Heather Cox Richardson
@heathercoxrichardson·992K subscribers·1.7K videos
Whitewashing
Posted
July 27, 2026
Views
25,692
Likes
2,293
Comments
172
Engagement
9.59%
July 27, 2026
25,692
2,293
172
9.59%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Episode Timeline
Every episode in order around the one you’re watching — click any card and the page flips straight to it.
11:48Now PlayingJuly 25, 2026
The White House is moving forward on plans to paint the grey granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in spite of the damage it might cause and the maintenance it will requre, By claiming that the building is no longer controlled by the General Services Administration, the president is setting a dangerous precdent, allowing projects to avoid review, The administration is pushing a rule change in the National Historical Preservation Act, revising the law that requires federal agencies to take into account what their actions will do to historic places, The change will cut the public out of any conversation about places that matter to them, Chaco Canyon is one such place and several Democratic senators and representatives have written to Interior Secretary Burgum asking him to protect the area around the canyon, The changes would also fast track Trump’s planned triumphal arch, Trump and his allies are whitewashing and bulldozing history in service to their small vision.
Watch today's recording here
Get full, free access to Letters from an American here
You can also find me:
Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe ()
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
