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A daily news brief with Jalon, just to help you keep in the know. Nothing in-depth, and under 2 minutes (usually). Think NPR first thing in the morning -- but with some sassy. getpodlocal.substack.com

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Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na 29.05.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for May 29th 2026: Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod...

Smoke On The Water 28.05.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for May 28th 2026: US and Iranian negotiators reach tentative deal to extend ceasefire and start new nuclear talks Artists are already pulling out of Trump-backed 250th concert one day after lineup was announced Treasury Department confirms it has taken limited steps toward a $250 bill featuring Donald Trump The Justice Department Is Investigating E. Jean Carroll Death o...

I'm Not Ready To Back Down 27.05.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for May 27th 2026: 9 missing after Washington paper mill tank implosion and officials say there’s no hope of survivors Ken Paxton defeats John Cornyn for U.S. Senate GOP nomination Cornyn’s Defeat Fuels Tensions With President Trump in Senate G.O.P. Ex-Waco attorney Adam Hoffman gets 30 days in jail in sexual abuse of son’s friend A Blue Texas May Be More Than a Dream fo...

It's Been A Long Time 26.05.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for May 26th 2026: Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act The U.S. Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act Mayor Mamdani, Governor Hochul Announce State’s First Pied-à-Terre Tax, Requiring Ultrawealthy and Global Elites to Pay Their Fair Share Jeff Bezos says raising taxes on the wealthy wouldn’t help the average American Mamdani fires back at...

4/22/26 GPL News Brief 22.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 22nd 2026: Earth Day started as a US ‘teach-in’ 56 years ago. Now it’s a global event The best thing you can do for the planet on Earth Day Republicans Had an Earth Day Plan to Limit Species Protections. It Flopped. Trump’s Enormous Gerrymandering Blunder Virginia voters approve redistricting plan as parties jockey for advantage in U.S. midterms GOP navigates ‘...

4/21/26 GPL News Brief 21.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: Trump Labor Secretary Resigns Amid Misconduct Scandal Florida’s attorney general announces criminal investigation into OpenAI What effect is cocaine pollution having on young Atlantic salmon? These Salmon Got High on Cocaine. That Wasn’t the Craziest Part. The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could shut LGBTQ+ families out of preschool Kennedy...

4/17/26 GPL News Brief 18.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Po...

4/16/26 GPL News Brief 17.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 16th 2026: Justin Fairfax and His Wife Dead in Murder-Suicide Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis Imm...

4/15/26 GPL News Brief 16.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 15th 2026: Senate Republicans again block Democratic effort to end Trump’s Iran war Trump Does Another Really Weird Jesus Post Trump Addresses Jesus Post Backlash With More Bad Jesus Art Pentagon ramps up plans for military operation in Cuba in case Trump orders direct intervention It’s Not Just Iran. Trump Is Flailing on Multiple Fronts. The Deepfake Nudes Cri...

4/14/26 GPL News Brief 15.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 14th 2026: Trump’s Acting A.G. Says He Won’t Release Even One More Epstein File United Airlines CEO pitched American Airlines merger to Trump, sources say Catholic JD Vance tells Pope Leo to stick to ‘matters of morality’ amid Trump row How Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply? Woman alleges violent sexual assault by Rep. Eric Swalwell in n...

4/13/26 GPL News Brief 14.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: Swalwell says he plans to resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations Hungary’s Viktor Orbán Ousted by Voters After 16 Years in Power. Here’s What That Means ‘We Finally Have Democracy’: Hungarians Erupt in Joy and Relief Years of drought has major energy port of Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis Those are your headlines...

4/10/26 GPL News Brief 11.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Po...

4/9/26 GPL News Brief 10.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 9th, 2026: Melania Trump Makes Rare Address to Nation, Denying She Is “Epstein’s Victim” DNC Kills Resolution Condemning AIPAC Influence in Elections The DNC is meeting — and Israel is at the forefront once again Anthropic’s New Model Is So Scarily Powerful It Won’t Be Released, Anthropic Says PM Carney says Canada not considering sanctioning Israel over Lebano...

4/8/26 GPL News Brief 09.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Po...

4/7/26 GPL News Brief 08.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 7th 2026: Trump threatens ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of Iran deadline Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran? Oil briefly hits $117 as Trump’s Strait of Hormuz deadline approaches US has struck Iranian military targets on Kharg Island. Here’s what we know about it Iranian envoy says Tehran will ‘take immediate and proportionate’...

4/6/26 GPL News Brief 07.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 6th 2026: Trump Gives Deranged War Speech While Standing Next to Easter Bunny In New Threats, Trump Seems Emboldened by a Successful Rescue Trump unleashes curse-filled social media rant at Iran after U.S. rescues colonel Trump on Iran: ‘Entire country could be taken out’ Iran rejects proposal for temporary ceasefire to reopen Hormuz and hands Trump ‘ten-clause...

4/3/26 GPL News Brief 04.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 3rd 2026: * Trump says it’s ‘not possible’ for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: ‘We’re fighting wars’ * Trump Hasn’t Forgotten About Asinine Plan to Reopen Alcatraz * Exit of Trump officials including FBI director Patel under discussion, Atlantic reports * Trump budget would cut TSA funding, require privatization at small airports * The EU i...

4/2/26 GPL News Brief 03.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 2nd 2026: Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod...

4/1/26 GPL News Brief 02.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 1st 2026: * Whispers in the Supreme Court as Trump takes a front-row seat for oral arguments * Trump showed up to the Supreme Court ready to fight against birthright citizenship. It was dead on arrival * Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused * Trump’s rage at NATO allies is binding them together — agains...

3/31/26 GPL News Brief 01.04.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 31st 2026: Trump says White House ballroom plans include ‘massive’ underground military complex Judge Halts White House Ballroom Construction Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move sure to face legal challenges Is Pete Hegseth Killing Iranians to Get Rich? JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith, ‘Communion,’ coming out...

3/27/26 GPL News Brief 28.03.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 27th 2026: Senate approves funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security, but not immigration enforcement House Republicans rebel against Senate-passed DHS bill, eye separate funding vote 10 Things You Can Do While Waiting in the TSA Line Trump signs order to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding DOJ, DHS probing deal to share states’ v...

3/26/26 GPL News Brief 27.03.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 25th 2026: The UN adopts Ghana’s slavery resolution, defying resistance from US and Europe Trump extends deadline for Iran negotiations Wall Street falls to its worst drop since the Iran war as the Nasdaq sinks 10% below its record Donald Trump Plans to Add His Signature to US Currency Trump’s Signature to Be Added to U.S. Dollars, a First for a Sitting Preside...

3/25/26 GPL News Brief 26.03.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 25th 2026: Instagram and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial in California Landmark ruling finds Meta’s platforms are harmful to children’s mental health White House warns Trump will ‘unleash hell’ unless Iran accepts ‘defeat’ Asia looks to COVID-era playbook to tackle fuel crisis Everyday life in Asia is being upended by Iran war fuel...

3/24/26 GPL News Brief 25.03.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 24th 2026: * New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety, violating state law * Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method ‘cheating’ * Supreme Court worries Trump’s attack on late ballots could also threaten early voting * Saudi’s MBS Secretly Pushes Trump to Take Iran War to Next Phase * Trump struggles to s...

3/23/26 GPL News Brief 24.03.2026

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 23rd 2026: * Trump says there are “productive” talks with Iran and postpones for five days the attacks he announced against its energy grid * Surprise! Trump TACO’d out of His Plan to “Obliterate” Iranian Power Plants. * Top Israeli general says war ‘not close to ending’ despite Trump’s claim * TSA lines stretch for hours as Trump deploys ICE agents to US airpo...

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