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Bari Weiss, who reportedly has a fleet of bodyguards surrounding her on a daily basis, says her "internal critics are too cowardly to say anything to her face." www.vanityfair.com/story/bill-m...

Outgoing Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who's been on a Fox News media tour of late, maxed out a donation to the Haley Stevens campaign a few days ago, according to FEC filings.

What is Mike Rogers supposed to say to his donors? "El-Sayed is gonna crush me, I hope he doesn't win the primary"? If anything, the Rogers camp "leaking" this audio suggests that they're worried about facing El-Sayed, and are tossing red meat to Haley Stevens surrogates about "electability"

In private call, Michigan Republican running for Senate sees himself in ‘good shape’ against one particular Democrat | CNN Politics

As Michigan Democrats debate who is their best candidate for Senate, the presumptive Republican nominee, Mike Rogers, has a frank private assessment of the field.

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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 2w ago

Spoke w/Aron D'Souza—Enhanced Games founder & friend of Peter Thiel + Altman—about journalism. Asked what happened to his platform Objection, a Thiel-backed "AI tribunal" for wealthy ppl to dispute media reports. (It lasted 1 month.) And dug into Primary, his slightly more conciliatory "relaunch"

An Interview With the Billionaire Whisperer Who Wants to Rank and Score Journalists

Businessman Aron D’Souza, a founder of the Enhanced Games and a friend of Peter Thiel’s, spoke about his recent media-centric ventures: Objection and Primary.

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@alexshultz.bsky.social talks to Aron D’Souza, a founder of the Enhanced Games and a friend of Peter Thiel’s, about what happened to his media “AI tribunal” Objection and about his new venture Primary, an IMDb for journalists. Watch the full interview here: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/an-intervi...

Alex Vindman, Dem Senate candidate in Florida, reported the following income/payments received in '25: —$1.4M for consulting work (no details about what this entailed, tho he's previously advised defense firms) —$140k from Substack —$128k from Kettering Foundation —$48.5k for a handful of speeches

Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social · 2w ago

Shams should start shouting out owners too if he's gonna cape for the second apron this hard lol

Oklahoma City has now acquired seven second-round picks this offseason, shed $224 million in payroll and tax and positioned themselves comfortably under the second apron via the trades of Dort, Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins. Rather than simply declining Dort's $17.7 million team option to save the

Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 3w ago

26 Meta workers who recently "took, requested, or were approved" for medical leave allege they were part of mass layoffs because internal AI systems (one of which is called Metamate) dinged them for factors like lack of "productivity and output metrics" and not enough "AI-token consumption"

Complaint – #1 in Does 1 through 26 v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (N.D. Cal., 4:26-cv-07122) – CourtListener.com

COMPLAINT against Meta Platforms, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-22205934.). Filed by Does 1 through 26. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Cowan, Barbara) (Filed on 7/13/2026) (Ente...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Anna Wintour designated a "medium risk" Madison Square Garden attendee by MSG security, presumably due to her criticisms of James Dolan for refusing to spend into the second apron, and her insistence—even post-championship—that the Knicks traded too many picks for Mikal Bridges

Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities

An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 4w ago

GOP Senate leaders taking a page from Nancy Pelosi and Alex Padilla, who offered similarly vague, obfuscatory statements about Dianne Feinstein shortly before she died. We have reached the "insulting our intelligence" phase of Mitch McConnell's weeks-long hospitalization.

Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 4w ago

The signs were there from the beginning. (I'm not saying this in a "told you so" way, more that I don't think McConnell's Senate staff will be able to keep this charade going much longer.)

Alex Shultz@alexshultz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I do not want to wildly speculate—McConnell may very well be “fine” and return to being a shell of himself in the Senate soon—but generally when your spokesperson only comments on the care you’re receiving, it’s not a great sign

Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · last mo.

@alexshultz.bsky.social on Karp’s latest unhinged interview: “He wants to attach himself to an increasingly mainstream view: OpenAI, Anthropic, and other closed-source LLM providers are overpromising, overcharging, and underdelivering.” www.hardresetmedia.com/p/palantir-a...

Alex Karp Locks Onto An Easy Target: Anthropic and OpenAI

The Palantir CEO’s viral CNBC interview was much more strategic than his erratic persona suggests.

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Not sourced on this story like Clay Travis and Dave Portnoy, but I’m skeptical of superfluous reports describing Lutnick, Andrew Giuliani and a “team of elite lawyers” like they’re SEAL Team Six. FIFA made up a peace prize for Trump last year; I’m not sure it needed much arm-twisting

Dallas: “oil” and “Macau,” which is a reference to the Adelson family owning a bunch of casino resorts out there 🥴

Just this week, Jake Tapper lobbed softballs at Dan Goldman, a two-term congressman who lost his race by 31 points, and Dave Portnoy, who is promoting a book called "Cancel Me If You Can." Unserious set of priorities that will surely appeal to Bari Weiss when she's in charge of CNN.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · last mo.

Refused to tell anyone anything about his health for four months just to wind up to the Zack Fox song

Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) is back, after being gone from Congress since March 5 (!). "This is not an easy speech to give," he says. He says he received a diagnosis of depression. Says doctors recommended he stay in the hospital, then he realized how "long depression had been affecting my life."

Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · last mo.

Things are getting messy at Meta. Execs have been “sloppily apologizing for, and retracting” failed initiatives. Meanwhile, Zuck granted a rare “interview” to Feed Me, in which he revealed to the world that he likes chicken tenders. Read the full story from @alexshultz.bsky.social on Hard Reset:

Meta’s Miserable Three Months Are a Harbinger, Not an Outlier

Mark Zuckerberg's ever-changing AI initiatives reflect a lack of respect for Meta workers, who are reacting accordingly.

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I don't think Gavin is nailing the landing here re: No California billionaires tax, yes national billionaires tax. Setting that aside, this post is easily the clearest signal that he's (unofficially) launching his presidential campaign

It's time for a national billionaires’ tax and a new social compact

We must democratize the American economy to save democracy.

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Alex Shultz@alexshultz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

David Safier is now boosting his own posts about Fetterman on Fox News. Read my story about Safier and Fetterman below

New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is an unpaid adviser named David Safier. Jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers, Safier has coordinated calls w/Bibi and sits in on big meetings. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

Lizzy Lawrence@lizzylawrence.bsky.social · last mo.

Really impressive reporting/scoop here. The non-denials from the White House, HHS, and Lilly are…notable

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 2mo ago

Some people are saying this is "corrupt," but have they considered that Kirsten Gillibrand's son studied "HISTORY" and played squash in college?

A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million. He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz. His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY. Bipartisan capture in full bloom. fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...

Jim Dolan and his large adult son tried to run away from that Zohran handshake like it was the second apron tax

Not a big movies guy, I enter this discourse w/a healthy amount of deference to cinephiles, but I must get Disclosure Day takes off: 1. Fun time at the movies 2. Politics/messaging of the movie are unbelievably outdated (distractingly so) 3. Couldn't stop myself from laughing at the end (derogatory)

Did a mini-investigation about how WNBA + WNBPA are dealing w/wearables in their new CBA. Both the league and players union didn't answer my Q's, leading me (& experts I spoke with) to conclude they're punting on the issue until '28, when WNBA can *mandate* players use wearables during games. Risky!

WNBA Players Scored a Historic Labor Contract—With One Big Caveat

Analyzing the unusually sparse "wearables" section of the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement, and what it portends for other sports leagues.

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