index.html

---
title: Political News for Normal People.
layout: default
image: "/public/wtfjht-f.jpg"
redirect_from:
- "/today/"
- "/yesterday/"
- "/all/"
- "/quiz/"
- "/meta/t-shirts/"
- "/random/"
seo:
  name: What The Fuck Just Happened Today?
  description: Your essential guide to the shock and awe in national politics. A sane,
    once-a-day newsletter helping normal people make sense of the news.
  type: NewsArticle
  links:
  - https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/
  - https://twitter.com/WTFJHT
  - https://www.instagram.com/wtfjht/
  - https://bsky.app/profile/whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com
  - https://www.threads.net/@wtfjht
  - https://mastodon.social/@wtfjht
  - https://www.facebook.com/wtfjht
  - https://github.com/mkiser/WTFJHT
---

<div class="posts">
  {% comment %}
  {% assign now = site.time | date: '%Y-%m-%d' %}
  {% assign note = site.notes.last %}
  {% assign notedate = note.date | date: '%Y-%m-%d' %}
  {% assign lastpost = site.posts.first.date | date: '%Y-%m-%d' %}
  {% if note.is_promoted == true %}
    {% include note.html %}
  {% elsif now == notedate and notedate > lastpost %}
    {% include note.html %}
  {% endif %}

  {% endcomment %}

  {% for page in site.posts limit:1 %}
  <article class="post">
    {% if site.is_away_mode == true %}
      {% include away_mode.html %}
    {% endif %}

    <div style="padding: 1rem;border: 1px solid black;"> 
    {% include_cached emailpromo.html %}
    {% include_cached email.html %}
    </div>
    <hr>

    <h1 class="post-title">
      <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ page.url }}">
        {{ page.title }}:
      <span class="post-small">{{ page.description }}</span></a>
    </h1>

    {% assign author = site.authors | where: 'title', page.author | first %}
    {% if author and author.title == "Matt Kiser" %}
      <div class="byline">By <a href="{{ author.url }}">{{ author.title }}</a>, Founder of WTF Just Happened Today?</div>
    {% elsif author %}
      <div class="byline">By <a href="{{ author.url }}">{{ author.title }}</a></div>
    {% endif %}
    <div class="post-date">
      <time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">
        {{ page.date | date: "%-m/%-d/%Y" }} {% include read_time.html %} 
      </time>
      <div>
        <small>
        <i class="fa fa-pencil" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://github.com/mkiser/WTFJHT/blob/master/{{ page.path }}" target="_blank">Improve this article</a> &nbsp; <i class="fa fa-history" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://github.com/mkiser/WTFJHT/commits/master/{{ page.path }}" target="_blank">Revision history</a> 
      </small>
      </div>
    </div> 
    {% comment %}

    <!--
     {% assign episodes = site.podcasts | reverse %}
     {% assign ep = episodes | where: 'post', page.title | first %}
     {% if ep %}
    
  
      <div class="pod">
        <audio src="{{ site.cloudfront_url }}{{ ep.file }}" preload="none" />
      </div>
      <small class="post-date pod-subscribe" style="margin-top: -2em; color: #9a9a9a;">
        Subscribe for free: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wtf-just-happened-today/id1206537023?mt=2">Apple Podcast</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5AjVGcr9p8LZFOjJKOw4b3?si=3bkunuqCT2-GltqAEhX9pA">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93aGF0dGhlZnVja2p1c3RoYXBwZW5lZHRvZGF5LmNvbS9wb2RjYXN0cy9pbmRleC54bWw">Google Podcast</a>, <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/podcasts/index.xml">RSS</a>
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        {% if page.todayInOneSentence and page.todayInOneSentence != '' %}
         <p style="padding: 1em;margin: 0 1em 2em 1em;background-color: rgba(49, 49, 49, 0.03);font-size: 1rem;" class="tios">
          <em><strong>Today in one sentence</strong>: {{ page.todayInOneSentence }}</em>
         </p>
         <hr>
        {% endif %}
      {{ page.content | extlinks }}

    <hr>
    <div class="pagination"> 
      <div class="next-prev">
        {% if page.previous.url %}
          <a href="{{page.previous.url}}">&laquo; Previous edition</a>
        {% endif %}
      </div>
    </div>
    {% include social.html %}
    <hr>
    <div class="historical-posts">  
      {% if page.years_ago_links %}
        {% for link in page.years_ago_links %}
          <div>
            {% if link.years_ago == 1 %}
              <strong>Last year today:</strong>
            {% elsif link.years_ago == 2 %}
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            {% elsif link.years_ago == 3 %}
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            {% elsif link.years_ago == 4 %}
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            {% elsif link.years_ago == 5 %}
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            {% elsif link.years_ago == 6 %}
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            {% elsif link.years_ago == 7 %}
              <strong>Seven years ago today:</strong>
            {% elsif link.years_ago == 8 %}
              <strong>Eight years ago today:</strong>
            {% endif %}
            <a href="{{ link.url }}">{{ link.title }}: {{ link.desc }}</a>
          </div>
        {% endfor %}
      {% endif %}
    </div>
    <hr>

    </div>
 <div style="padding: 1rem;border: 1px solid black;"> 
  {% include_cached emailpromo.html %}
  {% include_cached email.html %}
  </div>

    {% include_cached pledge.html %}

  </article>
</div> 

{% endfor %}