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Here is the GPL News Brief for July 14th 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims ICE puts an end to most traffic stops after pair of deadly shootings in the last week: report The Shooter in Maine Was a New ICE Recruit Taco Bell now under investigation over outbreak of parasite that causes ‘explosive diarrhea,’ report says Perfect segue to remind you that a new episode of Get Pod Local has dropped! And we talk about food monopolies and farmers with the Democratic Nominee for Texas Agriculture, Clayton Tucker. Trump backtracks on plan to charge 20 percent fee for ships traveling through Strait of Hormuz How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar Mexico prepares legal action against ICE over migrant deaths House Republicans to meet with Hegseth at Pentagon on $350 billion request Hegseth announces joint task force to identify and prosecute leakers 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 Listen on Apple The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe