Heather Lofthouse

1 week ago | robertreich.substack.com | Robert Reich |Heather Lofthouse

Friends,Today Heather and I look at the war in Iran through the lens of Donald Trump’s insatiable need to expand and display his power. How can he even consider getting America into this war without consulting Congress? Doesn’t doing so also violate his promise to the American people in the 2024 election that he would avoid foreign entanglements?

4 weeks ago | robertreich.substack.com | Robert Reich |Heather Lofthouse

Friends,Today Heather and I examine whether the three big political events of this week — Musk’s leaving the White House, the U.S. Court of International Trade’s striking down Trump’s tariffs, and Senate Republicans’ being stymied over Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful” (actually Ugly) budget bill — signal the beginning of the end of Trump. Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Robert Reich to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

1 month ago | robertreich.substack.com | Robert Reich |Heather Lofthouse

Friends, Today Heather and I look at the Trump regime’s decision to bar international students from Harvard and ask, what’s the difference between a neofascist diktat and Trump’s orders? Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Robert Reich to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich exposes where power lies in our system — and how it's used and abused.

1 month ago | robertreich.substack.com | Robert Reich |Heather Lofthouse

Friends,Today, Heather and I look into the schemes that Trump and the people around him are using to make themselves rich at the expense of the American people — starting with Trump’s business trip this week to the oil-rich kingdoms of the Middle East. Please pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, take our poll, and join the conversation. Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Robert Reich to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

1 month ago | robertreich.substack.com | Robert Reich |Heather Lofthouse

Friends,Today Heather and I take a deep dive into the most corrupt presidential administration in history. We look in detail at Trump’s crypto deals designed to enrich him and his family and milk the presidency, and Musk’s deals to enrich himself by, for example, having the State Department push other nations to use his Starlink satellites.