Regulator
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Prediction: This is going to be a mess for the Trump right.

Plus: DC thinks Bezos is a bastard; Newsmax goes to war with Nexstar; and more in this week’s Regulator.


A political comms professional breaks down Trump’s meme media strategy.

A political comms professional breaks down Trump’s meme media strategy.

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

2025 was supposed to be the year Trump and the populist right humbled Big Tech. It didn’t work out like that.

It’s the one of the few things Republicans and Democrats can agree on right now.

The coordinated support of David Sacks after a New York Times report is only drawing more attention to the story.

Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?

Donald Trump’s vicious, meme-driven ethos has started seeping into the US government’s official internet presence.









As the fallout of the Chorus influencer program reveals, the Democratic establishment seems sclerotically incapable of existing in a media environment it cannot control.



We’re launching two exclusive newsletters and a partnership with Lowpass by Janko Roettgers.


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