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In Brief

Welcome to In Brief, the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog. In Brief provides a continuously curated collection of asides, recommended links, quotations, audio and video clips, still images, and transcribed dialogue. Click on a thumbnail to open an item.

Kevin McCarthy at a rally

Falling inflation rates are great news — unless you’re a Republican politician

December 18th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Economic Security

“Has the worst of the pandemic-induced inflation already passed? The latest economic data released this week suggest so. That leaves Republicans in a quandary,” Jennifer Rubin writes.

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Cecily Strong bids SNL farewell

Cecily Strong bids farewell to SNL in Christmas episode

December 18th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Austin Butler, with Lizzo as the musical guest, including the Trump NFT cold open and Cecily Strong’s goodbye.

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Martin Short and Steve Martin

SNL gets into the holiday spirit with hosts Steve Martin and Martin Short

December 11th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the seventh episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Steve Martin and Martin Short, with the PNW’s own Brandi Carlile as the musical guest.

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Herschel Walker speaks to Wounded Warrior Battalion about mental health

Republican operative: “Herschel was like a plane crash into a train wreck that rolled into a dumpster fire”

December 7th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

“You kind of had to watch it squinting through one eye between your fingers,” Dan Lagan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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January 6th Committee Members at a Hearing

January 6th committee eyes criminal referrals to Justice Department

December 6th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics

“Committee Chairman Representative Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, expects the panel to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, he told reporters Tuesday.”

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Herschel Walker SNL cold open

SNL skewers Herschel Walker and Senate Republicans as Georgia runoff date approaches

December 4th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the sixth episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Keke Palmer, with SZA as the musical guest, including the Herschel Walker cold open.

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Still from another SNL Fox & Friends cold open

SNL lampoons Republicans after “terrible week for the GOP”

November 13th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the sixth episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Dave Chappelle, with Black Star as the musical guest.

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Amy Schumer on SNL

SNL host Amy Schumer implores viewers to vote in midterms

November 5th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the fifth episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Amy Schumer, with Steve Lacy as the musical guest, including Cecily Strong’s Tammy the Trucker segment on Weekend Update.

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IDF soldiers and personnel throughout Israel went to to the polls to exercise their democratic right to vote.

Mainstream US Jewish groups hint at unease with rise of Israeli far right

November 2nd, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Read The Times of Israel’s completed liveblog on the 2022 national elections, a victory for Benjmain Netanyahu and the extreme right.

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David S. Pumpkins returns

David S. Pumpkins, Drunk Uncle make much-appreciated return to SNL

October 30th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays, Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the fourth episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Jack Harlow, who also performed as the musical guest, including the triumphant return of David S. Pumpkins.

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SNL January 6th hearing cold open

SNL spoofs the most recent January 6th Select Committee hearing

October 16th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the third episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Megan Thee Stallion, who also performed as the musical guest, including the January 6th Select Committee cold open.

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SNL: So you think you won't snap

SNL rolls out another game show concept for the times we’re in: “So you think you won’t snap?”

October 9th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the second episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Brendan Gleeson, with WILLOW as the musical guest.

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Soulless Republicans

A majority of Republican nominees — 299 in all — deny the 2020 election results

October 6th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Open Government

“Experts say their dominance in the party poses a threat to the country’s democratic principles and jeopardizes the integrity of future votes,” Amy Gardner reports for The Washington Post.

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SNL ManningCast cold open

SNL returns for forty-eighth season with many cast changes; skewers itself in meta cold open

October 2nd, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the inaugural episode of SNL’s forty-eighth season, hosted by Miles Teller, with Kendrick Lamar as the musical guest, including the ManningCast cold open.

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Vladimir Putin

Translated excerpts of intercepted phone calls by Russian soldiers shed light on failure of Putin’s plans

September 29th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“In phone calls to friends and relatives at home, Russian soldiers gave damning insider accounts of battlefield failures and civilian executions, excoriating their leaders just weeks into the campaign to take Kyiv.,” The New York Times reports.

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Joe Kent vs. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Michelle Goldberg column

The midterm race that has it all

September 25th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

This featured column from The New York Times’ Michelle Goldberg on the 3rd District contest between ultra MAGA Republican Joe Kent and Democratic hopeful Marie Gluesenkamp Perez — which cites NPI’s congressional district polling — is a must-read.

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Bookstore in Atlanta fighting censorship

How one Atlanta bookstore is picking up the fight against book bans

September 24th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics

“Atlanta Vintage Books is one of hundreds of independent bookstores across the country that have celebrated the freedom to read this week at a time when schools, universities and public libraries face what experts say are unprecedented attempts to ban or restrict reading materials,” NPR reports.

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The ‘cost’ of voting in America: A look at where it’s easiest and hardest

September 22nd, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Via The New York Times: “Voters in New Hampshire and Mississippi face the highest personal cost in the country in terms of the time and effort required to cast a ballot, according to a new academic study. Voters in Oregon and Washington have it the easiest.”

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The ‘cost’ of voting in America: A look at where it’s easiest and hardest

September 21st, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Washington and Oregon are by far the easiest states in the country to vote in, a new study featured in The New York Times has found. Meanwhile, voters in New Hampshire and Mississippi “face the highest personal cost in the country in terms of the time and effort required to cast a ballot.”

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Washington State Capitol Dome

Association of Washington Business backs Steve Hobbs for reelection

September 19th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

The Association of Washington Business, the state’s best known business group, has thrown its backing behind Democratic incumbent Steve Hobbs to be retained as Washington’s Secretary of State, it announced today.

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Yes to well-funded schools

Designed to Fail: The Legislature’s McCleary solution has collapsed

September 18th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Education

Robert Cruickshank of Washington’s Paramount Duty argues that the Legislature’s response to the McCleary education funding lawsuit fell far short of providing the ample funding for public schools that the Washington State Constitution requires.

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