Small life update: After 3 years, I’ve decided to take a buyout from
@thedailybeast
. I’ve learned a ton here and am immensely grateful I got to work with so many incredible writers and editors. Here are a few of my favorite stories:
Just spoke to
@lopezlinette
, the Insider columnist who has aggressively reported on Musk for years, including on alleged safety lapses at Tesla. Her account was suspended today without explanation, she said.
“I was just trying to highlight the fact that he talks about bullying and doxxing…and he’s a pro at it,” she said. “He harassed me back in 2018, he talked shit about me in the court of law, he sued my source. Like, I've been through the ringer with this guy.”
Lopez said she hadn't tweeted details about Musk's jet. Instead, she had been cataloging what she considered his hypocrisy over doxxing and targeting private citizens.
With income inequality and tax reform hot topics, here's a striking piece of data:
The 5 billionaires who added the most to their net worths in 2017 are up a combined $130.2 billion. On average, each is up $26 billion. In a year.
Our deep dive today on Eliza Bleu, one of Musk's most visible champions, who has repeatedly praised him for supposedly ridding Twitter of child sexual abuse material
Musk sold $4 billion worth of Tesla stock on Tuesday at an average price of $903.58 per share. A day earlier, Tesla was trading 10% higher, so he lost out on more than $400 million in upside
One of the craziest stories I’ve ever worked on: Sex, scandal, covert missions, a billionaire, a fake spy, and the CIA. I hope you’ll take the time to read it.
Melinda French Gates acknowledged that Bill's ties to Jeffrey Epstein played a role in her divorce, as
@LachCartwright
and
@kbriquelet
reported last spring:
The NY Times tax story calls Trump's 2013 Miss Universe partnership in Russia "one of most lucrative deals" he made. Here's our story on that partner, from 2017
With
@ZTPetrizzo
, a follow-up to the 'Let's Go Brandon' crypto debacle, including a claim that the token's website was hacked to simply read "penis."
Journalism!
New: Stephen Ross says the Vessel may close for good following another tragic suicide. "We thought we had covered everything," he told The Daily Beast.
w/
@CheyenneUbiera
@MikeIsaac
This prompted me to look myself up, but the missing funds were for another Noah Kirsch. I reached out to him and now have a new friend with the same name lol
We worked really hard on this comprehensive profile of RFK Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, and unearthed a lot of new information. Some highlights below:
Musk’s first tweet since a Twitter poll called for his resignation, in response to a tweet baselessly claiming that “deep state” bots rigged the results:
According to Sam Nunberg, Trump's bodyguard said that Emin Agalarov offered to send women to Trump's hotel room in Moscow.
Agalarov retained access to the Trumps. Our story from last year:
We, the journalists, reporters, editors, designers, videographers and social media editors at Forbes, have formed a union with the NewsGuild of New York and are asking
@Forbes
to voluntarily recognize the
#ForbesUnion
.
Read our full mission here:
I’m seeing lots of criticism about reporters covering the protest and counter-protest. I get it. But we thought it was important to be near the courthouse considering the historical significance of today, and b/c of some of the calls for violence
It's so annoying when you want to praise someone who hates receiving compliments. But what a joy getting to work for a person you couldn't possibly respect more. Funny, smart, kind, and terrible at training her dog to pee outside. What a run.
Being the editor in chief of The Daily Beast was the honor of a lifetime—and more fun than anyone has a right to expect at work. I’m so proud of what this mega-talented team has accomplished and I am excited for the next chapter, for myself and for the Beast.