Heather Cox Richardson
BillMoyers.com
Boston, MA, United States
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The Struggle for Fair Elections, Again –
This week, Iowa’s governor signed into law the “first major suppression law since the 2020 election.” → Read More
It's one of the most popular pieces of major legislation in American history. But Republican lawmakers oppose it.
Republicans in Congress have held up the American Rescue Plan and voter reform. → Read More
CPAC: The Big Lie's Megaphone –
The purpose of this big lie is not only to reinforce Trump’s hold on the Republican Party, but also to delegitimize the Democratic victory. If Democrats cheat, it makes sense to prevent “voter fraud” by making it harder to vote. → Read More
Biden Administration Working Hard on COVID –
Political divisiveness contributed significantly to the “stunning” U.S. death toll. → Read More
Merrick Garland Finally Got a Confirmation Hearing
The United States passed the heartbreaking marker of 500,000 official deaths from COVID-19. The GOP resorts to old playbook and suggest Trump will run in 2024. → Read More
'Pundits say the Senate will vote to acquit former President Donald Trump. I’m not so sure.' —Heather Cox Richardson
Pundits are saying that the Senate will vote to acquit former President Donald Trump at the end of his second impeachment trial, set to start on Tuesday. I’m not so sure. Continue reading → Read More
The Republican Slide –
Leading economists have said, the danger now is not in doing too much: it is in doing too little. Americans of both parties are looking to their leaders to meet the moment.” → Read More
In his last, desperate days, Trump plotted with a DOJ lawyer
In the last, desperate days of his attempt to keep his grip on the presidency, Trump plotted with a lawyer in the Department of Justice, Jeffrey Clark, to oust the acting attorney general. → Read More
“Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?” –
In these terrible years, our politicians often failed us… but the American people did not. Our national guardrails often failed us… but the American people did not. Many of our neighbors often failed us, but the American people did not. → Read More
The World of the White House Falls to Pieces
Why does Donald Trump seem so desperate to stay in a job he clearly has no interest in doing? → Read More
“Incitement of Insurrection”
The tide is running strongly now against Trump and those who supported him. → Read More
Another 'Perfect' Phone Call
In an hour-long phone call President Trump insisted that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to demand he overturn the results of the presidential election in Georgia and deliver the state to Trump. → Read More
Republicans Battle Over the Future of the Party
Congress began the new year by repassing the National Defense Authorization Act over Trump’s veto, finding the two-thirds majority it needed to override one of Trump’s vetoes for the first time. → Read More
Democracy Needs to Find the Will to Roar –
We have, disastrously, discovered the final answer to whether or not it is a good idea to destroy the activist government that has protected us since 1933. → Read More
Before We Say Goodbye: Trump Undercuts Relief Act –
On December 21, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, a $2.3 trillion bill that pulled together a number of different pieces of legislation, including a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and a $1.4 trillion appropriations bill (which included 12 separate annual appropriations bills). Today’s news is that Trump is refusing to sign the bill into law. → Read More
A Long Time Coming: Cabinet Nominee Deb Haaland: Pueblo of Laguna –
“I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land.” → Read More
The Story of a Hack
It is not clear yet how far the hackers have penetrated, and we will likely not know for months. But given the fact they have had access to our systems since March and have almost certainly been planting new ways into them (known as “back doors”), all assumptions are that this is serious indeed. → Read More
The Electoral College Has Spoken
But don't forget COVID, the budget war, Bill Barr and Russian hacking. → Read More
Tossing a Spanner in the Works and Poisoning the Well –
With the pandemic, the failing economy, and the Republicans’ unwillingness to recognize his presidency, Biden is facing an unprecedented crisis. But he definitely knows how Washington works. → Read More
Heather Cox Richardson: Trump's Personal Pentagon –
Exactly what Trump is doing with this packing of the Defense Department is unclear. → Read More