9/12/25 Daily News Brief

Here is the News Brief for September 12th, 2025:* A Suspect is in custody in connection to the shooting of Charlie Kirk.* The President went on Fox News and said he doesn’t care if we heal as a nation and continues to steer the conversation to the “radical left”.* Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro was sentence to 27 years for plotting a coup. Fascinating. * New Mexico became the first state to promise free child care for all familes. I’m continually proud to be a New Mexican.* Former exec of Mars candy subsidiary pleads guilty to stealing $28M from company* The US Naval Academy was lockdown after someone posted a false threat on an anonymous chat platform. The misinformation lead to midshipman shooting an officer.* The Nepali’s elected Sushila Karki to be their Prime Minster. The 73 year old is also their first female President. So like, this is a thing / possibility?Those are your headlines for today. We will have a recap of all the news of the week this Thursday, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restock!GPL’s Weekly New NewsletterWe keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet?Talk to you tomorrow!Get Pod Local. Where we start Locally while thinking Globally.Other GPL GoodiesEvery 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 with 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 ChatsEvery 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 News Briefs with Jalon NicholsEveryday, Jalon reads you the headlines of the day — just to keep you in the know. Think NPR first thing in the morning but with a lot more sass.This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters without it! (Seriously). Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe