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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge 1 place · 01/20/2026 22:33 EDT

One year in, Big Tech has out-maneuvered MAGA populists

Welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the technology and the tech bros upending American politics and the Trump administration. If you're not a subscriber yet, and you're interested in Silicon Valley's adventures in sausage-making, you should do so here! It's Q1! Surely the corporate budget will allow for it. Precisely one year […]

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