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July 31, 2026 Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Peter Nicholas, Gordon Lubold, Katherine Doyle, and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News reported Wednesday that President Donald J. Trump is “exasperated” that the Iran war is dragging on and that his advisors can’t agree what to do next….
July 31, 2026Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Peter Nicholas, Gordon Lubold, Katherine Doyle, and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News reported Wednesday that President Donald J.heathercoxrichardson.substack.comToday with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @maya4rights.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/7T72zNWUoks?feature=share
How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Taking Effect in Healthcare | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nWTWuQQrKU
An Unfulfilled Promise in Healthcare | ExplainerIn which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....From Politics Chat, July 30, 2026The live streamed version is available here: https://www.yo...www.youtube.comLetters from an American July 30, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-30-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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July 30, 2026 Sixty years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Medicare and Medicaid went into effect. A year earlier, President Lyndon B. Johnson had signed the Medicare and Medicaid amendments Congress had made to the Social Security Act of 1935, establishing two national health insurance programs.…
July 30, 2026Sixty years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Medicare and Medicaid went into effect.heathercoxrichardson.substack.comWhat Are We Doing Here Folks? | From Tuesday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/dQuR2yoUnVI
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Letters from an American July 29, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-29-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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July 29, 2026 Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN reported today that a new poll found that 70% of adult Americans disapprove of the way President Donald J. Trump is handling the economy while only 30% approve. A whopping 75% disapprove of how Trump is handling inflation, while only 25% approve….
July 29, 2026Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN reported today that a new CNN poll conducted by the public opinion research firm SSRS found that 70% of adult Americans disapprove of the way President Donald J.heathercoxrichardson.substack.comA President’s Deliberate Move to Take Congressional Power | Explainer from yesterday’s Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZUHGAGCIqc
A President’s Deliberate Move to Take Congressional Power | ExplainerIn which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....From Politics Chat, July 28, 2026The live streamed version is available here: https://www.yo...www.youtube.comA Window Into Trump’s Mind | From yesterday's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/dQuR2yoUnVI
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Politics Chat, July 28, 2026YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardsonwww.youtube.comFrom American Conversations with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Ben Wikler, an American political organizer who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025. @benwikler.bsky.social Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/ftsOb9c38yQ
Letters from an American July 27, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-27-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
July 27, 2026 On July 22, Sam Fortier of NOTUS reported that the Trump-appointed judges of the Presidential 1776 Award competition, emceed by Education Secretary Linda McMahon, apparently rigged the competition to cut out a 17-year-old Indian immigrant in favor of a homeschooled blonde girl from….
July 27, 2026On July 22, Sam Fortier of NOTUS reported that the Trump-appointed judges of the Presidential 1776 Award competition, emceed by Education Secretary Linda McMahon, apparently rigged the competition to ...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comToday with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @benwikler.bsky.social youtube.com/live/ftsOb9c...
Ben Wikler | American ConversationsYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardsonyoutube.comFrom American Conversations with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Governor Wes Moore, the 63rd Governor of Maryland and the first Black Governor in the state's history. @iamwesmoore.bsky.social Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/d-AavUPgN8M
Letters from an American July 26, 2026 Full letter available here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-26-2026 @hcrichardson.bsky.social