10/18/25 Daily News Brief

Here is the News Brief for October 18th, 2025:* ‘No Kings’ Protests Against Trump Draw Huge Crowds in Towns and Cities Across the U.S.* Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.* Republican lawmaker resigns under mounting pressure for role in racist group chat* Actors’ Equity Reaches Tentative Broadway Agreement, Averting Strike* Trump Admits He’s Building ‘Arc de Trump’ for ‘Me’* 17 statewide propositions will appear on the November ballot. Here’s what Texas voters need to know.These are our recommendations:Other Texas Voter’s Guides:* The progressive Legislative Study Group’s guide / this is their printable resource* Lone Star Left’s guide* Dem party of Bexar County’s guideOther Elections Across the Country:2025 Election Calendar* Colorado* New Jersey* Virginia* California* Maine* Texas* 17 statewide propositions will appear on the November ballot. Here’s what Texas voters need to know.* Beyond the 17 Amendments* Houston has a special election for their 18th district to finally fill Rep. Sylvester Turners seat.* We do not live in Houston butJoey Cade and I recommend these two candidates:* Jolanda Jones* Christian Menefee* Other Texas Measures / ElectionsMayoral RacesBoston MayorDetroit MayorMinneapolis MayorNew York City MayorCincinnati Mayor* This is a race to watch as the Incumbent Mayor Aftab Pureval is running against JD Vance’s half-brother, Cory Bowman.Pittsburgh MayorYou Daily Moment of ZenThose are your headlines for today. We released a recap of all the news of the week today, 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 on Monday! 🚫🤴Get Pod Local. Where we start Locally while thinking Globally.We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Not with my face, but still, it’s cute!👉🏽 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).Other GPL GoodiesGPL Presents: New Newsletter with Jalon NicholsEvery 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 CadeEvery 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 JoeyEvery morning, Jalon D’na and Joey Cade check in and talk about something we read or saw on slack. Click below to sign up for that daily newsletter!GPL Presents: Daily Briefs with Jalon NicholsEveryday, 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. Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe