Urgent: Investigate Sen. Collins
10 October 2026
US citizens: call on the Senate to investigate Sen. Collins for possible corruption.
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Urgent: Opposing surveilling pricing
10 October 2026
US citizens: thank states and cities for opposing surveillance pricing.
Urgent: Block destruction of national parks and forests
10 October 2026
US citizens: call on Congress to block the saboteur in chief from destroying America's national parks and forests.
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Urgent: Thank Germany for Safeguarding U.S. climate data
10 October 2026
US citizens: thank Germany for Safeguarding U.S. Climate Data.
Digital display of product prices
10 October 2026
The AFL-CIO warns that digital display of product prices is likely to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs in the US while increasing grocery prices significantly.
If you think those two consequences are contradictory, it could be that you believe that the main factor affecting products' retail prices is how much the products cost the store. That economic theory was based on the assumption of so much competition that it would compel stores to pass savings along to the customers.
Nothing like that is true nowadays. After decades of mergers and megamergers, and data companies that enable all stores easily to sync up prices without directly communicating about them, competition hardly affects what stores can charge.
Connected car ideal for coercive control
10 October 2026
A connected car is an ideal weapon for coercive control — by people you know, or by strangers working for your country's government, or by strangers working for another country's government.
Abdul El-Sayed for senator from Michigan
10 October 2026
Robert Reich supports Abdul El-Sayed for senator from Michigan.
Failure to punish Dubya for torture
10 October 2026
The US's failure to punish Dubya for torture, in Guantanamo and other parts of the world, paved the way for the persecutor to embrace torture in the US.
Legal excuse for presidents to block investigation
10 October 2026
The corrupter's Department of Thwarting Justice has invented a new legal excuse for presidents to block investigation into their conduct by Congress or courts.
Datacenter exemption from disclosing air pollution
10 October 2026
The polluter in chief has directed his henchmen to give datacenters an exemption from disclosing their toxic air pollution.
Robert Reich on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as Democratic nominee
10 October 2026
Robert Reich lauds Bernie Sanders, then encourages Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028, although he does not expect she would win it this time.
I know one reason that she probably won't win it: the Democratic National Committee is is dominated by big business, and it barely disguises its bias against progressive candidates.
I voted for Sanders, and if Ocasio-Cortez runs, I will vote for her.
Right-wing extremist party in Sweden's government
10 October 2026
Admitting a right-wing extremist party into Sweden's government has spread hate, cruelty and global heating denialism into the rest of Sweden's parties.
(satire) GTA VI feature
10 October 2026
(satire) *Hyperrealistic ‘GTA VI’ Feature Makes Players Serve Out Prison Sentences In Real Time.*
Things FLOCK cameras capture
10 October 2026
FLOCK cameras don't just capture license plate numbers. They capture faces, too, and other aspects of the appearance of people and cars.
Often cops search for people photographed while merely standing for a while in one place.
We need to do more than end federal subsidies for such cameras. We must stop them from being useful for repression, by putting strict limits on surveillance cameras and permitting only security cameras.
Laws being pushed by Big Chemistry
10 October 2026
Big Chemistry is pushing a law to prohibit accusing factories of dangerous pollution based on the sort of air quality monitors that ordinary people can afford.
Protecting Koalas and allowing greenhouse gas emissions
10 October 2026
Australia is considering a deal to protect more of the forests where koalas (vulnerable) live in exchange for allowing additional greenhouse gas emissions.
In effect, planet roasters are holding adorable koalas hostage with a demand to let them continue destroying civilization and the biosphere. Bravo for the Green legislators with the courage to denounce that ransom demand.
Putin forces are bombing food warehouses in Ukraine
10 October 2026
Support for affordability and accountability
10 October 2026
Progressive campaigners report that most Americans would support a political campaign that joins the goals of "affordability" (to benefit the non-rich) and "accountability" (to be imposed on the rich).
It is useful to know that this combination — lowering prices by eliminating corruption -- can defeat the magats and plutocratists. However, it is not evident to me that the combination includes or implies preventing climate disaster, restoring human rights, upholding science, protecting everyone from Orwellian surveillance, and rejecting bigotry.
Thus, if "accountability" and "corruption" are interpreted in the usual narrow sense, I'd have to say these two goals alone are disastrously insufficient.
Neo-Nazis in Republican employment
10 October 2026
Some Republican officials are treating and describing neo-Nazis as toxic in their employment.
That is a positive change, but they need to understand that if you run in the same circles as Nazis — in the circles that have vicious ideas that attract Nazis — you will have opportunity after opportunity to take up with someone who is a Nazi. Look how many Republicans associate willingly with Elon Musk, or the monster in the White House. They can hardly avoid
I praise the old ACLU for defending freedom of speech for everyone, to express any views whatsoever — even including Nazis. I cite Nazis as an example here because their views are as vicious as can be. I am sure the ACLU's leaders judged them that way too. But they recognized that when you start denying people's freedom of speech because you dislike their views, that is the start of tyranny — and people who criticize the powerful in any way are likely to be on the receiving end.
I am not surprised that the extent of support for Nazi views in some countries today goes hand in hand with hatred and cruelty for many disprivileged groups.
Recognizing the freedom to advocate vicious views does not imply ceasing to castigate them.
Urgent: Tax billionaires' income from wealth
9 October 2026
US citizens: call on your state legislators to tax billionaires’ income from wealth.
In my letter I said that this should be in addition to taxing the wealth they already have.
Urgent: Corrupter's government-paid political ads
9 October 2026
US citizens: call on networks to stop airing the corrupter's government-paid political ads.
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Urgent: Tax the rich
9 October 2026
US citizens: call on 2026 Senate candidates: Tax the rich, don't cut Social Security!
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Urgent: Stop spending medical research funds on war
9 October 2026
US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to stop the cheater from spending medical research funds for weapons and war.
See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
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Urgent: Enforcement of Amazon's safety settlement
9 October 2026
US citizens: call on OSHA officials to enforce Amazon's safety settlement with its workers.
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Urgent: Protect temporary protection status for Haitians
9 October 2026
US citizens: call on your senators to protect temporary protection status for Haitians first thing, when the Senate is back in session.
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Urgent: Investigate Meta
9 October 2026
US citizens: call on Congress to urge the IRS to investigate Meta and take the money back.
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Excluding news organizations from press conferences
9 October 2026
Australia's right-wing extremist party sometimes excludes specific news organizations from press conferences, apparently to prevent criticism.
The lunatic's antisocial media posts
9 October 2026
Robert Reich says he cannot find a plausible motive for what the lunatic posts on his antisocial media site. It makes no rational sense.
His article leads me to a speculation: he wants to keep his fanatical, blind-to-reality followers believing that he is constantly winning against every adversary. He figures that that will keep them giving him blind support.
Oil and gas extraction in the North Sea
9 October 2026
Why in the world is Burnham determined to start new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea? It won't provide much benefit except to the profiteers, and it will put the UK clearly in the planet-roasted camp.
Sanctions for Israel's crimes against Palestinians
9 October 2026
Prominent British rabbis and prominent Israelis welcome the UK's plans for sanctions against Israel's systematic crimes against Palestinians.
Sabotage of humanitarian aid
9 October 2026
The persecutor's funding cuts and sabotage of humanitarian aid around the world have resulted in 64 million people in distress going without aid.
Incredulity and accusations of bribery
9 October 2026
*[The corrupter]'s promise of a $5,000 "dividend" for every US citizen if Republicans retain control of the US Congress in November's midterm elections has sparked incredulity and accusations of bribery.*
To say that everyone will receive a payoff if a certain side wins an election is not exactly buying their votes, but it has much in common with that.
From past experience, when the bullshitter promises to give something worth money to citizens in general, he probably won't ever do it. He might change the plan so that the money ends up in the hands of rich people instead, like what happened to the "refunds" for increased tariffs that were canceled by a court. (These were refunded to importers, which had already collected these same amount from individual customers — so the importers got paid twice and the customers not at all.)
But I don't think this is mainly intended to influence voters. It may even backfire, there. I suspect the purpose is to pressure Republican elected officials to stand by the corrupter, lest committed magat voters reject them.
Climate "feedback loops"
9 October 2026
*Climate "feedback loops" could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds.*
There are many forms of feedback in climate parameters. I expect positive feedback to have devastating consequences as our generation of greenhouse gases increases.
Since we don't know about all of these feedback effects, it is hard to make overall predictions. But this general conclusion is likely to be valid:
The paper also reminds us why every fraction of a degree matters. The more we warm the planet, the more we risk activating natural processes that add still more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. This makes rapid reductions in fossil fuel emissions even more urgent.
Positive feedbacks can also magnify the effects of conservation actions.
Urgent: Require a report on Israel's violence towards Palestinians
5 October 2026
US citizens: call on the Senate to require a report on Israel's violence towards Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Urgent: Solidarity with MS-Now, CNN and Politico
5 October 2026
US citizens: affirm solidarity with MS-Now, CNN and Politico in suing the un-American president.
Urgent: Keep partisan loyalty tests out of federal hiring
5 October 2026
US citizens: call on Congress to keep partisan loyalty tests out of federal hiring.
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Urgent: Call on Waymo to release safety data
5 October 2026
US citizens: call on Waymo to release the safety data.
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China's censorship is suppressing mention of missing victims of flood
5 October 2026
China's systematic censorship of dissent is suppressing mention of names of victims missing after the Himalayan flood disaster. Any recognition that there were more than 43 victims on the Chinese side of the river is erased.
Night-mayor Giuliani is demonizing Muslims
5 October 2026
Night-mayor Giuliani is demonizing Muslims, including Mamdani, by blowing antimuslimist smoke and pretending that that smoke proves there is a fire.
Problems with Supposed Intelligence "scribes"
5 October 2026
Professionals report problems with the Supposed Intelligence "scribes" that are being used to write patients' charts.
Tesla's new driverless taxicab
5 October 2026
Tesla's new driverless taxicab can be a real pain in the neck if it has a breakdown in the street. It lacks the controls to drive it normally, so you may have to turn its front wheels and push it. However, if things are in the wrong state, that operation could instead be dangerous.
There should be safety standards for driverless vehicles, and they should reject vehicles like this.
The safety standards should include safety for the passengers and passersby from being tracked or surveilled.
Census Bureau demographic reporting
5 October 2026
Magat officials are meddling with US Census Bureau demographic reporting, both overtly and quietly in the background. It seems that the purpose is to lend an appearance of substance to their insistence that many non-citizens vote in US elections. They cite that false claim as excuses to introduce repression that would discourage voting by people who lead marginalized lives and are therefore expected not to support magat initiatives that hurt the poor.
Effect of "algorithmic pricing" for food delivery workers
5 October 2026
Food delivery workers in the UK report that the net effect of "algorithmic pricing" was to significantly cut their rate of pay per order.
It appears that the figures were not adjusted for inflation. Adjusting them for this period of substantial inflation would show an even greater pay cut.
Algorithmic wage computation is the flip side of personalized pricing. The company that controls the algorithm has the advantage and can use it against workers and customers simultaneously. This should be illegal to use with either workers or customers (or both).
Making employees bid against each other (with whoever accepts the lowest wage being the "winner") should also be illegal.
Instagram shut down Canadian club's account
5 October 2026
In 2026, Instagram shut down a Canadian club's account because it mocked the bully's hostility towards Canada.
Effect of rich people's grabbiness on Social Security
5 October 2026
Robert Reich explains how rich people's grabbiness has made the income for Social Security insufficient — so the natural fix for that particular problem is to make rich people pay more into Social Security.
Rich people's grabbiness is causing many other unjust consequences, and that fix won't fix the others. To make life livable overall for non-rich Americans would require transferring more to the non-rich. And acting against the root causes that enable the rich to get a bigger share of the wealth that work creates.
People of other countries deserve this too. Nowadays the US intervenes overtly to help rich people dominate other countries; that must cease.
Sanctions on Israel's illegal colonies in West Bank
5 October 2026
The UK has stated it plans to put economic sanctions on Israel's illegal colonies in the West Bank. Foreign Secretary Milliband describes its attacks on Palestinian's in their homes as "ethnic cleansing" and the attackers as "terrorists".
The term "terrorists" clearly fits them. I dislike the term "ethnic cleansing" because it is clearly a euphemism coined by perpetrators to whitewash their crime by suggesting that the victims are mere dirt. But I have not found a good replacement term.
All Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory violate international law. Israel divides them into two categories: the ones Israel has officially authorized, and the ones it has not (though in practice it winks at them anyway). I am not sure whether "illegal" here covers all of these colonies or only the ones Israel has not officially authorized. The sanctions ought to cover both kinds of "settlements".
Interviews about Germany's right-wing hate party
5 October 2026
Interviews with supporters and condemners of Germany's right-wing hate party which got the most votes in a state election.
Decline in activities where people gather physically
5 October 2026
On the effects, on society and politics, of the decline in activities where people gather physically, and the concomitant loss of places and opportunities to do that. With suggestions for reversing the decline.
Distorting economic reports
5 October 2026
A former government minister under Modi has accused his government of distorting economic reports to present a false picture of growth.
Modern right-wing governments redirect increasing fractions of produced wealth from the non-rich to the rich. That disconnects overall economic growth from the well-being of most people, which generally decreases. So the growth figure Modi is accused of manipulating may actually not have much to do with prosperity.
Right-wing extremist party accuses Andrew Hastie of being a traitor
5 October 2026
Andrew Hastie, a leader in the Australian Liberal Party (a corporatocratic right-wing party) and former soldier in Afghanistan, testified against another former Australian soldier in Afghanistan who was being publicly rebuked for murdering civilians while he was there. For this, the right-wing extremist "One Nation" party accuses Hastie of being a traitor.
Right-wing extremists frequently use crimes against those they call "enemies" as tools for radicalization. Here they are using the murder of Afghanis as their tool. Anyone who condemns that murder, they attack.
Hastie responded by condemning the evil values of these right-wing extremists and refusing to tolerate atrocities by Australian soldiers.
If I were Australian, I would not support a plutocratist party overall. Plutocratist policies are driving the non-rich into penury. But I have to admire Hastie's adamant support for the laws of war.
The other soldier was not prosecuted for murder. Rather, he sued, for defamation, those who reported on the murders. He lost the case because the judge ruled that the evidence was sufficient to prove — by the weaker standards for defamation cases — that the accusations of murder were true and thus not defamatory.
Here is information about Hastie's testimony.