Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics. Honorary NAFO fella.

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

Seems like this is really happening. And soon, too....

[Viking Books @VikingBooks]

"A vibrant, and essential history of America’s unending, enraging, and utterly compelling struggle... to live up to its own best ideals." —@janemayernyer, author of Dark Money ⭐

Learn more about @HC_Richardson's DEMOCRACY AWAKENING, on sale 9/26 👉 https://t.co/GEF3XZqyWJ

[Barton Gellman @bartongellman]

Good God, this chart is stunning.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

It's not just the Lutnick sons cashing in on the Trump family's White House self-dealing.

World Liberty Financial — the crypto venture Don Jr. & Eric launched with Steve Witkoff's sons, Zach & Alex — has netted a fortune for both families (at least $1.1 billion).

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Look, y'all... this is eight minutes. I know that's far stretching the bounds of social media attention. But you should watch @AmbassadorRice completely dismantle Trump's foreign policy. It's comprehensive. It's precise. It's a wake-up call for those who need it.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

I had the absolute pleasure of joining @HC_Richardson for a conversation yesterday: https://t.co/Dvws2omu3w

[Acyn @Acyn]

Britzky: I spoke with one enlisted soldier in a combat arms unit who told me that shortly after the secretary’s remarks, her noncommissioned officer made a comment to her that “all you women are getting out now.” She told me, “I want nothing to do with the military after this.”

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Wow! One of ICE’s primary deportation contractors is suing the Trump admin for awarding a $1 billion contract to an unqualified competitor with close ties to the admin. They allege DHS notified hand-picked competitors ahead of time, then set a 2-day turnaround for everyone else.

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

@AstroZim @JamesTate121 @TrueFactsStated Nope. Not me.

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

@VanwormerYvonne @JamesTate121 No, I did not.

[ProPublica @propublica]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the lack of healthy food options on Native reservations a “genocide.” Now the Trump administration has ended a program intended to fix the problem.
https://t.co/VlZuAe3B03

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

This ketamine, ecstasy and mushroom-using government contractor, the richest person in the world, sacked thousands of excellent government workers, caused the deaths of thousands of poor children in foreign lands, stole Americans’ data and destroyed government services but he did pick up billions more in government contracts while he was in town!

[Matt Fuller @MEPFuller]

HHS has acknowledged they messed up the citations with the MAHA Report, using studies that don't exist to support its conclusions.

They've added new citations...that make more mistakes and don't support the report's conclusions.

https://t.co/MLWmQFgrOt

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

The most important rocket scientist in the Apollo program, the head of NASA's Launch Operations Center, and the guy who invented the moon rover were all immigrants.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Plantir, owned by Peter Thiel, is collecting sensitive personal and financial data on American citizens to create detailed profiles for the government.

Thiel once wrote "freedom and democracy may not be compatible," and "capitalism and authoritarianism" are.

Do you get it yet?

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Trump’s 2018 tariffs slapped a 25% tax on steel and 10% on aluminum. Economists found they raised prices, hurt U.S. manufacturers, and killed more jobs than they created. Consumers ended up footing the bill.

Now he wants to raise them to 50%.
Because if it failed at 25%, why not try it again but dumber.

Get ready for higher prices on everything.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

WHOA. If Lyons is right that nine people have died in ICE custody since January 20, that means FIVE of them have died in the last month and haven't been reported to the public as required, since ICE's list of detainee deaths doesn't have anything new since April 8.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

The president is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit.

Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history at least out of the White House.

https://t.co/TPVP3UFi0n

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This is the "Tren de Aragua" tattoo that got a man sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration. "Mom" with a heart for the O and a royal crown above it, and "Dad" in cursive with a little crown over the D.

This is why due process matters!

[Avik Roy @Avik]

David Kelly of @JPMorganAM: "The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices, slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment, worsen inequality, diminish productivity and increase global tensions. Other than that, they’re fine."

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

New Republican Plan: The best thing we can do right now is hide from our constituents.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Richard Haass, veteran of three Republican administrations, on NPR today:
"I'm used to empires or orders crumbling. I'm used to them being overwhelmed. I've never seen the side, the country that created it and maintained it, dismantling it. And that is exactly what we are doing."