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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13m
🚨 BREAKING: Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles, hitting TEC-4 power station. Intelligence indicates Russia is preparing further ballistic launches, warns President Zelenskyy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 3h
Trump isn’t fooling anyone about his corruption. The newest AP/NORC poll shows “about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe he is either illegally profiting or doing something unethical but not illegal.”
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More Outrageous Weaponization of the Justice Department
They can’t contain their fascism.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 22m
Still waiting...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Republican Crimes Tracker @gopcrimes.bsky.social · 19m
#196/2026 Elected Louisiana GOP official Chad Hardy was charged with theft after he made numerous purchases using an account owned by a local Knights of Columbus charity. Stealing from a religious charity to enrich yourself is low even by modern MAGA standards.
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Elected official arrested in Arnaudville, police say
A St. Martin Parish elected official has been arrested, accused of theft from the Knights of Columbus, Arnaudville Police say.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 6h
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 3h
You recognize the signs of DV in his he’s behaving and what he’s saying. And you know the danger of separating.. that’s what the midterms are to him - us separating from his DV
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h
NEW: Illinois delivered more than $600 million in tax cuts to nearly 950,000 working families. Our Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit let them keep an average of $1,460 in their pockets. While Trump puts the wealthy first, we're giving families more breathing room.
Graphic of Governor Pritzker in front of an outline of Illinois, with text reading, "Governor Pritzker provides $600 million in tax cuts to 950,000 working families."
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kmbailey59.bsky.social @kmbailey59.bsky.social · 3h
I hope everyone recognizes how insane it is for one person to be able to spend $366M on one election. It would take the average US worker 5,200 _years_ to even earn that much.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 3h
I’m proud to stand up for hardworking Ohioans, and I’m honored to have @barackobama.bsky.social support our fight to help working people get ahead.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.
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Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie
Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 3h
The FAA rolled out a new AI tool for air traffic control in DC without publishing a safety evaluation or sufficiently consulting labor. @repaprildelaney.bsky.social and I are urging the FAA to stop the rollout until we have answers. Air traffic control leaves zero margin for error.
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 2h
Incredibly honored to have President Obama's support in this fight.
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 3h
Americans are exhausted with a political system consumed by fear, division and divisiveness. We must build a better and more hopeful path for our country.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Guilfoyle has now reached the stage where Trump pretends he doesn’t really know who she is.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 5h
We’re expanding our discretionary grant pilot program to speed up funding for nonprofits that serve New Yorkers. Now, 800 nonprofit partners are on track to receive funding within 30 days — cutting months of red tape so they can spend less time on paperwork and more time serving our communities.
Nonprofit leaders celebrate the pilot expansion at the Bushwick Starr. Mayor Mamdani, Lincoln Restler, Julie Menin, and Linda Lee stand at a podium celebrating faster payments for non profits. Nonprofit leaders celebrate the pilot expansion at the Bushwick Starr.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 5h
Healthcare is a human right! That’s why I’ve brought home millions for local hospitals, to build and expand behavioral health clinics, and for emergency services across the state. From Bernalillo to Belen, the East Mountains to Ft. Sumner to Sandia—these facilities will help save lives.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5h
Just going to park it right here.
Assistant Secretary Riley Bar... # 8•2h
Ambassador Thornhill, welcome to the team. I'm proud to have such a dedicated leader join us as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Human trafficking is a grave human rights issue and a transnational crime exploiting men, women, and children for profit. We will continue to go after traffickers, protect survivors, and deliver justice for the American people.
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 4h
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Fighting for Ohio Rally with President Barack Obama · Ohio Wins
Join President Barack Obama, Sherrod Brown, and Amy Acton as we fire up Ohio voters and kick the final stretch of the 2026 election into high gear. On Saturday, October 24, we’ll be in the heart of E...
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 4h
Ohio, it’s going to take all of us to win. Now is the time to get in the fight. Cleveland. October 24th. Join us.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
It’s just seems like you ought to at least know SOMETHING about the government, civics or policy to get appointed as a US Senator from SC or a WH Press Secretary. But no, that doesn’t seem to be necessary for Republicans.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 4h
Building an administration around who is willing to affirm absolute loyalty to you during cable news hits is not a great plan.
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Brian Poindexter For Congress @poindexterforcongress.com · 4h
Working people are the most underrepresented group in Congress. I'm a union ironworker running for Congress to start to change that.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 4h
As promised, the 250 to 250 project continues!
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 5h
Mariska Hargitay is an award–winning actress, producer, and director and the founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. Hargitay proudly commemorates the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. #WeAreAmerica250
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 5h
Another bug in the human brain: you surround someone with something and they'll quickly decide that's what's normal (even if the voices are fake, even if you KNOW they're fake).
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 5h
Washington Times ran sponsored content from the president of drone manufacturer Powerus on Sunday. Not mentioned: Powerus is backed by Don Jr. and Eric Trump.
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Affordable enough to fire, fast enough to evolve
A drone assembled from commercial parts crosses the line, and a six-figure missile leaves the rail to meet it. The missile works. The drone is destroyed, but the defender has just spent many times wha...
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 6h
Cindy Hyde-Smith has 21 days until Election Day to face Mississippi voters in a town hall or debate.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 6h
10/13 New reporting from the Press Herald Tuesday says that Senator Susan Collins and the pro-Collins super PAC run by a family friend are still paying the DC fundraising firm connected to the alleged pay-to-play scheme that the FBI wanted to investigate as recently as last year. #maine #MEpolitics
Collins campaign and superpac still paying DC fundraiser from Navatek scandal

• Press Herald is reporting that both orgs are currently paying the same fundraising company used by the pac in the period investigated by the FBI over alleged bribery
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
😂😂😂
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 5h
I’m hiring motivated and eager interns for the Spring 2027 semester in my Boston office. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, working class, veterans, and other underrepresented candidates with Massachusetts ties are encouraged to apply. Applications are due Monday, November 9th.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
this is an SNL cold open come to life. she can barely read
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 19h
Since assuming office in 2015, Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million and a review of travel records could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
OMG she is brutally bad at this
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Democratic AGs @dems.ag · 7h
🚨 Michigan Republican AG candidate Doug Lloyd campaigned with anti-abortion extremists. He cannot be trusted as Michigan’s top law enforcement official. michiganindependent.com/politics/dou...
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Doug Lloyd campaigns with prominent anti-abortion leader ahead of election
Lloyd, the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, will face Democrat Eli Savit in the Nov. 3 general election.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 7h
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 7h
The biggest lie we’ve been told is that we don’t have the power to change anything. This isn’t about Republican vs. Democrat. It’s about the rich and powerful becoming trillionaires while they try to wipe out the middle class. Let's get out and win Florida! #AngieForFlorida
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8h
Susan Collins wants voters to believe she is a moderate Republican who stands up to Trump. But the truth is Collins only takes sides against the regime when she knows her vote won’t stop Trump.
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In the Senate, Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops Him (Gift Article)
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.
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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 8h
In this episode of @250to250.bsky.social, Charles “Chip” Storey tells the story of Fort Mose, the first legally sanctioned free Black community in America, founded by fugitives from slavery in Spanish Florida. 📽️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social 📺 youtu.be/eb0-KUgVu6A 🐾 Steve #250to250 #WeAreAmerica250
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Lynn @lynnf.bsky.social · 8h
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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 8h
⁣ ⁣ “…Identifying where the actual radicalism in American politics lies at this moment is important.”⁣ ⁣ Excerpted from 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 October 12, 2026 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⁣ heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12... 🐾⁣⁣ Steve⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #protectdemocracy
Graphic of quote from Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American for 10.12.26. Text reads: “ Identifying where the actual radicalism in American politics lies at this moment is important.”
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17/09/2026
Darline Graham is a "historically WEAK candidate" according to her opponent Annie Andrews, the Democratic trying to flip South Carolina's Senate seat blue. "The Senate seat does not belong to the Graham family. It doesn't belong to one political party and it doesn't belong to a president."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
* Americans' Confidence in Food Safety Drops to New Low @gallup.com news.gallup.com/poll/715430/...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 8h
Tillis is a Trump enabler who is trying to cash in on a twinge of regret without acknowledging the role he played in getting us into the terrible mess we are in. It's like an unrepentant menace to society trying to bullshit his way past the parole board.
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Lisa @lisalisa-bobisa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h
Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no warning from partners before Russia’s overnight attack with 100+ drones and missiles, incl 5 ballistic strikes on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv. Ukraine had paused refinery strikes for 2 days after Trump’s energy ceasefire announcement, Russia continued attacks.
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Morning Joe @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social · 9h
Bipartisan backlash is growing following an agreement between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to import Russian oil as friction between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grows.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 23h
I wrote about the one-man disinformation vector that we need to worry about between now and November: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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