Heather Cox Richardson commentary

[Craig234]

Just a thread to post some commentary by her. She has a daily free newsletter. Tonight's discussed his hiding yet more economic data, some free speech history, and trump's removal of his own hand picked US Attorney who wouldn't press phony charges, replacing him with another lackey.

September 21, 2025

On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics postponed the release of the annual report on consumer expenditures—a key report for understanding inflation—without explanation.

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[Craig234]

Numerous topics. "As Robert Reich noted in his Substack publication, “the blowback against Disney” for Kimmel’s suspension “has been hurricane level.” It was so intense that Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, who had threatened that ABC must suspend Kimmel or lose its broadcast license, began to deny he had had anything to do with the suspension and say that ABC had removed Kimmel for business reasons."

September 22, 2025

Conservative writer Bill Kristol took to social media today to say: “So many coverups.

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[Craig234]

Interesting history around the Wounded Knee Massacre and related military and political situation.

September 26, 2025

Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than a century of controversy over them.

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[Risky Thicket]

She is excellent. I’ve subscribed to her reports for some time now.