Alex Shultz

New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is now an unpaid adviser named David Safier, who's jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday nymag.com/intelligencer/…

amazing piece from @AlexShultz. these two anecdotes in particular are completely insane

Gasped and shook my head as I read this, truly

Wild story: John Fetterman’s most influential adviser is a little-known writer who once lived on an illegal settlement in East Jerusalem nymag.com/intelligencer/…

A big story from @AlexShultz: “John will go where he wants, when he wants.”

New filing: Days before Musk v. Altman trial, Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about a settlement. Brockman suggested both sides drop their claims. Musk allegedly responded: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be”

I am happy for Joel Embiid

Elon Musk now quibbling with how OpenAI's attorney is asking yes or no questions. He invokes the "have you stopped beating your wife" fallacy, to which Judge Gonzalez Rogers responds, “No, we aren’t going to go there.”

Elon Musk, to OpenAI's attorney: "Your questions are not simple. They’re designed to trick me, essentially.”

Back in courtroom for Musk v. Altman Elon Musk's attorney: Did you ever call an OpenAI employee a jackass? Elon: “It’s possible I may have done that on one occasion, but it would not have been in anger.” Later, Elon: “I don’t lose my temper. I don’t yell at people, basically.”

Here’s my story from yesterday about opening statements + the start of Musk’s testimony hardresetmedia.com/p/musk-v-altma…

(I am generally averse to including "ums" and "uhs" when quoting people but this was actually awkward enough to warrant the inclusion of the verbal tics)

Musk's attorney asks him who Shivon Zilis is. Musk's response: “Shivon was uh…my chief of staff. And uh, yeah. Uh, yeah.”

Elon Musk says he doesn't own any yachts or vacation homes. A man of the people

Hello, I am mercifully fourth in line to get into the courtroom today for opening arguments of Musk v Altman. Will be writing about whatever unfolds for Hard Reset Media (and maybe turning this into a thread)