Reasonably digesting the near-constant stream of political news and media that has enveloped our world can prove a difficult task. Wake Up to Politics, a daily political newsletter written by 16-year old high school junior Gabe Fleisher of Saint Louis, MO, provides an easy solution to this sometimes frustrating dilemma.

Fleisher, a political junkie, and history buff, first became interested in politics after attending President Obama’s inauguration in January 2009. Following this trip with his family, he began to give his parents a verbal rundown of all the latest political news he could catch, but it became too much for his parents to hear every morning. They suggested he send them his findings in an email that they could read more attentively once Fleisher had gone off to school. Soon enough, his parents began sharing their son’s creation with family and friends. A family friend then reached out to a local newspaper after learning of Gabe’s newsletter, and five years later, Wake Up to Politics now has a readership of 50,000.

Throughout his journalistic experience, Fleisher has interviewed political stars such as Sandra Day O’Connor, Ben Carson, Martin O’Malley, Rand Paul, and even became an unlikely acquaintance of Sean Spicer at a primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa, who was little-known before his appointment as (ex) Press Secretary for President Trump.

As for me personally, I began reading Wake Up to Politics during the primary election season in 2016. Although I don’t remember precisely, I believe I found about the newsletter after reading an article referencing it on some online news source and then decided to subscribe without thinking much of it. A year or so later, I happened to notice a piece in the New York Times about Gabe and Wake Up to Politics and had no idea how much of a following he had gained since and how popular he had become.

Nevertheless, Wake Up To Politics still hasn’t replaced the New York Times daily briefings as my morning summary of the latest scoop on politics. Instead, Wake Up to Politics serves as a provider of “the full story” of the latest news bytes, with immense detail, thereby making the headlines much easier to take in. And admittedly, the email briefings can sometimes be long and sometimes difficult to fully read when I’m in a rush or only have a few spare minutes, but whenever I’m confused on something, for example, the Mueller Investigation or I just want to know what’s going on in the Senate today, Wake Up to Politics is the first place I turn to.