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Politics Chat, August 13, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson

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20 Comments

@alicekam666 1 month ago

My mind is so blown. The corruption and pure evil from this administration is almost incomprehensible.

@kriskillian-ie4uk 1 month ago

If this country can be saved, if we ever can get it back, HCR will need to be acknowledged for her part in that.

@Songshare 1 month ago (edited)

Those damn gloves should not be made in the first place. There are a lot of firearms in America that the ICE people should be concerned about. The DARK underbelly is very DARK and cruel. Lord have mercy on the victims of these fascist haters.

@tarakelly4987 1 month ago

These shocks gloves need to be illegal! They don't know if someone has a pacemaker or a DBS for Parkinson's or any other electrical device. How insane! Spending money on these gloves vs body cameras is evil. Like they know if a woman is pregnant or where they will actually touch a squiggling terrorized person. These people in this admin are cruel and evil. I'm incensed!

@EricBlackmer 1 month ago

Shock gloves? What could possibly go wrong? Especially in the wrong hands... Or in the hands of an under trained federal agent who thinks he has immunity.

@TMichiels-b5e 1 month ago

Indict, remove and prosecute: Scott Bessent (Treasury) and at least 77 other politicians, friends and relatives of this administration.

@vderak1 1 month ago

The cruelty just grows. Very disturbing.

@elizabeths.healey3553 1 month ago

Cruelty is the point of this administration.

@jennieb400 1 month ago

The cruelty of this administration is ghastly.

@b.snyder1754 1 month ago

Thank you once again. Can't even say how grateful I am for your voice and for your modern-day Fireside Chats on YouTube. America owes you, big-time.

@SwordOfJustice108 1 month ago

Can anyone shed light on the troubling reports about our sailors? Please reach out to your congressional representative. Regardless of their political affiliation, they must not treat our service members this way!

@marygemmacapodanno2035 1 month ago

You are a National Treasure, Heather.

@heathergittings1191 1 month ago

I have been in the immigration courtrooms throughout the year, the increase in size was being called “mega” hearings. 100 plus per day. The level of cruelty made me physically ill.

@NancyDiebel-b8v 1 month ago

Concentration camps, locking up kids, murders, torture, Rapes must be punished!!!!!

@PolyglotPfannkuchen 1 month ago

When the Democrats finally retake all 3 branches, justice for the MAGA fascists must be swift and unwavering. The prison population must explode.

@dianaferguson6751 1 month ago

We all know darn well how those shock gloves will be used! This is yet another monstrosity committed by this regime.

@putabirdonit2014 1 month ago

Offering my deepest gratitude to you, Heather Cox Richardson. ✨

@potter275 1 month ago (edited)

They are slowly creeping into a complete takeover. We had better not have another two years like this. Vote to change the Congress!!

@karigunderson5284 1 month ago

NO more tax dollars to fund DHS/ICE. Holman should be investigated, charged, tried, sentenced to a long prison sentence in a federal prison. Let him rot there.