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

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"

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

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.

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.)

@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...

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.

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...

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

Governor Newsom has been campaigning against a potential wealth tax ballot measure in California.

wrote about how we got to this point. depressing!

Free idea for Knicks execs/flacks: Have the other members of JD & the Straight Shot call up James Dolan and tell him they urgently need to record a new album. He has to be on the vocals right away, no time to waste

I fear ABC/ESPN will not be messy enough to do this, but I would really enjoy a pan to Celeb Row after they show Trump on the Jumbotron. Gotta get everybody on the record as booing/ignoring/cheering

You may have seen UChicago's announcement this week that it plans on offering Claude Enterprise tools to all staff, faculty, and students—literally tens of thousands of people. Given mounting concerns about Claude Enterprise costs/usage, I tried to figure out what's *really* going on here

You may have seen UChicago's announcement this week that it plans on offering Claude Enterprise tools to all staff, faculty, and students—literally tens of thousands of people. Given mounting concerns about Claude Enterprise costs/usage, I tried to figure out what's *really* going on here

Any students or faculty at University of Chicago reading this post? I'm writing about the school's announcement that it plans to provide Claude Enterprise to everyone. Hoping to learn if there have been any internal comms from the university since the announcement a few days ago.

New: John Fetterman’s Senior Advisor, Cole Brown, is leaving the senator’s office. Two weeks ago, Chief of Staff Cabelle St. John also resigned.

New: John Fetterman’s Senior Advisor, Cole Brown, is leaving the senator’s office. Two weeks ago, Chief of Staff Cabelle St. John also resigned.

Still lots of votes to be counted in the California governor's race, but Silicon Valley darling Matt Mahan is currently a distant fourth place in Santa Clara County; Mahan is the mayor of San Jose, which makes up roughly half of the total population of Santa Clara County

2/ Apple gets discovery. Elon's emails, messages, etc. from across his several inboxes.

Meanwhile, here's how another Israeli official—Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter—speaks about Chuck Schumer's support for Israel, according to a senior staffer who attended a meeting between Leiter and John Fetterman last year

Everything's coming up Anthropic... for now. @alexshultz.bsky.social wonders how long the runaway AI spending can continue. Read the whole story on Hard Reset: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/anthropic-...

just read the original column and lemme tell you: it's not good when you have to add an editor's note that takes up an entire page www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/s...

Senator John Fetterman is back to meme-posting about Israel. As I reported last week, Fetterman has almost no one left in his inner circle. His (unofficial, unpaid) top political adviser, David Safier, has glowingly referred to the senator as the "Secretary of Trolling."

The pound-for-pound worst player in the NBA, Kyle Kuzma, is now posting pro-Kalshi slop (seems v possible they're posting on his behalf) and also claiming that he's investing in "autonomous defense"

ICYMI: my investigation for New York mag, which includes new reporting about: —John Fetterman's unpaid adviser, jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers —Fetterman meetings w/Bibi, Leiter, Miriam Adelson —Texts Fetterman sent about ICE, Epstein Files, healthcare —Fetterman's political aspirations

ICYMI: my investigation for New York mag, which includes new reporting about: —John Fetterman's unpaid adviser, jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers —Fetterman meetings w/Bibi, Leiter, Miriam Adelson —Texts Fetterman sent about ICE, Epstein Files, healthcare —Fetterman's political aspirations

I see John Fetterman sent a comment to Axios about his chief of staff quitting. No comment from him on my NY Mag investigation. (I called, texted, and we sent a lengthy fact-check inquiry that we also followed up on prior to publication.) www.axios.com/2026/05/20/j...

“Almost all of us had our jaws on the floor, like, ‘Are you out of your fucking mind? You don’t do your job, you can’t raise any money, and your entire party hates you,’ a person who was in the room says.” -as told to @alexshultz.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...

I see John Fetterman sent a comment to Axios about his chief of staff quitting. No comment from him on my NY Mag investigation. (I called, texted, and we sent a lengthy fact-check inquiry that we also followed up on prior to publication.) www.axios.com/2026/05/20/j...

I will let this passage speak for itself. nymag.com/intelligence...

Fetterman met with Miriam Adelson on the March 2025 trip to Israel, I was told by four sources. That meeting was not disclosed by the senator's office.

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

good lord

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

To understand Fetterman's position on Israel, it helps — according to a dozen staffers — to understand the increasingly influence of an unpaid, little-known adviser. A big story from @alexshultz.bsky.social

Wrote about Elon Musk losing his court case because he took too long to bring claims—and why his excuses fell flat to the jury