Heather Cox Richardson’s Revisionist HistoryOct 14
substack's top writer, a historian, tells her 2.7 million readers that trump is a dictator
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'Heather Cox Richardson Stole My Wife'
one man’s account of how the prominent substacker helped radicalize his wife and blow up their marriage
Blake Dodge
Dec 10, 2025
In October, Pirate Wires published one of its most popular stories to date: a feature about Heather Cox Richardson.
Richardson, or “HCR,” is an American historian and the most popular individual writer on Substack. Her nightly newsletter, Letters from an American, which recaps political news with context from history, has earned more than 2.7 million sub…
Heather Cox Richardson’s Revisionist History
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