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/subscribe 00:00 – Welcome 01:23 – What’s going on in Texas 09:17 – Rep. Nicole Collier 12:01 – Trump’s push to “clean out” the Smithsonian 21:18 – “We Are America” 22:27 – Trump–Putin Alaska meeting 30:23 – Mail-in voting 33:17 – Trump’s mental decline 39:29 – A dangerous and unsettled time 42:09 – "Flooding the zone”