Alex Shultz

Journalist, Hard Reset co-author, pickup basketball enthusiast

Formerly: SFGATE, GQ.

Email: [email protected]. Signal: ajshultz.13

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

Bobby Maggio, who’s worked for Fetterman for many years, is interim chief I��m told. He and David Safier—who staffers joked about being “chief”—are Fetterman’s remaining confidants

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

New: John Fetterman’s Senior Advisor, Cole Brown, is leaving the senator’s office. Two weeks ago, Chief of Staff Cabelle St. John also resigned.

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

Bobby Maggio, who’s worked for Fetterman for many years, is interim chief I’m told. He and David Safier—who staffers joked about being “chief”—are Fetterman’s remaining confidants

[Jacob Rosenberg @jrrosenb]

A big story from @AlexShultz:

“John will go where he wants, when he wants.”

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

New: John Fetterman’s Senior Advisor, Cole Brown, is leaving the senator’s office. Two weeks ago, Chief of Staff Cabelle St. John also resigned.

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

I do not live in California anymore, but dear god do I still share Californians' frustration with how many Politics Knowers have amnesia every time they try to interpret the state's election results. Jungle primary! Votes tallied slowly!

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

In my experience, a lot of elected officials who get the case for YIMBYism theoretically still worry that it’s bad politics.

I hope everyone takes note that @Scott_Wiener, probably the single best-known YIMBY champion around, just won his race handily.

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

Still lots of votes to be counted in the California governor's race, but Silicon Valley darling Matt Mahan is currently a distant fourth place in Santa Clara County; Mahan is the mayor of San Jose, which makes up roughly half of the total population of Santa Clara County

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from my recent report for New York mag:

https://t.co/7mMWAoTcCL

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New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is now an unpaid adviser named David Safier, who's jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

https://t.co/IyWSpkU4l5

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Here's how the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, speaks about Chuck Schumer's support for Israel, according to a senior staffer who attended a meeting between Leiter and John Fetterman last year

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:

I believe in the state of Israel. I support the state of Israel.

If there had been a state of Israel in 1941, dozens of my ancestors would have been able to flee Nazi persecution.

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

Here's how the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, speaks about Chuck Schumer's support for Israel, according to a senior staffer who attended a meeting between Leiter and John Fetterman last year

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

Senator John Fetterman is back to meme-posting about Israel. As I reported last week, Fetterman has almost no one left in his inner circle. His (unofficial, unpaid) top political adviser, David Safier, has glowingly referred to the senator as the "Secretary of Trolling."

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

my understanding, by the way, is that this report has been well-circulated on Capitol Hill, but most Dem Senator's offices don't want to touch anything Fetterman-related

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

Senator John Fetterman is back to meme-posting about Israel. As I reported last week, Fetterman has almost no one left in his inner circle. His (unofficial, unpaid) top political adviser, David Safier, has glowingly referred to the senator as the "Secretary of Trolling."

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

My story for NY Mag, which includes reporting about:

—Safier, jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers
—Fetterman meetings w/Bibi, Leiter, Miriam Adelson
—Texts Fetterman sent about ICE, Epstein Files, healthcare
—Fetterman's political aspirations

https://t.co/IyWSpkU4l5

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is now an unpaid adviser named David Safier, who's jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

https://t.co/IyWSpkU4l5

[DEI speedwagon (all eyes on Cuba) 🌹🇵🇸 〽️ @uhshanti]

amazing piece from @AlexShultz. these two anecdotes in particular are completely insane

[n-tab.bsky.social @_ntab]

Gasped and shook my head as I read this, truly

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

New: I spoke to a dozen sources about John Fetterman's dwindling inner circle; his closest confidant is now an unpaid adviser named David Safier, who's jokingly referred to as "chief" by staffers. Fetterman's actual chief of staff quit yesterday

https://t.co/IyWSpkU4l5

[Aidan McLaughlin @aidnmclaughlin]

Wild story: John Fetterman’s most influential adviser is a little-known writer who once lived on an illegal settlement in East Jerusalem https://t.co/qymLJdCIKo

[Jacob Rosenberg @jrrosenb]

A big story from @AlexShultz:

“John will go where he wants, when he wants.”

[Alex Shultz @AlexShultz]

New filing: Days before Musk v. Altman trial, Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about a settlement. Brockman suggested both sides drop their claims.

Musk allegedly responded: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be”