Politics Chat, January 15, 2026

In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... We’re live here on YouTube and Facebook every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 pm Maine time (3 pm PT). Get full, free access to Letters from an American here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack... You can also find me: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hcrichardson... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercoxr... Facebook:   / heathercoxrichardson   Resources: https://redwine.blue/ https://www.commoncause.org/take-action/ https://www.congress.gov/members/find... 00:00 - Welcome 00:36 - Sasha Riley & the Epstein files 04:11 - Must be bad, lashing out 07:27 - Bill and Hillary Clinton pulled in 09:00 - Trump increasingly erratic 10:20 - Trump underwater everywhere 16:19 - Looking for excuse to invoke Insurrection Act 17:20 - Targeting smaller cities 20:40 - Tim Walz not willing to call National Guard 25:50 - Extreme actions, extreme pushback 30:10 - US sold Venezuelan oil, where’s the money? 33:40 - Trump’s exchange at the Ford plant 36:40 - Worse before it gets better 38:40 - Frustration with Democrats 41:10 - There’s still time to do better