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Politics Chat
Hosted by Heather Cox Richardson · EN
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Politics Chat, July 16, 2026
1w ago00:43:56Tap to summarizeTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Waltham clockmaking and industrial time, U.S.–Iran war, Strait of Hormuz control and rising fuel prices, U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding, Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown, threatened strikes on Iranian infrastructure, immigration sweeps and enforcement shootings, foodborne illness outbreak, CDC tracking cuts, wildfire smoke and air quality, climate policy reversals, White House reflecting pool damage, defense supplemental spending package, SAVE Act funding, Senate Judiciary Committee vacancy, Senate Republican leadership absences, director of national intelligence nomination, attorney general confirmation, Epstein files, presidential approval decline, prime-time election speech and network coverage, Maine Senate race.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://youtube.com/live/CEa2Rj6fV58?feature=shareGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, July 14, 2026
2w ago00:49:39Tap to summarizeTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding withdrawal, Strait of Hormuz control, Iranian port blockade, cargo transit fees, War Powers Act notification, ICE appropriation, immigration enforcement shootings, traffic stop suspension, detention facility conditions and court access, Maine Senate race, Senate Judiciary Committee vacancy, Senate Republican leadership absences, attorney general confirmation, International Criminal Court withdrawal push, Caribbean and eastern Pacific boat strikes, SAVE Act, state voter roll collection, 2020 election claims, director of national intelligence nomination, Trump IRS settlement ruling, Epstein files litigation, preemptive pardons, federal contracting irregularities, Trump family financial dealings, Motor Voter Act history, Margaret Chase Smith and Senate succession precedent.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://youtube.com/live/Nvc0cvDTGb4?feature=shareGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, July 9, 2026
2w ago00:52:04Tap to summarizeTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Maine Senate race, Mitch McConnell health uncertainty, Iran war escalation, Strait of Hormuz fallout and rising inflation, NATO summit realignment, ICE raids resurgence, immigration enforcement shooting, Trump family corruption, Spain trade cutoff, Trump mental fitness, Epstein files litigation, Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation, Greenland acquisition push, left-wing terrorism summit, Latin American spheres of influence, Venezuela intervention, communism rhetoric, voter roll purges, Department of Government Efficiency shutdown, contaminated baby formula, food safety regulation.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://youtube.com/live/7kglw8jevNEGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, July 7, 2026
3w ago00:46:23Tap to summarizeTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Maine Senate race, anti-establishment messaging, party realignment, Graham Platner nomination, concentration of wealth, the American dream, work ethic versus job category, Democratic bench depth, “prairie populism,” urban democratic socialism, rural infrastructure gaps, Susan Collins’ record, Kavanaugh confirmation vote, appropriations clawbacks, Trump meme coin losses, renewed Iran bombing, Strait of Hormuz fallout, NATO summit, Greenland and Canada annexation talk, Mitch McConnell health questions, neo-Nazi march.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/nkDRcv1pzT4?si=g1F4s3eed_qcq2TfGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, July 2, 2026
3w ago00:42:12Tap to summarizeTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Declaration of Independence 250th anniversary, natural law and unalienable rights, consent of the governed, grievances against the King, dissolution of allegiance to the Crown, birth of a new nationPolitics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCsf4t2bxjAGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, June 30, 2026
4w ago00:55:21Tap to summarizeTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Presidential eligibility for the Supreme Court, bipartisan housing bill stalled, pocket veto, SAVE Act voter citizenship requirements, SAVE database Privacy Act ruling, SAVE Act NDAA rejection, Republican redistricting resistance, Texas Bible curriculum law, separation of church and state, One Big Beautiful Bill Act delayed cuts, constitutional convention risks, Trump v. Slaughter, Humphrey's Executor overturned, OMB control of federal grants, Trump crypto earnings, NRSC v. FEC spending caps, transgender athletes in girls sports, birthright citizenship case, Supreme Court impeachment, Justice Thomas ethics, presidential immunity ruling, Texas Senate race, midterm election stakes.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/nmTSj9l9azo?si=IQq0MbdWwEsPCj0wGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, June 25, 2026
Jun 2600:41:54Tap to summarizeTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Communism, socialism, liberal democracy, fascism, and capitalism defined, New York progressive primary wins, Democratic Party civil war narrative, communist la…Communism, socialism, liberal democracy, fascism, and capitalism defined, New York progressive primary wins, Democratic Party civil war narrative, communist labeling of progressives, democratic socialism, Overton Window, 1956 Republican Party platform, Lincoln's Cooper Union address, Northwest Ordinance, Progressive Era corporate regulation, government stakes in private corporations, Medicaid and SNAP cuts, rural hospital closures, Social Security cuts, prairie populism, agribusiness consolidation, right-to-repair laws, government corruption concerns, universal health care polling, higher taxes on the wealthy, Danish social model, antitrust enforcement reversal.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://youtube.com/live/_Nt2CQR0dpA?feature=shareGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, June 23, 2026
Jun 2400:45:47Tap to summarizeNo-bid contracts, emergency powers expansion, Reflecting Pool restoration, algae research funding cuts, U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, Strait of Hormuz leverage, JCPOA comparison, nuclear inspections dispute, War Powers resolution, presidential health reporting, administration succession jockeying, Tucker Carlson Republican Party break, Hungarian funding of right-wing media, Tulsi Gabbard cult reporting, Antifa terrorist designation, NSPM-7 domestic terrorism memorandum, Prairie Land protester conspiracy sentencing, Broadview Six case dismissal, Minneapolis protester prosecution, SAVE Act voting rolls push, Social Security cuts, health care affordability, money in politics, democracy versus autocracy realignment.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://youtube.com/live/KnvXXAkgMqg?feature=shareGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, June 18, 2026
Jun 1900:44:36Tap to summarizeU.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, War Powers Act bypass, Iranian sanctions relief, Strait of Hormuz tolls and rising fuel prices, frozen Iranian assets release, Iran reconstruction funding, Iranian nuclear commitment, Lebanon and Hezbollah ceasefire terms, Israeli nonparticipation, Senate treaty ratification, Versailles signing, Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, Kyiv cultural site bombing, Knicks championship parade, Obama Presidential Center opening, SAVE Act.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://youtube.com/live/9x1w8-euxcIGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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Politics Chat, June 16, 2026
Jun 1700:58:45Tap to summarizeDemocracy versus republic, changes at the Department of Education, school voucher expansion, OMB oversight of federal grants, Trump IRS non-prosecution deal, IRS lawsuit reopened, U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, Strait of Hormuz fallout and rising fuel prices, Iranian sanctions relief, War Powers Act bypass, Caribbean boat strikes, Antifa terrorist designation, NSPM-7 domestic terrorism memorandum, Minneapolis protester conspiracy indictment, Broadview Six case dismissal, detention facility expansion, White House ballroom taxpayer funding, We Are America 250th anniversary campaignPolitics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://youtube.com/live/07LEjNl2xHA?feature=shareGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe
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