Tough times at Business Insider, where @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned the outlet has pulled the paywall for the rest of the year in hopes of bolstering ad impressions. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/business-i...

Two weeks after The Blaze made the explosive claim that a former Capitol police officer was responsible for planting bombs on Jan. 6—identifying her by name and in photos—CBS News reports the FBI ruled the woman out because she has an alibi www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...

"In interviews, 22 independent food creators said that AI-generated “recipe slop” is distorting nearly every way people find cooking advice online, damaging their businesses while causing consumers to waste time and money." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

MAHA promised to clean up our food, water and air and is doing exactly the opposite

Uh oh www.ms.now/news/trump-k...

I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.

1. EXCLUSIVE Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage The use of Chinese components was previously unreported Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military

“the scale of the deception…suggests that in his haste to turn X into a political weapon for the far right, Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called ‘the number 1 source of news on Earth’ is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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Pulling back the curtain on the Fox News machine in the latest Smartmatic lawsuit dump: In wake of the 2020 election, Fox PR acknowledged "problematic" and "crazy" interview, with execs "screaming at @brianstelter.bsky.social" and declaring @oliverdarcy.bsky.social "dangerous" and an "absolute ass"

A federal judge has dismissed the charges against former FBI director James Comey, ruling that the former Trump attorney who brought the charges was not legally serving as the U.S. attorney.

Lots of news on the Olivia Nuzzi saga roiling Vanity Fair tonight from @nataliekorach.bsky.social in @status.news including the very short contract that could offer Condé an exit over the holidays www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Scoop: As questions swirl around Olivia Nuzzi, I’ve learned she’s been relatively absent in the day-to-day at Vanity Fair, as the magazine continues to weather the storm the controversial hire brought through 1 World Trade Center www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

AI financiers are swatting away bubble talk, just as the industry is on track to spend $400B on the hope of fantastical revenue. Companies are investing in each other to prop up demand. Spending is being kept off balance sheets. A look at these bubbly times www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...

X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand. The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.

the last 24 hours on X, summed up:

DOGE has prematurely disbanded, reports Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/us/doge...

The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

Truly incredible event taking place on X as MAGA discovers many high profile pro-Trump accounts are actually foreigners performing as American conservatives

Trump this week assailed ABC's WH correspondent, demanded the FCC pull the network's license, and called for Kimmel to be canceled. But Disney has remained conspicuously quiet, part of a strategy to not get into a tit-for-tat with the admin. My latest for @status.news www.status.news/p/trump-abc-...

After a 10-month review, California officials have affirmed what @ianjames.bsky.social reported in January: Having water in the Santa Ynez Reservoir probably wouldn't have made much difference for fighting the Palisades fire. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Has anyone actually explained what is going on with MTG?

David Zaslav once told a colleague that unlike stars, execs were "nothing" without their jobs. As the WBD auction unfolds he's taken a step toward padding an already sizable portfolio, and maybe, in his eyes, nothingness www.status.news/p/david-zasl...

The Daily Mail is IN HELL

This is the funniest possible outcome

TEN MONTHS IN: The national debt is higher. The trade deficit is wider. The inflation rate has worsened. The unemployment rate is up.

Now that’s a lede. Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social. Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This number looks odd. It’s worth questioning the integrity of this information given the Trump administration’s history of obfuscating government messaging … economists were expecting +50k not more than double www.nytimes.com/live/2025/bu...

Inside another drama-filled week for Condé Nast, where some Vanity Fair staffers were left “shocked” by recent revelations about their new colleague Olivia Nuzzi, which have taken over the media discourse as the magazine kicks off a reinvention www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities. Here it is:

Oh Lord, what is Fox News up to now? The Fox Corp.-backed outlet is placing a heavier emphasis on programming with religious themes, seeing potential gold (and frankincense and myrrh, perhaps) in wooing an audience for faith-based content variety.com/2025/tv/news...

News tonight in @status.news: Paramount's board will meet Wednesday to review a big new offer for Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of the Thursday deadline. And Netflix is also expected to make a bid for the studio to keep it out of Ellison hands... www.status.news/p/warner-bro...

When Loomer is saying it

Paramount CEO David Ellison is set to attend tonight's East Room dinner with President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, per a source.

Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.

Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems. "Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map." Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

Ben Shapiro is going all in to win the first Golden Globe for a podcast, buying larger than life billboards in Times Square and glossy front cover ads in the Hollywood trades. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...

Trump's acting FEMA chief "told E&E News on Monday morning, 'I have no idea what you’re talking about,' when asked about reports that he had resigned. Three hours later, E&E News confirmed his resignation." www.eenews.net/articles/act...

“This is not the contract we wanted after three years of bargaining, but it is the deal we have." @nataliekorach.bsky.social goes inside the talks at the LA Times, where its wealthy owner is more fixated on right-wing projects than the shrinking newsroom @status.news www.status.news/p/los-angele...

"This is the beginning of the lame duck presidency. It’s obvious to everyone, even his most ardent supporters show up to the White House like Laura Ingraham, she’s kind of shocked, like, 'What the hell is going on?'" www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

Incredible storm totals across SoCal with more than 6 inches of rain in Santa Barbara in three days, setting a monthly record

AP: Trump has been an outspoken critic of Biden’s use of the autopen. But Trump White House released pardons with identical Trump signatures. Investigation of Biden continues. Trump White House scolds reporters who ask about this calling it "non story" apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump is taking his legal war on the press global, vowing to sue the BBC for up to $5B. “This is yet another frivolous shake down threat by President Trump’s legal team meant to intimidate the press,” veteran 1A attorney Ted Boutrous said. My latest for @status.news www.status.news/p/trump-laws...

Some news: The LA Times newsroom has reached a tentative deal with management to avert a strike. Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/disney-ceo...

Is Donald Trump putting his thumb on the scale for Paramount-Skydance CEO David Ellison in this bidding war? Perhaps because of Paramount's $16 MILLION donation to Trump's Presidential Library? This reeks of corruption.

Nuzzi’s relationship with RFK that ultimately led to her firing from NY mag, and details from her forthcoming book were first reported by @status.news Subscribe to get our exclusive reporting first: www.status.news/subscribe

When a far right pundit on a CNN panel with me ‘joked’ about my beeper going off live on air & then got banned by CNN, Megyn Kelly had him on her show & they both laughed about it. Yet here is Kelly getting super offended when someone else makes the beeper threat against her. Oh, the hypocrisy.