# chat august (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover chat august. Page: Feed: --- ## [August 28, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-28-2026) _2026-08-29 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that took place on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C., is remembered today primarily because it was the occasion when the final speaker, the Reverend Dr. ## [The Stench of Corruption](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/the-stench-of-corruption) _2026-08-28 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213208153/00bb306b54fafa74e00da7a2f7af8aa9.mp3) ## [August 27, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-27-2026) _2026-08-28 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ This morning, a headline in the Guardian read: “RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate.” The story by Michelle R. ## [Politics Chat, August 27, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-august-27-2026-4fa) _2026-08-28 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213086001/402191c32886b0718aabcfcbf502d12c.mp3) ## [Dolly](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/dolly) _2026-08-27 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213070528/f497b3c23fc9c437d6bddcef4a79a8bd.mp3) ## [Rob Sand | American Conversations](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/rob-sand-american-conversations) _2026-08-27 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ ## [August 26, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-2026) _2026-08-27 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ Last night, at exactly 9:25—9 to 5—the top of the Empire State Building in New York City lit up pink. ## [Performative Nonsense](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/performative-nonsense) _2026-08-27 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212935896/347608ced09a5f2872b8bc90661de640.mp3) ## [August 25, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-25-2026) _2026-08-26 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ Trump started the morning on social media saying: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to \[be\] doing much business with Ontario any longer.” On X, the account of the Republicans pushed the idea of renaming the lake. ## [Politics Chat, August 25, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-august-25-2026-ce9) _2026-08-26 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212788459/4fcb9c05b3aeee450b81a563cb889f1d.mp3) ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eGd4EAkmNoZG) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Untrustworthy](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/untrustworthy) _2026-08-25 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212774306/b11ce96b0c2c4cb7391df08b6a4401f8.mp3) ## [August 24, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-24-2026) _2026-08-25 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ On Friday night, Prime Minister Mark Carney instructed Canadian negotiators to walk away from talks with officials from the Trump administration over new tariffs of 50% Trump had imposed on $28 billion of Canadian products. ## [August 23, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-23-2026) _2026-08-24 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ I’ve heard rumors that we all need a break. ## [Week Thirteen in 250 to 250](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/week-thirteen-in-250-to-250) _2026-08-23 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ Week Thirteen! ## [You Are Not Alone](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/you-are-not-alone) _2026-08-23 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212429297/5bec2d4c44f49501a8b184401517c10f.mp3) ## [August 22, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-22-2026) _2026-08-23 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ On Tuesday, August 18, during a debate for a runoff to win the South Carolina Republican senatorial primary, Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) answered a question about Taiwan and the importance of the South China Sea by saying: “I’m not that informed on national security.” She paused, and added: “But I do support the military.” ## [Do We Value an Educated Community?](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/do-we-value-an-educated-community) _2026-08-22 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212333347/8f7f301c9aacc98efe45953d45756096.mp3) ## [August 21, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-21-2026) _2026-08-22 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner, an enslaved American, led about 70 of his enslaved and free Black neighbors in a rebellion to awaken his white neighbors to the inherent brutality of slaveholding and the dangers it presented to their own safety. ## [Hidden Cuts to Health Care](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/hidden-cuts-to-health-care) _2026-08-21 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212191378/7a8d87b816ac8ea2c68d7deedd6a6477.mp3) ## [August 20, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-20-2026) _2026-08-21 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ On Saturday, August 15, the New York Times editorial board published an op-ed noting that the Republicans are trying to hide the cuts they have made to health care in the U.S. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pNu3hdYsbkbl) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Politics Chat, August 20, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-august-20-2026-c55) _2026-08-21 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212095330/846e53ecdd5ad8bb78bb00067ba50102.mp3) ## [Trying to Change the Narrative](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/trying-to-change-the-narrative) _2026-08-20 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212078538/5a5d67d21771ab90b1aabe23ff22ec4f.mp3) ## [August 19, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-19-2026) _2026-08-20 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ The political world has been consumed over the past few days with a Republican meltdown about Trump’s aide Natalie Harp. ## [Fighting for the Right to Vote](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/fighting-for-the-right-to-vote) _2026-08-19 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211913413/604cd5f0a2252c8124e413b92fd27df4.mp3) ## [August 18, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-18-2026) _2026-08-19 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ On August 18, 1920, the Tennessee legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. ## [Politics Chat, August 18, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/politics-chat-august-18-2026-0f8) _2026-08-19 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211797619/274c92bf3f47e220062c97c4339bb9b1.mp3) ## [This is What the Commander in Chief is Doing](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/this-is-what-the-commander-in-chief) _2026-08-18 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211782224/63262d30046bbefa3d3b3df57dc3a6e1.mp3) ## [August 17, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-17-2026) _2026-08-18 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ From Friday through Sunday, Trump continued his now-habitual weekend flooding of social media with fantasies that he is smart, beloved, and powerful. ## [The Yukon Gold Rush](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/the-yukon-gold-rush) _2026-08-17 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211631260/5a86e3f96d9d9d7ac536f59a223375ff.mp3) ## [Week Twelve in 250 to 250](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/week-twelve-in-250-to-250) _2026-08-17 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ This was the twelfth week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nAbKhQnh7lXx) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [August 16, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-16-2026) _2026-08-17 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ “There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.” ## [In Shambles](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/in-shambles) _2026-08-16 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211479243/2e26f19ced05d4df757c81125ed3d8a2.mp3) ## [August 15, 2026](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-15-2026) _2026-08-16 · Heather Cox Richardson · Letters from an American_ On Monday, August 10, Todd Blanche took the oath of office as attorney general, administered by federal appeals court judge Emil Bove, another of Trump’s defense lawyers before moving to the Department of Justice, where he was Blanche’s top deputy.