<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:46:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@robert.reich/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela’s Cryptocurrency Petro Finds Foreign Investors, ICO To Take Place In March]]></title><description><![CDATA[Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Trade and International Investment José Vielma Mora reported on Thursday, Feb. 8, that outside financial specialists will acknowledge installments for their merchandise]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@robert.reich/venezuela-s-cryptocurrency-petro-finds-foreign-investors-ico-to-take-place-in-march</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@robert.reich/venezuela-s-cryptocurrency-petro-finds-foreign-investors-ico-to-take-place-in-march</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:53:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy26BaL2dJGvd4u5dNzGSsbYBjXL6Z9KzTByU7RXMefDrFbfw8T7y8nG1MvmRJeZRAgMUy7P2cQ7B2ySnzVsc3KzDJJXo6KUy2odsyycqU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Dev Jimmy Song Is Now a Blockchain Capital Partner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Investment firm Blockchain Capital reported today that bitcoin center designer Jimmy Song has joined the organization as a wander accomplice. With his ability around cryptographic money innovation, Song's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@robert.reich/bitcoin-dev-jimmy-song-is-now-a-blockchain-capital-partner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@robert.reich/bitcoin-dev-jimmy-song-is-now-a-blockchain-capital-partner</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:14:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89pSvcDjLiy6D1DKcZzZWSDMm4ABQxo6BKcXHYB8UUprrGYSLoCoXALRroGwq6AEwV5JWwwTESQfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indeed, even With Energy Surplus, Canada Unable to Meet Electricity Demands of Bitcoin Miners]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's Hydro Quebec should dismiss digital money mineworkers looking to setup operations in the area. The power provider has been immersed with demands from cryptographic money diggers looking to setup]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@robert.reich/indeed-even-with-energy-surplus-canada-unable-to-meet-electricity-demands-of-bitcoin-miners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@robert.reich/indeed-even-with-energy-surplus-canada-unable-to-meet-electricity-demands-of-bitcoin-miners</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:53:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9oBdPizUVtLg7jUYzL38jqo34hdCYCBxgdrt3J3MTHCB2rRTw3v8DmkWP3an7zdkzNfXQeYRfF7SNFdtmbJyeynvT19AGZc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 Euphemisms for Conduct Unbecoming a President]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that Trump has been president for almost a year, it’s time the media called his behavior for what it is rather than try to normalize it. Here are the six most misleading media euphemisms for conduct]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/6-euphemisms-for-conduct-unbecoming-a-president</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/6-euphemisms-for-conduct-unbecoming-a-president</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9qQkSeZJ52QEm8tCXfskUwnrFVoSy2DJ37idCSkP7sHwjRD5RYq4jiu9YARiapzt5sBQ9yNwGVJ2xFHBG13twdHcyYfH6c6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pfizer, pocketing a big tax cut from Trump, will end investment in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Corporations aren't using their tax cuts to invest workers or expand their businesses. As expected, they're using the extra cash to buy back shares of their own stock in order to boost share prices for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pfizer/@robert.reich/pfizer-pocketing-a-big-tax-cut-from-trump-will-end-investment-in-alzheimer-s-and-parkinson-s-research</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pfizer/@robert.reich/pfizer-pocketing-a-big-tax-cut-from-trump-will-end-investment-in-alzheimer-s-and-parkinson-s-research</guid><category><![CDATA[pfizer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:04:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeTM5AVXFTF4WAj3iSnfYSgcKMDJAcFrAWTC1jAXVm5F5JZZ6Wx6kecGZ8wwF4e1tY6ty3pmMoX5WmU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Essay: Seriously, How Dumb is Trump?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than a year now, I’ve been hearing from people in the inner circles of official Washington – GOP lobbyists, Republican pundits, even a few Republican members of Congress – that Donald Trump is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/essay-seriously-how-dumb-is-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/essay-seriously-how-dumb-is-trump</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 22:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9sDYUFxZ4t6rrPkbg7iFS2rRG2jnj1RbFjGEaDjW5Z7dxtGQtYPiYYdpwBzDTy26ScKQBt18wJSM4jWPDi8VKLERcJ88yMQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy New Year, especially to 4.5 million low-wage workers who will get more pay starting today because their states raised their state minimum wage. Instead of giving tax cuts to the rich, Republicans]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/happy-new-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/happy-new-year</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:58:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9ubKxxakVkuBGt64RfcCNqVwGddDqvvRPPpkVvwo34y3eN3wjAfNZgfJ4NBkmBXUAgjRMsb8JqsiPStgVdGG2r9fHArGvuc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new tax bill represents everything that’s wrong with Trump and his Republican enablers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we lost a big one. The new tax bill represents everything that’s wrong with Trump and his Republican enablers (and the oligarchs behind them) – unbridled greed, utter disdain for the rest of America,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@robert.reich/the-new-tax-bill-represents-everything-that-s-wrong-with-trump-and-his-republican-enablers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@robert.reich/the-new-tax-bill-represents-everything-that-s-wrong-with-trump-and-his-republican-enablers</guid><category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2017 01:18:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9u1hghf1jceHd2bZTfAPMW9592usbCAJXcejZetD7b8GEWkLuvLQNPpXjsSXj22oFtVWKF3dXhPpQ89yWbARnwNBn3FJfY2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE THREE BIG LIES ABOUT TRUMP’S TAX PLAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations will weaken our economy for years – reducing demand, widening inequality, and increasing the national debt by at least $1.5 trillion over the next decade. But]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/the-three-big-lies-about-trump-s-tax-plan-5e2a1f7e0f0fd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/the-three-big-lies-about-trump-s-tax-plan-5e2a1f7e0f0fd</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:05:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgFnixAUYXjVBuDocKTc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. lawmakers are redistributing income from the poor to the rich, according to massive new study]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservatives love to claim that government policies have redistributed wealth downwards from the rich to the poor, when actually the opposite is true. Beginning in the Reagan years, lawmakers began passing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/u-s-lawmakers-are-redistributing-income-from-the-poor-to-the-rich-according-to-massive-new-study-dda1c27484401</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/u-s-lawmakers-are-redistributing-income-from-the-poor-to-the-rich-according-to-massive-new-study-dda1c27484401</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2017 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgdcQp38dHNY6AC1tmxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IRS Bitcoin Hunt Ramps Up, But Tax Amnesty Could Follow: Expert Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Master Blog is Cointelegraph's new arrangement of articles by crypto industry pioneers. It covers everything from Blockchain innovation and digital currencies to ICO direction and speculation examination.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@robert.reich/irs-bitcoin-hunt-ramps-up-but-tax-amnesty-could-follow-expert-blog-9f6b70168f707</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@robert.reich/irs-bitcoin-hunt-ramps-up-but-tax-amnesty-could-follow-expert-blog-9f6b70168f707</guid><category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 17:29:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMe4rNPUTQFvMbzBLXNvJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coal excavators leader: Trump moves to debilitate dark lung assurances]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump's agenda is a cruel hoax. 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When]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cruel/@robert.reich/the-coal-excavators-leader-trump-moves-to-debilitate-dark-lung-assurances-6ec70f7e72c1f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cruel/@robert.reich/the-coal-excavators-leader-trump-moves-to-debilitate-dark-lung-assurances-6ec70f7e72c1f</guid><category><![CDATA[cruel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMfpJfPRMuzYx2zzZvige?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[High income gains during US expansions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Income gains during U.S. expansions have increasingly gone to the rich, as shown in the chart below (orange shows gains for bottom 90 percent, gray shows gains for top 10 percent). So what are Trump and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/us/@robert.reich/high-income-gains-during-us-expansions-5ef82b9929457</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/us/@robert.reich/high-income-gains-during-us-expansions-5ef82b9929457</guid><category><![CDATA[us]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:30:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMyTTbaajwtuuEA18uc1k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO WHY THE TRUMP-REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN IS A TOTAL DISGRACE (you may find this useful over the holidays when you confront your Republican Uncle Bob).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are the 3 main Republican arguments in favor of it, followed by the truth. It will make American corporations competitive with foreign corporations, which are taxed at a lower rate. Rubbish. (1) American]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/a-citizen-s-guide-to-why-the-trump-republican-tax-plan-is-a-total-disgrace-you-may-find-this-useful-over-the-holidays-when-you-b61a6c3bc0dac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@robert.reich/a-citizen-s-guide-to-why-the-trump-republican-tax-plan-is-a-total-disgrace-you-may-find-this-useful-over-the-holidays-when-you-b61a6c3bc0dac</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:21:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3baHssuLzfN2Qenvs9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[US ISIS Supporter Caught Sending $150k In Laundered Crypto To Syria]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long Island, New York: a lady is looking up to 110 years in prison subsequent to endeavoring to send $150,000 in Bitcoin and altcoins to ISIS. 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The 4.1 Bitcoin installment was made]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crimes/@robert.reich/lady-in-denmark-imprisoned-for-hiring-hitman-using-bitcoin-1d868e18789c8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crimes/@robert.reich/lady-in-denmark-imprisoned-for-hiring-hitman-using-bitcoin-1d868e18789c8</guid><category><![CDATA[crimes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:49:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwKgsjr7UQN21c7ZXyne?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind Trump's intend to focus on the government security net]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump and Republicans in Congress are quietly plotting the next phase of their agenda: Use the huge deficit increase caused by their tax cut for the wealthy to justify deep cuts to programs that middle-class]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@robert.reich/behind-trump-s-intend-to-focus-on-the-government-security-net-cebe1ed21f067</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@robert.reich/behind-trump-s-intend-to-focus-on-the-government-security-net-cebe1ed21f067</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robert.reich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:14:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwgw5jGUP47pVDBB9LCW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of Net Neutrality Debate, Biggest ISPs Spent At Least $26.3 Million On Lobbying]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Federal Communications Commission received millions of public comments in opposition to the repeal of Net Neutrality. 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