Josh Sternberg
@joshsternberg.com
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Executive Editor at Morning Brew Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc Failed musician. YMMV. Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
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In April 2020, my then-5yo came up with a song called “Join The Team”.

When I get low, this always lifts me up.
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Did something happen over on Twitter or Threads or something? A big uptick in followers today.

Hello new folks! Apologies in advance.
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That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.
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Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.
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PR people: please don't ask for anonymity when you are speaking on behalf of your PR agency, even after a reporter sends you our very public guidelines of how we don't allow for anonymity for corporate spokespeople; people who get paid to speak on behalf of a company. Why are you trying to kill me?
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On Feb. 11, FCC chair Brendan Carr sent a letter to Comcast CEO to make sure "your companies are not promoting invidious forms of discrimination in violation of FCC regulations and civil rights laws."

www.fcc.gov/sites/defaul...
Nonetheless, I am concerned that Comcast and NBCUniversal may be promoting invidious
forms of DEI in a manner that does not comply with FCC regulations. For instance, Comcast
states on its website that promoting DEI is “a core value of our business” and public reports state
that Comcast has an entire “DEI infrastructure” that includes annual “DEI day[s],” “DEI training
for company leaders,” and similar initiatives. NBCUniversal has similar DEI initiatives,
including executives specifically dedicated to promoting DEI across the TV and programming
side of the business.
But promoting invidious forms of discrimination cannot be squared with any reasonable
interpretation of federal law. It can only deprive Americans of their rights to fair and equal
treatment under the law.

(But also, Christ, what an asshole)
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UHG, Cigna, and Humana are facing lawsuits alleging AI programs led to denied care.

The former chief data officer of Kaiser Permanente, UHG, & Optum said there’s a lack of oversight regarding “whether algorithms are behaving as good actors or bad actors.”

www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...
The AI arms race between insurers, providers has begun
Health plans have already been accused of using AI to deny patients.
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Reporters gotta talk to media buyers to really know what's happening. Are the ads a result of a direct buy? Of a programmatic buy? etc.

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I’ve had the good fortune of missing these ads entirely. I can’t believe our tax dollars are funding this crap.

F*CK ICE‼️
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The US Mint is putting out a $1 coin with Steve Jobs on it, part of the 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin Program.

www.usmint.gov/news/press-r...
This design presents a young Steve Jobs sitting in front of a quintessentially northern California landscape of oak-covered rolling hills. His posture and expression, as he is captured in a moment of reflection, show how this environment inspired his vision to transform complex technology into something as intuitive and organic as nature itself. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “CALIFORNIA.” Additional inscriptions are “STEVE JOBS” and “MAKE SOMETHING WONDERFUL.”

Designer: Elana Hagler, Artistic Infusion Program Designer

Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill, Mint Medallic Artist
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This is who they are: bsky.app/profile/atru...
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JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
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More info on the Charlie Kirk fan who mowed down two teens in NJ:

"The suspect also was behind two SWATing incidents and that police allowed the teen's father to drive him away from the victim's home after the second SWAT hoax call"

nj1015.com/police-misco...
SWAT calls and stalking warnings: Inside the NJ police connections behind the Jeep homicides
In Cranford, the tragic loss of two teen girls raises questions about police favoritism and the suspect's troubling behavior linked to law enforcement ties.
nj1015.com
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We live in a racist country and have racists who sit on the Supreme Court, making racist decisions that impact 350 million people for decades.

First they abolish the New Deal; then they abolish the Great Society - just so White men can stay in power.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
NYT homepage of 5 stories about how SCOTUS "appears skeptical of key provisions of Voting Rights Act"; a graphic showing without section 2 of the VRA, democracy loses to Republicans in the South.
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i want to imagine there is at least one person on staff saying 'you know what, boss? not a good idea'
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“Democracy is at stake” but also let’s play these stupid PR games. Jeffries is walking into a trap, one he can’t win. Johnson lies every time he opens his mouth. What the heck will facts do!
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will debate Wednesday on C-SPAN.

The yet-to-be-scheduled showdown will take place on “Ceasefire,” hosted by our Dasha Burns.
Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on C-SPAN
The yet-to-be-scheduled showdown will take place on "Ceasefire," hosted by POLITICO's Dasha Burns.
www.politico.com
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GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.
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"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
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"A broad coalition of philanthropic leaders today announced Humanity AI, a $500 million five-year initiative dedicated to making sure people have a stake in the future of AI"

www.macfound.org/press/press-...
To address the important questions that AI is raising, the Doris Duke Foundation, Ford Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Kapor Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Omidyar Network, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Siegel Family Endowment are mobilizing philanthropy to ensure that people have a powerful voice to amplify their needs and interests, which are too often left out of discussions around AI.
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"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
www.washingtonpost.com
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I think I need to start a podcast and have them on and that way they can reciprocate and have me on their podcasts and we can have fun with them and be friends with them. Pretty perfect plan if you ask me. Nothing wrong with it whatsoever.
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Being an interpreter for a Major League pitcher must be something. Then again, just being an interpreter is pretty amazing.
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It’s a cottage industry! I’ve often wondered if the way into getting a book deal, sometimes, is being a prolific blurber.
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I imagine that’s true of any “industry”. At least with actors/comics podcasts, I can laugh a little!
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They’ve all kinda morphed into “a circuit”. Which, fine. But it’s all part of the machine. Late night tv struggles to get viewers (ie can’t pitch the new movie or whatever), so actors are hitting the podcast circuit. Hit your audience where they are, right?