Julie Smith

Julie Smith

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Blue dot in a red state. Grandmother, animal lover, nature lover, recently retired RN, previous stockbroker, and now, out of necessity, a fledgling activist. 💙 🇺🇸🇺🇦 🇨🇦 💙 ☮️ 💙⚖️ 💙🌎

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October 27, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 27, 2026On Sunday a student-led democratic movement ousted Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić, a key ally of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, from power.

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roberthubbell.substack.comA reckoning on the horizon.October 27, 2026

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October 26, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 26, 2026Trump’s increasingly erratic and corrupt behavior condemns Republican leaders who continue to support him.

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October 25, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 25, 2026And so, here we are in the last days of the 2026 midterm campaign.

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October 24, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 24, 2026In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.

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roberthubbell.substack.comTrump’s increasingly desperate legal strategy should give us confidence.October 24, 2026

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October 23, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 23, 2026Despite Trump’s statement yesterday that billionaire Elon Musk had removed the restrictions from Starlink and Starshield that are crippling Ukraine’s ability to protect itself from Russia, Ukraine pre...

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roberthubbell.substack.comAdjudicated sexual abuser says Ramaswamy’s ad calling an abuse survivor a liar is just fine by him.October 23, 2026

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October 22, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 22, 2026Alexander Ward and Lara Seligman of the Wall Street Journal reported today that Trump called Elon Musk yesterday to ask him to stop throttling Starlink’s military-grade communications system, Starshie...

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roberthubbell.substack.comGOP closing message: War, betrayal, corruption, and sleaze.October 21, 2026

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October 20, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 20, 2026A blockbuster story in the Wall Street Journal tonight by Alexander Ward, Natalie Andrews, and Josh Dawsey says that it was billionaire Elon Musk who ordered Space X to slow down its service in Ukrain...

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roberthubbell.substack.comRepublican pundits are reduced to claiming that the polls are wrong.October 20, 2026

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October 19, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 19, 2026I am just through the door from several days’ travel and am wiped out, so this will not be a real letter.

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October 18, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 18, 2026Tonight Lingling Wei, Alex Leary, Thomas Grove, and Josh Dawsey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has proposed a meeting next month with Trump and China’s pres...

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roberthubbell.substack.comPhoto round-up: No Kings, Vote Early!October 18, 2026

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October 17, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 17, 2026Around the United States of America and the world, people gathered today at more than 3,000 No Kings: Vote Early events to encourage Americans to vote in the November 3 midterm elections.

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roberthubbell.substack.comOctober 17--No Kings: Vote Early!October 17, 2026

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October 16, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 16, 2026Trump’s new pick for White House press secretary lasted less than five days.

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roberthubbell.substack.comWe can do something, or we can do nothing. Which will it be?October 16, 2026

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October 15, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 15, 2026There is an old saying about rats and sinking ships.

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roberthubbell.substack.comDemocrats try to expand the map.October 15, 2026

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October 14, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 14, 2026According to Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov, last night, without warning, Elon Musk’s SpaceX restricted the speed limits for the Starlink terminals Ukraine’s military uses, known as...

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roberthubbell.substack.comAnother bad day for Republicans, as Democrats stay on trackOctober 14, 2026

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October 13, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 13, 2026This afternoon, the President of the United States posted two videos of lions and tigers attacking humans.

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roberthubbell.substack.comTrump and Mike Johnson are contemplating a future in which Republicans have lost the midterms.October 13, 2026

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October 12, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 12, 2026Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.

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roberthubbell.substack.comA desperate Trump fabricates a “ceasefire”October 12, 2026

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October 11, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 11, 2026This week I marked the end of another summer by spending as much time as I could on the water.

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October 10, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 10, 2026 (Saturday)So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.

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roberthubbell.substack.comFighting back against a stain on America’s conscienceOctober 10, 2026

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October 9, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 9, 2026Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...

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roberthubbell.substack.comTrump targets Cassidy Hutchinson. He will lose.October 9, 2026

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roberthubbell.substack.comOn a noisy news day, signs of hope.October 8, 2026

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October 7, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 7, 2026On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B...

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October 6, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 6, 2026Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.

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October 5, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 5, 2026Last night, on October 4, U.S.

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October 4, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 4, 2026On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

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October 3, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 3, 2026On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...

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October 2, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 2, 2026Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

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October 1, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 1, 2026John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

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September 30, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 30, 2026A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.

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September 29, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 29, 2026The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.

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September 26, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 26, 2026Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

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September 24, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 24, 2026After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

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September 22, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 22, 2026In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

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September 21, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 21, 2026On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

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September 20, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 20, 2026Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.

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September 19, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 19, 2026On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.

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September 18, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 18, 2026According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.

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September 17, 2026

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 17, 2026In 1761, 55-year-old Benjamin Franklin attended the coronation of King George III and later wrote that he expected the young monarch’s reign would “be happy and truly glorious.” Fifteen years later, i...