In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... In today’s Politics Chat: Today is Election Day 2026. Polls suggest Democrats will take the House of Representatives. It is not clear what will happen in the Senate. There has been no violence at the polls. The administration has repeatedly lost in its attempts to steal the election. Florida governor Ron DeSantis attacked Trump for gaslighting Americans about gas prices. Republicans are anonymously blaming Trump in the press for their party’s troubles. Fox News hosts cut Trump off during a call-in interview today. Democrats want to restore SNAP benefits cut by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The next Congress may rein in the imperial presidency, as Congress did during the Watergate era. Heather discusses how Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act and its impact on American politics today. We’re live here on YouTube, Substack, and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 pm PT). Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe 250 to 250 | Follow Along https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dS6uX1RkUzLppeUrqtvApwnR6whO7I_ You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hcrichardson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson?sub_confirmation=1 © 2026 Heather Cox Richardson. All Rights Reserved. All content in this video is protected by copyright. Reproduction, distribution, or re-uploading, in whole or in part, without prior written consent is prohibited.