Politics Chat

Watch out for AI-generated impersonation scams, Trump approval ratings at post-January 6th lows, war with Iran and the Strait of Hormuz closure, oil futures above $110 a barrel, the 60-day War Powers Act deadline, Pete Hegseth's Senate and House testimony, Republican rejection of Democratic war authorization proposals, Trump sons' no-bid drone contracts, Jerome Powell's refusal to vacate the Fed, Louisiana v. Callais and the Supreme Court's majority-minority district ruling, Republican gerrymandering from Operation REDMAP to the present, and the Democratic push for retaliatory redistricting.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/dz1HCGWDLe8?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

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan's firing, Pete Hegseth's consolidation of power within the Pentagon, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer's shift from sworn hearings to roundtables, the Epstein Files Transparency Act and DOJ's partial release, Pam Bondi's contempt proceedings, Todd Blanch in as Acting Attorney General, the Strait of Hormuz closure and stalled Iran negotiations, UAE request for U.S. Treasury backstop, Trump family cryptocurrency dealings, the Southern Poverty Law Center indictment, DOJ settlements with Michael Flynn and Carter Page, Senate votes on ICE funding and FISA Section 702 reauthorization.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/EvVPhRv8qU0?si=P5_WFiKCHE4Bf47GGet 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

Hungary's Magyar election victory and democratic opposition theory, Biden vs. Magyar approaches to political legitimacy, MAGA Republicans as illegitimate political party, House Joint Resolution 140 on Boundary Waters copper sulfide mining, Saudi sovereign wealth fund pullback, House War Powers Resolution on war with Iran fails by one vote, Lina Khan's new antitrust center at Columbia Law, House Democrats' corruption committee, 25th Amendment legislation, Russell Vought's congressional testimony, what Moms for Liberty local school board losses signal on a national scale.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/EpP6i73j2CE?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

Special elections shift toward Democrats, Wisconsin Supreme Court progressive majority, Republican retirements from the House, Iran war fallout and Strait of Hormuz closure, Trump's ceasefire declaration and unraveling ten-point plan, Pete Hegseth's account of servicemen deaths challenged, Trump attacks on Tucker Carlson and MAGA allies, Sandy Hook hoax reversal, Melania Trump's Epstein press conference, U.S. threat against the Vatican, Viktor Orban's Hungary election and JD Vance visit, and Democrats' push for a congressional Iran war vote.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://youtu.be/Vg1GIFii-8AGet 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

Trump's Davy Crockett social media post targeting Jasmine Crockett, movement conservatism's ideological origins and collapse, federal daycare and Medicaid funding cuts, 400 hospitals at risk of closure, Medicaid cuts from the 2025 reconciliation bill, U.S. exclusion from 40-nation Strait of Hormuz talks, Pete Hegseth firing Army Chief of Staff Randy George, Pam Bondi's dismissal and Todd Blanch's appointment as acting Attorney General, Jamie Raskin's classified documents findings, Nurul Amin Shah's homicide ruling, Wired's BORTAC and BORSTAR identification reporting, Mike Johnson backing down on DHS funding, and tips for identifying misinformation.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/tj0X3JDgff4Get 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

The three pillars of the postwar rules-based international order, Trump's acceleration of that collapse, the Strait of Hormuz closure and rising oil prices, U.S. concessions to Russia over Ukraine and Donbas, sanctions relief on Belarus, stock market trades ahead of Trump's Iran announcement, Jamie Raskin's letter to Pam Bondi over classified documents, the SAVE Act and proof-of-citizenship voting requirements, TSA funding standoff, Trump's approval ratings, the No Kings rally.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/SYmMXQuBqggGet 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

MAGA coalition fractures over Iran war, U.S. military strikes and Strait of Hormuz closure, oil prices and inflation surge, NSM on domestic terrorism and protest prosecutions, Texas Antifa terror convictions, SAVE Act voter suppression push, Pam Bondi and Epstein files cover-up, FBI location data purchases, Kash Patel Senate testimony, Tulsi Gabbard and Russia-Iran intelligence, Markwayne Mullin DHS nomination hearing, Jerome Powell stays at the Fed, Trump's mental decline, and Cuba as next military target.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/watch?v=rotLTPy9_psGet 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

SAVE America Act requirements, documentary proof to vote, federal ID history, filibuster mechanics and cloture, Senate pressure on John Thune, Pentagon casualty leak discrepancy, White House advisory leaks, Iran war escalation, Strait of Hormuz closure threat, oil prices breaching $100 per barrel, fertilizer supply disruption, Lebanon refugee crisis, special election Democratic margins, No Kings March on March 28th.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/-csfTXXSrr0?si=8XqAw9OWejKaQQdxGet 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

Boundary Waters sulfide mining vote, Steve Daines' last-minute Senate exit and hand-picked successor in Montana, Markwayne Mullin nominated to replace Kristi Noem at DHS, Kansas transgender driver's license law, the Shield of the Americas and Western Hemisphere reorganization into sphere of influence, Pete Hegseth's Counter Cartel Conference remarks, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's Senate speech on Mueller report and Epstein-Russia connections, Scott Bessent's Russian oil sanctions rollback, the Iran strikes and Congressional war powers, rising oil prices and military munitions costs.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/I70KDCbtkjI?si=gRllqfdmWIeep2c4 Get 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

State of the Union marks the administration’s shift into campaign mode, fraud commission led by JD Vance, Somali community Minnesota fraud claims, Supreme Court limits on Trump tariffs, CBO projections for Medicare Part A trust fund exhaustion in 2040, CBO projections for Social Security trust fund depletion by end of 2031, House Oversight Committee closed-door Hillary Clinton Epstein deposition and a leaked photo, NPR reporting on the missing pages from the Epstein files, ICE and Border Patrol detention policy shifts and Fourth Amendment raid warrants, the death of a blind Myanmar refugee in Buffalo, SAVE Act prospects, federal emergency proposals for election control, and the “war for your mind.”---New episodes of Politics Chat are available 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/3QdheXKAkPg?si=ACWeLHJUnCx1XgAY Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the widening implications of the Epstein files, intelligence and influence networks tied to Jeffrey Epstein, scrutiny of Epstein-linked financial records and Senate pressure on Treasury disclosures, South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk-yeol sentenced after a failed self-coup attempt, the rise of the unitary executive theory and expanding presidential immunity after the 2024 Supreme Court decision, Trump’s “Board of Peace” meeting and efforts to supplant postwar international institutions, a reported White House plan to recreate a U.S.-based alternative to the World Health Organization, the Congressional Review Act push targeting the Boundary Waters and broader public-lands protections, U.S. force buildup and strike considerations involving Iran alongside deficit concerns, and signs of a widening pro-democracy cultural and grassroots mobilization.---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/sMhDg6OIqJI?si=0ltGZmEBSrApCl3A Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

Whistleblower complaint regarding Tulsi Gabbard and intercepted communications involving Jared Kushner, Trump speaks out against the Gordie Howe International Bridge hours after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick meets with competing bridge owner, the “authoritarian international” and Robert Mueller's 2011 warning on global criminal networks, ICE and Border Patrol operations and the construction of concentration camps across the U.S., DHS funding standoff in the Senate over Fourth Amendment violations and agent identification requirements, the SAVE Act, Trump's social media declaration to impose voter ID with or without Congressional approval, and protecting the integrity of the 2026 midterm elections. Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe

Senator Ron Wyden’s open letter to CIA Director John Ratcliffe, a Minnesota courtroom transcript reveals systemic failures inside DHS, Democrats’ demands to rein in federal immigration enforcement before further DHS funding, warning signs of masked federal agents, fallout from the Epstein files and Brad Karp’s resigns from Paul Weiss, mounting concern over Trump’s efforts to rig the 2026 elections through gerrymandering and voter suppression, and Trump’s latest return to the Big Lie. Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe