Gary Rivlin
@grivlin.bsky.social
AI VALLEY and the race to cash in on AI. To buy: https://bit.ly/3OOPZEB. Ex-NYTimes, ex-Wired, ex-alt weekly editor. 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Panama Papers
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New Column: We're going to be hearing--and learning--a lot more about this fellow in the coming weeks and months. Who is Jay Clayton, and will he do Trump's and Bondi's bidding? Read on. newrepublic.com/article/2032... via @newrepublic.com
Get to Know the Name Jay Clayton—Our Fate May
Depend on His Honesty
There seems a chance that Trump’s self-appointed Epstein investigator may actually be on the level—but the orders he’s been asked to carry out will be anything but.
newrepublic.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New Column: We're going to be hearing--and learning--a lot more about this fellow in the coming weeks and months. Who is Jay Clayton, and will he do Trump's and Bondi's bidding? Read on. newrepublic.com/article/2032... via @newrepublic.com
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The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.
But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.
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This really just makes my blood boil.
‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This really just makes my blood boil.
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The cowardice of the elites is a defining feature of America in 2025
Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The cowardice of the elites is a defining feature of America in 2025
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Reign of Terror
Everything you love or hate about Donald Trump’s America, you cherish or intensely loathe about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.
Read about Miller’s eight months of remaking the nation and world: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Everything you love or hate about Donald Trump’s America, you cherish or intensely loathe about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.
Read about Miller’s eight months of remaking the nation and world: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Inside Stephen Miller’s Reign of Terror
Everything you love or hate about Donald Trump’s America, you cherish or intensely loathe about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.
Read about Miller’s eight months of remaking the nation and world: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Everything you love or hate about Donald Trump’s America, you cherish or intensely loathe about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.
Read about Miller’s eight months of remaking the nation and world: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
spot on analysis of Silicon Valley by Nick Clegg. Though it's his self-pity line that most resonates and helps explain the Valley's sprint to the right: "If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
“They claim to read the same books” is such a multilayered burn, I LOVE it
August 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
spot on analysis of Silicon Valley by Nick Clegg. Though it's his self-pity line that most resonates and helps explain the Valley's sprint to the right: "If you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
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Google in 2015: Our goal is to power 100% of our operations with clean energy
Google's President in 2025: I agree that Silicon Valley has been overtaken by a 'climate extremist agenda' and that powering data centers with coal plants is a "fantastic" idea
Google's President in 2025: I agree that Silicon Valley has been overtaken by a 'climate extremist agenda' and that powering data centers with coal plants is a "fantastic" idea
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Google in 2015: Our goal is to power 100% of our operations with clean energy
Google's President in 2025: I agree that Silicon Valley has been overtaken by a 'climate extremist agenda' and that powering data centers with coal plants is a "fantastic" idea
Google's President in 2025: I agree that Silicon Valley has been overtaken by a 'climate extremist agenda' and that powering data centers with coal plants is a "fantastic" idea
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How it started… how it’s ending…
August 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How it started… how it’s ending…
MSNBC → MS NOW. Carrying forward the proud legacy of HBO/Max rebranding brilliance.
As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the "NBC" from its name: Later this year, it will become MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Here's my full story: www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/m...
August 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
MSNBC → MS NOW. Carrying forward the proud legacy of HBO/Max rebranding brilliance.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Md: “What Donald Trump is doing is, in some ways, a dress rehearsal for going after others around the country. And I think we need to stop this."
my latest is on the president’s abuse of emergency powers and his psychological and practical interest in crisis government. gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
Opinion | Why Trump Always Wants a Crisis
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Md: “What Donald Trump is doing is, in some ways, a dress rehearsal for going after others around the country. And I think we need to stop this."
nothing can be non-partisan, everything is politicized
Who needs to cook the books when you can disappear them?
monthly jobs reports were nice when we had them
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
nothing can be non-partisan, everything is politicized
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Of all of Trump's treachery, surrendering the future of renewable electricity to China while exploding the demand for nonsense AI slop and crypto crap may be the worst.
It will be the hardest to reverse, most expensive & the most excruciating for our kids' kids.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
It will be the hardest to reverse, most expensive & the most excruciating for our kids' kids.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
August 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Of all of Trump's treachery, surrendering the future of renewable electricity to China while exploding the demand for nonsense AI slop and crypto crap may be the worst.
It will be the hardest to reverse, most expensive & the most excruciating for our kids' kids.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
It will be the hardest to reverse, most expensive & the most excruciating for our kids' kids.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
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It’s a hopeful sign that the finger-in-the-wind New York Democrats are sounding more like Pritzker every day.
Hochul: "This is what I call a legal insurrection ... they know they're going to lose next year. That's the only reason they're engaged in this. It also might be a nice distraction from people asking -- all of the sudden this happens when? When they refuse to release the Epstein files."
August 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It’s a hopeful sign that the finger-in-the-wind New York Democrats are sounding more like Pritzker every day.
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Not snow nor rain nor gloom of AI hype: I used to edit him, now he delivers mail and mini-book reviews. Love how he sums up what I was aiming for: not hype, not alarm, but a clear-eyed account of how AI became the Next Big Thing. I was hoping for an A- but I'll take the B+
89. I mainly wanted to read this because I used to work with Gary and enjoy his writing. And it is what it says on the tin. Neither boosterish nor cautionary, it’s less about the ethics of AI than an account of how it became the Next Big Thing through following the players involved. #booksky
July 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Not snow nor rain nor gloom of AI hype: I used to edit him, now he delivers mail and mini-book reviews. Love how he sums up what I was aiming for: not hype, not alarm, but a clear-eyed account of how AI became the Next Big Thing. I was hoping for an A- but I'll take the B+
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89. I mainly wanted to read this because I used to work with Gary and enjoy his writing. And it is what it says on the tin. Neither boosterish nor cautionary, it’s less about the ethics of AI than an account of how it became the Next Big Thing through following the players involved. #booksky
July 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
89. I mainly wanted to read this because I used to work with Gary and enjoy his writing. And it is what it says on the tin. Neither boosterish nor cautionary, it’s less about the ethics of AI than an account of how it became the Next Big Thing through following the players involved. #booksky
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Grok seems chastened, but I assume it will be back to being incredibly offensive before we know it.
July 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Grok seems chastened, but I assume it will be back to being incredibly offensive before we know it.
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'“If you’re asking me how it got in there, no, I don’t know,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said ...
“I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added.
Both GOP senators serve on the Senate Finance Committee, which crafted the tax provisions of the bill.'
“I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added.
Both GOP senators serve on the Senate Finance Committee, which crafted the tax provisions of the bill.'
How the sausage is made in Washington: In the dark and behind closed doors.
GOP Senators Had No Idea They Voted For Controversial Gambling Tax
How the sausage is made in Washington: In the dark and behind closed doors.
www.huffpost.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'“If you’re asking me how it got in there, no, I don’t know,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said ...
“I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added.
Both GOP senators serve on the Senate Finance Committee, which crafted the tax provisions of the bill.'
“I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added.
Both GOP senators serve on the Senate Finance Committee, which crafted the tax provisions of the bill.'
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wild to think we're only just beginning to enter the "find out" phase of "what happens when you introduce almost unheard-of levels of chaos into the economy in the form of tariffs + defunding the federal government & universities + rounding up and/or terrorizing millions of workers"
July 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
wild to think we're only just beginning to enter the "find out" phase of "what happens when you introduce almost unheard-of levels of chaos into the economy in the form of tariffs + defunding the federal government & universities + rounding up and/or terrorizing millions of workers"
“Could AI destroy us?” the NY Post asks in this article quoting me several times. My fear? Not the end of humanity but the people calling the shots. As I’m quoted saying, “I don’t trust Big Tech—but Big Tech controls AI. And that should scare the hell out of us.” bit.ly/4kmjsTN
The $320B AI revolution lets you create ultra-realistic videos and chat with dead celebs — but could it also destroy us?
“I don’t trust big tech and AI is in the hands of big tech,” one expert ominously told The Post.
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Could AI destroy us?” the NY Post asks in this article quoting me several times. My fear? Not the end of humanity but the people calling the shots. As I’m quoted saying, “I don’t trust Big Tech—but Big Tech controls AI. And that should scare the hell out of us.” bit.ly/4kmjsTN
"100% this. But I've also been thinking about how fast the establishment—editorial boards, the political center, business leaders—unites to demonize him. The establishment panic machine. The money will be just one piece of the onslaught
If Mamdani *were* to pull this out, what’s the over-under line for how much outside SuperPac money comes in to the general to try to stop him? $100 mil? $200?
June 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"100% this. But I've also been thinking about how fast the establishment—editorial boards, the political center, business leaders—unites to demonize him. The establishment panic machine. The money will be just one piece of the onslaught
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They told me if I voted for Kamala we'd have Middle East war, inflation, an economic slump, weaponization of DOJ, no peace in Gaza or Ukraine and incompetents all over govt. Well, sure looks that way now.
June 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
They told me if I voted for Kamala we'd have Middle East war, inflation, an economic slump, weaponization of DOJ, no peace in Gaza or Ukraine and incompetents all over govt. Well, sure looks that way now.
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I like this Gavin more than podcast Gavin.
June 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I like this Gavin more than podcast Gavin.