What’s Trending?
Welcome to “What's Trending?”, a weekly newsletter to help progressives answer the age-old questions: What works, and what doesn't? “What's Trending?” cuts through the noise to bring you the best (and worst) of what's happening on social media in the policy space, and explains why it's important.
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What's Trending
Arlene Gibbs on the Writers Guild of America Strike and What It Means for American Workers
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Arlene Gibbs on the Writers Guild of America Strike and What It Means for American Workers
Gov. Lujan Grisham on Fighting for New Mexico’s Children and Families
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Gov. Lujan Grisham on Fighting for New Mexico’s Children and Families
Former White House Adviser Bobby Kogan on the MAGA Default Crisis
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Former White House Adviser Bobby Kogan on the MAGA Default Crisis
Dr. Alondra Nelson on the Future of Artificial Intelligence
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Dr. Alondra Nelson on the Future of Artificial Intelligence
In this series
What’s Trending? MAGA Outrage Is All the Rage
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What’s Trending? MAGA Outrage Is All the Rage
This week’s edition of “What’s Trending” breaks down the spirited response on Facebook to President Biden’s speech about MAGA Republicans.
What’s Trending? The Good Kind of Canceled
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What’s Trending? The Good Kind of Canceled
This week’s edition of “What’s Trending” breaks down the spirited response on Facebook and Twitter to President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
What’s Trending? Not the Inflation Reduction Act—Yet!
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What’s Trending? Not the Inflation Reduction Act—Yet!
This week’s edition of “What’s Trending” covers topics ranging from the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
What’s Trending? Abortion Rights, Guns, and Space
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What’s Trending? Abortion Rights, Guns, and Space
What’s Trending? Roe overturned
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What’s Trending? Roe overturned
What’s Trending? The January 6 Hearings
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What’s Trending? The January 6 Hearings
What’s Trending? Who’s Talking About Guns
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What’s Trending? Who’s Talking About Guns
What’s Trending? Gas Prices, Disney, and a New Supreme Court Justice
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What’s Trending? Gas Prices, Disney, and a New Supreme Court Justice
What’s Trending? Judge Jackson and Transgender Athletes
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What’s Trending? Judge Jackson and Transgender Athletes
What’s Trending? Russia, Ukraine, and the State of the Union
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What’s Trending? Russia, Ukraine, and the State of the Union
What’s Trending? Russia, Ukraine, and the far right
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What’s Trending? Russia, Ukraine, and the far right
What’s Trending? Truckers, Trump, and Taxing the Rich
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What’s Trending? Truckers, Trump, and Taxing the Rich
What’s Trending? January 6th and voting rights
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What’s Trending? January 6th and voting rights
What’s Trending? COVID, the economy, and abortion
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What’s Trending? COVID, the economy, and abortion
What’s Trending? Shots, shots, shots (for almost everybody!)
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What’s Trending? Shots, shots, shots (for almost everybody!)
What’s Trending? The internet’s favorite ex-president
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What’s Trending? The internet’s favorite ex-president
What’s Trending? Mandates and anti-vaxxers and Ron DeSantis, oh my
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What’s Trending? Mandates and anti-vaxxers and Ron DeSantis, oh my
What’s Trending? Happy and sad at the same time
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What’s Trending? Happy and sad at the same time
What’s Trending? The posts that get the most shares
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What’s Trending? The posts that get the most shares
What’s Trending? American Rescue Plan and Immigration
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What’s Trending? American Rescue Plan and Immigration
What’s Trending? Impeachment and…not impeachment
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What’s Trending? Impeachment and…not impeachment
What’s Trending? The American Rescue Plan is, like, really popular
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What’s Trending? The American Rescue Plan is, like, really popular
What’s Trending? Facebook is healing (sort of)
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What’s Trending? Facebook is healing (sort of)
What’s Trending? Restoring the soul of social media
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What’s Trending? Restoring the soul of social media
What’s Trending? New year, same conspiracy theories
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What’s Trending? New year, same conspiracy theories
What’s Trending? Nothing personal, strictly business
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What’s Trending? Nothing personal, strictly business
What’s Trending? Health care hanging in the balance
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What’s Trending? Health care hanging in the balance
What’s Trending? A hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck
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What’s Trending? A hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck
What’s Trending? The fate of the Supreme Court
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What’s Trending? The fate of the Supreme Court
What’s Trending? The real “losers” and “suckers”
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What’s Trending? The real “losers” and “suckers”
What’s Trending? The final sprint to Election Day
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