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Initial Impression: Headlines for July 29
Your once-weekly, wide-ranging headline digest featuring linked stories and quick takes to help you cut through the noise and stay informed.
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Brie McReynolds
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Reading Some of Donald Trump's Tweets - June 25, 2025
I think it's important, every few days, to read the President's Truths for myself.
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Brie McReynolds
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Media Literacy: A 69-Second Overview
Media Literacy is basically an ad blocker for your brain.
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Brie McReynolds
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June 14, 2025 - 108 Sources for History
I did not protest yesterday.
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Brie McReynolds
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The Day He's Asking For: 2,000 Protests and a President Pushing the Line
Fascism, resistance, and the moment America braces for impact.
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Brie McReynolds
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Emergency Brie-fing: PROTESTS ARE A CIVIC DUTY - National Day of Protest TOMORROW
We do not have the luxury of tuning out anymore. Talk to your apolitical friends and family. This is so far past politics.
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Brie McReynolds
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#HandsOff: The Historic, Worldwide Protests of April 5, 2025 in Pictures and Quotes
From Anchorage to Atlanta, from Paris to Portland, from Berlin to Bluff— the world stood up. See it. Feel it. Remember it.
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Brie McReynolds
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Democracy on the Edge: Watching America’s Uncertain Future
Perhaps the prospect of his supporters turning against him en masse could finally be the thing that stops this descent. Unfortunately, it seems that…
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Brie McReynolds
Brie-fing: The Left Got COVID Wrong, and So Did I
An INCREDIBLY humbling podcast from The Daily...
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Question for Economists: Does America Have a Crisis of Pie?
I am genuinely asking; is there something I’m missing here? Is there any good faith argument to be had for a third (and rising) of the money to sit with…
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The Brie-fing vs. Common Sense: Exercises in Disagreement
George Shay and I don't agree on much of anything; we keep talking anyway.
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Brie McReynolds
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9 Statements From This Week That Should Go Down In History
Weekly roundup of the quotes that stuck with me during the week of February 17th-February 23rd, 2025.
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Brie McReynolds
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