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Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton explains that federalism is a singular question in American history with a debate that never goes away.

Read now: https://ow.ly/iNO650XSEMT
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his farewell speech, coining the phrase “military industrial complex.”

https://ow.ly/Ur2T50XSCzk
The Military-Industrial Complex Speech (1961) | Constitution Center
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for The Military-Industrial Complex Speech (1961)
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January 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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This #MLKDay, come learn with us! Explore Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring legacy through educational programs and immersive performances. Admission is FREE on Jan. 19.
https://ow.ly/9x8B50XT8ZM
January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1919, the Constitution gains the 18th Amendment, making Prohibition the law of the land.

Learn more about the first—and so far, only—constitutional amendment to be repealed in its entirety: https://ow.ly/xCc650XSCw7
Happy birthday to the 18th Amendment! | Constitution Center
It was on this day in 1919 that the Constitution gained a new amendment. However, the 18th Amendment, which made Prohibition the law of the land, had a short shelf life, since it was repealed in the early 1930s.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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My latest:
The list keeps growing. None of the Kennedy Center refugees has had second thoughts, especially after the Minnesota ICE murder.

open.substack.com/pub/dickpolm...
Bravo to the artists' mass exodus from the totalitarian playhouse on the Potomac
If they've had any second thoughts, the Minnesota ICE murder dispelled them.
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1932, Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman to win election to the U.S. Senate after defeating two male opponents in a special election. To date, 64 women have served in the Senate, with 26 serving right now.

https://ow.ly/tQRb50XSCle
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet, #CommonSense.

Join Gary Berton and Jack Kelly for an #AmericasTownHall conversation on the revolutionary life, ideas, and legacy of Thomas Paine.

Register: https://ow.ly/Gbql50XS5iX
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1999, the United States officially hands the Panama Canal over to Panama’s government, ending a long saga that had started a century and a half earlier.

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On this day: Panama regains the Panama Canal | Constitution Center
On December 31, 1999, the United States officially handed the Panama Canal over to Panama’s government, ending a long saga that had started a century and a half earlier.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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President Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country.
Many farmers are going into 2026 on the brink
President Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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January 10, 2025:
January 10, 2025
Today the Department of Labor released the final jobs report of Joe Biden’s presidency.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM