9/9/25 Daily News Brief

Here is the News Brief for September 9th, 2025:* James Talarico announces he’s running for the US Senate* Wes Moore announces re-election for Governor of Maryland* President Trump tries to downplay his friendship with the renounded pedophile Jeffery Epstein.* The IRS found $162 Million dollars in penalties to taxpayers because they listened to folks on social media. * The Pro-Palestine Flotilla says they were attacked via a drone off the coast of Tunisia. * And finally, The New York Times asked New Yorkers if they voted today who they would elect mayor. Folks who left office in shame or try to bribe folks with sour cream and onion chips found themselves way below Zohran Mamdani.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!We 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 GoodiesGPL 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