“There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus …”

#HeatherCoxRichardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-21-2026

April 21, 2026

There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus.

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Heather Cox Richardson brilliantly highlights how April 19, 1775, ignited the American Revolution. The clash at Lexington and Concord, fueled by a decade of "taxation without representation," transformed colonial protest into armed rebellion overnight. Discover this essential history and the fight for liberty. #History #AmericanRevolution #Liberty #HeatherCoxRichardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-19-2026
April 19, 2026

On the evening of April 18, 1775, the people who lived in the British colony of Massachusetts had gone to bed with the sun, as usual.

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April 16, 2026

Congress is back in session, and there is a frantic feel in the air.

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#HeatherCoxRichardson provides an interesting inventory of some particularly heinous behaviour on the part of the #Trump administration as Congress goes back into session with a “frantic feel in the air,” as she puts it.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mjou2pxfes2y

1/n Whhat ? You were thinking we’ d not check in with the locals ? Here’s #PaulKrugman and #HeatherCoxRichardson tryin to figure stuff out, local edition.
How America is Losing the World with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson
https://www.youtube.com/live/i2OtDhSdE6A?si=q2BHgHsdldQe5sN0

Now to be sure this isn’t about looking for propagating critical points resulting in collapse. That is a different conversation. For present moment gestalt though, not far from things the bewildered masses should be at least considering…

Heather Cox Richardson asks: Is a political shift brewing? Hungary's election results challenge the narrative of inevitable right-wing authoritarianism, impacting MAGA Republicans aligned with Orbán. Read her insightful analysis to understand this potential paradigm shift. #Politics #Democracy #HeatherCoxRichardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-14-2026
April 14, 2026

There are signs the political game has changed in the United States since Hungarian voters rejected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s leadership on Sunday, April 12.

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"Since taking power, Trump and Vance have followed Orbán’s model both at home and internationally. Instead of working with our traditional allies, they have attacked Europe and aligned the U.S. with Hungary and Russia." #HeatherCoxRichardson #Trump

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-13-2026

April 13, 2026

On April 12, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted on social media that it was closely watching the election and stood firmly behind Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

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Will somebody PLEASE put #HeatherCoxRichardson & @pluralistic in touch?

I want to hear a conversation between these two people so bad I can taste it.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/12/always-great/

Pluralistic: Austerity creates fascism (13 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

#HeatherCoxRichardson is particularly good today, arguing that the rise of #Trump is representative of a recurring process of #right-wing reaction in the #US and exploring the role of the recently ousted Viktor #Orbán in the #Trumpist iteration of that process. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

April 13, 2026
April 13, 2026

On April 12, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted on social media that it was closely watching the election and stood firmly behind Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

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