Some news! This is, sadly, my last edition of the AM Quickie Letter. Corey will be taking over the letter full time after today, as I'm headed back to Ukraine for a few weeks, and then moving on to some longer-term projects and more freelance reporting. You'
Happy Valentines' Day! Hope you all spend it with a sweetie, or happily spend it alone, or disregard it completely. Whatever's clever! We've got – surprise – some tough news to get through, but get it out of the way this morning, get up to speed, and
Look, I'm definitely not a UFO guy, and all indications point to the U.S. just shooting down a bunch of weird balloons, but also... what if... who can say... Also, that holding call was atrocious. I'm not an Eagles fan by any measurment (go Niners)
Hey all, we're at my last day for the week, Corey's got you for the rest! Hope everyone's weathering the February frozen doldrums as well as can be expected. - Jack ON THE SHOW TODAY 2/7: Sam and Emma break down the week
Personally I DO think the balloon story is worth covering mostly because I think it's really funny and the GOP had a very stupid weekend over it. So let's start off the week with some fun! - Jack Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW
I'm back! Many thanks to Corey for filling in yesterday. Haven't had a fever like that in a while! It's gone and I'm pretty much back to normal, so you've got me for one day before Corey closes out the
The winter cold gives, the winter cold takes. My sinuses are clear for the first time in days but my body feels like it was hit by an NFL linebacker. What I'm saying is that whatever juice they give those guys in the blue tent in between plays,
Big football Sunday for me over here – gonna have both the games going on one monitor as I type up the newsletter and recover from this ugly cold. By the time you read this we'll know if Brock Purdy is headed to a Superbowl or not... can he
I've been down South in Georgia working on coverage of the killing of the forest protester in Atlanta for the past few days, and just got caught up in the news when I got back to the hotel tonight – just unbelivably horrified to see a second mass shooting
Corey ended last week talking about cream egg season – but what about an egg cream??? Have you thought of that? There's this little place on the Lower East Side that's like a single hot plate two tables and a coffee pot that does an egg cream,
Welcome back! It's free day over at the Quickie, but you missed a good one yesterday – the wild tale of Solomon Peña, a failed Republican candidate who paid lowlifes to shoot up his opponents homes. Today, as punishment for not subscribing to our paid letter, I'm
Hello! Welcome to the first paid-only version of the AM Quickie. As you'll notice, we've switched the format around a little bit. You'll still see who's on the show today, and you'll get a brief roundup of stories, but everything
Happy holiday Monday! We've got a pre-recorded show for you later and some big news for the Quickie. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS The AM Quickie is
Rain, rain, go away, at least until the bridge at my parents house is above water again. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS California Suffers Through Fire and Floods. This
Did you miss the January 6 anniversary? Well cast your eyes on Brazil, where the exact same thing is happening right now! Bolsonaro, of course, is hiding in Florida. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http:
All of the dumb things I predicted yesterday came true, except even dumber. So maybe they didn't come true? Who knows. Congress is dumb. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE
Ok we're back for real this time. After some lovely time sort-of-off, regular programming resumes today. Let's get into it. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS
We're back! Happy New Year! This will be our last holiday truncated newsletter, I'll have a full roundup for you tomorrow. Hope everyone had a great weekend and that the transition back into work isn't too bad. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] >
Howdy everyone, apologies for no newsletter yesterday, as I was simply too Christmas-ed out to do anything Sunday night – The MR team has pre-recorded shows all week, so we'll update you on what's on the menu for that and then get outta here. Corey will take
Yes, yes, we've got tons of Elon Musk news, and Trump's taxes, but let's do the climate first. That's right baby. We're a climate first newsletter! Without it, we all die. Happy days. - Jack [https://journa.host/@jscros] >
Woooooah it's the big one! Criminal charges for the big guy. Will federal prosecutors take them up? Stay tuned. - Jack [https://journa.host/@jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS J6 Committee Recommends
Man. Look. I've been trying to stay out of this but so many idiotic things happened this weekend that I feel like we might as well do a little wrap up. Anyway, apropos of nothing, here's my Mastodon link! - Jack [https://journa.host/@jscros] >
Semi-finals start today, with Argentina versus Croatia at 2 p.m. If you're not rooting for Morocco over France tomorrow I've got nothing to say to you, except maybe like three of the four words that I know in French (they're all swears). -
Hope Corey got some writing done, I definitely did the hibernation thing. In sports news, the 49ers are... really good this year? As a very fairweather/ occasional NFL fan, I love to see it. Brock Purdy! Who woulda thought! I will not be discussing the England game this weekend as
There you have it – 51 votes in the Senate for the Democrats. Let's see what they manage to do with it. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Raphael
An immediate update to yesterday's story, and we should have seen it coming. Also, if you're reading this from Georgia, it's election day! Fingers crossed that Warnock pulls through. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this
My wife is absolutely going to make fun of me for putting this in the newsletter, but one of the highlights of my weekend is that I got a new big extremely soft fisherman's sweater that is extremely warm. Anyway, we've got a big Supreme Court
We're back and it's Tuesday again. Huge soccer game today, U.S. vs Iran, winner advances, loser goes home. I'll be watching. - Jack [https://twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.
I'm back! Had a lovely long weekend – embarassingly replied to Sam's "Happy Thanksgiving" email to the crew like 48 hours late because I didn't check my email for three days. Sam, Bradley, Corey... If you're reading this. Happy Thanksgiving. I&
Big day of games. Before I woke up (and well before yesterday's letter had gone out), Saudi Arabia pulled off a surprise upset against Argentina, 2-1. Denmark and Tunisia fought to a 0-0 draw, as did Mexico and Poland, thanks to an incredible penalty save by legendary goalkeeper
I am going to use this intro to recap the World Cup for the time being because it has already taken over my brain: England beat Iran 6-2 (!!!!), the Netherlands snuck a 2-0 victory over a largely robust Senagal, and the U.S. tied 1-1 with Wales after conceding a
Lots of news to catch up on from the weekend, some of it grim. However, the World Cup is here! Let's check – oh, wait, no, that's grim too. Mostly. We'll get to it (and I promise it won't be all doom). News
Bezos is cleaning house now – things look grim for tech workers everywhere. Maybe this will really reinvigorate the union movement at some of these companies? We'll see. – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.
While I admire Corey's pricipled and mature decisions around social media use, I will be on Twitter until it dies, posting away, if only to just hang around and see what happens. What's the worst they can do? (Don't answer that). – Jack [www.twitter.
Well here we are – another midterms down. I'm typing this up piecemeal on Tuesday night, so hopefully I'll have some conclusive (and promising) results to give you, but many races will probably be decided sometime later today (Wednesday), so bear with us – Corey will wrap things
Iiiiiiiiit's election day, everyone. Hope you voted already, but if you're like me and left everything up to the last minute, hit the polls today. If you're reading this around ten a.m. noon uhhhh let's say two p.m., I'
Here we are again: election week. I'm going to avoid a big midterms thread for the most part because as far as I can see not much has changed since Friday – the big publications are running their think-piece analysis stuff – and because, well, I'm going to
I'd like to see more creativity out of the Democratic party, and generally out of local and state legislatures, in finding ways to effectively govern while circumnavigating the judiciary – something we're not getting back anytime soon. Just a stray thought for today. - Jack [https://twitter.
Lula won!! This is huge news for Brazil – but now comes the hard part: containing Bolsonaro's still-strong faction in the legislature and making sure his supporters don't cause too much violence in the streets. Oh, happy Halloween I guess? - Jack [https://twitter.com/jscros] >
The short answer is, I mean, probably, if they want to have one? But the chances of them using it are pretty slim, so don't panic yet. – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.
Tuesday again? You know the drill. – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Rishi Sunak Will Be the UK's Next PM As was promised, as delivered: former chancellor of the
Welcome back! Let's talk about steeeeeeealing an election! – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS The GOP's War on Voters is Taking a Terrifying Turn The GOP'
Bannon did a whole lot of sowing over the past decade. Now he's starting to reap (and probably reek, if his number of shirts are any clue). – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.
Wow, here we are again. I have read a blessedly miniscule amount of news over the past few weeks on account of getting married and then going to Mexico so I'm happy to get back to it... just gonna read some news real qui— oh. Oh no. Oh
Bit of a slow news day, so we've got this doozie of a dirt-dig on Dr. Oz's sketchy past as a shady doctor. Sorry for all the alliteration (I'm not sorry). Corey is back with you for the rest of the week and also
Could this be the end for Jair Bolsonaro's fascist regime? We'll see – results are still coming in, and who knows how Jair will react. PLUS: a huge guest joins the show this afternoon, in studio! - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign
Here we are again on Wednesday. We've got some updates on Hurricane Ian, but for today we're going to focus on the Senate for a bit and see what their whole deal is right now (unclear, as always). – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your
Tuesday again? No problem [https://twitter.com/No_Problemm_/status/1572242641491984385?s=20&t=cg8fUu7ZYSsHQBfVEUMpFw] . – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Hurricane Ian Hits Florida: The Only Question is How
Some not-so-great political developments out of Italy this weekend, and plenty of other news to catch up on. It's Monday again folks, here we go! – Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE
As promised, we're centering the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico for another day, but we've got plenty of juicy tidbits in the quickies. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]
It was a huge, chaotic weekend for news, so let's get you all caught up. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Hurricane Fiona Knocks Out Power in Puerto
Abortion bills, fires, stocks, political deaths, and war. This is just me keeping shorthand notes of what I've got to write down later on in the newsletter. I'm typing it up here, in the intro box. Here it is. That's what's coming.
It's time for some labor action – and one of Biden's first big tests in that department as president. Plus, a new war on the horizon? Let's dive in. Not included: Emmy coverage or continued Queen death coverage, sorry. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros]
Another week! Some big news out of Ukraine, where the war appears to have reached a major turning point. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Ukraine Throws Russia Out of
Welcome back! Hope everyone had a good long weekend. Let's get into it. - Jack [https://twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Trump-Appointed Judge Awards Trump His Special Master in MAL
It's Labor Day! The show is off today – with some pre-recorded content – and so am I. The memo on Labor Day programming is below! > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! ON THE SHOW TODAY 9/5 Happy
Shifting from Iraq to Pakistan for the main story today, as the U.S. political news is mostly run-of-the mill stuff. I'm off after today, Corey will be with you tomorrow! – Jack [https://twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at
We've got two major international stories to get through, starting with the eruption of violence in Iraq after a prominent cleric announced he would step down from politics. – Jack [https://twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http:
Monday again! Let's catch up on some things from Friday and set the stage for this week. – Jack [https://twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS The Affidavit Drops, the Trump Camp
It's not nearly enough, but man, it also ain't nothing! - a line that could refer to basically everything the Biden administration has done in office thus far. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at
Going to try to wrap up a ton of politickin' coverage today as there's no big standout story. I'm on today and tomorrow, then Corey makes his return! - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter
An affidavit? For us? Wow. But it'll be heavily redacted. Have a good weekend everyone! - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Judge Orders Trump Search Document Can Be
We've got more fallout from the mounting legal cases against Trump to lead with. And stay tuned for a special guest host for the show this afternoon! - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http:
Primary day! Cheney defeated! Palin ascendant! Plus more news. Let's go. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Cheney Loses, Vows to Keep Fighting (and Losing, Probably) Well folks,
Some late-breaking, still relatively unconfirmed, but potentially hopeful news on global nuclear security. Fingers crossed! - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS We Might Be On the Brink of Success With
In case anyone was wondering I think I only ate... two? One? Po boys in New Orleans, however I DID eat a grand total of 4 other sandwiches so I think that counts. I'm back with you for one more week and then Corey returns. - Jack [www.
Friday baby. I'm in New Orleans and am typing this after my first (of many) po boys. After I am finished with this I may go eat another po boy. By the time you read this, who knows how many po boys I may have eaten. We may
No no, this isn't Mar A Lago again – it's a whole new set of crimes that we're dealing with today. Let's get into it. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at
Mar-A-Lago day two! The story that keeps on giving. Lots of other news to go through elsewhere too. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! THE BIG NEWS Ilhan Omar Narrowly Fights Off Challenger
"They even broke into my safe!" Instantly iconic line, everything about this rules, just got back from seeing Rage Against the Machine so let's not bandy words up here ok goodbye. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this
Well folks, Joe Manchin agreed to a climate bill. But not without a hefty bribe. Plus, we're recapping the wild updates in the Alex Jones trial and catching up on a weekend of news. You're stuck with me for the next few weeks while Corey'
The numbers don't like – take a look at the margins in Kansas's referendum on abortion. We're talking about that win, Pelosi's Taiwan trip, and more election results. Leggo! - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for
Today the U.S. killed a terrorist leader who was a household name decades ago, but today surely had people quizzically googling who he was (a monster, but not a particularly relevant one anymore) Let's jump in! - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to
I'm back! Spent the weekend on a long reporting assignment and I'm gassed, so let's get into the news. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE
Tuesday again – Sam and Emma are wrapping up the news later, and so am I (not later, but now). Let's start with the Pope! - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to another week folks. Not a super busy news weekend so let's wrap up some stories to get us started and carry on with it. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.
One House of Congress is trying, at least. Ball's in the Senate's court. We've also got stories on the Maryland Primaries, Trump, Bannon, and the Secret Service. Meanwhile, Sam and the gang are going to mark the second anniversary of Michael's passing.
Sweaty weather in the UK lads! Whew! Also a heat wave moving through New York this week, but unlike my pals across the pond, we have AC here. They're not so lucky. - Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F
We're back after a pretty busy news weekend, led by Joe Biden's big trip to the Middle East to pursue new (and old) partnerships with some of the worst people in the world. Let's exorcise some collective frustration, shall we? - Jack [www.twitter.
Have you seen the picture of space? Well, even if so, we're going to look at it again. It's a bit slow news wise elsewhere, so just go with it, ok? -Jack [www.twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F
Hello and welcome back to the AM Quickie! There's some good meaty news in the "more stories" section but let's start the week – off with a new chapter in the always-funny, incredibly dumb saga of Elon Musk's Twitter caper. EDIT, 20 minutes
Lots of consequential politics news today – let's take a look at the state of the Biden administration and then hop across the pond for a look at what the heck is going on in the U.K. - Jack [https://am-quickie.ghost.io/secret-service-hutchinson-6-30-22/twitter.com/coreypein] >
We're back. After taking Monday off for the Fourth, I'm with you today and tomorrow. Let's catch up on the state of the nation. - Jack [https://am-quickie.ghost.io/secret-service-hutchinson-6-30-22/twitter.com/coreypein] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F
The Supreme Court's last day of decisions in this session is Wednesday, but we've got one big one to talk about before then. I'm off after today, you're in good hands with Corey. - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends
You all know the big news we're covering, but let's take stock of where we're at. I'm with you today and tomorrow, then Corey will take up the week. - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for
Surprise! I'm back again. Messed up the schedules. Corey is actually on tomorrow and then I'm done. Anyway. We've got some Jan. 6 stuff to wrap up, and the some other stories, including cigarettes, guns, and the courts. - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] >
Here's my last one for the week, Corey is back with you tomorrow. Hope everyone had a good weekend! - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BIG NEWS Everything We Learn
Happy Juneteenth! The show has a special episode today, but before that we've got some news to catch up on. - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BIG NEWS Colombia Elects
Jan. 6, climate disaster, and an absolutely incredible story about a GOP candidate who cannot stop revealing secret sons. See ya next week. - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://amquickie.com]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BIG NEWS The
All rightey folks, as promised, a wrapup of the Republican primaries on Tuesday night, plus Ukraine aid, plus R e c e s s i o n M o d e. - Jack [twitter.com/jscros] > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com
Hi all, we're going to do a quick primer for some Supreme Court decisions and move on to some other headlines. It's also a primary election night, but mostly Republican races, so I'm going to tackle a recap of that tomorrow. If you want
Hi all, sorry about the flub in the headline yesterday – I drafted the newsletter from Poland and then got on my flight, but fortunately Bradley was there to correct my little brain fart. Should have known that there was no way the Senate would actually pass something that fast. As
I'm back! After another brief stint in Ukraine with Corey covering, I'm back on newsletter duty all this week to make up for lost time. We're covering gun control and the Jan. 6 hearing that Corey set us up for on Friday. Let'
Americans are on the streets again -- but like the summer of 2020, who knows how much of the entrenched status quo we'll be able to shift. - Jack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com [http://AMQuickie.com]! --