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Autumn Brewington
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MSNBC opinion editor. Past: Washington Post op-ed editor and royal newsletter writer; WSJ; Lawfare.
Loves cats and chocolate.
👑👩🏻‍💻: autumnbrewington.substack.com
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Here’s why the BBC apologized for saying Kate Middleton: open.substack.com/pub/autumnbr...
The BBC apologizes to Kate Middleton; Harry and Meghan's lousy week
Happy Tuesday, royal watchers!
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November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Kate Middleton's latest nature video celebrates autumn in the outdoors. Here's why Kensington Palace probably shouldn't have briefed journalists on where it was filmed:

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Kate Middleton's latest nature video promotes autumn outdoors. Here's the unseen conflict.
The Princess of Wales' comms team appears to have bungled.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Did you know it’s King Charles’s birthday? Do you know what scandal crashed into his quaint pre-planned calendar?

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King Charles turns 77, Andrew e-mails, Harry and Meghan Kardashian party photos
Friday roundup
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November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The coin was valuable precisely because it wasn't worth much: "If you were frugal, you were a penny-pincher. If you were too focused on saving money, you were penny-wise and pound-foolish. Something cheap was penny-ante, but something valuable was worth a pretty penny."
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The penny was always worth more than one cent
The American 1-cent piece was valuable precisely because it wasn’t worth much.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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For the House of Windsor, it is an opportunity for the sovereign—the head of state and head of the armed forces, though technically powerless in a constitutional monarchy—to project unity in a fractured kingdom.
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Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Sunday: royals turn out to honor military service
Projecting unity in a fracturing kingdom
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November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Trump says he’ll send Americans $2,000 checks based on tariff revenue. @pbump.com has charts (of course!) to spell out the problems with that: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com
Opinion | Trump's $2000 checks from tariff revenue? The math doesn't add up.
Here are the charts to prove it.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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A surprise royal attendee at the Festival of Remembrance tonight: 12-year-old Prince George.

Photos on my 👑 substack:

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Prince George joins Kate and other senior royals at the Festival of Remembrance
The Princess of Wales and her oldest son attended the annual concert at Royal Albert Hall
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November 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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My take on Prince Harry’s Hat Gate:
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Prince Harry's 'Hat Gate' apology: you be the judge
Harry didn't intend to offend Canadians. But sometimes a hat is ... just a hat.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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I've launched a newsletter called Not-Ship. By using data and visuals, I'm trying to make sense of our uncertain world.

But what even is a Not-Ship? I'm curious if anyone knows the reference!

(The answer is on my About page. Why not sign-up while you're there!)

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Not-Ship
A newsletter charting the age of uncertainty
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November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Nancy Pelosi not running for reelection, announced amid a government shutdown, has me remembering this coat.

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Nancy Pelosi’s Coat Catches Fire (Published 2018)
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November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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“Though currently, I may live in the United States, Britain is, and always will be, the country I proudly served and fought for."
Can you guess which (single) word from Prince Harry is getting attention?
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What Harry loves about being British, in his own words
Plus: William in Brazil, Becks is knighted, Andrew keeps his Falklands medal
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November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Prince Harry has a history of supporting veterans and wanting to participate in Remembrance Day events.

The palace has a history of excluding him from Remembrance Day events.

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William and Harry calendar kerfuffle; Andrew saga updates
The royal roundup your inbox needed
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November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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KOTZ broadcasts to a region the size of Indiana that has 0.1% of its population. @liamjscott.bsky.social reported from Alaska on the connections KOTZ provides to those towns—and the threat posed by Congress’s recission of funding for public media: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/1...
Keeping Voices from Vanishing
In the remote Arctic town of Kotzebue, Alaska, some residents still talk about the Dairy Queen that closed several years ago. They also talk about what’s at risk of closing next: the region’s lone rad...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🤸🏻‍♀️🩰 Resharing one of my favorite childhood memories of my mother on her birthday:

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Opinion | Remembering my mother’s grace
As I pass a milestone without Mom, I remember her gift for dance.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Andrew arranged a private tour of Buckingham Palace for businessmen from a cryptocurrency mining firm that agreed to pay his ex-wife up to £1.4m, BBC reports. They were driven through the palace gates in Andrew’s own car after being collected from their hotel in June 2019
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Andrew fixed palace visit for firm with £1.4m deal with ex-wife
A company paying Sarah Ferguson was given a private tour of Buckingham Palace while the late Queen was in residence, BBC can reveal.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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👑➡️ Removing Andrew’s titles is more about brand management than accountability. My take: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com
Opinion | Britain's king stripping Andrew of his prince title isn't the end of the story
Britain's royal family distanced themselves from the most disgraced Windsor. That’s not the same thing as accountability.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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🎃🍫 Before I read this, I hadn’t thought of Halloween as the quintessential American holiday. But it makes a persuasive argument about civic trust — and a “Brady Bunch” optimism in this nation that millions have crossed oceans for:

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Opinion | What Halloween trick-or-treating taught an immigrant child about American values
Free Halloween chocolate speaks to this country’s civic trust and social ideals.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Did any of us ever think there would be a second figure formerly known as Prince?

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Andrew, formerly known as prince
This isn't the end of the story for Mr. Mountbatten Windsor or Buckingham Palace
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October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.

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The writer/editor is a position within the Center’s Religion research team, which seeks to promote a deeper understanding of religion and spirituality. The Religion research team conducts surveys, demographic analyses and other social science research in the United States and around the world, studying people’s religious beliefs and practices as well as their views on related issues, including religion’s role in public life. The ideal candidate will have a strong data journalism mindset, with the ability to translate complex quantitative findings into clear and engaging narratives that are nonpartisan and non-advocacy. This position will be embedded within the Religion research team, where the writer/editor will work collaboratively to shape the team’s research agenda, including identifying key research questions; contributing to survey development; and synthesizing findings into accessible and compelling storylines. The writer/editor will also evaluate drafts of research reports to determine whether there are shortcomings in the analysis; edit, rewrite and reorganize drafts as necessary to improve flow and clarity; and work with researchers and designers to create appropriate charts and tables. In addition, the writer/editor will provide guidance and training to the Religion team’s researchers and serve as a writing resource. Following the release of reports, the writer/editor may help disseminate research to the public through the Center’s social media channels, videos, newsletters, and virtual or in-person gatherings, always adhering to the Center’s independent, nonpartisan, non-advocacy stance. 
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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⚾️🏟️ Baseball is America’s pastime, but the Toronto Blue Jays have captivated the entire nation north of the border, writes @bluejayhunter.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com
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The folks at MSNBC asked me to tell them what Americans should know about Toronto Blue Jays fans. We'd jaded, we're cynical, but we're also optimistic and hopeful.
Opinion | What to know about Blue Jays fans as Canada’s team returns to the World Series
Don’t be fooled by our inherently polite Canadian nature: we’re die-hard Toronto Blue Jays fans from coast to coast.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Prince Andrew’s home at Royal Lodge has been a flash point, but it won’t be the end of the scandal.

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Andrew scandal blame directed at the late queen
A gross attempt at shifting attention
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October 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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“She was the princess my 5-year-old self imagined I could be.”
Documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter on the significance of Misty Copeland’s career—especially for girls and women of color: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... @msnbc.com
Opinion | There will never be another Misty Copeland
Copeland championed diversity throughout her career. But with her retirement the American Ballet Theatre is again without a Black female principal dancer.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Two men arrested over Louvre heist, The Telegraph reports. One was at CDG, attempting to board a flight to Algiers, it said, citing Le Parisien.

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October 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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For years the royal family and palace aides, believing Andrew’s denials, deferred to the prince. But the issue of action on Andrew is no longer a question of if but when and who — whether it will be lawmakers or the royals themselves who draw a line.

Me for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Prince Andrew caught a break. When will his luck run out?
He still has his titles and grand home in Windsor. Will the royal family or lawmakers act?
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October 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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“the theory is of a place where a Princess Elizabeth might have dined — even if a Queen Elizabeth might never have deigned to enter.”
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Lilibet's restaurant, Andrew's looming move from Royal Lodge, Fergie's fury: weekend roundup
Some fun royal reading
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October 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM