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August 2, 2026

August 2, 2026Friday’s dismissal of the Department of Justice case against David Hearn for vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool came days after Hearn’s lawyers asked for transcripts of the grand jury p...heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

August 1, 2026

August 1, 2026In a classic Friday night news dump, the Department of Justice last night moved to dismiss the criminal charges against David Hearn, the U.S.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 31, 2026

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.com

July 30, 2026

July 30, 2026Sixty years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Medicare and Medicaid went into effect.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 29, 2026

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.com

"Are you a participant in a battle of wills with a roommate over who will be the first to give in and do the dishes?"

Is It Time to Wash the Dishes? A Flow Chart“Are you a participant in a battle of wills with a roommate over who will be the first to give in and do the dishes?”buff.ly

July 26, 2026

July 26, 2026From the time he took office in January 2025, Trump and his cronies have not simply challenged laws or constitutional provisions.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 25, 2026

July 25, 2026It turns out Trump has not abandoned his plan to paint the massive grey granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building white.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 24, 2026

July 24, 2026Tony Romm and Brad Plumer of the New York Times reported this afternoon that the Trump administration’s claim last October that it was cutting programs in order to protect taxpayers against waste was,...heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 23, 2026

July 23, 2026I have been thinking lately about taxes and war and citizens and what the government should do for its people.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 22, 2026

July 22, 2026“The Republican Party’s new favorite talking point is calling Democrats communists,” Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) said yesterday on the floor of the U.S.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 21, 2026

July 21, 2026The front page of yesterday’s New York Times featured some of the 440,000 Americans from Arizona alone who have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits since the Republicans’ On...heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 20, 2026

July 20, 2026On Friday an Iranian attack on a U.S.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 18, 2026

July 18, 2026On July 18, 1863, at dusk, the Black soldiers of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry of the U.S.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

Someone needs to lock Matt Damon in his fucking house. You know how much money we've spent bringing his ass back home???

July 17, 2026

July 17, 2026Yesterday President Donald J.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

What happens when we consider a proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox in light of the genetic woes of cheetahs? @jdnicoll.bsky.social shares some thoughts on Percolation Theory, inbreeding, and interstellar colonization...

The Fermi Paradox, Percolation, and Inbreeding - ReactorWhat do cheetahs and genetic bottlenecks have to do with interstellar colonization? Glad you asked...reactormag.com

July 16, 2026

July 16, 2026An exchange yesterday between Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Jay Clayton, Trump’s nominee to oversee the U.S.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 15, 2026

July 15, 2026Exactly five years ago, on July 15, 2021, I wrote:heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

July 14, 2026

July 14, 2026In August 1870 a U.S.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com