Heather Cox Richardson
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Politics Chat, August 6, 2026
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Topics covered in today's Politics Chat: U.S. missile and munitions shortages, Iran war of choice, Strait of Hormuz control and transit fees, freedom of the seas, rising gas and food prices, inflation, Venezuela oil seizure, Trump family government contracts, taxpayer-funded vanity projects, Fauci contempt of Congress vote, pardon limits and self-incrimination, Salem witch trials, weaponized prosecutions, withheld funds to Democratic states, mail-in ballot Supreme Court challenge, Medicaid and SNAP cuts, Watergate-era reforms.
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