Tina Nguyen is a Senior Reporter for The Verge, covering the second Trump administration, political influencers, tech lobbying and Big Tech vs. Big Government. Before joining The Verge, Nguyen was a founding partner at Puck, where she covered the evolution of the MAGA political ecosystem; a White House reporter for Politico covering the first Trump administration; and a staff writer at Vanity Fair covering politics and media. She is the author of The MAGA Diaries: Life Among the Fanatics, Extremists and True Believers that Created the Modern Right, published by One Signal/Atria/Simon and Shuster in January 2024. Nguyen is based in Washington, D.C.
Right-wing influencers now have to choose between authenticity to their brand, and their loyalty to Trump.
“We really saw who are the bitches of Big Tech,” said Steve Bannon.
Trump Media Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, announced Monday that it was rolling out its streaming service Truth+ worldwide, allowing international viewers who have really, really craved more right-wing news to finally watch Newsmax.
Actually, please don’t. The venture capital fund’s X account seems to have been hacked. (Update: Andreesen Horowitz later confirmed that their account had been compromised.)
