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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Jeff Bezos keeps telling the same Raising Cane's story too. Gave the same slop to CNBC and Fox News five months apart www.hardresetmedia.com/p/jeff-bezos...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

did you know the plow was invented 6,000 years ago and we all got wealthier as a result? Jeff Bezos would love to talk to you about it

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

During the Musk v. Altman trial, Shivon Zilis said her relationship with Musk began after "kind of like, a one-off at the offset." She was asked if her relationship with Musk was important to her. She replied "sure." hardresetmedia.com/p/musk-v-altman-shivon-zilis-testimony

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

recalling some other warning signs from the Musk v. Altman trial www.hardresetmedia.com/p/musk-v-alt...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the signs were there... love is dead...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

his pinned post is from the congressional baseball game lol

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

McConnell's staff writing statements for him, setting stakes as low as possible for his return

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

if history repeats itself, GOP leaders will realize they can't compel McConnell to resign and that his staff is going to (barely) cover up his poor health to keep their own jobs. So then those leaders will invent procedural reasons for why McConnell must stick around www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/u...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Update: Fetterman is fundraising off his latest stunt. Text link goes to an ActBlue page with the unsubtle URL "donate/gop-text" secure.actblue.com/donate/gop-t... Fetterman's donors are already mostly conservative (and wealthy). Seems to be making a play for other rank-and-file MAGA donors

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

with respect to the New York Times, I don't think John Fetterman embarrassing himself with a prerecorded speech at an empty convention is a "boon for Mr. Trump" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My rabbit hole for the day: FanDuel just started promoting an "everywhere" app so people in states w/o sportsbooks sign up and bet via DFS + prediction markets. The "new" app launched on same day Bill Simmons got in trouble for proxy betting. So now this Ringer promo reads like a (bad) inside joke

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This photo of John Fetterman on Martha's Vineyard is going around; a source sent it my way. Seems he's there for a moderated discussion about "the future of U.S. support for Israel" (H/T to Ethan Genter, a news editor at the Vineyard Gazette, who posted about the event on X)

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I pitched around a story about Rasner's TikTok "bid," but was scooped by John Hult at South Dakota Searchlight. They published a thorough investigation, including a hilarious response from Rasner southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/06/17/m...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I see Reid Rasner ran for office again, this time for Wyoming's House seat. A fascinating character who has made some...dubious claims during his (attempted) political career. A brief thread:

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

deleted this post because ESPN, to their credit, added some info about the federal probe into Walter

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I've already seen a half-dozen headlines from reputable outlets characterizing this statement as "Mitch McConnell said..." I realize I'm being a stickler, but: There's no evidence McConnell said, wrote, or approved this statement. It should be attributed to his staff. It's an important distinction!

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Dunno what El-Sayed previously charged for speeches, but having reported on these unaffiliated celebrity booking sites, I can tell you the fees are almost always inaccurate, bio details are scraped from elsewhere, and talent/their agents don't know they're even listed. Silly barb from Stevens flack

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

a recent NYT investigation revealed that Meta, and Zuckerberg, are well-aware that their "AI optimism" spiel is incongruent -- otherwise, they wouldn't be secretly plotting with lawmakers to construct a data center in Louisiana www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“Putting power in people’s hands to pursue their own aspirations is how humanity has made the most progress,” says Mark Zuckerberg. www.hardresetmedia.com/p/mark-zucke...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

just some questions to ponder www.hardresetmedia.com/p/mark-zucke...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

another tidbit from FEC filings: the founder/president of Tulchin Research, which is one of the few pollsters of Michigan's Dem Senate race, maxed out a donation to the Haley Stevens campaign this week

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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.

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Aron D'Souza told me that he refunded the "few dozen" people who paid a fee to file an Objection, b/c journalists didn't want to participate in the arbitration process, so it was "pointless." The "few dozen" who were refunded were "some of the wealthiest people in the world," D'Souza claims.

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

D'Souza was coy about whether Peter Thiel is involved with "Primary," though his response suggests that Thiel is not. (Or at least not in the way Thiel was involved with Objection.)

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Meta also says the plaintiffs didn't offer sufficient evidence to support their claim that AI tools targeted vulnerable workers for layoffs. Interesting wording here: "The question is not whether Meta used technology in its RIF process; the question is whether Meta’s process violated the law."

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Meta further complains that if an emergency injunction is granted—meaning the workers continue to receive benefits, etc, and the case proceeds—then the workers should have to submit a security bond of "at least $10 million." Meta claims this is because some plaintiffs' RSUs will vest

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Meta worker alleges he was laid off a month after beginning his pre-approved paternity leave. Says he always received stellar performance reviews.

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

another Meta worker alleges she was part of the mass layoffs a few months after disclosing her pregnancy to Meta

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

One Meta worker, who was on approved pre-birth maternity leave, had her role eliminated on May 20. She gave birth on May 22, lawsuit says.

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

refreshing my memory: Here's "Dianne Feinstein's" statement from March '23. Took her 2 more months to return to Senate, at which point NYT reported on complications she had suffered from shingles. She spent summer needing significant help casting votes, made "statements" via her staff, died Sept '23

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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.

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🚨Tom Kean Jr has lost Darren Rovell

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This is a man who is running for president, starting now

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

also, the article quite clearly explains why it's likely the 79-year-old in question is well-connected. Acting like it could be any one of 4 million people in that age cohort is a ridiculous defense

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

seems the White House has trotted out the spokesperson who didn't directly answer straightforward questions to clean up his own mess

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

the good news is we can keep tabs on this developing news story via ESPN's most thoughtful analyst/reporter

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The short version is: it seems UChicago was given a "legacy" version of Claude Enterprise, meaning Anthropic is subsidizing the costs and metering each user's AI usage. Why would Anthropic do that? I have a theory www.hardresetmedia.com/p/decipherin...

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm seeing a lot of "he's going to leave the Democratic Party" takes, and I don't think that's true. Basically every source I've talked to doesn't think he'll leave, in large part b/c it's a pain in the ass to go independent or flip parties. Also this:

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

meanwhile, Senator Fetterman's most recent social media contribution is reposting an AI-generated image of a dog staring at a rotisserie chicken

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I fear we're going to get an entire summer of these (presumably ghostwritten) posts from Kyle Kuzma

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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

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Alex Shultz @alexshultz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Kuzma asked about his interest in "American Dynamism," Anduril, SpaceX: "There's a lot of tensions & stress going on geopolitically. I love where I'm from, I love America... if you're an investor why are you not focused on investing into 1. serious things but 2. things that have America's interest?"

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