Stephanie Smith

She Found a New Way to Sell High-End Houses: Mock the Rich

Her videos are gold.

She Found a New Way to Sell High-End Houses: Mock the Rich www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...

ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?

An incredible piece, well worth your time
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

Face to Face, Powell Told Trump He Was Wrong About a Construction Project

Face to Face, Powell Told Trump He Was Wrong About a Construction Project www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S.

‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

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CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season

What?!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

There are many Americans who want to help, but who need guidance-particularly from legal experts-as to how to navigate situations like this as the medical professionals were trying to. Please-a segment on how Americans resisting can navigate from legal experts.

Sand in the Gears.

.@maddow.msnbc.com AP footage of raid. ICE attempts to arrest a landscaper while medical personnel stand in the way, demanding warrant & agent identify himself. You can hear immigrant in the background hyperventilating. It is, in miniature, the cruelty of the policy and the budding resistance to it.

...particularly from legal experts-as to how to navigate situations like this. If at an ICE raid or protest, how can people slow the process, demand warrants, and other steps. Please cover on your show.

For Deadline Whitehouse @nicollewallace.bsky.social AP footage out of California of a disturbing ICE raid at a medical facility. It, is in miniature, the cruelty of the policy, and the budding resistance to it. There are many Americans who are standing up to help but who need guidance...

The AI Blind Spot Reshaping Communications Strategy Building for Persistent Discoverability

AI is increasingly where people turn to find information and solutions. But as AI learns from trusted sources—earned media—there’s a blind spot with major implications for how brands show up—or don’t—in AI-powered discovery.
Read about it here:
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AI Job Interviews Are a Brand Killer When you’re hiring, you’re not just filling a role.

HR using AI to interview candidates?
A terrible use of the technology.
Read more here.
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AI Job Interviews Are a Brand Killer When you’re hiring, you’re not just filling a role.

HR using AI to interview candidates?
A terrible use of the technology.
Read more here.
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

The AI Blind Spot Reshaping Communications Strategy Building for Persistent Discoverability

AI is increasingly where people turn to find information and solutions. But as AI learns from trusted sources—earned media—there’s a blind spot with major implications for how brands show up—or don’t—in AI-powered discovery.
Read about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

The Jobs Market Is Starting to Fall Apart Even if Thursday’s job report comes in strong, a look behind the headline number tells a different story.

U.S. job growth appears strong on the surface, but the underlying pace has been slowing

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If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead. — Molly Ivins

Tillis is channeling McCain vibes.

Absolutely furious. Still ramping up a war room that should have been live on Jan 20. I mean not even doing the basics right to say nothing of vision. Argh.

nonzero chance that neither the World Cup nor the 2028 Summer Olympics take place in the United States the way things are going

very important article!!

The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash

Debacle. Incompetence across the board.

The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

The Tipping Point: Social Media is the Go-To for News America’s information diet has flipped. Here's what brands and leaders need to know.

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Can we file suit to force law enforcement to remove masks? @gtconway.bsky.social

Communications Has a New Audience: The Model For years, communications has been about shaping perception with people in mind.

AI is reshaping how people discover and trust brands. In the GEO era-Generative Engine Optimization-your brand lives or dies by what the model remembers.
If you’re not in the model, you're not in the conversation.

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An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

Communications Has a New Audience: The Model For years, communications has been about shaping perception with people in mind.

AI is reshaping how people discover and trust brands. In the GEO era-Generative Engine Optimization-your brand lives or dies by what the model remembers.
If you’re not in the model, you're not in the conversation.

open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.

The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT

BONKERS.

A dating app, but one that refuses photos taken in bathroom mirrors or cars.

Give me funding please. This is a billion dollar idea.

Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in Los Angeles

Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...