Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10hOctober 7, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 7, 2026On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B... 52730236
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026October 6, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 6, 2026Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking. 42850297
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026October 5, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 5, 2026Last night, on October 4, U.S. 39884295
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money! 731916716
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026October 4, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 4, 2026On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar... 43869323
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026October 3, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 3, 2026On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe... 481192394
Reposted by Aaron KnodleJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know. 661330692
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026September 30, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 30, 2026A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S. 45868283
Reposted by Aaron KnodleGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2026I’m calling on my fellow public servants - Democratic and Republican - to reject the influence of AI and Big Tech spending in our politics and elections. Americans deserve full confidence that our federal government focuses on their safety, not on companies' profit margins. 23749139
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026September 29, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 29, 2026The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. 551048345
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026September 23, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 23, 2026Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio... 46865331
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026September 22, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 22, 2026In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S. 37917309
Reposted by Aaron KnodleRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for. 23581273075
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026September 14, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 14, 2026This morning, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mierjeski of ProPublica broke the news that Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, spent hundreds of thousands of... 39882315
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026September 12, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 12, 2026On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J. 63957370
Reposted by Aaron KnodleRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If the money Trump claims to pay is tied to an election result, it isn’t a “cash payment” or “dividend” or “rebate” or “stimulus.” It is a bribe. Plain and simple. Calling it anything else accepts a false premise and helps Trump and Republicans cover up how corrupt it truly is. 1362757693
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026September 10, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 10, 2026We woke up today to news that Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants have taken control of the city and seaport of Mocha and much of the shoreline of the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, another c... 32748242
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026September 8, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 8, 2026On Sunday, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland, or AfD) party won 43.8% of the vote in a legislative election in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly part of ... 37881305
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026September 4, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 4, 2026On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade. 34847266
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026September 3, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 3, 2026Election analyst Charlie Cook told Republicans today to “brace themselves” for the midterms. 30769291
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026September 2, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 2, 2026A number of pundits, especially Republican pundits, interpreted Trump’s win in 2024 as a permanent political realignment proving that post–World War II liberalism was dead. 42821272
Reposted by Aaron KnodleAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing. 626140673829
Reposted by Aaron KnodleKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591033163
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026August 31, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 31, 2026Alex Horton and Tara Copp of the Washington Post reported on Sunday, August 30, that military leaders are warning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that a plan to continue large-scale operations in Iran ... 40738276
Reposted by Aaron KnodleRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026PSA: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense. 19464981932
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026August 29 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 29, 2026On Thursday, August 27, Tolouse Olorunnipa reported on the attempts of Republican lawmakers to restrict the ability of naturalized and dual citizens to run for office. 41808276
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This. The whole thread. 652054740
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026August 28, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 28, 2026The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that took place on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C., is remembered today primarily because it was the occasion when the final speaker, the Reverend Dr. 43895305
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026August 27, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 27, 2026This morning, a headline in the Guardian read: “RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate.” The story by Michelle R. 43890300
Reposted by Aaron KnodleMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Are we ever going to find out what happened to mitch McConnell 2433256345145
Reposted by Aaron KnodleQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/08/2026REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐 768158305905
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026August 25, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 25, 2026Trump started the morning on social media saying: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to [be] doing much bus... 46795276
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026August 24, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 24, 2026On Friday night, Prime Minister Mark Carney instructed Canadian negotiators to walk away from talks with officials from the Trump administration over new tariffs of 50% Trump had imposed on $28 billio... 40756262
Reposted by Aaron KnodleAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let’s talk about Medicare for All. What would it mean for the individual American? ⬇ The day you’re born you get a card that gives you health insurance with no premium, co-pay, or deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26 or 65, get married or divorced — it's there for you. 1002174954401
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026August 22, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 22, 2026On Tuesday, August 18, during a debate for a runoff to win the South Carolina Republican senatorial primary, Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) answered a question about Taiwan and the importance of the So... 40812290
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026August 21, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 21, 2026On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner, an enslaved American, led about 70 of his enslaved and free Black neighbors in a rebellion to awaken his white neighbors to the inherent brutality of slaveholding and t... 37940311
Reposted by Aaron KnodleAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026my main issue with ai is that i would personally see a larger ROI if those trillions of dollars were spent on healthcare or public transit or schools or road repairs or SNAP or free childcare or free school lunches or EV charging stations or public libraries or housing or clean energy or broadband 18965216
Reposted by Aaron KnodleRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top. 627163553919
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026August 18, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 18, 2026On August 18, 1920, the Tennessee legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. 35788253
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026August 16, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 16, 2026“There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.” 44900271
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026August 14, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 14, 2026Today the Trump administration asked the United States Supreme Court to let it build Trump’s ballroom where the East Wing of the White House used to be. 45881296
Reposted by Aaron KnodleKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam" 183142532638
Reposted by Aaron KnodleMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026When the super-wealthy tell you the economy is doing great, they mean *for them*. 527559
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026August 10, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 10, 2026Remember when Mondays in August were lazy, quiet summer days? 55991325
Reposted by Aaron KnodleMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We’re in scary times, but lots of folks in media are doing their damnedest to defend democracy. My Stop the Presses newsletter praises 25 of them and also cites other fierce fighters. See if you agree.stopthepresses.news25 must-follow people in pro-democracy mediaOne way to fight negativity is to lift up inspirational voices 1473037918
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026August 9, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 9, 2026On August 9, 1974, Richard M. 831892503
Reposted by Aaron KnodleAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026El-Sayed: "To me Medicare for All is not about what it takes away, it's about what it offers: Guaranteed health insurance from cradle to grave." 348100572325
Reposted by Aaron KnodleAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026 El-Sayed: "Imagine if instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20m a year, you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare you wouldn't lose. I think all of us would a lot more interested in that system if we knew our healthcare would be free at point of care" 745163523784
Reposted by Aaron KnodleAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins 927297456436
Reposted by Aaron KnodleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026August 8, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comAugust 8, 2026At 4:00 this morning, just before they left for a five-week recess, Senate Republicans confirmed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the position of Attorney General of the United States. 51867290
