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Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson's narrated newsletter about the history behind today's politics. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
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The Right to Run for Office
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The Stench of Corruption
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Dolly
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Performative Nonsense
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Untrustworthy
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You Are Not Alone
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Do We Value an Educated Community?
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Hidden Cuts to Health Care
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Trying to Change the Narrative
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Fighting for the Right to Vote
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This is What the Commander in Chief is Doing
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The Yukon Gold Rush
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In Shambles
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The Social Security Act
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Moving as Quickly as Possible
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Out of Control
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Trump's Tough Guy Aspirations
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The Road to Resignation
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Resigning the Presidency
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Trump’s Protestations
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The Voting Rights Act
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In Favor of the Income Tax
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Skewing the System
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An Unconscionable Deal
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Manipulating the Judicial Process
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Always a Lie
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Trading Strategy for Ideology
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60 Years of Medicare and Medicaid
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Nothing to Stand On
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Trying to Rewrite History
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Rejecting the Constitutional Order
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Whitewashing
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For Their Own Ends
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A Politically Impossible Situation
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Is This Fascism
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Dramatic Cuts
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Shirking Responsibility
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Massachusetts 54th Regiment
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A Deeply Unpopular Push
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Trump’s Lies
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A Different Set of Priorities
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Valuing What Nature Can Accomplish
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Hostilities
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Threats Dismissed
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Fury
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Rigging the 2026 Election
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What the Fourteenth Amendment Protects
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Who is in Control?
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NATO Summit in Türkiye
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A Thumb on the Scale
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Reality Reasserts Itself
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Government of the People, by the People, for the People
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Resting on the Rule of Law
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The White House is Not a Business Opportunity
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Birthright Citizenship
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The Unitary Executive
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A New Political Language
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Lies, Threats, and Looting
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A Party of Radical Extremists
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Battle of the Little Big Horn
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Clearly Panicked
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Continuing to Fall Apart
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Mired in Its Own Mistakes
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Father's Day
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Reality Defies Trump’s Narrative
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Juneteenth
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The Power of the People
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The MOU Ignites a Firestorm
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Covering Up
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Testing the Limits
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One of the Highest Moral Lessons
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A Trump Stunt
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Unlawful Government Action
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Signs of Frustration
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Trying to Rewrite the Story
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A Very Big Deal Indeed
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The Right of Conscience
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Trump Walks Out
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We Deserve to Know What is Happening
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D-Day
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People are Paying Attention
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A Vast Grab for Power
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Destroying the Rule of Law
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Trump is Looking for a Lifeline
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A Declaration of Conscience
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The Johnstown Flood
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As Trump Takes Hits, He Lashes Out
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Weaponizing the Department of Justice
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Trump's Politics as Dominance Sport
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Accountability and Consequences
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Trump Under Pressure
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250 to 250
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Memorial Day
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The Power to Shape the Civilization That We Want
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Starting to Crack
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Blocking the Slush Fund
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A Pardon on Steroids
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Americans’ Civic Identity
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Awakening a Sleeping Giant
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Trump's China Trip
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The Most Corrupt U.S. Administration in History
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A One-Party South
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The Price of Non-Prosecution
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Made in the U.S.A.*
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Two Celebrations
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Mothers' Day
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Look, Ma. A U.F.O!
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Gerrymandering Arms Race
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Hidden Costs
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A Ballroom Bait and Switch
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Trump's "Mini War"
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Gilding the Capital
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Ten Great American Horses
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Will We Choose the Rule of Law?
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A New Low
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Two Speeches
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Questionable Claims
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The Ballroom Distraction
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White House Correspondents' Dinner
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Establishing the United Nations
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Purges at the Pentagon
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The Fight Over Gerrymandering
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A New Low
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Fecklessly Failing
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Could the King Be Checked By the People?
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Damage
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Crises in the Wings
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The Republicans Seem Frantic
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Now He Belongs to the Ages
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The Changing Political Game
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Restore America to Its Own People
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Trump’s Broken Promises
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Attack on Fort Sumter
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Has Something Shifted?
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Falling Apart
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Meeting at Appomattox
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Trump’s Mad and Desperate Threats
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Lies and Non Sequiturs
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The President’s Ultimatums
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Exerting Their Will
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NATO
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Administration is Feeling Pressure
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The Legacy of Birthright Citizenship
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Unbelievably Irresponsible
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The Whims of a Single Man
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Turning Out For History
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Republican Governance in This Era
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The Change in the World Order
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Taking It to the States
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Deception, Distortion, and Destruction
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What News Do We Trust?
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President Under Pressure
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The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
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Global Disruption and the War in Iran
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Cover-ups and Dodges
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“Stunning Interference”
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An Unprepared and Untethered Administration
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Evacuation of Boston, 1776
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Launching an Ill-Thought-Out War
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Happy Birthday, Maine
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Administration Prosecutes Iran War Without a Plan
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Money is Flooding into the Political System
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Who Can Take the Pain the Longest?
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Democratic Senators and Members of Congress Condemn Lack of Planning, Cuts in Services, and Reckless Spending
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Iran War Affects Oil Prices and the Stock Market, Putting Pressure on Trump
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The Administration's Views on the Iran War and Foreign Affairs
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What Motivates Trump?
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Remembering Reverend Jesse Jackson
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Trump Blusters But Faces Setbacks at Home
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War in Iran Rages As Epstein Coverup and Voter Suppression Continue
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The Widening War in Iran
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American Adventurism in Iran
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