"New media" used to broadly describe traditional outlets that published traditional news, but online. But these days in DC, powerful Republicans now use “new media” as a polite catch-all for “right-wing media.” My latest reporting in this week's Regulator: www.theverge.com/column/79990...

Here’s @tinanguyen.bsky.social detailing the results of the incredible settlement YouTube paid to Trump for no reason except cowardice www.theverge.com/policy/79135...

Donald Trump and Silicon Valley have formed an alliance — but that doesn’t mean the MAGA base thinks it’s a good idea. This week @tinanguyen.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways the MAGA movement isn’t on side with Big Tech. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/296_...

When I read @tinanguyen.bsky.social’s recent piece on visiting NatCon and seeing MAGA leaders openly criticize tech executives and their companies, I knew I had to have Tina on the show. It was a really insightful conversation!

There's this thing at Trump rallies where people leave partway through because they've seen what he's said before It's happening right now, and I think the stadium is now half empty But it's so wild to see this happen after all the intense Christian Revival energy pulling the room together

Trump: "He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best of them. But I disagree with Charlie. 
I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best of them...I am sorry. Erika can talk to me and they hope that maybe they can convince me that that's not right, but I can't stand my opponent."

NEW: Trump tells the audience at Charlie Kirk's memorial that tomorrow, he, RFK and Dr. Oz "found an answer to autism [and] how it happens, so won't let it happen anymore." Will announce at a press conference tomorrow. Yeah, I'm serious.

At Charlie Kirk's massive memorial service, it appears his widow, Erika Kirk, is not, in fact, the final speaker on the program. President Trump is.

While people are suddenly and uncharacteristically paying attention to media regulation, please take a moment to notice all the massive harm Brendan Carr has done to consumer protection and public safety as well me, back in April:

Hello from Charlie Kirk's memorial service in Glendale, Arizona. I'm live from the floor of State Farm Stadium. The service won't start for another two hours, but lines to get in are backed up for miles. The only word I can give for inside the stadium is "megachurch."

Huge week for people crashing out in The Verge comments saying “I thought this was a tech blog!!!” Anyway here are just a few pieces from our policy and politics desk 🙂 www.theverge.com/policy/77979... www.theverge.com/report/77935... www.theverge.com/policy/77897...

BREAKING: - Jimmy Kimmel jokes about Charlie Kirk's killer - FCC's Brendan Carr threatens to pull licenses of TV stations airing Kimmel unless ABC fires him - Nexstar owns a lot of TV stations - Nexstar says their stations will stop airing Kimmel - ABC does this www.theverge.com/news/780471/...

First byline with @haydenfield.bsky.social: Meta made a super PAC for AI issues, meaning they can run ads against their political targets in California -- and maybe their AI competitors, too. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

I decided to subscribe to The Verge because they accurately reported the news

You can subscribe to The Verge for just $4 a month right now. www.theverge.com/subscribe

If you value the work we do at The Verge, please consider subscribing so we can keep doing it. It's $4/month right now, which is a really great deal!

Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

New from me an @miasato.bsky.social: the most cursed thing I've ever reported, and I've reported a LOT of cursed things. www.theverge.com/politics/777...

At NatCon, there were two topics dominating everyone’s discussions: the imminent end of the right’s support of Israel — and the existential threat that technology posed to Western civilization. I wrote about the second discussion. www.theverge.com/politics/773...

Everyone's watching Alien: Earth, apparently

As someone who's gone through four sets of sleep headphones, two smartwatches, three air purifier fans, and infinite apps promising to cure my productivity prior to meeting Victoria...I absolutely require this newsletter. Please join me in signing up for Optimizer!! @vicmsong.bsky.social

New Regulator is out! Today we talk about that @wired.com investigation into a well-funded talent incubator for liberal and progressive creators -- and why the Dem establishment seems sclerotically incapable of existing in a media environment it cannot control. www.theverge.com/regulator-ne...

New Regulator alert! Today we've got: 🤖💸 The AI industry starts spending on elections 🇺🇸📈I argue that Trump is a tech billionaire whose product is memes 📱I ask @allisonjo1.bsky.social a Q that's eating me alive: exactly HOW does Trump Mobile make money? www.theverge.com/regulator-ne...

Join me @tinanguyen.bsky.social for the latest edition of The Home Front Podcast. We discuss her new newsletter Regulator, from @theverge.com, why #tech went right and more! Watch and subscribe today! youtu.be/cEqscDPUTFU?...

New issue of Regulator is up! This week, we delve into a strange phenomenon on K Street: despite their lack of policy expertise, Trumpworld affiliates have become Big Tech's most effective lobbyists. www.theverge.com/regulator-ne...

Some personal news: I’m back in the newsletter game. The Verge and I are proud to announce the launch of Regulator, a weekly newsletter for Verge subscribers that covers the fights between Big Tech and Big Government.

We've designed a panel for LibCon2025—featuring @swordsjew.bsky.social, @willsommer.bsky.social, @swin24.bsky.social, and @tinanguyen.bsky.social—that will tackle the various subcultures of the neo-right. Register: form.jotform.com/251499093035...

Exciting news: next month I'll be appearing on my dream panel with Will Sommer (@willsommer.bsky.social), Talia Lavin (@swordsjew.bsky.social), and Swin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social), doing a fireside chat/group therapy about covering the Neo-Right. Sign up below! conference.ismaglobal.org

If you’re in dc on Friday August 15th this year around 2:30 pm and wanna come say hi — to me, @willsommer.bsky.social , @swordsjew.bsky.social , @tinanguyen.bsky.social — join us for “Subcultures of the Neo-Right” over at ==> conference.ismaglobal.org#program

"It’s no wonder why the Epstein files have scrambled MAGA influencers, who now have to decide what is more important to them: access and loyalty to Trump or maintaining their brand." Read more from @tinanguyen.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/politics/707...

Right-wing influencers now have to choose between authenticity to their brand, and their loyalty to Trump -- not to mention that sweet, sweet access to the White House. My latest below: www.theverge.com/politics/707...

I truly regret that I am going on a weeklong vacation during the most insane moment I've ever seen in my 10 years covering the MAGA influencer beat But here's my dispatch before I dip out; enjoy the Epsteinpocalypse without me

How much of a role did Steve Bannon's War Room (and friends) end up killing the AI moratorium? Quite a bit, it appears. My latest: www.theverge.com/politics/704...

📝 Follow up to this post: After some questions from @tinanguyen.bsky.social, I did a little more work to connect to the YouTube API and find out precisely how many of the WH's links were either self-referential or to other creators. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/youtube...

NEW: Several Big Tech companies, including Amazon, Oracle, Palantir and Coinbase, have become quiet corporate sponsors of America250, the nonprofit planning the festivities around Donald Trump's military parade. www.theverge.com/policy/68569...

NEW: I went to the Bitcoin Conference and you would NOT believe how much $$$ the crypto industry (and Steak 'n Shake) threw at the GOP! Steak 'n Shake paid for Bone Thugs! TRON paid for a champagne glory hole! And Coinbase paid for Donald Trump's military parade! www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...

NEW: I went to the Bitcoin Conference and you would NOT believe how much $$$ the crypto industry (and Steak 'n Shake) threw at the GOP! Steak 'n Shake paid for Bone Thugs! TRON paid for a champagne glory hole! And Coinbase paid for Donald Trump's military parade! www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...

Apparently if you buy a jar of beef tallow at the Steak n Shake booth at the Bitcoin Conference, you get this free hat. But you HAVE to buy a jar of beef tallow to get the hat.

NEWS from the Bitcoin Conference: @Coinbase CPO Faryar Shizad announced that they will be a “major sponsor” of America250,the committee organizing Donald Trump’s 250th anniversary celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

NEWS: Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is doing a panel with Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) at the Bitcoin Conference, and all but confirms her gubernatorial run: "Senator Blackburn is going to be the next governor of Tennessee."

I interviewed a guy who did The Big Short, except using $TRUMP coin. He got a free dinner with the President out of it. www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...

I interviewed a crypto trader who bought $TRUMP perpetual futures that would be profitable if the value of $TRUMP dropped -- and then used that money to win the contest. Yes, he did The Big Short, except with Trump's meme coin. And he got a free dinner out of it. www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...

Scoop/twist in the Library of Congress/Copyright Office firings: Trump's replacement appointees aren't from DOGE. They're DOJ officials backed by MAGA copyright hawks, who are steamed that the tech right undercut them to get a generative AI critic fired. www.theverge.com/politics/666...

SCOOP from @tinanguyen.bsky.social: Elon's copyright coup attempt blew up after furious MAGA backlash to having AI companies train on content without paying for it www.theverge.com/politics/666...

I have a really important question to ask myself and everyone else today: www.theverge.com/politics/663...

Naturally the first American pope is named Pope Law Enforcement Officer

Before she was chosen as Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Casey Means launched a health-tracking company with a tech CEO...who’s now a key DOGE operative in charge of dismantling the IRS. (Also, it was backed by Marc Andreesen because of course.) www.theverge.com/politics/663...

here's that Starter Pack of Polygon people you were looking for bsky.app/starter-pack...