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Blackout News is a daily audio briefing from Xplisset: the day’s biggest stories, translated through a marginalized lens, then the “below the fold” news mainstream outlets keep walking past, especially what hits Black and LGBTQ communities first. Front page facts.
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Angie Nixon Just Left a $15 Million Wound in the Democratic Establishment (opens the original)
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Angie Nixon did more than win Florida’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary. She beat Washington favorite Alex Vindman by twelve points after he raised nearly seventeen dollars for every dollar she raised. The Democratic establishment did not lose a close race. It took a $15 million wound. This Blackout Brief follows what comes next: Nixon’s pending court case, the judge recused from Karmelo Anthony’s post-trial proceedings, and the unanswered questions surrounding Nolan Wells on what should have bee
Blackout Brief Daily 8-10-26 (opens the original)
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This Blackout Brief begins with Tasia Fortune, the 29-year-old Black mother of four found hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson, Mississippi. Her cause and manner of death remain undetermined. We hold the historical terror of that scene while refusing to let history, fear, or rumor substitute for evidence. Also: Trump’s childhood-vaccine order; the White House attack on Abdul El-Sayed and his Muslim family; AOC’s estimated $8,000-to-$9,000 out-of-pocket cost for egg freezing; and l
Blackout Brief Daily 8-4-26 (opens the original)
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The $1.8 billion fund died. Trump’s disputed tax deal survived. Today’s Blackout Brief follows what remained buried in the paperwork, conflicting claims about U.S.-Iran talks, Daphy Michel’s death after ICE released her 20 miles from home, federal access to TANF family records, a visa-bond rule hitting African travelers hardest, and the California ruling that ended 24,000 HIV patients’ case against Gilead. Subscribe: https://www.xplisset.com/subscribe Support the daily floor: https://www.buymeac
Blackout Brief Daily 7-30-26 (opens the original)
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Are we in World War III? The map is frightening: U.S. strikes inside Iran, Iranian attacks across neighboring states, Saudi offensive operations in Iraq, pressure on the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and the Suez route, and a Russian missile landing inside Poland after attacks killed at least 10 people in Ukraine. The answer today is no. The evidence has yet to show sustained direct combat among the major powers or an alliance-wide NATO war. But the tripwires are multiplying, and the connectio
Blackout Brief Daily 7-28-26 (opens the original)
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Today’s Blackout Brief follows the evidence in the Nolan Wells investigation without forcing certainty into the gaps. Newly released footage appears to show seven people aboard the disabled boat near Horn Island while Nolan is absent from the frame. The Sea Tow recording narrows the timeline, but disputed background audio still has no authenticated transcript. The central question remains unanswered: what happened between Nolan’s last confirmed sighting and the boat’s return? Also inside today’s
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