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A dual British & American citizen who misses the UK, public school history teacher in the US, postgrad student, lifelong learner and lover of democracy.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 29, 2026
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September 29, 2026
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A good copy editor is worth their weight in gold. Mine is the freaking best. I just wrote something that is incredibly well known in my field and got back: "Got a source for this?" I do... but boy is it superb to be held to account every single time. #copyeditorsareprobablygods #katyaespecially
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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Danish gov’t has installed floating platforms planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in the harbors and canals of Copenhagen, to create urban habitat sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. #FlowersOfBluesky #InnovativeSolutions💡
Goose chilling among the flowers
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
May 21, 2026
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May 21, 2026
Congress left for the holiday weekend a day early today after a number of Republican members of Congress appear to have mutinied against President Donald J.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/05/2026
Maybe finish your last failed regime change war before starting a new one?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
May 19, 2026
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May 19, 2026
Yesterday the Department of Justice announced it is creating a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate what it calls victims of the Department of Justice under former President Joe Bide...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
May 16, 2026
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May 16, 2026
Seventy-two years ago tomorrow, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously decided Brown v.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
And his company paid *no* taxes. #BoycottAmazon.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/05/2026
Remember when they told everyone taxpayers wouldn’t pay a penny?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
April 25, 2026
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April 25, 2026
Tonight the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) held its annual black-tie dinner, which is designed both to raise money for the institution and to provide a glitzy night out for journalists...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The Israeli government has displaced a total of 6 million people from their homes. (3 million Iran, 2 million Gaza, 1 million Lebanon). 6 million people. The equivalent of the entire population of Maryland displaced from their homes. By one government.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/03/2026
This is why California Dems are freaking the F out. Chad Bianco is polling number 2 in the latest poll for the governor’s race. Not only has he seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election, he’s an election denier and had ties to the Oath Keepers, which he acknowledged years ago.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
“Bianco said the investigation had ‘absolutely nothing to do’ with his campaign for governor.” What horseshit. www.cnn.com/2026/03/22/u...
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California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election | CNN
A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he’s investigating a ballot count discr...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
March 22, 2026
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March 22, 2026
President Donald J.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Williamsport, Maryland: projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/first-ice-...
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First ICE Vehicles Arrive at Williamsport Detention Warehouse
Photos obtained by Project Salt Box show 53 unmarked government trucks and SUVs staged behind the newly-purchased facility.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
A pedophile. An adjudicated rapist. A convicted felon. A pathological liar. A sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A sadist. A racist. A fascist. A traitor. An insurrectionist. A war-monger. A demagogue. A despot. An enemy of the Constitution. An American nightmare.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Prior to 2015, if any candidate for elected office had begun a public statement or tweet with this sentence, he or she would have been laughed out of public life. Now, Americans re-elect them as commander-in-chief. I will never allow myself to become numb to his insanity.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
February 13, 2026
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February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
February 11, 2026
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February 11, 2026
On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/02/2026
NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.
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Incognito Modtad @incognitomodtad.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The President says elections should be nationalized. Isn't that what is done in Russia? GOP preaches "states rights" until things are done they don't like, then the Feds take it over. World's biggest hypocrites.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
February 1, 2026
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February 1, 2026
On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026
straight up Gestapo shit
DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE.

If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.
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Patrick Webb @patrickwbb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Epstein files are 41 days past due. Where the HECK ARE THEY? RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
January 28, 2026
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January 28, 2026
Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
January 27, 2026
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January 27, 2026
The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning at the hands of federal agents has put wind in the sails of those trying to rein in the Trump administration at the same time it has sent t...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America. At least until tomorrow.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
January 20, 2026
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January 20, 2026
World leaders are gathered at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which is taking place from January 19 to January 23.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/01/2026
Rep. Crow: “As a three-time combat veteran, I get pretty damn hot when a five-time draft dodger like Donald Trump pounds his chest and bangs the war drums in Washington…America is over it. America is over…the sending of our sons and daughters and brothers and sisters to enrich oil executives.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
“The President of the United States is a criminal. He’s not just a convicted criminal. He should have been convicted for the crimes he led on January 6th. He is running the government like a mob operation.“
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11/01/2026
I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks. IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/01/2026
This regime is out of control.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
January 10, 2026
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January 10, 2026
Yesterday, in an apparent attempt to regain control of the national narrative surrounding the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Vice President J.D.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"Two things have to happen in order for us to save the Republic from [Donald Trump]—first of all, accountability ... and the second is to pass laws and legislation within the four corners of the Constitution to make sure we never have this autocratic authoritarian threat again."
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Speak Truth....
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
January 4, 2025
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January 4, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the administration’s message about its strikes on Venezuela to the Sunday talk shows this morning.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files. #ImpeachAndConvict47NOW
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Katieg🦋 @katieghere.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Any Jared Kushner sightings in Venezuela yet scoping out the beachfront areas?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/01/2026
Trump is posting more photos of dead birds and wind turbines today. In one photo he captioned “Eagles going down!”, it’s actually a photo of a red kite from 2010 in Spain. The other photo is from 2006 in Taiwan.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
December 27, 2025
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December 27, 2025
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Let’s talk about something not many people are chatting about and what’s actually happening right now. You might wonder why Imran Ahmed and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) suddenly became targets of the U.S. government. The honest answer is that their research hit where it hurt.
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