Heather Cox Richardson

We might disagree about the degree to which we should support education or the degree to which we should fill in the blank there, tax people or whatever, but we do agree that democracy should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructure, and protect civil rights, which is what a liberal democracy is supposed to do.

We might disagree about the degree to which we should support education or the degree to which we should fill in the blank there, tax people or whatever, but we do agree that democracy should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructure, and protect civil rights, which is what a liberal democracy is supposed to do.

We might disagree about the degree to which we should support education or the degree to which we should fill in the blank there, tax people or whatever, but we do agree that democracy should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructure, and protect civil rights, which is what a liberal democracy is supposed to do.

It is important to realize because one of the things that Russian disinformation has done very effectively, for example, is taken the extremes on both sides and pitted them against the middle. And if you look at the statistics of what Americans actually support, the vast majority of us, again, regardless of our partisan leanings, support things like common sense gun safety legislation.

It is important to realize because one of the things that Russian disinformation has done very effectively, for example, is taken the extremes on both sides and pitted them against the middle. And if you look at the statistics of what Americans actually support, the vast majority of us, again, regardless of our partisan leanings, support things like common sense gun safety legislation.

It is important to realize because one of the things that Russian disinformation has done very effectively, for example, is taken the extremes on both sides and pitted them against the middle. And if you look at the statistics of what Americans actually support, the vast majority of us, again, regardless of our partisan leanings, support things like common sense gun safety legislation.

We support by about 65% the codification of Roe versus Wade into law. We support higher taxes on the extremely wealthy. I mean, and when I say we support these, not by like 50.2%, by like 85%.

We support by about 65% the codification of Roe versus Wade into law. We support higher taxes on the extremely wealthy. I mean, and when I say we support these, not by like 50.2%, by like 85%.

We support by about 65% the codification of Roe versus Wade into law. We support higher taxes on the extremely wealthy. I mean, and when I say we support these, not by like 50.2%, by like 85%.

And the idea that we are permitting politicians who wish us ill and perhaps other countries who wish us ill to pit the minorities on the far right and the far left against the middle is, you know, frankly, suicidal. And One of the things that I hope we do going forward is to reclaim that middle and to stop talking about how bitterly divided we are as a country, because we're really not.

And the idea that we are permitting politicians who wish us ill and perhaps other countries who wish us ill to pit the minorities on the far right and the far left against the middle is, you know, frankly, suicidal. And One of the things that I hope we do going forward is to reclaim that middle and to stop talking about how bitterly divided we are as a country, because we're really not.

And the idea that we are permitting politicians who wish us ill and perhaps other countries who wish us ill to pit the minorities on the far right and the far left against the middle is, you know, frankly, suicidal. And One of the things that I hope we do going forward is to reclaim that middle and to stop talking about how bitterly divided we are as a country, because we're really not.

We are being divided rhetorically and politically by a very small group of people who benefit from that.

We are being divided rhetorically and politically by a very small group of people who benefit from that.

We are being divided rhetorically and politically by a very small group of people who benefit from that.

The algorithms are a huge problem. I'm a First Amendment, I think I'm going to say absolutist, although I hate to say absolutist about anything, but I really, really don't want the government involved in what people can express in the United States, and for various historical reasons, but also some pretty obvious presentist reasons.

The algorithms are a huge problem. I'm a First Amendment, I think I'm going to say absolutist, although I hate to say absolutist about anything, but I really, really don't want the government involved in what people can express in the United States, and for various historical reasons, but also some pretty obvious presentist reasons.

The algorithms are a huge problem. I'm a First Amendment, I think I'm going to say absolutist, although I hate to say absolutist about anything, but I really, really don't want the government involved in what people can express in the United States, and for various historical reasons, but also some pretty obvious presentist reasons.

But that being said, what we have done by not regulating the algorithms and the engagement farming that is now not only permissible, but privileged in our public discourse is we have essentially taken that public sphere, we talk about the, you know, the public square where people can put all their ideas.

But that being said, what we have done by not regulating the algorithms and the engagement farming that is now not only permissible, but privileged in our public discourse is we have essentially taken that public sphere, we talk about the, you know, the public square where people can put all their ideas.