Letters from an American

Americans’ Civic Identity

May 18, 2026·10 min·4-min readnarrativepolitics
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The podcast episode exposes how the Trump administration has co-opted the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations to promote Christian nationalism, replacing America’s foundational civic values of equality and self-government with a message of religious supremacy and obedience to authorit

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Heather Cox RichardsonMike JohnsonThomas JeffersonJames Madison

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Treaty of Tripoliby United States and Tripoli

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Palantir

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Civil Rights HistoryDemocracyFact CheckHistorical FiguresPolitical NewsUs Politics

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