Politics Chat, June 9, 2026

Supply-side economics and Republican ideology, Speaker Mike Johnson's Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare cuts, SNAP and Medicaid fraud claims versus error rates, rising national debt and deficit, $70 billion ICE and Border Protection funding, private prison contracts and Delaney Hall, New World screwworm's return, ocean sensor buoy cuts, U.S. strikes on Iran and Strait of Hormuz, Todd Blanche's Attorney General confirmation, Epstein Files Transparency Act and Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer, UFC event at the White House, Trump family business dealings and crypto holdings, white and Christian nationalist influence, "remigration" rhetoric, Republican gerrymandering, Bill Pulte as DNI, 2026 election security.Politics Chat is recorded live on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 PM PT / 6 PM ET).Watch today's recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/tqidTrDGG2s?si=N1qiV6qbQDv8u9sWGet full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeYou can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxrichardson/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson  Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribe