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Heather Cox Richardson - Politics Chat, July 29, 2025
In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....
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