What is this?

Trumplessness is a newsletter designed to deliver journalism *without* requiring a dive into the horrors du jour.

Why are you doing this?

I was under the impression there were no more holes left in the market, but after the 2024 election, I discovered … a hole in the market. Lots of friends declared they were swearing off the news. These are individuals who want to read essays and investigations and, yes, even news, but they’d rather avoid the daily breaking bits as a way to hang onto the remaining shreds of their sanity. You should be able to read that piece about the IVF mixup everyone’s talking about without having to unpack a clown car of news about cabinet picks.

“Reading the news” is part of my day job, so curating a weekly set of Trump-free links is not a heavy lift for me. Servicey!

Who are you?

I’m Annie Saunders. I’ve worked as an editor/writer/journalist for over 15 years. Presently, I’m the editor of Morning Brew’s Tech Brew publication.

Don’t you think it’s important to be well-informed about current events?

Of course I do, but look where that got us.

So what’s this going to look like?

Every Thursday, I’ll email you a list of links to stories that I read the week prior and enjoyed or otherwise found compelling. These stories will not include any mention of the man who was somehow elected to be the 47th president of the United States of America. I’ll use gift links to paywalled sites whenever I can.

You gonna paywall this?

No! I may open up optional donations at some point, but I see this as a sort of public service, so it’ll always be free to read.

I read something amazing that’s not about Trump! Can I share it with you?

Yes! Maintaining our sanity is a group project. Please email: annie@trumplessness.com.

I still have questions.

Fire away: annie@trumplessness.com.

Credits:

Logo design: Albert Ciuksza
Copyediting: Ram Iyer