On Friday, September 5, Trump lawyer Cleta Mitchell told Southern Baptist pastor and Newsmax host Tony Perkins that Trump may try to declare that “there is a threat to the national sovereignty of the United States" in order to claim “emergency powers to protect the federal elections going forward,” overriding the Constitution’s clear designation that states alone have control over elections.| Letters from an American
Tonight is a picture night, but one a little bit different than usual.| Letters from an American
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Today the social media account of President Donald J.| Letters from an American
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Today President Donald J.| Letters from an American
Senators challenged the decisions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.| Letters from an American
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[Please note that this post talks about sexual assault in the last four paragraphs.]| Letters from an American
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In the early hours of Sunday morning, in the middle of a three-day holiday weekend, the Trump administration attempted to take children out of government custody and ship them alone to their country of origin, Guatemala.| Letters from an American
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Almost one hundred and forty-three years ago, on September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.| Letters from an American
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Just days before Labor Day, a holiday designed to celebrate the importance and power of American workers in the United States, the Transportation Department cancelled $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects, and the Department of Energy announced it is withdrawing a $716 million loan guarantee to complete infrastructure for an offshore wind project in New Jersey.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
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Chaos continues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where President Donald J.| Letters from an American
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A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Yesterday, Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives approved a new map redrawing congressional districts to switch five seats from Democratic control to Republican.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Yesterday, military personnel from the United States of America literally rolled out a red carpet for a dictator who invaded a sovereign country and is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes including the stealing of children.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
A friend tells me I’ve been burning the candle at both ends for far too long, and I’m not going to dispute it.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Economists have been expressing concern about the accuracy of economic statistics coming out of the Trump administration for months.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
On July 2, 2024, just about a year ago, president of the right-wing Heritage Foundation Kevin Roberts told the listeners of Steve Bannon’s War Room webcast: “[W]e are going to win.| heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
