In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ 00:00 - Welcome 01:20 – Understanding tax cuts in Budget Reconciliation Bill 02:49 – History of Supreme Court term limits and circuit riding 04:52 – History gerrymandering 16:45 - Trump lashes out of Rupert Murdoch 21:15 - Trump's detachment from reality 23:35 - A fork in the road for MAGA 28:50 - Project 2025's religious agenda and rushing through anything they can 30:16 – EPA protections under attack 33:21 – Climate denial and rollback of EPA protections 36:10 – Early 2026 Senate races as ideological battlegrounds 39:17 – This August