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Trump’s rolling campaign of shakedown censorship, blackmail and purge has now felled the Late Show. But Stephen Colbert, a true-blue patriot and comic genius who skewers dunce-tyrants for a living, is irrepressible and invincible.
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent late-night critics
www.washingtonpost.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump’s rolling campaign of shakedown censorship, blackmail and purge has now felled the Late Show. But Stephen Colbert, a true-blue patriot and comic genius who skewers dunce-tyrants for a living, is irrepressible and invincible.
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I’ll watch Stephen Colbert wherever he lands.
July 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’ll watch Stephen Colbert wherever he lands.
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Let’s hope these words continue to ring true…
Let’s hope these words continue to ring true…
July 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Let’s hope these words continue to ring true…
Let’s hope these words continue to ring true…
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June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025
There are four political stories people should know about tonight.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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June 11, 2025
June 11, 2025
While President Donald Trump is trying to project strength by ordering a federalized National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles, a new Quinnipiac poll of American registered voters out today rein...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a *massive* improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible.
BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:
May 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a *massive* improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible.
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Important.
NEW: The Supreme Court is creating a due process gap through the redistribution of rights. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court’s Redistribution of Rights
It’s almost unfathomable to me what the Supreme Court has done to us in the last 15 years, but we all should have seen it coming.
www.muellershewrote.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Important.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
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April 4, 2025
April 4, 2025
The stock market rout continued today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
April 4, 2025
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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This week the Trump Administration has threatened to shut down all Social Security offices and told seniors that if checks don't show up, they should shut up and not complain.
This is a plan. To destroy Social Security. Pay attention.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is a plan. To destroy Social Security. Pay attention.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Social Security Says DOGE Ruling Could Force Agency to Shut Down
The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency —...
www.bloomberg.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This week the Trump Administration has threatened to shut down all Social Security offices and told seniors that if checks don't show up, they should shut up and not complain.
This is a plan. To destroy Social Security. Pay attention.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is a plan. To destroy Social Security. Pay attention.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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"More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs"
More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs
Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest iron ore operator in Minnesota, is idling operations in Hibbing and Virginia.
www.startribune.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs"
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Walz: "It's so obscene that he would put a mock classroom -- we all know he's never been in one. He wouldn't last for a minute. He's surrounded by people who know nothing about education. They want to make this about bureaucracy and cutting. This is about children."
March 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Walz: "It's so obscene that he would put a mock classroom -- we all know he's never been in one. He wouldn't last for a minute. He's surrounded by people who know nothing about education. They want to make this about bureaucracy and cutting. This is about children."
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Jeffries: "The average Social Security recipient in the US receives about $65 a day in benefits. Elon Musk in his contracts with the federal government gets about $8 million a day. If they were really interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they would start there ... but they're going after grandma"
March 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jeffries: "The average Social Security recipient in the US receives about $65 a day in benefits. Elon Musk in his contracts with the federal government gets about $8 million a day. If they were really interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they would start there ... but they're going after grandma"
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Today, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of those who, 60 years ago, marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, risking everything for the right to vote and the promise of true freedom. Their courage paved the way, and it’s on us to keep pushing forward.
March 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of those who, 60 years ago, marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, risking everything for the right to vote and the promise of true freedom. Their courage paved the way, and it’s on us to keep pushing forward.
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February 20, 2025
February 20, 2025
On Monday, James Marriott of The Times, published in London, noted that the very stability and comfort of the post–World War II liberal order has permitted the seeds of its own destruction to flourish...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025
After World War II, the vast majority of Americans—Democrats and Republicans alike—agreed that the federal government should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructur...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
February 15, 2025
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February 7, 2025
February 7, 2024
Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to deman...
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
February 7, 2025