-it-the-hush-mon...
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on “Trump wins presidency for second time”Submitted The provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king as a story · 22 points
HN discussionThe house republicans have passed a bill that in effect lets Trump override the courts: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-t...
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on “Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students”Submitted The Great Re-Evaluation – Robert Reich as a story · 19 points
HN discussionBetter hope this bill that house republicans have passed dies in the senate, since in effect it lets Trump override the courts: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-t...
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on “US Trade Court finds Trump tariffs illegal”Submitted Why They Hate Education – Robert Reich as a story · 13 points
HN discussionBoeing’s problem does have to do with making an extra dollar at the expense of other concerns. “Why is Boeing such a shitty corporation?” —- https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-boeing-such-a-shit...
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on “Kayak's new flight filter allows you to exclude aircraft models”Submitted The Enshittification of Everything (Part 3) as a story · 12 points
HN discussionShould've considered it sooner. Their problems didn't start with the door plug fault -- "Why is Boeing such a shitty corporation?" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-boeing-such-a-shit...
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on “United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider alternatives to Boeing”Submitted Why America Hates the Billionaire Barons of Big Tech as a story · 11 points
HN discussion"sticky" inflation? Is that really what they're calling it now? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-greedflation-stupid
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on “McDonald's and other big brands warn that low-income consumers starting to crack”Submitted The Worst Bill in History as a story · 8 points
HN discussionhttps://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-report...
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on “Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia”Submitted Six Ways to Rein in Musk as a story · 7 points
HN discussion[0] https://robertreich.substack.com/ > Robert Reich > Exposing where power lies in our system -- and how it's used and abused > Thousands of paid subscribers The author is literally paid to write this stuff.
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on “When billionaires talk about freedom, watch your wallets”Submitted You or Someone You Love Could Be Next as a story · 5 points
HN discussionNo; prices went up fast but there is nothing to drive them back down (ie competiton) even with inputs costs having declined due to monetary policy. Ergo, inflation was used as cover to hold prices high long after their cause had subsided. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/corporate-soaring-profits...
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on “America's economy has escaped a hard landing”Submitted Musk's Galactic Ripoff as a story · 5 points
HN discussionGodspeed I suppose. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-or-someone-you-love-c...
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on “US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions”Submitted Pete Hegseth and the AI Doomsday Machine as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe number of millionaires has tripled in the last 4 years. Corporate profits are amazing. If Biden had been a Republican they’d be carving Rushmore now. https://www.statista.com/chart/30671/number-of-millionaires-... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/corporate-soaring-profits...
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on “The Economy Has Been Great Under Biden. That's Why Trump Won”Submitted How not to submit to a tyrant as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted What My Father Taught Me About Bullies as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Four years of college shouldn't be the only gateway to the middle class as a story · 4 points
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