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 Resources: https://redwine.blue/ https://www.commoncause.org/take-action/ https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member 00:00 – Welcome 01:00 – Two competing storylines of America 03:12 – Texas update and Trump’s push for rigged maps 07:28 – The Wilmington Riots and rise of authoritarianism 10:03 – MAGA struggles: plummeting approval, policy backlash, prices surge 15:05 – Epstein files and manufactured crime crisis in Washington, D.C. 20:36 – What can we do about this? Trump’s executive orders, instability, and undermining elections 24:28 – Defining what it means to be American