#political-media

#political-media

Tan, the CEO of the vaunted startup incubator Y Combinator, announced Wednesday he had spun up a dark-money group called "Garry's List" that he described as a "voter education group" that is "dedicated to civic engagement, voter education and support for common-sense policies and candidates" in a press release. Such groups give donors a way to anonymously support causes without giving directly to a candidate or a measure.

It's not because "Melania" is an exquisitely made, informative documentary. It's not even a documentary. Instead, it falls in the category of glossy advertisement or unconvincing propaganda film with a multimillion-dollar music licensing budget. Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for the rights to film. That offer came with a jaw-dropping $35 million marketing budget, which Amazon spent while also cutting 16,000 corporate jobs.

We had gone through the pandemic and had nice, steady growth. We would do our podcasts in our pajamas, drinking coffee. And we were like, "Oh, if we turn the cameras on, I'm gonna have to put on makeup, I'm gonna have to blow dry my hair. This is a nightmare." So we were all a little resistant to it. But Barry, one of our producers, was like, "You guys gotta do YouTube. Gotta turn it on."

Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most. Yet she oozes with contempt. My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much happier person if you showed a little gratitude In a Substack interview Thursday, Reid who left the X/Twitter platform years ago revealed that even after a full day had passed, she still hadn't heard about the message from the vice president.

First of all, I do not think I want to discuss anything with Tucker Carlson, Buttigieg quipped to applause, before the punch: But also, but I cannot think of a topic I would like to discuss less with Tucker Carlson than that even though I will admit some level of morbid curiosity on what in the hell he thinks actually no.

In mid-February, on the day that the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Del Bigtree, an anti-vaccine activist who had served as the communications director of Kennedy's Presidential campaign, hosted an event at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. Bigtree was now the C.E.O. of the advocacy group MAHA Action, and the National Press Club event, where members of the media gathered in a modest room with a small stage, was a celebration of sorts.