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Letters from an American – February 11, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, February 11, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Feb 11, 2026 On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham. Abraham Lincoln grew up to become the nation’s sixteenth president, leading the country from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865, a little…
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We are not Nazis. – Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance We are not Nazis. Also: No Kings, No Dictators. By Joyce Vance, Feb 05, 2026 I wrote this piece, titled “Are We The Nazis Now?” back in October last year. There were so many awful things happening, mostly to immigrants, but by then, some Americans had started to protest their…
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Seeing Things – Trump Tells Reporter To Smile More – Liza Donnelly
https://substack.com/visited-surface-framehttps://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Trump Tells Reporter To Smile More He’s scared By Liza Donnelly, Feb 04, 2026 I wasn’t going to write about politics today, but something really got to me. Yesterday, in a shocking interaction, Trump berated CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins. We have seen him do this to a degree with other female reporters. He has…
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Letters from an American – January 31, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, January 31, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson Jan 31, 2026 White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning: “Plenty of countries in history have experimented with importing a foreign labor class. The West is the first and only civilization to import a foreign labor…
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Civil Discourse – Alex Pretti – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Alex Pretti Add his name to Renee Good’s. By Joyce Vance, Jan 26, 2026 After a long, difficult weekend, following the murder of Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis, which followed the murder of Renee Good earlier in the month, there is more evidence that when we protest against this…
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Letters from an American – January 26, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, January 26, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 26, 2026 Yesterday President Donald J. Trump blamed Democratic officials for the killing of VA intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota Saturday morning. Since then, administration officials and their supporters seem to be coalescing around the idea that the reason there…
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Letters from an American – January 24, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, January 24, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 24, 2026 This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital. Video from the scene shows Pretti directing traffic on a…
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Civil Discoure – ICE Says It Doesn’t Need A Judicial Warrant – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance ICE Says It Doesn’t Need A Judicial Warrant By Joyce Vance, Jan 21, 2026 It’s been a long time since we took a night off. I honestly can’t remember the last time. But tonight I’m going to turn in early, after a long day. Before I do that, I wanted…
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Civil Discourse – It’s The Cynicism – Joyce Vance
It’s The Cynicism By Joyce Vance, Jan 17, 2026 It seems to be everywhere you look, across the political spectrum. Far too many people don’t believe in anything anymore. They’ve lost faith in everything: our institutions, our values, and even each other. We’ve become a country of cynics. One of the first posts I saw…
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ICE Is Imposing Autocracy in Minnesota – Damon Linker – Persuation
ICE Is Imposing Autocracy in Minnesota The state has become Trump’s most radical experiment with militarized government. By Damon Linker, Jan 17, 2026 Not only did the Trump administration and its media cheerleaders respond to the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by lying about and demonizing the victim while valorizing the shooter. They also used…
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Civil Discourse – Don’t Take the Bait – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Don’t Take the Bait By Joyce Vance, Jan 15, 2026 In the time of Trump, “Don’t take the bait” is a rule that’s almost as important as “Do not obey in advance.” Following the shooting death of Renee Good and other incidents where agents played fast and loose with the…
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Should ICE Agents Be Able To Wear Masks?
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Should ICE Agents Be Able To Wear Masks? By Joyce Vance, Jan 13, 2026 Protect and serve. That’s supposed to be the job. What could be further from that than masked agents roaming American streets in packs, refusing to identify themselves, and terrorizing—there is no other word for it at…
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