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Here is the GPL News Brief for May 26th 2026: Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana-00898123] The U.S. Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act [https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting] Mayor Mamdani, Governor Hochul Announce State’s First Pied-à-Terre Tax, Requiring Ultrawealthy and Global Elites to Pay Their Fair Share [https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani--governor-hochul-announce-state-s-first-pied-a-ter] Jeff Bezos says raising taxes on the wealthy wouldn’t help the average American [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/jeff-bezos-taxes-mamdani-billionaires-rcna346090] Mamdani fires back at Bezos over Queens teacher tax remark [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/bezos-mamdani-queens-income-tax-teachers-pay.html] What to Know About the White House Shooting on Memorial Day Weekend [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/white-house-shooting.html] Suspect dead after opening fire near White House security checkpoint, Secret Service says [https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/g-s1-124148/secret-service-shooting-white-house] Trump Says Peace Deal Is Near [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/23/world/us-iran-war-trump] Deal or no deal? Trump’s social media posts add confusion to Iran conflict [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/deal-no-deal-trumps-social-media-posts-add-confusion-iran-conflict-rcna346953] After Defeat, Massie Opens Door to a 2028 Run. Which Office Is Unclear. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/thomas-massie-2028-race.html] Thomas Massie Promises To Expose More Names From Epstein Files [https://www.newsweek.com/thomas-massie-promises-to-expose-more-names-from-epstein-files-11989729] Booker says Democratic Party ‘desperately needs new leadership’ [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5893308-booker-democrats-need-new-leadership/] Pope Leo apologises for Church’s historic role in slavery [https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-apologises-churchs-historic-role-slavery-2026-05-25/] The Catholic Church profited from slavery — ‘The 272’ explains how [https://www.npr.org/2023/06/13/1181767635/the-272-catholic-church-rachel-swarns-slavery-georgetown] The Role of the Christian Church [https://eji.org/report/transatlantic-slave-trade/origins/sidebar/the-role-of-the-christian-church/] Trump administration creates $1.776 billion fund for allies of the president after he drops lawsuit against IRS [https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/trump-irs-lawsuit-fund-for-allies] Jan. 6 prosecutors and officers see Trump’s $1.776 billion fund as a signal [https://www.ms.now/news/trump-weaponization-slush-fund-jan-6-rioters-prosecutors-message] Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Is Worse Than Stealing [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-january-6/687215/] Why do reparations for colonialism and slavery matter? [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2025/10/why-do-reparations-for-colonialism-and-slavery-matter/] Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively apologize for plantation wedding (from 2020) [https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-apologize-plantation-themed-wedding-n1235770] US hotel owners expected a World Cup boom - so far it hasn’t happened [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0p2532xn4o] Thousands still evacuated near Southern California chemical tank despite eased explosion fears [https://apnews.com/article/california-tank-leak-evacuation-garden-grove-1c4a885d5bc02770f112f4ffc8226728] Trump faces questions about age and health as he heads to Walter Reed [https://www.ms.now/news/trump-age-health-walter-reed-physical-80] 6 arrested in Greenville County child sex crime case, deputies say [https://www.wyff4.com/article/greenville-county-child-sex-crime-arrests/71362511] A Texas City Bet Big on Industry. Now It’s Running Out of Water. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/texas-corpus-christi-water-crisis.html] 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 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1QLFWJHBwnlJu9bRhfTifZ?si=c2e20ed4a41441cc] Listen on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gpls-daily-news-briefs/id1867604228] Your Moment Of How We Win 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@getpodlocal]! 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 [https://open.substack.com/users/11276285-jalon-dna?utm_source=mentions] and Joey Cade [https://open.substack.com/users/95469853-joey-cade?utm_source=mentions] 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 [https://getpodlocal.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

4/22/26 GPL News Brief

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 22nd 2026: Earth Day started as a US ‘teach-in’ 56 years ago. Now it’s a global event [http://apnews.com/article/earth-day-explained-environment-a027792357624ee3e88aea43f14d3ba0] The best thing you can do for the planet on Earth Day [https://www.vox.com/climate/486311/earth-day-meat-dairy-environmental-impact-climate] Republicans Had an Earth Day Plan to Limit Species Protections. It Flopped. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/climate/house-vote-endangered-species-earth-day.html] Trump’s Enormous Gerrymandering Blunder [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/virginia-gerrymandering-redistricting-election-trump/686888/] Virginia voters approve redistricting plan as parties jockey for advantage in U.S. midterms [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-virginia-midterm-redistricting-9.7172859] GOP navigates ‘regret’ and recriminations after redistricting loss in Virginia [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/gop-navigates-regret-recriminations-redistricting-loss-virginia-rcna341512] The Virginia Gerrymander Disenfranchises Republicans [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/virginia-congress-midterms-trump/686895/] Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80 [https://apnews.com/article/congressman-david-scott-dies-168e05e3188ce7750a4a831a27e38beb] The Gates Foundation is hiring an investigator to probe its Epstein connections [https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/business/gates-foundation-epstein-probe] Texas Governor Uses Trump-Style Tactics in Fight With Cities Over ICE [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/texas-abbott-trump-ice-cities-funding.html] The FBI Director Is MIA [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/] FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences [https://www.reuters.com/world/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-atlantic-court-records-show-2026-04-20/] Judge tosses Kash Patel’s defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-tosses-kash-patels-defamation-suit-former-msnbc-contributor-rcna341458] Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war] Tucker Carlson Says He Is ‘Tormented’ by His Past Support for Trump [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/tucker-carlson-trump-apology.html] 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 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1QLFWJHBwnlJu9bRhfTifZ?si=c2e20ed4a41441cc] Listen on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gpls-daily-news-briefs/id1867604228] Your Moment Of Zen Recent Other GPL Newsletters (in case you missed them) 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@getpodlocal]! 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 [https://open.substack.com/users/11276285-jalon-dna?utm_source=mentions] and Joey Cade [https://open.substack.com/users/95469853-joey-cade?utm_source=mentions] 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 [https://getpodlocal.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

4/21/26 GPL News Brief

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: Trump Labor Secretary Resigns Amid Misconduct Scandal [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-resigns-misconduct-1235551045/] Florida’s attorney general announces criminal investigation into OpenAI [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/florida-attorney-general-criminal-investigation-openai-fsu-chatgpt-rcna341205] What effect is cocaine pollution having on young Atlantic salmon? [https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/cocaine-pollution-juvenile-wild-salmon-b2961907.html] These Salmon Got High on Cocaine. That Wasn’t the Craziest Part. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/science/cocaine-salmon-sweden.html] The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could shut LGBTQ+ families out of preschool [https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/supreme-court-lgbtq-colorado-preschool] Kennedy Says the Carnivore Diet Can Eliminate Dangerous Body Fat [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/well/eat/carnivore-diet-visceral-fat-rfk-jr.html] Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription [https://www.wired.com/story/apple-tim-cook-subscription-business/] 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 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1QLFWJHBwnlJu9bRhfTifZ?si=c2e20ed4a41441cc] Listen on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gpls-daily-news-briefs/id1867604228] 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@getpodlocal]! 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 [https://getpodlocal.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

4/17/26 GPL News Brief

Here is the GPL News Brief for March 26th 2026: 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 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1QLFWJHBwnlJu9bRhfTifZ?si=c2e20ed4a41441cc] Listen on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gpls-daily-news-briefs/id1867604228] 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@getpodlocal]! 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 [https://getpodlocal.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

4/16/26 GPL News Brief

Here is the GPL News Brief for April 16th 2026: Justin Fairfax and His Wife Dead in Murder-Suicide [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/justin-fairfax-murder-suicide-updates.html] Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out [https://apnews.com/article/virginia-justin-fairfax-death-e10bd0f6327852933e15c8d9af559cd3] Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/16/world/iran-war-trump-lebanon-news] Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/09/supreme-court-conservative-trump-rulings/] NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/14/naacp-lawsuit-elon-musk-xai-memphis] Immigrants Are Scared to File Taxes. It Could Cost the U.S. Billions. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/undocumented-immigrants-ice-tax-returns-irs.html] A Powerful Health Task Force Is in Kennedy’s Cross Hairs [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/well/rfk-jr-health-screenings-services-uspstf.html] RFK Jr. testifies before House Appropriations panel on HHS budget [https://thehill.com/video-clips/5834770-kennedy-testifies-trump-health-policy/] Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education [https://apnews.com/article/colon-cancer-deaths-young-adults-78c0a3287f2d29575b4004e07230b993] Rare asteroid expected to pass Earth closer than satellites [https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/asteroid-apophis-flyby-earth-nasa-b2958632.html] Dallas County GOP Leader Resigns Following Party Infighting, Voting Confusion [https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-county-gop-chair-allen-west-ousted-40661018/] YouTube removes a pro-Iranian channel that was streaming AI videos of Trump in Lego [https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/techno/2026-04-15/youtube-supprime-une-chaine-pro-iranienne-qui-diffusait-des-videos-ia-de-trump-en-lego.php] NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts [https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5787634/npr-113-million-charitable-gifts-connie-ballmer] 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 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1QLFWJHBwnlJu9bRhfTifZ?si=c2e20ed4a41441cc] Listen on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gpls-daily-news-briefs/id1867604228] 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@getpodlocal]! 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 [https://getpodlocal.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]