🦜 December 29, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson
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When asked at a town hall on Wednesday to identify the cause of the United States Civil War, presidential candidate and former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley answered that the cause “was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms, and what people could and couldn’t do…. I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are…. And I will always stand by the fact that, I think, government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people.”
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August 31, 2025
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Published: September 1, 2025 03:22
Almost one hundred and forty-three years ago, on September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.
August 30, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-30-2025-d41
Published: August 31, 2025 17:36
August 30, 2025
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Published: August 31, 2025 05:34
Just days before Labor Day, a holiday designed to celebrate the importance and power of American workers in the United States, the Transportation Department cancelled $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects, and the Department of Energy…
August 29, 2025
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Published: August 30, 2025 19:35
August 29, 2025
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Published: August 30, 2025 04:45
Chaos continues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where President Donald J.
August 28, 2025
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Published: August 29, 2025 19:24
August 28, 2025
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Published: August 29, 2025 07:12
On August 29, 1970, journalist Rubén Salazar died instantly when Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Thomas Wilson fired an 8-inch bullet-shaped tear gas projectile into the back of his head.
August 27, 2025
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Published: August 28, 2025 20:25
August 27, 2025
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Published: August 28, 2025 05:46
The image of National Guard troops, some of them from as far away as Louisiana and Mississippi, in Washington, D.C., spreading mulch around the cherry trees at the Tidal Basin and picking up trash, illustrates that President Donald J.
August 26, 2025
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Published: August 27, 2025 19:12
August 26, 2025
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Published: August 27, 2025 05:41
Today, for the second time in as many days, President Donald J.
The Nineteenth Amendment
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Published: August 26, 2025 19:47
Yesterday, I intended to write about the Nineteenth Amendment prohibiting states from denying women the right to vote because today is the anniversary of the amendment’s certification in 1920.
August 25, 2025
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Published: August 26, 2025 17:37
August 25, 2025
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Published: August 26, 2025 06:01
This morning, President Donald J.
August 24, 2025
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Published: August 25, 2025 16:33
August 24, 2025
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Published: August 25, 2025 04:39
As the administration of President Donald Trump is using loopholes in the nation’s laws to claim the right to use the military against American citizens, Democratic governors are pushing back.
August 23, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-23-2025-236
Published: August 24, 2025 18:03
August 23, 2025
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Published: August 24, 2025 05:47
“It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future,” President Donald Trump wrote yesterday afternoon on social media.
August 22, 2025
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Published: August 23, 2025 17:38
August 22, 2025
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Published: August 23, 2025 05:04
In these last days of August, with Congress on hiatus and the Epstein files looming, the Trump White House appears to be making a big move to consolidate power over the federal government, weaponize it against Trump’s opponents, and keep him in power…
August 21, 2025
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Published: August 22, 2025 20:05