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Letters from an American
28 Jul 19:33 • Heather Cox Richardson

Trying to Rewrite History

Letters from an American
28 Jul 05:36 • Heather Cox Richardson

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 Wyoming, a Michigan boy who attended a private Catholic school, and a girl from Washington who told CNN she supported Trump and wanted to see “everyone walking away from the competition knowing this is the greatest country of the world.”

Letters from an American
27 Jul 23:57 • Heather Cox Richardson

Rejecting the Constitutional Order

Letters from an American
27 Jul 23:00 • Heather Cox Richardson

Ben Wikler | American Conversations

Letters from an American
27 Jul 04:33 • Heather Cox Richardson

July 26, 2026

From the time he took office in January 2025, Trump and his cronies have not simply challenged laws or constitutional provisions.

Letters from an American
27 Jul 01:06 • Heather Cox Richardson

Whitewashing

Letters from an American
26 Jul 16:57 • Heather Cox Richardson

Week Nine in 250 to 250

This was the ninth week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Letters from an American
26 Jul 06:03 • Heather Cox Richardson

July 25, 2026

It turns out Trump has not abandoned his plan to paint the massive grey granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building white.

Letters from an American
25 Jul 23:48 • Heather Cox Richardson

For Their Own Ends

Letters from an American
25 Jul 06:24 • Heather Cox Richardson

July 24, 2026

Tony 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, in fact, a lie.

Letters from an American
24 Jul 23:36 • Heather Cox Richardson

A Politically Impossible Situation

Letters from an American
24 Jul 05:30 • Heather Cox Richardson

July 23, 2026

I have been thinking lately about taxes and war and citizens and what the government should do for its people.

Letters from an American
24 Jul 01:45 • Heather Cox Richardson

Politics Chat, July 23, 2026

Letters from an American
23 Jul 23:54 • Heather Cox Richardson

Governor Wes Moore | American Conversations

Letters from an American
23 Jul 21:54 • Heather Cox Richardson

Is This Fascism

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Letters from an American
23 Jul 03:21 • Heather Cox Richardson

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.

Letters from an American
22 Jul 20:30 • Heather Cox Richardson

Dramatic Cuts

Shirking Responsibility

Letters from an American
22 Jul 05:51 • Heather Cox Richardson

July 21, 2026

The 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’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the deepest cuts to SNAP in its history, expanded work rules, and shifted costs to the states even as cuts to federal grant programs have forced Arizona to lay off a third of its caseworkers.