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YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne

Hey folks:

For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"

AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN

www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...

November 21, 2025 Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.

November 21, 2025

November 20, 2025 Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...

November 20, 2025

Politics Chat, November 20, 2025 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/0cJlnnR...

“Now is our moment, as the American people, to reclaim this country and I think what Trump did today outlines that you really can't stand in the middle any longer, that you got to take a side.” - @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Politics Chat, November 20, 2025 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Today’s Politics Chat:
www.youtube.com/live/0cJlnnR...

November 19, 2025 Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

November 19, 2025

November 18, 2025 For three hot days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, more than 150,000 soldiers from the armies of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America slashed at each other in the hills and...

November 18, 2025

November 17, 2025 (Monday) President Donald J.

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November 16, 2025 On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...

November 16, 2025

November 16, 2025 A friend has asked for a picture tonight, and I’m happy to oblige.

November 15, 2025 (misdated! Sorry!!)

November 14, 2025 In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.

November 14, 2025

November 13, 2025 We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J.

We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J. Trump and his cronies madly trying to convince voters to believe in their false world rather than the real one….

Politics Chat, November 13, 2025 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Today’s Politics Chat:

November 12, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Listen to yesterday’s podcast here:

November 12, 2025 It turns out Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and House Democrats were right to call it the “Epstein Shutdown” for the last several weeks on social media and in interviews.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...

Letters from an American
November 12, 2025

November 12, 2025 It turns out Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and House Democrats were right to call it the “Epstein Shutdown” for the last several weeks on social media and in interviews.

It turns out Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and House Democrats were right to call it the “Epstein Shutdown” for the last several weeks on social media….

November 11, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Listen to yesterday’s letter here:

November 11, 2025 In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month...

In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month….

Politics Chat, November 11, 2025 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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“If you think about political parties and how they're changing, it looks more like a beginning to me than anything has looked in a very long time.” – @hcrichardson.bsky.social

From today’s Politics Chat. Watch now on Youtube at the link below.

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson Senate Reaches Deal to End Government Shutdown | Explainer

From today's Politics Chat | @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/TARui1T-S6Q

Lots of people are sharing my video from FRIDAY about the Senate deal of that day, thinking it's about the SUNDAY deal. It is not. They are two entirely different kettles of fish. A great reminder always to check dates, although I've now hidden it so it should stop circulating.

Politics Chat, November 11, 2025 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Politics Chat, November 11, 2025
youtube.com/live/ICXBZ1X...

November 10, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Listen to yesterday’s letter here:

Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack A newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.

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