Why did I decide to analyze all of Trump's posts over four months? Let me introduce you to my "bucket of sand" theory. open.substack.com/pub/danielle...

Why did I decide to analyze all of Trump's posts over four months? Let me introduce you to my "bucket of sand" theory. open.substack.com/pub/danielle...

Wow: Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, one of the biggest children's hospitals in the nation, will be forced to create the nation's first ever "detransition clinic" as part of a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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I have watched the banana bread dance 8 jillion times and I will never stop. www.instagram.com/reel/DX7DQZu...

Today in making the journalism sausage: open.substack.com/pub/danielle...

Ok but like let’s say you’re one of those people with a “no fatties and you’d better cook for me” profile. Does the AI find you matches anyway? Or does it tell you “hey uhhh maybe change some things”?

This is what happens when there's historically low trust in the Presidents of the United States of America

Just came across an old reporting notebook. And I swear this is true. On the 2024 campaign trail one challenge was keeping focused on a 1.5hr+ campaign speech. The ONE TIME I decided “ok maybe taking notes will keep us alert” was in Butler. And now I have this record ending at 6:10 PM.

Tomorrow's newsletter explores how/why I decided to read and categorize 2,000 Truth Social posts (www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...), and also how it was in fact enjoyable despite allllllll your jokes. Sign up! daniellekurtzleben.substack.com

Here’s my Q: is every content market saturated? Like if a reporter at a legacy media org wanted to go out and do a newsletter or podcast….aren’t there too many already?

Inside you are two wolves. One says “I want everyone to read my story.” The other says “oh God everyone is reading my story” and also that wolf is vomiting.

Muting "vibecession" good Lord people

Things POTUS has posted this year: 1) a vid falsely accusing Walz of being involved in murder 2) a vid of a corgi getting excited about Reddi Wip 3) a 2024 article about Lady Gaga’s dad “endorsing” him 4) lots of 2020 rigged election stuff I consumed it all. Go read: www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

Ok look. Hans “BWAAAAAAMP” Zimmer has written some clunkers. But the Gladiator score remains a masterpiece. It just rips so hard.

OK ladies checking in. Have we ruined the workplace yet y/n?

A fantastic look at glyphosate (aka Roundup) and how it's dividing the MAHA movement. Key quote: "...the Trump administration right now is very eager to criticize the food industry, but it is completely different when talking about farmers or agriculture." www.npr.org/2026/04/25/n...

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Things POTUS has posted this year: 1) a vid falsely accusing Walz of being involved in murder 2) a vid of a corgi getting excited about Reddi Wip 3) a 2024 article about Lady Gaga’s dad “endorsing” him 4) lots of 2020 rigged election stuff I consumed it all. Go read: www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

🎶✨Unfollow the people who piss you offffff✨🎵

UPDATE: tried it. It’s……fine.

Every day we stray further from God’s light.

A long read that I promise is worth your while and much more entertaining than reading the president’s social media feed >>>

Actually boy oh boy did I ever just have a good newsletter post idea. Do you want more content from the Truth Social mines? YES YOU DO.

Do you ever think about how Trump's posting was this wild new thing in 2015 and now it's just background noise in politics? I think about this a lot. So I read all his posts this year and analyzed them because THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING A LOT OF STUFF YOU AREN'T READING. www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

NEW FROM ME: The president posts 19 times a day on average. Most of those posts go unnoticed. But then, they’re…yknow…the president talking to the world. So I figured, let’s just read and analyze all of them. www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

NEW FROM ME: The president posts 19 times a day on average. Most of those posts go unnoticed. But then, they’re…yknow…the president talking to the world. So I figured, let’s just read and analyze all of them. www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

I am begging Sturgill to please just put Mutiny After Midnight on Spotify. Please sir I need this.

It’s long but it’s entertaining I promise.

I read all the posts. www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

You remember that scene in Shine where David Helfgott performs the Rach 3 and then collapses in a sweaty heap on stage and has a nervous breakdown? Anyway just tying up a long story and ready to curl into a ball.

I love how a main ongoing tension of LOTR is “lol Gimli and Legolas are racist as hell.”

Tag yourself I’m digestive

This is because administration officials didn't get to see the "the First Amendment is OK actually" pocket squares.

Tbh to me there are very few Dems who sound like college professors. What Obama is so close to getting here though is that many Dems could sound more “regular” by sounding less focus-grouped to death, less afraid of pissing off literally anyone. But that’s not about being professorial.

The wild emotional swings between "this story is amazing" and "this story is shit and no one will read it" and "i never ever want to look at this again" and "if this gets me fired I suppose I could just garden all day."

Oh my God people TAR WAS NOT A BIOPIC.

Maybe this will be good. But please ok I’m racking my brain. Are there biopics out there about women who are difficult and geniuses and kind of shits a lot of the time?

This is the most 2026 headline I have seen.

Omg TIRED: 5/4 is Star Wars day WIRED: 5/4 is Dave Brubeck day

Not sure why a whole bunch of you followed me last night but hello hi nice to see you.

The cerulean monologue merely shows that fashion vaguely affects Andie not that fashion MATTERS.

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(WSJ) - The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a once-unthinkable threshold, on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...

It’s always … about … masculinity? Errrr….

Day off. Flower garden fence project done. And I say this with all sincerity: FUCK YOU, RABBITS.

Ok incredible idea: A woman-led punk band cover of “Poor Unfortunate Souls.” This would fix all the world’s ills. Do it now.

Every so often I wonder what DJ Qualls is up to

OK wait the SECOND PLACE guy broke 2 hours as well? And it was his FIRST MARATHON good Lord.

It's upsetting that shootings are common enough that when one person is dealing with the trauma of one, they know someone who can help them through it from experience. Like yes of course support is beautiful and excellent...but we shouldn't have to go through this. Any of us.