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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

  1. 2d ago

    Leave

    Here is the GPL News Brief for June 5th 2026: Iran says US talks ‘at a deadlock’ as attacks continue across region House GOP pushes to make Trump’s ‘Department of War’ name change permanent Watch The American Revolution Documentary Protests grow over resort in Albania linked to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner Inside Sazan Island: The Albanian ex-military base that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner want to turn into luxury resort ‘If it wasn’t Jared, they wouldn’t give a shit.’ Albania PM defends Kushner resort against protestors Trump’s DOGE team wanted to declare nearly 3 million living people dead to help drive out migrants, whistleblower claims 18 House Republicans Defy Party Leadership to Help Pass Pro-Ukraine Bill Eating organic fruits and vegetables linked to lower risk of postmenopausal breast cancer Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72 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 Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getpodlocal.substack.com

    3 min
  2. 4d ago

    Tell Me Lies

    Here is the GPL News Brief for June 4th 2026: France asks prosecutors to investigate Israel’s treatment of Gaza flotilla activists Ohio State University reaches $100 million settlement in sex abuse lawsuits Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds Videos showing groups of people entering NYC sewers at night baffle residents and investigators Kennedy Center begins process of removing Trump references after judge said it was illegally added ‘Most People Don’t Know’: Trump’s ‘Dumb’ New Claim Has Everyone Baffled Rubio said he’s never seen Trump fall asleep in a meeting. Rep. Lieu showed him the videos Inside Obama’s ‘first of its kind’ presidential museum with life-sized Oval Office replica and personal touches In photos: a preview of the Obama Presidential Center 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 Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getpodlocal.substack.com

    3 min
  3. 5d ago

    Talk That Talk

    Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran, in a rebuke of Trump CBS News fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley Tears Into CBS After Being Fired From 60 Minutes Mysteriously missing congressman wins primary after Trump endorsement Trump Says He’s Found Iran Negotiations ‘Boring’ After Telling Americans to Stop ‘Chirping’ About the War Trump Administration Fights Court Order to Refund Some Tariffs An Uncertain Path for Americans Exposed to Ebola (gift article) These Researchers Would Be in Africa Fighting Ebola—but Trump Cut Their Funding France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code, with tears and history in the chamber 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 Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getpodlocal.substack.com

    3 min
  4. 6d ago

    I Think I'm Dumb

    Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: Democratic Mayor Threatens to Sue to Shut Down ICE Detention Center From strokes to untreated HIV, ICE detainees describe medical negligence across the US Iowa gunman suspected of killing 6 family members then himself New Mexico lawmakers to blast out subpoenas in Epstein investigation White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants Trump signs executive order asking for access to new AI models before they launch Trump signs an executive order that invites vetting of top AI models for national security risks UK schools blackmailed with sexualised AI deepfakes of pupils, experts warn Cyber-gang ‘demand £250k ransom from school’ - threatening to release AI porn of pupils if it didn’t pay The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation Trump Throws 1 A.M. Temper Tantrum Over How Innocent He Is UK schools blackmailed with sexualised AI deepfakes of pupils, experts warn Cyber-gang ‘demand £250k ransom from school’ - threatening to release AI porn of pupils if it didn’t pay Scott Pelley of ’60 Minutes’ accuses CBS News head Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ the show, report says 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 Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getpodlocal.substack.com

    3 min
  5. Jun 2

    WWIII

    Here is the GPL News Brief for June 1st 2026: Anthropic Confidentially Files for What Could Be the Largest IPO Ever Trump drops his $1.8B ‘slush fund’ after outrage over paying his allies Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List ICE sued over “inhumane” conditions at Camp East Montana in West Texas U.S. and Iran Exchange Renewed Fire as Trump Claims ‘All Will Work Out Well in the End’ Trump floats MAGA rally instead of concert after musicians drop out of Freedom 250 Trump Urges to ‘Cancel’ Freedom 250 Show After Artists Drop Out: Their ‘Music Is Boring’ Serena Williams is returning to pro tennis at age 44 after nearly 4 years away from the sport ‘Love Island USA’ Dismisses a Cast Member for Using the N-Word — for the Second Year in a Row And the winner of the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest is … Cure For Paranoia: Tiny Desk Concert 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 Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getpodlocal.substack.com

    3 min
  6. May 28

    Smoke On The Water

    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 of Matthew Perry: Personal assistant who regularly injected him with ketamine sentenced to three years in prison Ex-CIA official charged with stealing millions of dollars in gold bars Texas prisoners face new book ban after hundreds test positive for synthetic drugs Bipartisan group of former judges asks court to investigate Trump’s IRS deal 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 Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Your Moment Of Zen? 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Other GPL Goodies Get Pod Local: The Podcast (Season 2!) with Joey and Jalon Joey and Jalon sit down with Politicians, Community Leaders, and movers and shakers making a difference. And almost every episode, the Dallas Mayor catches a stray. He deserves it. It’s fine. New episodes every Thursday! GPL Presents: New Newsletter with Jalon Nichols Every week, Jalon catches you up on what is going on out here, who is doing it, how does that impact your everyday life, and what everyone is saying about. We are based in Texas, so we have a lot of Texas news, but we cover the whole wide world. There is a LOT of stuff going on everyday, and no one can keep up with it all, but we attempt to….for you. (Clap for us). GPL Presents: Organizers Corner w/ Joey Cade Every Sunday night, Joey Cade, our Resident Precinct Chair, lays out our Call To Actions for the week. Because knowing what’s going on is one thing. But doing something about it is another. Let’s do both! GPL Presents: Water Cooler with Jalon and Joey Every morning, Jalon D’na and Joey Cade check in and talk about something we read or saw on slack. Videos drop on some Thursdays! GPL Presents: Daily Briefs with Jalon Nichols Everyday, Jalon reads you the headlines of the day — just to keep you in the know. Think NPR at the top of each hour, with a lot of shade some jokes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getpodlocal.substack.com

    3 min
  7. May 27

    I'm Not Ready To Back Down

    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 for Democrats Pam Bondi diagnosed with cancer after she was ousted by Trump: report New Mexico AG calls on Epstein survivors to come forward amid Zorro Ranch investigation U.F.C. Fight Venue Takes Shape on the White House Lawn Dana White says it’s an ‘honor’ to build a fight arena on the White House lawn 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 Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit getpodlocal.substack.com

    3 min

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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