Richard Galant

The Supreme Court majority's nightmare is President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Justice Neil Gorsuch worries about giving presidents too much power

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Steve Bannon's secret plan for Trump in 2028 Don't forget the 22nd Amendment

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Trouble in Trump country A magic bean is giving his team indigestion

The Argentina bailout is moving ahead. American farmers have to wait.

Life on Mars, Charlie Kirk's Last Questioner, Toxic Airplane Air, Costly Coffee, and the Return of Beards What I'm Reading

Life on Mars, Charlie Kirk's Last Questioner, Toxic Airplane Air, Costly Coffee, and the Return of Beards
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J.D. Vance's strange role The difference between prominence and power

A risky ride.

Hang together, or hang separately 250 years ago, Paul Revere's ride demonstrated the power of collective action

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California high-speed rail's long ride to nowhere Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson want a liberalism that builds things

California high-speed rail's long ride to nowhere
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'We shall see the reign of witches pass over' How American democracy survived an administration that targeted immigrants and journalists

If American democracy could survive the 1790s, maybe it has a chance.
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The real-life Rockefeller Center spy nest that launched James Bond Now It's History · Episode

Don't miss @richardgalant.bsky.social's conversation with Thomas Maier on his podcast NOW IT'S HISTORY! The two discuss a NYC landmark, spies, and Maier's upcoming book THE INVISIBLE SPY!

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The American gulf is widening The truth under assault

Another time when federal officials were purged and the truth came under assault.

My take on the Trump-Musk partnership: www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

Biden's last laugh The outgoing president's policies may do more to jumpstart U.S. manufacturing than Trump's economic measures

Who did more to revive U.S. manufacturing?

The conservative Supreme Court justice Trump can't rely on Amy Coney Barrett shows signs of independence that could constrain the new administration

An unpredictable factor in Trump's Washington. open.substack.com/pub/richardg...

The Times They Are A-Changin' ... Again How Bob Dylan's generational anthem sounds at the outset of 2025

The times are indeed changing in January, 2025, but not in a way that anyone could possibly have envisioned way back then.

Luigi Mangione's senseless debt to the Unabomber The lesson he drew from Ted Kaczynski's 35,000-word manifesto

The ills of America's health care system can't be fixed this way. www.nowitshistory.com/p/luigi-mang...

Trump and Musk want to borrow Javier Milei's chainsaw But how well would the Argentine president's radical budget-cutting regime translate to the United States?

A look at Argentina’s radical budget-cutter open.substack.com/pub/richardg...

Spies, adventurers, rule-breakers and freedom fighters What I read and watched in 2024

It's not a "10 best" list ... but here are some books, movies and shows that stuck with me through 2024. What did you watch and read? open.substack.com/pub/richardg...

What Musk, Ramaswamy and Vought are trying to do There's a precedent for the extreme budget cutters, and it carries lessons for today

Before there was DOGE, there was David Stockman. www.nowitshistory.com/p/what-musk-...

The double-edged sword in Trump's hands Trump's talk of recess appointments couldn't save Matt Gaetz's nomination from GOP senators' skepticism; what will it mean for Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.?

How recess appointments figure into the Trump cabinet equation, post-Matt Gaetz open.substack.com/pub/richardg...

Matt Gaetz meets the Senate The Senate GOP has the power, should it choose to exercise it, to block Trump's controversial appointments

What happens when presidents send controversial nominations to the Senate? History provides some clues. www.nowitshistory.com/p/matt-gaetz...

The King of America John Hancock's role in the Revolutionary War era was bigger than his famous signature

He was a president before there were presidents. open.substack.com/pub/richardg...