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Tina Nguyen

@tinanguyen.bsky.social

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Senior Reporter at The Verge and author of Regulator, covering Big Tech vs Big Government. Formerly Puck/Politico/Vanity Fair. Wrote a book called THE MAGA DIARIES. Send your juiciest/most apocalyptic goss to tina@theverge.com or @tina_nguyen.19 on signal.

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Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Back to back speakers at an actual AI safety conference in DC

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

How did Dan Crenshaw, the face of the post-Trump GOP, end up known for his influencer beefs? And how much was his online drama responsible for ending his career? The answer: way more than you'd expect. My latest for @theverge.com at the gift link below. www.theverge.com/features/916...

Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw

He was supposed to be the internet savvy future of the GOP. Instead, he couldn’t log off.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 22/04/2026

Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw

Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw

He was supposed to be the internet savvy future of the GOP. Instead, he couldn’t log off.

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andrew webster @andrewrweb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

What? The Verge is evolving! www.theverge.com/bulletin/914...

The next evolution of The Verge’s homepage is here

We’re continuously improving how The Verge works for you.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🚨 VERGE HOMEPAGE REFRESH 🚨https://www.theverge.com/bulletin/914842/the-next-evolution-of-the-verges-homepage-is-here

The next evolution of The Verge’s homepage is here

We’re continuously improving how The Verge works for you.

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I have an extra little bit from my Werner Herzog interview in @tinanguyen.bsky.social’s newsletter—Herzog tells us how he feels about the Trump admin posting clips of the penguin from Encounters at the End of the World.

Trump’s posting even more AI-generated Trump-Jesus fanart

Plus: what Werner Herzog thinks of the Trump penguin meme.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 20/04/2026

Nexstar argued the merger would help it compete for ad revenue with streaming services, thereby building more robust local journalism. However, the merger’s opponents believe that this is a basic violation of antitrust laws and principles. Read more from @tinanguyen.bsky.social:

The future of local TV news has taken a Trumpian turn

The schemes and shenanigans behind the Nexstar-Tegna deal.

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much like your ghosting @mlyp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Perfect

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I have offered a bounty in the latest issue of Regulator: this Ziploc bag of spare change (no quarters) to anyone who can send me verified, authentic, non-AI generated footage of Sam Altman fighting Jeremy Harris at the VF Oscars party.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I did something pretty appropriate for Friday the 13th: www.theverge.com/policy/89631...

I went to the Pentagon to watch Pete Hegseth scold war reporters

A second row seat to the reality TV White House’s propaganda push.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

NEW w/ @haydenfield.bsky.social : Nearly 40 employees from OpenAI and Google — including Jeff Dean, Google’s chief scientist and Gemini lead — have filed an amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Employees across OpenAI and Google support Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon

Nearly 40 employees of OpenAI and Google filed an amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s Monday lawsuit.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I would like to inform the Bluesky community that Undersecretary of Defense Emil Michael is crashing out on X right now

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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

NEW: Pete Hegseth brought some VERY interesting people with him to the Pentagon's negotiations with Anthropic over their acceptable use policy: Political appointees Emil Michael, formerly of Uber, and Steve Feinberg, the private equity billionaire founder of Cerberus Capital Management.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 25/02/2026

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire

Meet the Pentagon’s AI bro squad

A former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire are working with Pete Hegseth to make Anthropic cave on its ethics policies.

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Jeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 25/02/2026

Oh my god I didn’t even realize Emil fucking Michael is the CTO of the Defense Department until @tinanguyen.bsky.social pointed it out

In a post-meeting readout, Axios reported that Hegseth brought several other senior Defense officials to the meeting in an attempt to show that the Pentagon was taking the dispute "seriously." But in a post-DOGE Trump administration run by broligarchs, it's always worthwhile to check the attendees' bios. Some of them were normal senior officials who'd spent their careers in government and military work, but the others have somewhat unusual backgrounds:

• Pentagon CTO Emil Michael, who we reported has been spearheading negotiations with Anthropic. Michael may be familiar to longtime Verge readers and followers of Silicon Valley corporate drama as the former second-in-command at Uber when Travis Kalanick was CEO. Michael was pushed out in 2017 after an investigation found that he, and several other top executives that called themselves the "A-Team," perpetuated a culture of sexual harassment at the
company.

• For anyone curious about his history on surveillance: During a 2014 dinner with several journalists, Michael suggested that Uber hire opposition researchers to gather personal "dirt" on reporters publishing unfavorable news, suggesting that he'd wanted to target one female reporter who had recently criticized the company for its culture of misogyny. This was also around the time that Uber drew controversy for an internal tool known as "God Mode." which employees used to track the movements of its users, including one BuzzFeed journalist who was writing about an Uber executive.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

(Media) SCOOP: Weeks ago, the owner of the Washington City Paper had offered to purchase The Washington Post's sports and local sections, keeping their desks alive. The Post reporters were laid off and the desks were shut down instead. www.theverge.com/policy/87683...

Bezos could have saved WaPo’s sports and local journalists. He laid them off instead.

“The equation isn’t adding up.”

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 27/01/2026

If you're going to read anything today, go read this

I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by federal agents was my childhood best friend.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Regulator is opening 2026 with an interview with someone who'd know a thing or two about the Trump-Nvidia chip deal: Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser under President Joe Biden, who had implemented the restrictions on selling high-end chips to China. www.theverge.com/policy/85681...

Did America just lose the AI race to China?

Biden’s national security adviser tells The Verge why the Trump-Nvidia chip deal could be catastrophic.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I went to the opening for PubKey, a Bitcoin bar originally from NY with a new location in downtown DC. It was wacky and wild and had several Santas, Chinese lion dancers, a mariachi band, and more. But the weirdest thing of all were the federal employees in suits. www.theverge.com/policy/84913...

Bitcoin does cultural diplomacy in a dive bar

Pubkey wants to “soften” Bitcoin’s rough public image in DC.

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Today: - @elizabethkim.bsky.social on Mamdani's transition; - @elienyc.bsky.social on SCOTUS and executive power, - @tinanguyen.bsky.social on Trump & AI regulation; - @theatlantic.com's Valerie Trapp on self-checkout culture at the grocery story Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Big @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop - the Trump MAGA / tech coalition continues to fracture as the hard right pushes back against David Sacks and his attempt to preempt state AI laws. Caught in the middle: Vance. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

The far right is mobilizing against Trump AI czar David Sacks

A controversial executive order dictating America’s AI policy has MAGA scrambling against the White House and its Special Advisor on AI and Crypto.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

We had to ensure several times that Nilay did, indeed, want this to be the official headline of this story

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

In Regulator's latest issue, I speak to Charlie Bullock at the Institute for Law & AI about the draft executive order that would have punished states for writing and enforcing their own AI laws, and its "chilling effect on state legislation." www.theverge.com/column/82993...

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I did a deep dive into the White House's draft executive order that would have counteracted states' abilities to write and enforce their own AI laws. Boy, does it give David Sacks a lot of influence over setting federal AI regulatory policy! www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face

A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Seeking to kneecap states and hand even more power over to his big tech cronies, the ever power thirsty and David Sacks gets ratioed. For now at least — this group is like mold and always returns www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face

A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Great moments in Verge background policy here btw - @tinanguyen.bsky.social nailed this one

Asked for comment, the White House press office email run by Karoline Leavitt refused to comment on the record, instead only insistently asking us to name our sources.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

the verge's reviews program has always been the heart of the site and one reason we jealously protect it and refuse to do brand deals is so we can just say the products are bad www.theverge.com/report/82215...

This viral AI pen didn’t help me cheat

Don’t fall for the YouTube videos of ‘AI smart pens’ helping students cheat on paper tests. We tried one and it sucks.
by
Elissa Welle

Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I obtained a draft of the WH's executive order that would ban state AI laws via at least FOUR agencies www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws

Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

"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...

‘New media’ is just right-wing media

Podcasts, but not those podcasts.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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...

Trump rolled YouTube into paying $22 million for his ballroom

“This is a political payoff, pure and simple.”

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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 02/10/2025

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_...

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/10/2025

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!

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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."

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21/09/2025

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.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 20/09/2025

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:

Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine

The White House’s personal censor.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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."

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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/...

Jimmy Kimmel Live pulled ‘indefinitely’ for joke about Charlie Kirk’s killer after FCC threat

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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...

Meta created its own super PAC to politically kneecap its AI rivals

Mark Zuckerberg, via Meta, can now essentially spend unlimited money in California elections.

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joemag @joemag.games · 12/09/2025

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

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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...

Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme

The suspected shooter left a hodgepodge of extremely online taunts.

Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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...

MAGA populists call for holy war against Big Tech

Butlerian jihad from an unlikely quarter.