Happy Father's Day! Take a minute to [un]wind with our new Sunday morning newsletter. Grab a cup of coffee and catch up on what you may have missed from [un]Divided this week – plus, all the anti-fringe news that’s fit to print.

Successful relaunch:

Well, our first two expanded shows are in the books! If you didn’t get a chance to watch, check out the debut episode here: https://brandikruse.locals.com/post/2287931/un-divided-political-violence-and-midterm-madness-video

If you only have time to watch one thing, I highly recommend catching my interview with Seattle radio legend Dori Monson, which aired on the Friday show. We had a wonderfully candid conversation about what is driving his record listenership and the sympathy he feels for internet trolls: https://brandikruse.locals.com/post/2301256/fridays-with-friends-dori-monson

A reminder of the new schedule: Subscribers now get new episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5pm PT. You can watch each episode or listen via podcast as you’ve done in the past. All episodes are posted simultaneously as a video option and an audio option. Pick your pleasure. Send any feedback or questions directly to me via Patreon messenger.

NEXT UP: The Washington Post has a culture problem and Bill Maher is hilarious

In case you haven’t been following, The Washington Post is the laughingstock of the media world amid an internal drama that centers around a now-fired staffer, Felicia Sonmez. Sonmez was terminated after a multi-day Twitter assault directed at her colleagues and bosses. It all started when a fellow writer, Dave Weigel, retweeted a harmless joke about women.

The joke didn’t sit well with Sonmez, who demanded The Post do something about it. The entire thing ended up devolving into a childish and, frankly, concerning display of millennials gone mad. Do journalists at the Post not have anything better to be focusing on right now? Bill Maher’s epic takedown of the newsroom is a MUST watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu9JGK_yHo

NEXT UP: Jay Inslee admires Mike Pence’s patriotism

This week, the January 6 Committee revealed that Vice President Mike Pence refused to the leave the Capitol complex as rioters breached the building. While a car waited in a secure underground location to take him to safety, Pence refused.

“The vice president did not want to take any chance that the world would see the vice president of the United States fleeing the United States Capitol,” his general counsel Greg Jacob testified. “He was determined that we would complete the work that we had set out to do that day, that it was his constitutional duty to see it through and that the rioters who had breached the Capitol would not have the satisfaction of disrupting the proceedings beyond the day on which they were supposed to be completed.”

Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat and Trump admin critic who briefly ran for President in 2020, tweeted out his admiration for Pence’s “resolute performance.” It was a nice moment of civility.

"Even though I disagree with Mike Pence 90% of the time, his resolute performance on January 6, 2021 in the face of tremendous, and illegal, pressure deserves being honored by all Americans, of every stripe, who treasure the blessings of democracy," Inslee tweeted.

NEXT UP: Keep your ideas coming

On Tuesday I shared how a panel of five experts rated some of your ideas to prevent mass shootings. Among the lowest rated ideas were a nationwide firearm buyback program and mandatory safety courses for first-time gun buyers. Highest rated were an expanded waiting period for gun buyers aged 18-25 and minimum sentencing standards for those who commit felonies with a firearm. Some subscribers wondered why there weren't any ideas focused on improving mental health. Well, keep your policy proposals coming! [email protected].

AND FINALLY: Congrats to my mom!

I am shamelessly using my first newsletter to congratulate my mom, Sandy. She retired this past week after 44 years with American Crystal Sugar Company in Moorhead, Minnesota. My mom was our rock growing up and at times we failed to appreciate just how hard she worked to raise four kids. Happy retirement, mom!