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Thank you, professor Richardson. I love listening. I have to take a pepcid after this one. What a despicable lunatic child. I will never forgive the imbeciles who installed him in our white house…again.

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Wow, the sh*t storm has begun! So many people will be hurt by his actions. Prof.Snyder also showed deep concern over the J6 pardons. He recalled Hitler’s paramilitaries, who knew they wouldn’t be held accountable. It’s only day 2! Help!

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Paid subscriber. I prefer to read not listen. Is that possible?

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Yes she sends out both a transcript and the recording. go to her substack home page and you should see both available

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Didn't. There was a podcast option, and a button that said "read in app." Like Steve, I prefer to read, but not through an app as my phone screen is too small for my 75-year-old eyes to read comfortably. The Substack chatbot was surprisingly helpful and gave me a link to the homepage. I've bookmarked it since it seems I won't get a link in the emails.

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I have a Transcript button on the line with Like Reply Share on the left and between Share and … on the right. I opened it and it works.

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I am curious if you or any writer you know of and respect has written extensively about Trump's comment yesterday about Elon's vast knowledge about computers--election computers specifically and winning by a land slide in PA. I've read about bullet ballots. The conclusion that the 2024 election was not compromised is not quite settled in my mind and yesterday's comment raised it again. I'm not convinced that Trump did win fairly.

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I have this same feeling, but because I have no proof it's just a conspiracy theory, although history will tell.

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Thank you Heather for such concise reporting on such a historic day. Why would Trump want to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) so quickly? The climate accords, yes since he is sold out to the fossil fuels industry, yet why WHO? Could it be that the WHO is still seeking the cause of his bio-terrorism, the "China Flu", his COVID outbreak cabal (Trump, Navaro, O'Brien)? Could it be Trump's COVID plot that still haunts him?

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I think it's rather more likely because somebody told him that the US provided one-fifth of the WHO's annual budget. It's hardly surprising since under his first administration he had began the process of formal withdrawal during the Covid pandemic (it apparently takes a full year to complete) and Biden halted the process.

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Thank You Heather! Keep up the great work.

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This is just crazy.

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Thank you for cluing me into the events of the Inaugural events of January 20th. Heather did a brilliant job of discussing these difficult to accept behaviors. We must tighten our mental health and take the one day at a time posture and see what happens as time goes by.

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Truth, Clarity,Strength

If there is Magic it can be found in the actions and words spoken in the voice of a strong and Brave women.

Thanks again

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I still have a problem coming to terms with his election. Not challenging the vote but how 77 million Americans could have possibly overlook this man’s needs. Recent NYT interview of 12 men who voted for Trump had a common theme….he’s a man’s man. They blows me away. Their Idea of a man’s man….are they saying someone who raped women, who work hard creating a false self image, who evicted people of color when purchased apartments buildings, who call men and women who died defending our Democracy as suckers. I stop there.

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Why stop? His choice of tenor (Christopher Macchio) was one of the most hilarious parts of the day. He reminded me of Leslie Nielsen singing the national anthem in one of the 'Naked Gun' movies.

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If someone wrote a fictional paperback with this plot to be sold at airport news stands reviewers would skewer it as unrealistic, too fantastical to be believed.

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Our president is insane. Too much and never enough.

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I am a paid subscriber. I also would prefer to read the Substack articles, if possible.

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keep it up !!!!!!

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The small print you noted in the crypto transactions underscores the deception and mendacity which has been Trumps stock in trade for the whole of his life. I feel helpless as against the tidal wave of insanity coming our way.

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Dr. Cox Richardson, I have subscribed to get your daily letters. They keep going to substance or to recording for listening.

I want to read the daily letters, please. What do I need to do?

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