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Going to take the night off and high-tail it to bed. Will see you all tomorrow, rested. [Photo by Peter Ralston. It's titled "Perseverence," and was at…
Heather Cox Richardson
12 hr ago 76
It doesn’t feel like much of a Thanksgiving this year. Lots of chairs are empty, either permanently, as we are now counting our coronavirus dead in the…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 26 233
The stock market, which has been strong thanks to the good news about coronavirus vaccines, jumped to a record high today on news that President-Elect …
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 25 182
At about 6:00 tonight, Emily Murphy, the Trump appointee at the head of General Services Administration who has been holding up the transition to a Bid…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 24 220
I had gotten half-way through a post tonight about what seems to me a looming split in the Republican Party, when it hit me that four years ago today I…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 23 247
We are faced with the odd prospect of a president fighting desperately to keep a job he evidently doesn’t want. Trump has continued to insist he did no…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 22 285
The news today remains Trump’s unprecedented attempt to steal an election in which voters chose his opponents, Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his r…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 21 245
Today Trump continued his assault on our democracy, trying to overturn what at this point is a very clear victory for Democratic presidential candidate…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 20 222
Today marks a grim milestone. The official count of Americans dead of coronavirus has topped a quarter of a million. 250,000 Americans, lost. Governors…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 19 214
It was notable today that the media was dominated not by the actions of the incoming president-elect, as one would expect after a presidential election…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 18 162
President-Elect Joe Biden is now 5.6 million votes ahead of Trump in the popular vote, with 50.9% of the vote to Trump’s 47.3%. And yet, Trump continue…
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 17 206
Going to call it quits early tonight, figuring we could all use a little peace and quiet. I'll see you tomorrow. [Photo by Buddy Poland]
Heather Cox Richardson
Nov 16 79
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