Heather Cox Richardson
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Politics Chat, August 4, 2026
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53:11Now PlayingTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: Party realignment, Capital One money laundering allegation, bank enabling of Epstein trafficking, paid insider-trading access, attorney general confirmation, Justice Department non-prosecution deal, Epstein files litigation, presidential approval decline, Republican infighting, reflecting pool vandalism case, Iran war, data center and AI pushback, Margaret Chase Smith and Bill Cohen dissent precedents, Heritage Foundation and Powell memo history, arts and humanities funding, White House ballroom spending.
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