Heather Cox Richardson

And all of the farmers are mad and all of the people who are suffering under the disasters from the hurricanes in the last few months are, you know, unable to rebuild. And I knew that we were going to have to grapple with what it would mean in the United States if an authoritarian took over our government. And we saw that yesterday with the calls for investigating and arresting Liz Cheney.

And all of the farmers are mad and all of the people who are suffering under the disasters from the hurricanes in the last few months are, you know, unable to rebuild. And I knew that we were going to have to grapple with what it would mean in the United States if an authoritarian took over our government. And we saw that yesterday with the calls for investigating and arresting Liz Cheney.

And all of the farmers are mad and all of the people who are suffering under the disasters from the hurricanes in the last few months are, you know, unable to rebuild. And I knew that we were going to have to grapple with what it would mean in the United States if an authoritarian took over our government. And we saw that yesterday with the calls for investigating and arresting Liz Cheney.

And we saw it with the attacks on first ABC News and then the Des Moines Register. But those are things that many people don't really care about. They're going to care about losing this continuing resolution and Musk saying, well, you know what, let's just not fund anything until Trump gets back in office.

And we saw it with the attacks on first ABC News and then the Des Moines Register. But those are things that many people don't really care about. They're going to care about losing this continuing resolution and Musk saying, well, you know what, let's just not fund anything until Trump gets back in office.

And we saw it with the attacks on first ABC News and then the Des Moines Register. But those are things that many people don't really care about. They're going to care about losing this continuing resolution and Musk saying, well, you know what, let's just not fund anything until Trump gets back in office.

A month without funding the United States of America is uncharted territory, but it also really highlights early on what it means to turn a democracy over to an oligarch or over to an authoritarian. And listen to me, stammering. I do not see how this plays out.

A month without funding the United States of America is uncharted territory, but it also really highlights early on what it means to turn a democracy over to an oligarch or over to an authoritarian. And listen to me, stammering. I do not see how this plays out.

A month without funding the United States of America is uncharted territory, but it also really highlights early on what it means to turn a democracy over to an oligarch or over to an authoritarian. And listen to me, stammering. I do not see how this plays out.

Because all of a sudden, the American people who have been somewhat complacent, but who showed they were really angry over the lionization of the guy who assassinated Brian Thompson... the CEO of the healthcare company, are looking at the fact that it's pretty clear that the government got taken over by an unelected rich guy from South Africa. I don't know how this plays out.

Because all of a sudden, the American people who have been somewhat complacent, but who showed they were really angry over the lionization of the guy who assassinated Brian Thompson... the CEO of the healthcare company, are looking at the fact that it's pretty clear that the government got taken over by an unelected rich guy from South Africa. I don't know how this plays out.

Because all of a sudden, the American people who have been somewhat complacent, but who showed they were really angry over the lionization of the guy who assassinated Brian Thompson... the CEO of the healthcare company, are looking at the fact that it's pretty clear that the government got taken over by an unelected rich guy from South Africa. I don't know how this plays out.

Well, and I think that one of the things that I wrote about recently was the degree to which people voted for Trump literally believing he would not do the things he said he was going to do. And I don't quite know what one does with that because, of course, there was such pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to give every detail of her plans, and they did exist. I read them.

Well, and I think that one of the things that I wrote about recently was the degree to which people voted for Trump literally believing he would not do the things he said he was going to do. And I don't quite know what one does with that because, of course, there was such pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to give every detail of her plans, and they did exist. I read them.

Well, and I think that one of the things that I wrote about recently was the degree to which people voted for Trump literally believing he would not do the things he said he was going to do. And I don't quite know what one does with that because, of course, there was such pressure on Vice President Kamala Harris to give every detail of her plans, and they did exist. I read them.

They got very little coverage. Whereas Trump would say these outrageous things, and people would just shrug and say he's not really going to do that. And, you know, the funny thing about it is, as you're talking, I am thinking about the Republican lawmakers as being in a way, I've said for a long time that the American people are in an abusive relationship with the Republican Party.

They got very little coverage. Whereas Trump would say these outrageous things, and people would just shrug and say he's not really going to do that. And, you know, the funny thing about it is, as you're talking, I am thinking about the Republican lawmakers as being in a way, I've said for a long time that the American people are in an abusive relationship with the Republican Party.

They got very little coverage. Whereas Trump would say these outrageous things, and people would just shrug and say he's not really going to do that. And, you know, the funny thing about it is, as you're talking, I am thinking about the Republican lawmakers as being in a way, I've said for a long time that the American people are in an abusive relationship with the Republican Party.

But the Republican lawmakers appear to be in an abusive relationship with Trump and now Elon Musk and perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy. And that is they somehow believe that if they keep appeasing this guy, it's going to make the difference. and he's gonna suddenly start behaving well.

But the Republican lawmakers appear to be in an abusive relationship with Trump and now Elon Musk and perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy. And that is they somehow believe that if they keep appeasing this guy, it's going to make the difference. and he's gonna suddenly start behaving well.