Tina Brown
@tinabrownlm.bsky.social
Author. Journalist. Editor. tinabrown.substack.com sirharrysummit.org
There is a new loser mood swirling around Trump, a boredom with his bloated act. Get the full take in my new Fresh Hell post. tinabrown.substack.com/p/why-trump-...
Why Trump Loves Cheats.. and is Losing in Iran
It’s clear by now that Trump can’t bear to hear anyone clapping and not want to shove his melting face into the mix.
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It’s sad for Senator Lindsey Graham that the last person he spoke to on this earth was the president who stole his soul. Read more of my take on Graham’s passing in Fresh Hell. tinabrown.substack.com/p/lindsey-gr...
Lindsey Graham’s Exit and the King’s Capitulation
It’s sad for Senator Lindsey Graham that the last person he spoke to on this earth was the president who stole his soul.
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Is there any plan, project, or engagement undertaken by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that doesn’t boil over into chaos? Read on Fresh Hell about the sturm and drang over their visit next week to the UK. tinabrown.substack.com/p/the-sussex...
The Sussex Circus Comes to Town
Is there any plan, project, or engagement undertaken by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that doesn’t boil over into chaos?
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Are there poignant clues in what Trump’s school days were like in his response when Musk blew up their friendship? The authors recount that, after reading Musk’s posts, Trump murmured, ”They always leave me. They always do this. This is why I can’t have friends.”
Tina Brown@tinabrownlm.bsky.social · last mo.Reading Regime Change, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's new book on Trump, there are times I wondered how the hell these two NYT scribes got such amazing blow-by-blow dish, unless they were hiding under the Resolute desk. Full take in Fresh Hell: tinabrown.substack.com/p/regime-cha...
Reading Regime Change, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's new book on Trump, there are times I wondered how the hell these two NYT scribes got such amazing blow-by-blow dish, unless they were hiding under the Resolute desk. Full take in Fresh Hell: tinabrown.substack.com/p/regime-cha...
Regime Change: The Big Beautiful Beach Read
As many as 30,000 English language books have been written about Donald Trump since he first eyed the White House in 2016, but only one has managed to weave together his maniacal haphazard decision-ma...
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After the Trump colosseum’s UFC concussion fest, comes the opening of Barack Tutankhamun Obama’s presidential pyramid, that rises from Chicago’s South Side like a forbidding, sightless shrine to his mighty aloof self. tinabrown.substack.com/p/trumps-rom...
Trump’s Roman Games/Obama’s Shrine to Himself
How did the 250th anniversary of America become a celebration so devoid of ideas?
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It’s not Trump’s politics that CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss seems to be pushing on 60 Minutes, it’s the mirroring of Trump’s worship of chaos. tinabrown.substack.com/p/the-shitst...
The Shitstorm at 60
How much of the still raging dumpster fire at 60 Minutes is due to the billionaire Ellisons’ need to keep Trump onside to close their mastodonic media merger, and how much is it their editor-in-chief,...
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President Biden was famously described as a “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” by Special Counsel Robert Hur. After reading Jill Biden’s memoir, Hur might well have come to the same conclusion about the First Lady. More in Fresh Hell tinabrown.substack.com/p/what-jill-...
What Jill Biden Doesn't Tell Us
When Special Counsel Robert Hur interviewed Joe Biden in October 2023 about retaining classified documents in his Delaware home, Hur famously declined to indict “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly m...
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Even as liberal commentators bang on about an assured mid-term shellacking for the POTUS party, if there is any message that crystalizes the 250th anniversary of the U.S., it is not that America has changed but that Trump has changed America. tinabrown.substack.com/p/trumps-swe...
Trump’s Sweet Vengeance
Democrats are getting it wrong again.
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Why the phrase “post-truth” is a cop-out and how Trump is still outplaying the media. I chatted about this and more with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, co-hosts of the top UK podcast The Rest is Politics. tinabrown.substack.com/p/my-video-c...
My Video Chat with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, co-hosts of top UK podcast The Rest is Politics
Alastair, Rory, and I mixed it up over how Trump has successfully colonized world news, and over who has done greater damage to journalism: Rupert Murdoch or Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
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Fresh Hell was ahead of the curve this week. Two days after I advocated going after Andrew for sex offenses, police announced they are expanding their investigation to include sexual misconduct. Bring it on! Column here: open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
Can the Andrew File Get Any Worse?
It’s thanks to Andrew Lownie’s paperback update of Entitled, his Prince Andrew defenestration, that we now know that Sarah Ferguson—aside from her toxic association with Jeffrey Epstein—reportedly had...
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3mo agoThe police in Britain said on Friday that they were continuing their investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, and said they were assessing reports that a woman had been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual purposes.
“Deep down, I am told, Andrew always believed he would be the monarch. It wasn’t just the Queen’s favoritism that was responsible… As much to blame was the press adoration of him ‘as a war hero.’” More in this week’s Fresh Hell: tinabrown.substack.com/p/can-the-an...
Can the Andrew File Get Any Worse?
It’s thanks to Andrew Lownie’s paperback update of Entitled, his Prince Andrew defenestration, that we now know that Sarah Ferguson—aside from her toxic association with Jeffrey Epstein—reportedly had...
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I’m still levitating from our Truth Tellers Summit: A message of solidarity from Pope Leo, a new BBC series on my late husband Sir Harry, and more: open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
Inside the Truth Booth
A scroll through some highlights of the Truth Tellers Summit
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Tomorrow at 9:30am, tune in to the Truth Tellers Investigative Journalism Summit in London. I co-founded this event in honor of my late husband Sir Harry Evans whose courage, tenacity and integrity were the North Star of our profession. See the full program of media beasts below
Truth Tellers@sirharrysummit.bsky.social · 3mo agoOne week to go to #SirHarrySummit! 📰 The Agenda for Truth Tellers 2026 is now live, explore it here: tinyurl.com/4b5saz8j 🔴 Join us live from 9:30am, Wed 6 May: sirharrysummit.org Co-hosted by @tinabrownlm.bsky.social @reuters.com @durham.ac.uk
Tomorrow, Truth Tellers 2026 concludes with a special performance from Emmy Award–winning actor Matthew Rhys. Rhys will portray Sir Harry in the forthcoming 6-part BBC drama Dragon Slayers, charting his time at The Sunday Times and the legendary Insight team. 🔴 Watch live at SirHarrySummit.org
Wednesday’s Truth Tellers Journalism Summit in London is a raucous rebuttal of the squall of political lies, social media dross, and half-baked conspiracies that have sapped public trust and comprehension. Read more on Fresh Hell. tinabrown.substack.com/p/let-truth-...
Let Truth Roar
Here comes the first Wednesday in May, and the annual Truth Tellers Investigative Journalism Summit in London shines on my calendar again.
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Don’t ask me how @karaswisher.bsky.social got to keep her line. Read more about the experience with my fellow cameo-istas on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
Backstage with the Cameo Queens in The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a welcome bonbon of magazine world wish fulfillment as that lost medium of peak publishing craters around us in a swirl of layoffs, mangy budgets, and sponsored content (or ...
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Tina Brown@tinabrownlm.bsky.social · 3mo agoThere were so many failed attempts, it reminded me of when I had a CNBC show called Topic A and it took 20 takes to look straight into the camera and say with any semblance of conviction, “And THIS is Topic A.” I tell this to explain why I ended up in the film as a mute guest…
There were so many failed attempts, it reminded me of when I had a CNBC show called Topic A and it took 20 takes to look straight into the camera and say with any semblance of conviction, “And THIS is Topic A.” I tell this to explain why I ended up in the film as a mute guest…
Tina Brown@tinabrownlm.bsky.social · 3mo agoYou can see me as a teeny cameo in the film. I was told to murmur something about having noticed Andy/Anne’s viral piece in Runway and say archly, “I’ve been watching your byline, Andy.” (1/2)
You can see me as a teeny cameo in the film. I was told to murmur something about having noticed Andy/Anne’s viral piece in Runway and say archly, “I’ve been watching your byline, Andy.” (1/2)
Reuters@reuters.com · 3mo ago"The Devil Wears Prada 2" brings back the flash and the fashion of the original film but also offers a take on a transformed and troubled media landscape, its stars and makers said attending the movie's European premiere in London.
Read My Fresh Hell post all about my long, hot day va-vooming around the set of The Devil Wear Prada 2 with Meryl Streep, Kara Swisher, Jon Batiste, Jenna Bush Hager, and Karl-Anthony Towns. tinabrown.substack.com/p/backstage-...
Backstage with the Cameo Queens in The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a welcome bonbon of magazine world wish fulfillment as that lost medium of peak publishing craters around us in a swirl of layoffs, mangy budgets, and sponsored content (or ...
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At Monday’s garden party, King Charles was in the throne zone, nursing a gin and tonic and small-talking for his country. He arrived to a Washington still buzzing over the ballroom blitz at the WHCD. Read about both in my new Fresh Hell post. tinabrown.substack.com/p/the-king-t...
The King, the Queen, and the Ballroom Blitz
God, it was nice for British embassy guests to see King Charles and Queen Camilla in person yesterday afternoon!
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King Charles arrives on U.S. shores next week for a state visit as the US-UK relationship is in a particularly ratty state. More on this and why William needs to keep up the royal mystique in my video chat with royal expert @hardmanr.bsky.social tinabrown.substack.com/p/my-video-c...
My Video Chat with the Royal Biographer Robert Hardman on King Charles’ Fraught State Visit to the U.S
On the eve of the king’s visit to Washington, Robert and I talked about why Trump will likely be on his best behavior at the state dinner, why Prince William and Kate want to make being royal as appea...
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When Queen Elizabeth visited the U.S. 50 years ago for its 200th anniversary, as royal biographer @hardmanr.bsky.social puts it, “It was a huge success… There was a real razzmatazz fiesta feel…” But this time around is set to feel “very different.” Hear the full convo on Substack.
I hope you can join me Friday at 1:30pET for my Fresh Hell video chat with royal expert Robert Hardman, about how King Charles will be walking the tightest of tightropes during his state visit to the US. Hardman is author of the new bio of Queen Elizabeth II. tinabrown.substack.com/p/join-my-vi...
Join my Video Chat with Robert Hardman Friday at 1:30pET to hear about his absorbing new biography of Queen Elizabeth and King Charles' state visit next week
On the eve of King Charles’ trip to the U.S., Robert and I will talk about the dramas of a state visit, the pressures the king faces, and what to expect when he sits down with President Trump.
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Happily for King Charles, his state visit to the U.S. next week to celebrate 250 years since the birth of its democracy is occurring at a time when America’s head of state is much madder than King George III. tinabrown.substack.com/p/the-king-t...
The King, the Bling, and A Fraught State Visit
As the UK celebrates the 100th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth this week, her pristine legacy might ultimately be seen as a steaming pile of gilded ordure that threatens to bury her descenda...
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Clearly, the only person who doesn’t ask Trump for permission to speak is Melania. She doesn’t give a sheet. Read all about it on Fresh Hell. tinabrown.substack.com/p/fast-and-f...
Fast & Furious Trump and the Weird Melania Moment
The defeat of Hungary’s moldy strongman Viktor Orbán is a thrilling rejuvenation of liberal democracy, after sixteen years of his systemic corruption, dismantling of parliamentary checks and balances,...
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As chatbots become more and more prevalent, one of the biggest revelations from Kara Swisher’s new series “Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever,” is that avoiding chatbots for human relationships is one of the most important tools for longevity. For the rest of our conversation, tap the link in bio.
Hope you can join me and the indomitable Kara Swisher for our live video chat Monday at 2pET on Fresh Hell! open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...
Join my Live Video Chat with the brilliantly fearless journalist Kara Swisher at 2pET on Monday
Kara and I will opine on Meta’s Big Tobacco moment, how Pam Bondi blew it, all things media, and her upcoming CNN series Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever. Hope you can join us!
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When the U.S. obliterati walk away from Iran, declaring victory, the real trouble for the Middle East begins. Read more in my new Fresh Hell post. tinabrown.substack.com/p/is-the-fog...
