Autumn Brewington
@autumnsan.bsky.social
MSNBC opinion editor. Past: Washington Post op-ed editor and royal newsletter writer; WSJ; Lawfare. Loves cats and chocolate. 👑👩🏻💻: autumnbrewington.substack.com
My former colleague @glennkessler.bsky.social ran the Washington Post Fact Checker for 15 years. He pre-bunked tonight’s State of the Union Speech for @ms.now: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | I fact-checked Trump's speeches for years. Here's what to expect from his State of the Union address.
Glenn Kessler on what he learned about debunking this president from his years running The Washington Post Fact Checker.
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Wonderful as it is to hear (and see lots of) former Posties at @politicsprose.bsky.social event honoring Book World, my most heartwarming moment so far is hearing people behind me saying to each other: “Do we think there are former Post people here?” “I only know bylines, not what they look like.”
Where King Charles falls short on Andrew’s arrest: www.ms.now/opinion/form... by me for @ms.now
Opinion | What Britain's royals don't want people to notice about former prince Andrew's arrest
Autumn Brewington: King Charles III could have done more, much earlier, than let it be known in a statement after his brother's arrest that “the law must take its course.”
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“Whether you think it’s insanity, vanity, plain-old heart and Olympic grit, or all of the above, Vonn’s quest strains the physical and psychological universe of even elite athletes.” www.ms.now/opinion/lind... by @mikewiseguy.bsky.social
Opinion | Lindsey Vonn's Olympics story was already epic. Then she ruptured her ACL.
Mike Wise: Maybe all Lindsey Vonn wants is to write her own ending.
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So glad my former colleague Erik Wemple has profiled the living legend that is Marty Weil. There were few days I walked into or out of the Post newsroom and didn’t see Marty working. He was the journalist who heard the police scanner report that became Watergate. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
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👑 📰 Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie joined the wider royal family on their traditional walk to church Christmas morning—emphasizing the absence, and toxicity, of their parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson. More in my royal newsletter: autumnbrewington.substack.com/p/royal-chri...
Royal Christmas surprise: Beatrice and Eugenie attend gathering at Sandringham
And other Windsor updates from an unusual December
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Two paragraphs, 102 words, a dynasty's worth of meaning: King Charles revokes Andrew's last royal honors. My latest 👑 newsletter: autumnbrewington.substack.com/p/andrews-la...
Andrew's last royal honors revoked
Former prince's membership in the Order of the Garter 'cancelled and annulled,' knighthood in the Royal Victorian Order removed
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A peppercorn rent for a royal prince’s grand home? This time the story isn’t Andrew but the British king’s other brother, Edward. My latest 👑 newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/autumnbr...
Prince Edward's peppercorn rent for a 120-room mansion
Another instance of crown-owned palatial homes leased below market rate; and other royal news
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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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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: autumnbrewington.substack.com/p/kate-middl...
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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Did you know it’s King Charles’s birthday? Do you know what scandal crashed into his quaint pre-planned calendar? open.substack.com/pub/autumnbr...
King Charles turns 77, Andrew e-mails, Harry and Meghan Kardashian party photos
Friday roundup
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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." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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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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. autumnbrewington.substack.com/p/veterans-d...
Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Sunday: royals turn out to honor military service
Projecting unity in a fracturing kingdom
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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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A surprise royal attendee at the Festival of Remembrance tonight: 12-year-old Prince George. Photos on my 👑 substack: open.substack.com/pub/autumnbr...
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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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!) www.not-ship.com
Not-Ship
A newsletter charting the age of uncertainty
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Nancy Pelosi not running for reelection, announced amid a government shutdown, has me remembering this coat. www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/f...
Nancy Pelosi’s Coat Catches Fire (Published 2018)
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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? More on my 👑 Substack: open.substack.com/pub/autumnbr...
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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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. My latest 👑 Substack: autumnbrewington.substack.com/p/william-an...
William and Harry calendar kerfuffle; Andrew saga updates
The royal roundup your inbox needed
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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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🤸🏻♀️🩰 Resharing one of my favorite childhood memories of my mother on her birthday: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-... @postopinions.bsky.social
Opinion | Remembering my mother’s grace
As I pass a milestone without Mom, I remember her gift for dance.
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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 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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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👑➡️ 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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🎃🍫 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: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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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Did any of us ever think there would be a second figure formerly known as Prince? open.substack.com/pub/autumnbr...
Andrew, formerly known as prince
This isn't the end of the story for Mr. Mountbatten Windsor or Buckingham Palace
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