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Day 1871: “Getting screamed at to find some good news.” Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replaced her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin; Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third ti

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🗓️ Today in one sentence for Thursday, March 5, 2026.

Day 1871: "Getting screamed at to find some good news."

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The 2026 midterms are in 243 days; the 2028 presidential election is in 978 days.

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Day 1871: “Getting screamed at to find some good news.” Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replaced her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin; Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third ti

Today's edition is 758 words, a 4-minute read.

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Day 1871: “Getting screamed at to find some good news.” Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replaced her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin; Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third ti

Day 1871 – Mar. 5, 2026

✨ "Getting screamed at to find some good news."

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Day 1870: “Why are we doing this?” The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a closed-door deposition about the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein; Senat

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🗓️ Today in one sentence for Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Day 1870: "Why are we doing this?"

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Day 1870: “Why are we doing this?” The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a closed-door deposition about the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein; Senat

Today's edition is 938 words, a 4½-minute read.

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Day 1870: “Why are we doing this?” The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a closed-door deposition about the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein; Senat

Day 1870 – Mar. 4, 2026

✨ "Why are we doing this?"

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The 2026 midterms are in 244 days; the 2028 presidential election is in 979 days.

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My mistake

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🗓️ Today in one sentence for Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

Day 1869: "A failure of leadership."

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Day 1869: “A failure of leadership.” Trump warned that “I guess the worst case” from U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran would be “somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person”; Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed...

Today's edition is 1,356 words, a 7-minute read.

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Political News for Normal People. Your essential guide to the shock and awe in national politics. A sane, once-a-day newsletter helping normal people make sense of the news.

it’s actually a good thing when people don’t use social media as their primary news source. In case it’s helpful, I’m a big fan of this email newsletter that comes out once a day on weekdays and gives you a summary of what happened plus links for further reading
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Day 1869: “A failure of leadership.” Trump warned that “I guess the worst case” from U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran would be “somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person”; Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed the U.S. a

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Day 1869: "A failure of leadership."

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Day 1869: “A failure of leadership.” Trump warned that “I guess the worst case” from U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran would be “somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person”; Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed the U.S. a

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🗓️ Today in one sentence for Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

Day 1869: "A failure of leadership."

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Day 1869: “A failure of leadership.” Trump warned that “I guess the worst case” from U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran would be “somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person”; Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed...

Day 1869 – Mar. 3, 2026

✨ "A failure of leadership."

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Day 1869: “A failure of leadership.” Trump warned that “I guess the worst case” from U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran would be “somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person”; Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed...

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⚡️ Day 1869: “A failure of leadership.”

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And of course I uploaded the wrong card 🤦‍♂️

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SAME!!!

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(testing out a new today in one sentence card design to see if this actually reads better that the old one)

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Hard to say using text-to-speech to read my words in my voice is "genAI slop," but I can understand the confusion. I've tried to exhaustively and transparently detail what, where, and when AI-type tools are appropriate and where they are not. -MATT

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I’m a normal person and this is my fave newsletter for an unbiased summary of daily US news. It’s helped me cut down on my doomscrolling! The podcast version is great too.

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i subscribe to this newsletter. it really is helpful.

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Day 1868: “The yips.” Trump declined to rule out sending U.S. ground troops into Iran “if they were necessary,” saying “whatever it takes” and adding, “I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground”; Defense Se

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