Heather Cox Richardson
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Politics Chat, August 18, 2026
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48:54Now PlayingTopics covered in today’s Politics Chat: USS Abraham Lincoln resupply crisis, fabricated polling scandal, Natalie Harp and Trump's inner circle, spheres-of-influence foreign policy, alienating traditional allies, South Korea military exercise cancellation, North Korea and Russia alignment, Iran war, Strait of Hormuz control and transit tolls, rising diesel and food prices, renewable energy imperative, tactical nuclear weapons speculation, declining approval across demographics, Hoover administration parallel, federal workforce versus contractors, food safety failures, state voter roll lawsuits, voter intimidation, redistricting and independent commissions, fact-based media history, presidential self-enrichment.
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