🎙 the record🗞️ — wednesday, july 23truth-telling with no corporate sponsor. no billionaire filters. recorded in a garage.
good morning. it’s wednesday, july 23.i’m marlena, and this is the record🗞️.
today’s episode is about hypocrisy, invisibility, and immigration.→ what power looks like when it hides in plain sight.→ and what it means when systems decide who’s seen and who disappears.
📰 headline 1: new photos prove trump + epstein were closer than we knewwhat’s happening: new photos confirm jeffrey epstein attended trump’s 1993 wedding.what to know: trump said “you’ve got to be kidding me” to cnn—but footage also shows them laughing together at elite events.my take: they want us to forget. but the archive never lies.
📰 headline 2: ice arrests jumped 268%. this is authoritarian cruelty.what’s happening: ice arrests in june 2025 rose nearly 300% from last year.what to know: mass raids. non-criminal detentions. people stuffed in bathrooms. food on the floor. mosquito-ridden holding areas. and bond hearings eliminated under trump’s new bill.my take: this isn’t border security—it’s fascism in real time. we are watching human rights be erased by policy.
📰 headline 3: the economy’s slowing, but the real cost is politicalwhat’s happening: goldman sachs predicts u.s. gdp growth at just 1.1%, with inflation at 3.3% and recession risk rising.what to know: tariffs are effectively at 15%. consumer spending is weak. and it’s all political theater at our expense.my take: we’re paying for someone else’s game. again. and coffee’s about to be $10.
📰 headline 4: arizona cancels $429 million in medical debtwhat’s happening: governor katie hobbs partnered with undue medical debt to wipe $429 million for over 350,000 people.what to know: this was funded by the american rescue plan—buying debt for pennies on the dollar and finally helping those most burdened.my take: i could kiss you, arizona. this is what resistance through policy looks like.
🧠gut check:don’t confuse survival with laziness.if you feel like you’re treading water, it’s not because you’re lazy—it’s because the system built the ocean.i come from privilege and i’ve still been left behind so many times. if you feel like you’re fighting to re-enter the world every damn day, you’re not alone.
ladies, gays, theys, chill folks, and wonderful men who actually listen—strap in. it’s go time.
📌 show notes:– follow @redefiningtherecord– subscribe on substack: marlenabeautydotcom– “fund the record” soft launch now — @marlenageller on venmo works– hosted by marlena – recorded in california with one dog, zero filters, and no coffee (yet)
sign-off:that’s the record🗞️. tell the truth. see you tomorrow.
