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Psst: The president took a $75 million bribe and we all saw it. –Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump Tests Judge's Ban On Deportation Flights On Saturday, the Trump administration deported 261 migrants to El Salvador, where the
The migrant prison camp at Gitmo is, unsurprisingly, a cruel bit of political theater. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 3/11: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Lindsey Boylan, former government official, to discuss Andrew Cuomo's recent announcement that he'll be
Hey, Canada and Mexico: we had a good thing there for a while. –Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS ICE Arrests Green Card-Holding Colombia Student For Palestine Activism Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate student at Columbia University who was involved with
Here's the story of another Nazi who Elon Musk follows on X. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Losing Sleep? Sunset Lake CBD Can Help Daylight Savings is here, and that lost hour of sleep can leave you feeling groggy and out of sorts for days. But you don’t have
Tariffs, mass layoffs, government crypto reserves – seems like we're speeding toward a recession. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Losing Sleep? Sunset Lake CBD Can Help Daylight Savings is here, and that lost hour of sleep can leave you feeling groggy and out of sorts for days. But you don’t
Turns out the supposed free-speech absolutists are the real threats to free speech. –Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump Announces National "Crypto Stockpile" To Pump His Donors' Bags The federal government is getting into the crypto business.
Robbing moving freight trains for millions of dollars worth of sneakers sounds like a movie Michael Bay makes when he's bored between Transformers films. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 2/25: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day.
I spent a lot of the weekend watching Deep Purple videos and think you should, too. –Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Crazed Musk Threatens To Fire 2.3 Million Federal Workers After being urged on social media by President Donald
Now the White House claims that Elon Musk does oversee DOGE, though no one is officially in charge of DOGE. Right. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump Seizes More Authority With Executive Orders President Trump signed more executive orders yesterday,
The upside-down plane crash has a terrifying "I didn't know it could do that" quality. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 2/18: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid
Tens of thousands of probationary employees across the federal government – from the NIH to the Treasury Department to the IRS – got fired over the weekend. For no other reason than to ultimately enrich Elon Musk and his friends. –Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Skip the mattress sales this year and celebrate President&
The prevailing "flood the zone" strategy is to do so many illegal, awful, or chaotic things that Democrats are overwhelmed. Seems to be working. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 2/11: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day.
It's already spring training in my mind. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Elon Musk And DOGE Are Wreaking Havoc Elon Musk's DOGE wrecking ball continues to tear through government agencies while sending the federal workforce into
If, like me, you are interested in that tech rationalist vegan murder cult, TrueAnon's two-part series is a great overview of a particularly contemporary form of insane ultra-violence. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Valentine’s Day is nearly here. Whether you're spoiling your special someone or treating yourself,
Federal worker unions are suing DOGE. More please. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 2/4: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid subscribers! Today you'll read about the richest man in
If you're interested in tracking all the ways in which this administration could be on the take, I wrote about Trump's adventures with crypto shitcoins as a vehicle for political corruption. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Valentine’s Day is nearly here. Whether you're spoiling your
The DoJ purge seems to be well underway. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/28: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid subscribers! Today you'll read about how ICE wants to
Naturally, leading Trump foot soldier Kash Patel once had a DEI job. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump's Anti-Regulation, Pro-Tech Agenda Comes Into View The presidential appointments, executive orders, splashy press conferences, and baroque promises about how Elon
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I think they let me do this once before I have to start buying ads: my next book, on the rise of the tech right, is available for pre-order. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Oligarchy In America: Trump Returns As
This week's RIP goes to Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker, whose folksy wit on the mic made him an American treasure. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Sunset Lake CBD is brought to you by long-time MR listeners and fans of the show. They know how crazy buying CBD online can be
Let's try not banning or selling TikTok but some secret third thing. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/14: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) to discuss what to expect from the upcoming Trump administration's immigration agenda,
I did not know that the development of Ozempic owes something to lizard venom. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS LA Fires Death Toll Hits 24 Propelled by high winds (which may surge again in the coming days), several wildfires continue
For this week's book recommendation, let me commend to you "99% Perspiration," a humane, clever investigation and travelogue about modern work and its discontents, just published by friend-of-the-newsletter Adam Chandler. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Catastrophic
The Greenland stuff is dumb. The Panama Canal stuff is dumb. Canada as 51st state? Dumb! This newsletter is unamused by retread MAGA imperialism. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/7: It's News Day Tuesday! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid subscribers! Today you'll read
It's looking like Elon Musk-worshipping internet celeb Adrian Dittmann might just be a guy named Adrian Dittmann and not three Elon Musks in a trenchcoat. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Joe Biden's $8 Billion Parting Gift
Happy New Year! Please tell your friends to subscribe in 2025 so I can keep doing this. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 12/31: It's Day 6 of the Majority Report Best Of 2024! Today you'll hear from Dr. Peter J. Hotez, Dean for the National
Who will break the grim news to the smiling peanut? -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS President Jimmy Carter Calls It Quits At 100 James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived president of the United States, died at the glorious
Sounds like Denmark is prepared to militarily defend Greenland from the expansionist designs of Herr Trump. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Striking Starbucks and Amazon Workers Fight Back Against Oligarchy Let's bracket for a moment the many horrors
Happy holidays to our dear readers. Thanks for tuning in this year. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 12/24: It's Day 2 of the Majority Report's Best Of 2024! Today you'll hear Sam and Emma speak with Rashid Khalidi, professor of Modern Arab Studies
I thought we resolved the whole Panama Canal issue last century. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Angsty Donald Trump Promises Musk Won't Be President At an appearance at the Turning Point USA conference over the weekend, President-elect Donald
Musk is such a loose cannon (recreational drugs, friends with dictators) that SpaceX lawyers think that he wouldn't be able to receive a higher level of security clearance, meaning he's prevented from learning about certain top secret projects at his own company. -Jacob ON THE SHOW
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Like everybody else Anthony Weiner deserves a job, but his should be far away from politics, a smartphone, and maybe other people. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS UHC CEO Shooter's Manifesto: "These Parasites Simply Had It Coming&
I'm still a Havana Syndrome skeptic. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 12/10/24: It's News Day Tuesday! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid subscribers! Today you'll read about the arrest of a suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the
I have signed Juan Soto to be my personal friend. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS After Years of Civil War, a Dramatic Syrian Revolution Topples Assad In a remarkable military campaign lasting less than two weeks, Syrian rebels, led by
Every one of these messianic billionaires having a dozen kids terrifies me. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 12/3/24: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Ian Millhiser, senior correspondent at Vox, to discuss some of the oral arguments going on in front of the
I am going on record that the NIH is probably a good thing to have. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Pete Hegseth’s Mom Called Him An Abuser It's not often that a potential cabinet secretary is denounced
Rudy Giuliani's completely deserved slide into disgrace is going pretty well. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Donald Trump Skates On Hush Money Sentencing – And Everything Else After several postponements, repeat felon Donald Trump was supposed to be sentenced
Pete Hegseth's unsettling history seems tailor-made to appeal to Trump. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 11/19: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Tyler Vasseur, shop steward with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 9, to discuss the tentative agreement being
Tale as old as time here: A crypto scammer is suffering complications from leg-lengthening surgery while in pre-trial detention for paying LA sheriffs deputies to do crimes for him. –Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! SunsetLakeCBD.com We may be nearing the end of
I still have RFK on my list as first Trump crony to be kicked to the curb. At least let it be before he gets any real power. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG BAD NEWS Trump Picks Fox News Host to
Does Donald Trump understand what time zones are? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 11/12: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid subscribers! Today you'll read about what Donald Trump'
Apparently listening to Uber's general counsel for advice on economic policy was a bad idea. –Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump Talks to Putin About Ukraine Deal President-elect Donald Trump recently had a phone call with Russian President
I pray to the unholy electoral college gods that this thing is over by tomorrow. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 11/5: It's a special News Day Tuesday! ELECTION DAY! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid subscribers! Today you'll read about what form the inevitable
The Russian military is apparently using massive numbers of SpaceX's Starlink terminals. What's up with that, Elon? –Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS New Tape: Donald Trump Was Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's "Closest Friend&
The world's richest man is posting material from neo-Nazis again. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! SunsetLakeCBD.com Sunset Lake CBD is excited to introduce the Goodnight Gummy. Designed for nighttime use, these gummies contain boosted levels of CBN to help you
October Surprise: the fascist candidate thinks some people are sub-human. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 10/29: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with writer and editor Gareth Gore about his new book Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the
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Lithium reserves discovered in Arkansas. CIA coup to follow? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 10/22: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. But first, they speak with Anna Heetman, striking tenant and leader with the Independence Towers Tenant Union
This is a pro-Dodgers newsletter 2.5 days a week, so today we celebrate the Boys in Blue going to the World Series. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS With Truth Social, Election Lies, and Crypto, Trump Once Again Scams the
This is the plot to the Sylvester Stallone disaster-action movie "Daylight," isn't it? -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Derelict Media Still Can't Handle Trump's Madness With three weeks left until election day,
Incredibly, the new loony MAGA meme is that "they" can control the weather. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 10/8: It's News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts Magazine, to discuss the state of play of the 2024 election and what key
Israel has killed more than 100 Palestinian and Arab journalists, some deliberately, and American reporters are largely silent. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! SunsetLakeCBD.com Fall is here, and that means cooler weather, more family time, and one overly stressful election cycle. Take
Not sure if that pre-debate jog in Central Park gave Walz the juice he needed. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS As Climate Chaos and War Rage, Veep Candidates Offer Few Good Answers The first question of last night's
Happy 100th birthday to former President Jimmy Carter, who can one day ease off this mortal coil with a cleaner moral slate than any of his contemporaries. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 10/1: It's News Day Tuesday! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you&
This week's RIP goes to Kris Kristofferson, who Rolling Stone memorably eulogized as an American Renaissance man. He was also a great leftist. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS In Latest Climate Catastrophe, Hurricane Helene Devastates Southeastern US Hurricane
Pretty messed up that major media figures are helping fabricate a scandal about Rep. Rashida Tlaib. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 9/24: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Aaron Kleinman, director of research for the States Project at Future Now, to discuss the biggest
RIP to Fredric Jameson, one of the country's foremost post-war intellectuals and literary critics. Let the magisterial obituaries and tributes flow. He deserves it. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Israel Bombs Lebanon to "De-escalate" Conflict After
The fact that Instagram has to address the effects it has on children's sleep says something grim about our age. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Hundreds of Pagers Explode Across Lebanon In An Apparent Israeli Attack Yesterday afternoon,
Seems like Walz/Harris should hold a rally in Springfield, Ohio. Where is the vigorous defense of immigration as the lifeblood of the nation? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 9/17: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL
A guy steals one whale carcass and the government just can't let the issue go. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Another Crackpot Tried to Shoot Trump On Sunday around 1:30pm ET, a man identified by law enforcement
So long to James Earl Jones, who once recited the alphabet with the kind of performative range only available to great actors. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 9/10: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Dave Weigel, author of the "Americana" newsletter at
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This "decades-long landslide" in Rancho Palos Verdes is wild. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! SunsetLakeCBD.com You work hard and you deserve a CBD tincture that works just as hard as you do. Sunset Lake’s lineup of full-spectrum CBD tinctures
Montana Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy might challenge JD Vance for most skeletons in his closet. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 9/2: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam is back from vacation, and he and Emma break down the biggest headlines from over the long weekend. READ ALL
Happy Labor Day! Enjoy time with family and friends, and spare some solidarity for those working or striking today. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Israelis March in the Streets For A Hostage Deal That Bibi Won't Sign Another
Not surprised to hear that Trump thinks Musk is "boring." -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 8/27: It's News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with Alex Sammon, politics writer at Slate, to discuss his reporting from the Democratic National Convention. Then, the very writer of this here
In a completely foreseeable outcome, this year's DNC seemed to have been a Covid super-spreader event. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS RFK Jr. Officially Endorses Trump In A Desperate Bid for a Job After telegraphing to the media
Maria Bartiromo seems as crazy as any right-wing disinfo-monger these days. It could cost Fox. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS DNC Day 2: Barack and Michelle Stump For Kamala The Democratic Party wrapped up the second day of its celebratory
It's a bad sign of where the establishment consensus stands that liberal lion UC Berkeley is banning face masks and encampments. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 8/20: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Jasper Nathaniel, writer of the Infinite Jaz newsletter on
Don't let the scary crypto orb project run by the insane AI guy scan my eye, please. Thanks. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS DNC Starts With Dems Divided Over Gaza The Democratic National Convention opens today in Chicago
Have you heard of "a place called Argentina"? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 8/13: It's a special News Day Tuesday! The MR Crew celebrate Michael Brooks' 41st birthday. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about the banal
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More Olympic events should feature whales. - Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Dems Walz All Over Flailing Trump Campaign Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris officially introduced avuncular Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate yesterday at a rally in
Good luck to Bangladesh's student protesters who deposed the country's corrupt prime minister and now have to negotiate with the army. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 8/6: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam speaks with James North, reporter covering the Global South and editor-at-large
RFK Jr.'s predilection for animal skins, taxidermy, roadkill, and esoteric meats is starting to become a thing, isn't it? -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Racist Right-Wingers Riot Across UK The plague of fascist street violence has
Please never let me get into an autopilot Tesla. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 7/30: It's News Day Tuesday! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about President Joe Biden's plan to reform the Supreme Court and stop presidential
Pardon the lack of Olympics coverage, but I commend to you the completely wild performance of French heavy metal band Gojira. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Police Spent 100 Minutes Searching for the Trump Gunman Local police were searching for
The whales are fighting back. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Dissident Dems Boycott Bibi Speech At least 58 Democrats plan to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress today. They are protesting the warm political welcome
How many racist right-wingers was JD Vance following on social media? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 7/23: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Elizabeth Pancotti, director of special initiatives at the Roosevelt Institute and contributor the Fireside Stacks newsletter on SubStack, to discuss the
I'm not a constitutional expert, but Taylor Swift turns 35 this December and the VP slot is just sitting there, open. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS In A Dramatic Announcement, Biden Drops Out of the Presidential Race and
When a conservative Republican gun-lover shoots a Republican president, why do Democrats apologize? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 7/16: It's News Day Tuesday! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about Trump's smarmy VP pick, Elon Musk turning on
We all had a very normal weekend, didn't we? -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump Defiant After Assassination Attempt You may have already heard about this one. On Saturday, at a campaign rally in Butler, PA, former President
State Dept spokesman Matt Miller's habitual smirk when he's dissembling about Israeli atrocities is pretty galling. Someone finally confronted him about it. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS "I wish I was more brave": Cowardly
I wonder how it feels to wake up as a Biden administration employee this morning. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Doddering Biden Debate Performance Has the DNC Class Worried Last President Joe Biden maundered his way through an uninspiring debate
Maybe we need to bring back house bards. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 6/27: It’s an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with freelance writer and author Arthur Goldwag to discuss his recent book The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia. Then, she's joined
Kind of impressive that there already have been four different recalls for the Tesla Cybertruck. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Leftist Bowman Loses to Big-Money Latimer Jamaal Bowman, the embattled Congressional rep from New York's 16th District, lost
A new investigation confirms that Israeli drones are targeting Palestinian journalists. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 6/25: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. But first they speak with Peter Shamshiri, or Law Boy on Twitter, co-host of If
It seems like Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First, could be an important guide to our post-1.5 °C world. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Netanyahu Won't Stop in Gaza, Threatens Lebanon – and Biden&
Another day, another lawsuit against Elon Musk – this time regarding work conditions at his creepy brain-implant company. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 6/18: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today
Half the time I'm not sure if big publishers know what they're doing. This bio of the odious Tucker Carlson deserves to be printed. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Recharge your social battery this summer with the help of Sunset Lake CBD’s full-spectrum CBD Oil tinctures. Whether
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Wild elephants may have names for each other. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 6/11: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about a Supreme Court justice
Pour one out for Mexico's uber-rich who are freaking out in WhatsApp groups about the election of a popular lefty technocrat as president. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Recharge your social battery this summer with the help of Sunset Lake CBD’s full-spectrum CBD Oil tinctures. Whether you just want
The trash balloon war between the two Koreas has my attention. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 6/4: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about Biden&
Is Trump's conviction a sign that even the ultra-powerful aren't above the law, or is it a craven descent into banana-republic-style political persecution? I have a guess! -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Biden Says It'
Bill Maher continues his lifelong slide into crankdom. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 5/28: It’s News Day Tuesday and the MR Crew is back from the long weekend! But first they speak with Luke Goldstein, writing fellow at The American Prospect, to discuss his recent reporting on Red
The oceans' depths are filled with beautifully weird creatures that we're still discovering (if we don't kill them all first). -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Israel Continues Massive Assault on Rafah Despite the ICJ'
I had no idea so many people were leaving LA. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 5/21: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. But first, they speak with Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate, to discuss some of
I'm willing to cut the cicadas some slack. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Iran's President and Foreign Minister Die in Helicopter Crash An Iranian government helicopter crashed over the weekend amidst heavy fog in the country&
Spectacular jailbreaks seem to be a distinctly French phenomenon. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump Team Struggles to Provoke Michael Cohen in Cross Yesterday Todd Blanche, the current attorney in Donald Trump's rotating cast of MAGA-brained ambulance chasers,
I think we should negotiate with the orcas. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 5/14: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about a Defense Intelligence Agency
The UAW's southern union drive is receiving calls for solidarity from all over the world. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Republicans Introduce A Bill to Track Pregnancies Led by Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, who released another poorly acted
Is it time to get worried about the olive oil situation, or do we have enough going on? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 5/7: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers!
Ok you got me – I do want to know more about the mysterious dodecahedron found in "an ancient Roman pit" in England. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Clueless NYPD Believes Student Protesters Have Secret Backers Having failed to
Some day we're going to have a reckoning over gambling in this country. For now, you can bet on how boozy customers perform on games at Dave & Buster's. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS NYPD Storms
I didn't really understand this slideshow of crying babies at a sumo festival, but I enjoyed it. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/30: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma speak with Peter Shamshiri, or Law Boy on Twitter, co-host of the 5-4 Podcast, to
I don't know how they're still allowed to call this thing "autopilot." -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS How Will Democrats Handle Campus Gaza Protests? The Democratic Party appears split over the growing protest movement
High-speed rail might finally happen in the US. We're only four decades behind Japan! -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/23: It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Emma speaks with Randall Eliason, white collar crime professor at George Washington University Law School and author of the
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Anyone know where Clarence Thomas is? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/16: It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, to discuss the events of the past weekend involving Iran & Israel. READ
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I didn't transcend space and time, but I enjoyed lying in the grass, watching the eclipse. Would observe again. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/9: It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with Luke Goldstein, writing fellow at The American Prospect, to
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Good morning. Two coffees and a Shohei Ohtani home run highlight and I'm set for hours. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/4: It's another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Rachel Nolan, historian of Latin America at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies,
Turns out 2023 was "an amazing year for the world's richest people." Do they expect applause? -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Outrage As Israel Bombs Gaza Aid Convoy, Killing 7 People Israeli forces struck a humanitarian
The last USS Arizona survivor has died, aged 102. 🫡 -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/2: It's an EmMajority Report TUESDAY! Sam is out in Las Vegas for the Mass Torts Conference, so Emma is filling in! She speaks with Annelle Sheline, a former staffer with President Biden&
The new Havana Syndrome stories don't contain any real evidence of a fantastical brain weapon or of actual attacks occurring – just like all the previous Havana Syndrome stories – so I'm not going to lend credence to this batch. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's
Baseball season is here and my troubles are over. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com The folks over at Sunset Lake CBD believe in their farm-to-table model. They grow, process, and ship directly their handcrafted CBD hemp products right to your door. No unnecessary trips to the store and no middlemen. You can
Today I'll be attending the sentencing of Sam Bankman-Fried. If we're being macabre and making predictions, I'll go with 35 years. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 3/21: It's another EmMajority Report Thursday! It’s another EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma speaks with
Here's a compelling argument for Joe Biden to pardon Charles Littlejohn, the IRS contractor whose leaks revealed a lot about how billionaires evade taxes. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Baltimore's Iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses
Happy holidays to all observing the start of baseball season this week. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 3/26: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about
First crypto broke the electrical grid; now it's AI's turn. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS AOC Condemns U.S. Participation in Gaza "Genocide" On a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives,
The Honduran government is trying to stop a crypto-libertarian startup from lopping off some of its land for a new privately run corporate nation-state. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Biden Administration Knew Israel Was Bombing Targets Based on Shaky Intel
There isn't a more interesting, lovable ballplayer than Joey Votto, who shared some deep thoughts he seemingly wrote on hotel stationary. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 3/19: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. But first they
In another grim sign of where the platform formally known as Twitter is at under Elon Musk: they're now suspending users for naming the writer of a Nazi cartoon. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Donald Trump Promises a
My latest discovery is an unassuming 70ish British man who plays amazing acoustic metal covers. Here's a dose of Iron Maiden. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 3/12: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. But first, Sam
The Hollywood labor story that has our attention is the alleged plagiarism surrounding The Holdovers. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Why do we still observe Daylight Savings? Losing an hour of sleep can throw us all into a real funk. That’s why we reach for Sunset Lake CBD’s nighttime tinctures
The psyop continues: Taylor Swift wants people to vote. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com One of the most requested products is finally ready for release! Sunset Lake CBD is excited to introduce their new Δ9 Gummies. At a 10:1 ratio of CBD to THC, these new hemp-derived gummies really pack a
Sounds like someone might have paid a very big ransom in that disastrous healthcare hack. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 3/5: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'
Curious what a primary protest vote might mean? Or if it's even possible in your state? This guide has you covered. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com One of the most requested products is finally ready for release! Sunset Lake CBD is excited to introduce their new Δ9 Gummies. At a
To build the border wall, DHS is destroying plants that are older than the border itself. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 2/27: It's News Day Tuesday! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about the political dangers Biden faces in Michigan,
The AM Quickie team and the city of New York mourn the loss of Flaco, the beloved owl who died over the weekend. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Ukraine Claims 31,000 Soldiers Killed in Russia's Invasion Ukrainian
I think El Chapo's granddaughter has as good a shot as anyone at finding the Loch Ness Monster. Vaya con dios. --Jacob Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com! THE BIG NEWS US Vetoes UN Resolution Calling for a Gaza Ceasefire On
Will Barbara Lee ever get the credit she deserves for her anti-war record? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 2/20: It's News Day Tuesday! Emma speaks with Bill Deere, director of the Washington office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), to discuss the ongoing situation
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I'm still on my whale video kick. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and the folks at Sunset Lake (Say Bay Day) hope you’re treating yourself to something nice this year. How does hand made fudge and a good night’s sleep
There is something deeply appropriate about having the 2026 World Cup final in suburban New Jersey. --Jacob Tell your friends to sign up for this M-F newsletter at AMQuickie.com! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and the folks at Sunset Lake CBD hope you’re treating yourself
If you missed Tracy Chapman's stirring Grammy performance – a rare appearance for the elusive artist – it's worth checking out here. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Biden Touts Border Deal To Keep Ukraine and Israel Aid Flowing
Shoutout to our colleagues at Penguin Random House who are stepping up their fight against book bans. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/30: It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam speaks with Diana Buttu, Palestinian analyst and former legal advisor to the Palestine Liberation Organization, to discuss
I'd like to buy Rufus Wainwright's house, but I'm about $2.2 million short. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS U.S. Soldiers' Deaths Excite Warmongers in Congress Israel's devastating military campaign
We did it! The Doomsday Clock has never been so close to midnight. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com The holidays are in the rearview mirror and that means that we’re all returning to the stresses and restlessness of everyday life. Sunset Lake CBD is here to help! Save 35% on their
I'm jealous of Tucker Carlson for getting the Catturd scoop. -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/16: It's News Day Tuesday! READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you'll read about America's ultra-rich are rediscovering their love of Donald Trump,
Condolences to the staff of Sports Illustrated! It's grim out there in media land. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! SunsetLakeCBD.com The holidays are in the rearview mirror and that means that we’re all returning to the stresses and restlessness
I've become fixated on whale instagram videos. Is this part of being middle aged? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/16: It's News Day Tuesday! The MR Crew is back from the long weekend! They speak with Dave Weigel, author of the "Americana" newsletter
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Also known as the day when the FBI tries to pretend it's a civil rights organization. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Iowa Caucus-goers Set to Vote for Trump It's election
I'm hearing there's a lot of weather going on. Might have to pivot this newsletter to weather talk. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Roger Stone Pondered Political Assassinations It sure seems like Roger Stone said that
Can I also play Tetris on the Sphere? - Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/9: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Remember, we've got a new benefit for
In my head, it's always baseball season. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Secretary of Defense Hospitalized, But No One Notices A strange-but-worrying story emerged over the weekend: Lloyd Austin, the Secretary of Defense, was hospitalized for three days
Still signing my checks with 2023. Doesn't feel right yet. - Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 1/2: It's the first News Day Tuesday of 2024! The MR Crew is back to catch up on the biggest headlines of the last week. READ ALL ABOUT IT
Welcome to 2024! Our troubles are over. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Small Planet Completes Rotation Around Nearby Star It's New Years Day, January 1st, another day of life in the late American imperium. With fireworks, cheer, and
Remember the peace movement? Maybe we should bring that back. - Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Child Labor Booming in the U.S. 2023 was the year that America rediscovered child labor. Or more precisely, we learned that we have
Hope you all had a good Christmas. I spent the day studying the ancient art of newslettering. - Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 12/26: It's Day 1 of the Majority Report's Best Clips of the year! The crew revisit their conversation with Naomi Oreskes, professor
Rudy Giuliani is now officially bankrupt. Merry Christmas! -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Israel Expands Gaza Offensive Despite widespread calls for a ceasefire – except from the United States of America, Israel's essential ally – the IDF has expanded its
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In an age of ubiquitous surveillance, I think being a mysterious stowaway who doesn't even know how he managed to fly from Stockholm to Los Angeles is kind of cool. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS UN Votes for
Like Shohei Ohtani, I will defer the bulk of my newsletter earnings until 2043. - Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 12/12: It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with Luke Goldstein, writing fellow at The American Prospect, to discuss his reporting on the Google
Is Communist garlic a threat to America's national security? Hard to say. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Texas AG Intervenes in Abortion Case After receiving a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily
I'm in awe of the penguins taking thousands of daily micro-naps. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS IDF Invades Southern Gaza The week-long truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed over the weekend. After ordering Palestinians in southern Gaza to
I don't know what the NBA in-season tournament is for, but I'm still watching it. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS More Progress on Ceasefire and Hostages in Gaza On Monday, Hamas released a fifth group of
RIP to Gabe Hudson, a marvelous fiction writer and all-around force for good in literary life. - Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 11/28: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again, paid subscribers! Today
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. We are so back. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Sunset Lake CBD is extending their biggest sale of the year for one day only. Head on over to sunsetlakecbd.com and use code BF to save 30% sitewide. That’s not all— orders over $125 will
Can we bill Eric Adams' Turkish benefactors for NYC's budget cuts? - Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 11/21: It's News Day Tuesday! But first, Sam and Emma speak with Jacob Sugarman, lifestyle editor at the Buenos Aires Herald and writer at The Nation, to
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If Republican members of Congress are going to start fist-fighting, can we buy tickets? Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS The Government Will Stay Open – For Now The US House of Representatives passed a bill by a vote of 336 to 95
I'd like to challenge the QAnon Shaman in his race for Congress, but it'd leave less time for newslettering! -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 11/14: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the week. READ ALL ABOUT
Only 357 days until the 2024 election! I think I've got at least 356 more newsletters in me. -Jacob SunsetLakeCBD.com Sunset Lake CBD’s Black Friday Sale is live! Head on over to sunsetlakecbd.com and use code BF to save 30% sitewide! That’s not all
It's election day for millions of Americans. Do you know where your democracy is? -Jacob ON THE SHOW TODAY 11/7: It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. READ ALL ABOUT IT Thanks again paid subscribers! Today you&
Hi, everyone! This is my first day writing AM Quickie, but I plan to do my best Corey Pein impression and give you some good reading. -Jacob Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Israel Pounds Gaza While Palestinian Food and Fuel Supplies