Intelligence, in every sense of the word. An @NYMag.com site. Subscribe here: http://nymag.com/subscribe Get our daily newsletter: https://nym.ag/3kia7R2https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml7nase5fv2zThe FBI is reportedly probing an Atlantic journalist who published a Kash Patel expose, marking an alarming ‘new frontier’ for the agency. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kash-patel-the-atlantic-fbi-investigation.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky06 May 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7nase5fv2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml7bjli3dx25The succeessful purge of Indiana state legislators who defied Trump’s gerrymandering demands will have an effect on southern Republicans mulling the redistrictings green-lit by the Supreme Court. Trump means business about rigging the midterm map. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-exquisite-timing-of-trumps-indiana-revenge-campaign.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky06 May 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7bjli3dx25https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml6wlhnbtq25With the gerrymandering wars in full swing, Democrats and Republicans will be fighting harder than ever for total control of state governments, Ed Kilgore writes. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/to-control-the-u-s-house-control-state-governments-first.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky06 May 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6wlhnbtq25https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml6hjxurxj2tThe Supreme Court’s terrible voting-rights decision is already reverberating in the South. But it will be felt in New York City as well, Errol Louis writes. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-nyc.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky06 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6hjxurxj2thttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml6e572htv2sNBA player Jontay Porter and poker dealer Tim McCormack were both gambling addicts with massive debts to pay. They figured out a way to use one another. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/nba-betting-jontay-porter-tim-mccormack.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky06 May 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6e572htv2shttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml5je7cmoj25President Trump has already paused Project Freedom, his latest attempt to end and/or rebrand the war with Iran. Here are some answers about his latest backdown and the ongoing confusion. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-project-freedom-has-become-project-confusion.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky06 May 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5je7cmoj25https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml5axcxf7f25The decabillionaire said the mayor’s “creepy and weird” video about him has led to adverse consequences for NYC. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ken-griffin-takes-a-bit-of-revenge-on-zohran-mamdani.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5axcxf7f25https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml55llx5u525The new GOP bill is full of MAGA treats, but it’s toxic for the midterms, writes New York’s Ed Kilgore. While the new reconciliation bill has money for ICE and Trump’s ballroom, there’s nothing to win over swing voters. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/new-gop-bill-is-full-of-maga-treats-but-toxic-for-midterms.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml55llx5u525https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml4xpqxey22mA white male New York Times employee filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the paper discriminated against him by not giving him a promotion because he is a white male. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-white-man-suing-the-new-york-times-for-discrimination.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4xpqxey22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml4wuu6ffs2xTrump’s polling is getting into George W. Bush territory, Ed Kilgore writes. Disapproval of his performance as president is now pervasive across nearly every issue, and he’s particularly unpopular with independents. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-polling-iran-economy-immigration.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4wuu6ffs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml4sopn7x225The White House has always insisted the project wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime. But the new GOP reconciliation bill includes $1 billion in public funding for ballroom “upgrades.” https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/surprise-youre-paying-usd1-billion-for-trumps-ballroom.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4sopn7x225https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml4ji2ecva25The Knicks have put it all together at just the right time, and have gotten lucky to boot. If they don’t make the NBA Finals this year, Will Leitch writes, they never will. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/if-the-knicks-dont-make-the-nba-finals-theyre-hopeless.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ji2ecva25https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml3x2s2cf22tAfter a raucous anti-ICE protest, Zohran Mamdani deferred — again — to Jessica Tisch. Ross Barkan writes that the mayor is treading a little too cautiously with the NYPD, which he had big plans to change. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/mamdani-is-treading-a-little-too-cautiously-with-the-nypd.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3x2s2cf22thttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml3to7bom42sCOVID wrecked high school. AI is coming for their first jobs. Good luck to the millions of newly minted college graduates entering the labor market. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/new-college-graduates-entering-labor-market.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky05 May 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3to7bom42shttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml2gh2ouar2vThe GOP is racing to eradicate majority-Black districts in the South. The Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act has already reinvigorated Trump’s push to tilt the midterm landscape. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/gop-racing-to-eradicate-majority-black-districts-in-south.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky04 May 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2gh2ouar2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3ml2576yaj32tThe U.S. is moving to aid ships with passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but President Trump’s actions could further inflame tensions in the region. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-wants-action-may-restart-iran-war.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky04 May 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2576yaj32thttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkzut7juu62sTrump posts heartfelt Truth Social tirade for hospitalized friend Rudy Giuliani. Rather than prayers or well-wishes, Trump expressed support for his friend by posting an unhinged tirade about the ‘Radical Left Lunatics.’ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-heartfelt-truth-tirade-for-hospitalized-giuliani.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky04 May 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzut7juu62shttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkzgmf2vmm2zThe UAE’s shock decision to leave OPEC is about a lot more than the price of a barrel of oil, explains energy trader Joe DeLaura. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-big-opec-shakeup-is-about-a-lot-more-than-oil.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky04 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzgmf2vmm2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkzd7raapd2cOne tiny congressional district is stuffed with billionaire bankers, media moguls, West Side lefties, and East Side elites. What egomaniac wouldn’t want to represent NY-12? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/new-york-congressional-race-nadler-schlossberg-conway-bores-lasher.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky04 May 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzd7raapd2chttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkww4elsp62tMAHA’s current plan for making the country healthy again involves an AI revolution. But as Alexandra Sifferlin writes in her new book, ‘The Elusive Body,’ that may not solve Americans’ biggest problem: getting diagnosed. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-maha-america-diagnosis-crisis.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky03 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkww4elsp62thttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkwsrc4gu52xAs Harvey Weinstein’s criminal cases have made their way through the system, much of the world has subtly shifted back in his favor. Now, a third Weinstein trial is happening, but few are watching. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/harvey-weinstein-new-york-trial-jessica-mann.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky03 May 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwsrc4gu52xhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkuizfcdos2kAt a quiet conference at Yale, Palantir and its allies sketched a vision for AI, state power, and how to mix the two. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/palantir-yale-conference-ai.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky02 May 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuizfcdos2khttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkuize5jlc2sWhat can Democrats do to restore voting rights after the Supreme Court’s ‘Callais’ decision? If they manage to regain control of Congress, Democrats will have some options beyond retaliatory gerrymandering in blue states. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-democrats-can-restore-voting-rights-post-callais.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky02 May 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuize5jlc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkufwrvzqy2xWhat is the story behind this strange and unsettling ad for ‘human meat’ at the ‘shop like a billionaire’ retailer Temu? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-mystery-of-human-meat-for-sale-on-temu.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky02 May 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkufwrvzqy2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkufmwjmxg25What is the story behind this strange and unsettling ad for ‘human meat’ at the ‘shop like a billionaire’ retailer Temu? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-mystery-of-human-meat-for-sale-on-temu.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky02 May 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkufmwjmxg25https://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkt2vty24a2zThe GOP may try to blow up Obamacare again this year. The third reconciliation bill might address the health care cost crisis with policies that will make it even worse. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/gop-may-try-to-blow-up-obamacare-again-this-year.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky01 May 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt2vty24a2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkswqokt2y2kTrump told reporters that he had no plans nor need to seek congressional authorization for the Iran war, which he said was ‘unconstitutional.’ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-suggests-war-powers-resolution-is-unconstitutional.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky01 May 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkswqokt2y2khttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mkstewbgdg2kDon Jr. has an incredible excuse for putting his wedding on hold. While Bettina Anderson just had her bridal shower, the latests rumor is that the couple won’t wed until the Iran war is over. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/don-jr-wedding-on-hold-iran-war.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky01 May 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkstewbgdg2khttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mksnicn7k62cThe New York ‘Times’ has petitioned a federal judge to unseal a note found by Epstein’s cellmate that said it was “time to say goodbye.” https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jeffrey-epstein-alleged-suicide-note.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky01 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksnicn7k62chttps://bsky.app/profile/intelligencer.com/post/3mksmoae2pi2xPresident Trump’s Iran War is now officially illegal as he blows past the 60-day deadline for ending the conflict unless Congress authorizes it. His administration claims the war is already over and the law doesn’t apply. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-iran-war-now-officially-illegal-war-powers-law-60-day-deadline.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=intel&utm_source=bluesky01 May 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:ely5enkasxbpib2iccxlskgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksmoae2pi2x