What The Fuck Just Happened Today?

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.

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A political newsletter for normal people

WTF Just Happened Today? is a sane, once-a-day newsletter helping normal people make sense of the news. Curated daily by Matt Kiser and delivered to 200,000+ people every afternoon around 3 pm Pacific.

  • Quite possibly the only email list I’m on that hasn’t annoyed me even once. –Drew H.
  • I have been on the internet since 1994 and WTFJHT is the best damn political resource I’ve ever come across. Can’t wait to read it each day. –Larry B.
  • Single subject, distinct tone, clear formatting, total understanding of what its audience wants. WTF Just Happened Today? is the best email newsletter. —Dave L.
  • The only news-related email that I make a point of reading every day. –Lorraine N.
  • It’s so nice to have found a news resource not bought out by a rich asshat. –Liz D.
  • A brilliant journalistic response to an urgent civic need. And it’s very depressing. –Jeff J.
  • WTFJHT is the only newsletter I let into my inbox. It’s brief, clear, and covers the perfect selection of news in the perfect amount of words. –Steffi K.
  • Very readable, not confusing facts and opinions, the type of reporting I’ve really missed. –Peter B.
  • Thanks for staring into the abyss so I don’t have to. –Lynn P.
  • WTFJHT has become my lifeline. I feel like I can tune out the chaos because I know I will receive the newsletter at the end of the day and can pursue further topics with the links you provide. I put aside a quiet time in the evening to do so and it makes all the horribleness that occurs each day a bit more manageable. –Laura K.
  • I don’t need a blow-by-blow accounting of the news. I continue to want a high-level, conversational summary that leaves me informed and I’m willing to forego details in favor of the summary WTF Just Happened Today provides.” –Casey C.
  • Thanks to WTF Just Happened Today I don’t have to read the news more than once a day. My quality of life is higher and I still have a clue about WTF just happened today. –Buster
  • WTFJHT is a lifesaver - a voice of sanity, reliability, and humanity - coming to us out of the darkness and the chaos. –Susan B.
  • I could not deal with the current administration and the mess they create without WTFJHT. Well, I still can’t deal with it, but at least I can understand what is happening because of WTFJHT! –Connie S.
  • Concise, thoughtful newsbites. Without WTFJHT there would be darkness and chaos. –Catherine B.
  • Insightful, clever, and intelligent. WTF Just Happened Today keeps me abreast of all of the political happenings, and is presented with a viewpoint that I can relate to. –Fran P.
  • The spirit of WTF’s attempt to present all of the dumbfuckery in as non-biased a manner as possible is laudable. –Joe D.
  • I have nine news apps on my phone, but WTFJHT is what I look at at the end of the day. –Patricia M.
  • I want to keep current but I cannot bear to hear it sometimes. WTFJHT’s bite-size summaries are perfect. -Cara M.
  • It is a toss up if I just like saying the name or really like the daily recaps. –Dominique A.
  • The succinct presentation and easy links led me to take action on that for the first time in my nearly 40 years on this earth and I sincerely appreciate it. –Sassy M.
  • The daily summation of news paints a clear and pointed picture of the morass. By putting together these various - attributed - articles in one concise blog, even someone who graduated at the bottom of his class at the Wharton School could understand the mess we are in. –Bob G.
  • This newsletter should win a news media award. Indispensable. –Daniel L.
  • I’ve only been reading for a few weeks, but I must send you my regards for the excellent work you are doing here. The clear and concise nature of your formatting/editing/sourcing is top notch. It’s also something rare to find out there; your sober style seems to elude most other writers/reporters/organizations. Which is not to say all the others are offering up pure junk (though many are…) but rather to say that what you offer is something that I’ve long, long felt lacking from my news options. Our lives are fast. They’re busy with work and family. This stuff–the news?–it’s boring, agitating, confusing, you name it. People want to be distracted from the grind and the bullshit, particularly now in the social media era more than ever. And so your newsletter attempts to encapsulate that one particular world of the American federal government in a way that respects the readers time while still giving them the option to dig deeper into the details and sources when they wish to. Frankly, Matt? It’s brilliant. I wish I had stumbled upon this 1,420 days ago. But I suppose the present is the next best time. I’ve already forwarded and recommended to one friend, and I’m sure there will be more to follow. Lastly, I’d like to keep reading on for a few months first, but I definitely intend down the road to pitch in financially and help in whatever small way I can. For now, keep up the good fight. –Kevin F.
  • A shining light in a cave full of shit. –Joe P.