I have caught maybe 40 minutes in total of the Celtics’ season this year. But I did see the split second on Saturday where Derrick White tipped in a shot before the final buzzer, sending the Celtics to game 7 tonight after being down 3-0 at the start of the
I got a paper plate award for “Most Likely to Send a Relevant News Article” from my classmates, so I guess this newsletter gig is paying off.– Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS DeSantis to Announce Presidential Bid with on Twitter Spaces with
I danced bachata for the first time last night. It turns out, like Shakira, my hips don’t lie. But this is only because they are inflexible.--Robert ON THE SHOW TODAY 5/18: It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma makes her triumphant return from the West Coast. She speaks
I watched the Star Wars prequels again in the past couple days. And while they are definitely not great, I appreciate Lucas having the courage to try something different. “Duel of the Fates” still slaps.– Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS “Crime Fighting”
I have finished all the papers, presentations, and assignments required for my master’s degree in public policy. Feels good.- Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Turkish Election Likely Headed to Runoff A contentious first-round election between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and
In this past week’s news, very dumb people have a hard time believing that a mass shooter has genocidal politics.– Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Jury Finds Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse, Defamation A Manhattan jury ordered Trump to pay E.
I’ve been writing for this newsletter for a little over a month. In that time, there have been seven high-profile mass shootings. It seems like each shooting registers less and less in the public consciousness. This is insanity. - Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here!
Four hours from the time this is released I’ll be presenting my master’s capstone. It doesn’t help that I can’t get Mom’s Spaghetti out of my head. – Robert ON THE SHOW TODAY 5/4: It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She hosts David Allen, historian of
This was sent out yesterday by mistake. My apologies. But we have updated show notes for today's MR. – Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Writers Guild Goes on Strike; Late Nate Shows Temporarily Shut Down Over 11,000 television writers went on strike
Bon voyage Corey! I’ll be manning the newsletter until Corey returns from his trip. Reiterating Corey’s heads up from yesterday, the newsletters will be shorter for the next couple days as I finish up the final leg of my MPP program. Send me your good vibes! – Robert Subscribe
Workers of the world, unite! It’s May Day folks. I hope you’re celebrating by building collective power with your coworkers.- Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Immigrant Workers Attempt to Unionize Iowa Meatpacking Plants In These Times, issued a 2-part
I wish a blessed 4/20 to those who celebrate. Everyone except for Elon Musk, who will be incredibly unfunny about this holy day.- Robert ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/20 It's a special 4/20 EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma hosts Michael Sandel, professor of Government Theory at Harvard
Matt Walsh's Twitter was hacked yesterday, or so we think. Maybe he really meant to tweet "I Ain't A Gangsta, I'm a Sassy Shoota" and far more scandalous things (shout out to Matt Binder for saving the screenshots).- Robert SunsetLakeCBD.com Sunset Lake Say Bay Days' biggest sale of
In case anyone else is keeping score, the boys over at Harvard, Larry Summers and Jason Furman, are completely wrong about inflation being driven by a wage-price spiral.- Robert SunsetLakeCBD.com Sunset Lake Say Bay Days' biggest sale of the year is finally here! Head to www.sunsetlakecbd.com
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I hope you all had a good holiday weekend. Isn't it weird how there's never been a conservative panic about a "War on Easter" despite it often coinciding with Ramadan and Passover? - Robert SunsetLakeCBD.com Sunset Lake Say Bay Days' biggest sale of the year is finally here! Head
Correction from yesterday’s Quickie: Brandon Johnson beat Paul Vallas in Tuesday’s Chicago mayoral race, not “Paul Villas.” My typo may have been from errant auto-correct, or my desire to vacation in Tuscany.- Robert ON THE SHOW TODAY 4/6 It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! Emma hosts Van
Two excellent and up-and-coming journalists I know from the American Prospect will be on the show today: Jarod Facundo and Luke Goldstein. Tune in to hear their analysis on the Chicago mayoral election and check out their work!- Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE
Just let us see him in cuffs. We deserve this small joy. -Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Trump to Turn Himself In; More Evidence of Obstruction in Mar-a-Lago Document Case Trump is apparently going quietly in his arrest on charges related to
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus were supposedly aligned near the crescent moon yesterday, but I only think I saw Mars. I must not have been energetically aligned with the moment. - Robert Subscribe to the AM Quickie's NEW paid newsletters here! THE BIG NEWS Nashville School Shooting Coverage: A
Hello everyone! New AM Quickie team member Robert Hitt here. I'm a masters student at the Heller School of Social Policy and Management and former intern at the American Prospect. I have a soft spot for workers’ rights so I'll flag a fair number of labor stories for your reading