Mike Nizza

there's a truly bonkers hot mic moment at the end of this that may change the way you think about anthropic you're gonna want to read all the way through this one vanityfair.com/news/story/dar…

How February 19 started/ how it's going

Could Trump believe that Obama saying aliens are "not being kept at Area 51" is classified?

Surprise: I'm in the Epstein files. Even more stunned to learn Kathy Ruemmler was seeking Jeffrey Epstein's advice on how to spin me and shut down my story about her role in denying WH link to @SecretService prostitution scandal archive.is/Bz1hF

An intriguing SCOOP indeed: @OpenAI has just poached @CharlesPorch from @Meta to be its first-ever VP of global creative partnerships. At Instagram, he was known for bringing big-name celebs onto the platform. Let the AI battle for Hollywood begin. vanityfair.com/news/story/ope…

I could not be more excited about joining MS NOW. Huge opportunity at a pivotal time for journalism deadline.com/2026/01/mike-n…

Could Trump’s tariffs raise $700 billion a year? We did the math 🧵

This was all from an amazing deep dive by @MaryEllenKlas and Carolyn Silverman. You can read the whole thing for free here: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

One bright spot is that voters do love a ballot initiative, which are now at unprecedented levels. Even red states support Liberal-leaning measures:

Do you feel like a lot has changed in American politics since the year 2000? This chart tells a HUGE part of the story. States controlled by Democrats -- California, NJ, Maryland -- have moved with increasingly progressive voters by passing popular laws. But...

"The most underappreciated story this election year is happening everywhere and yet is completely overshadowed by the race for the White House." -- @MaryEllenKlas & Carolyn Silverman bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

“The fall of America as a solar superpower is a tragedy of errors where myopic corporate leadership, timid financing, oligopolistic complacency and policy chaos allowed the US and Europe to neglect their own clean-tech industries.” - ⁦@davidfickling⁩ bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

The business model of social media is to keep you scrolling. The way to keep you scrolling is to 1) Make you mad 2) Make you scared We all know this. But this is a big problem - the platforms are creating polarization and division in a way that might be irreparable

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@jyarow youtu.be/45YGahDV50w?si…

I can’t really grow facial hair, so I tried to shave myself a mustache over the weekend. Thought people would make fun of me. Instead nobody said a word. Do they not see it? Are they just quietly embarrassed for me? Does it secretly look great?