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In honor of Sunday, the summer solstice, and Father’s Day, we took the day off and did a ten-mile kayak trip along the coast. I did not look at the new…
Heather Cox Richardson
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Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, made good on his threat to defund the legislature after Democrats walked out on May 30 in order to…
Heather Cox Richardson
Jun 20Comment 295Share
I took this photo a year ago today, when Trump was still president, the pandemic was still new, and I was just becoming acclimated to isolation. It see…
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Jun 19Comment 451Share
Early in the morning on this date in 1972, Frank Wills, a 24-year-old security guard at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C., noticed that…
Heather Cox Richardson
Jun 18Comment 348Share
The big story today is the meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland. The event was carefully cho…
Heather Cox Richardson
Jun 17Comment 369Share
This morning, the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a series of emails and documents that show just how hard former president Trump w…
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Jun 16Comment 548Share
Today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told radio personality Hugh Hewitt that it is “highly unlikely” that he would permit President Bid…
Heather Cox Richardson
Jun 15Comment 409Share
President Joe Biden is currently in England, participating in a meeting of the G7, an informal group of wealthy democracies including Canada, France, G…
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Yesterday, David Ignatius had a piece in the Washington Post that uncovered the attempt of the Trump administration to reorder the Middle East along an…
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Letting Buddy take the wheel tonight, with a picture from a few days ago. See you tomorrow. [photo by Buddy Poland.]
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Jun 12Comment 190Share
You might have noticed that I wrote through the weekend rather than posting a photo on Saturday, thinking that I was sort of banking time and I would t…
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Jun 11Comment 537Share
Today, President and Dr. Biden left for their first trip abroad since he took office. In the next eight days, President Biden will meet with U.S. allie…
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Jun 10Comment 298Share
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