Alex Shultz
@alexshultz.bsky.social
Journalist, Hard Reset co-author, pickup basketball enthusiast
Email: [email protected]
Signal: ajshultz.13
Website: alex-shultz.com
Email: [email protected]
Signal: ajshultz.13
Website: alex-shultz.com
Update: “Unfettered” sold ~2,600 copies during its first week, according to data I obtained from a source who requested anonymity. That ranks No. 19 in the adult biographies/autobiographies category, two spots behind Chris Matthews’ RFK hagiography. Not what you want, numbers-wise
I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Update: “Unfettered” sold ~2,600 copies during its first week, according to data I obtained from a source who requested anonymity. That ranks No. 19 in the adult biographies/autobiographies category, two spots behind Chris Matthews’ RFK hagiography. Not what you want, numbers-wise
Reposted by Alex Shultz
“It’s frankly embarrassing that executives would make baseless claims about a fact-checker.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Famous writers at New Yorker are up in arms after fact-checker’s firing
The media company dismissed four employees, including a fact-checker at the 100-year-old magazine, for “extreme misconduct.” Many of its famous writers are outraged.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“It’s frankly embarrassing that executives would make baseless claims about a fact-checker.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."
Reposted by Alex Shultz
I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
Reposted by Alex Shultz
got-DAMN (and the closing paragraph hits even harder)
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
got-DAMN (and the closing paragraph hits even harder)
Reposted by Alex Shultz
“Bissinger did little to quell those rumors; he yelled at me, then hung up on me, when reached by phone, and later told the New York Times that while he provided the template for Unfettered, it was Fetterman who delivered the content. “The book is John’s,” he said.” defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he w...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Bissinger did little to quell those rumors; he yelled at me, then hung up on me, when reached by phone, and later told the New York Times that while he provided the template for Unfettered, it was Fetterman who delivered the content. “The book is John’s,” he said.” defector.com/john-fetterm...
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With Black Friday fast approaching, @alexshultz.bsky.social spoke with David Weil (@profsheenalives.bsky.social) about how Amazon leans on gig workers, a profoundly anti-labor practice, for their billions of deliveries:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...
How Amazon Is Conquering (and Ruining) the Package Delivery Market
To fulfill billions of orders, Amazon leans on gig workers and subcontractors—an anti-labor practice afflicting most sectors of the economy. We spoke to the preeminent expert on the subject.
www.hardresetmedia.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
With Black Friday fast approaching, @alexshultz.bsky.social spoke with David Weil (@profsheenalives.bsky.social) about how Amazon leans on gig workers, a profoundly anti-labor practice, for their billions of deliveries:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...
For @hardresetmedia.com: Lots of great and unfortunately depressing insights from David Weil (@profsheenalives.bsky.social), formerly head of Labor Dept's Wage and Hour Division under Obama, about how the American workforce is being squeezed into independent contracting + subcontracted employment
How Amazon Is Conquering (and Ruining) the Package Delivery Market
To fulfill billions of orders, Amazon leans on gig workers and subcontractors—an anti-labor practice afflicting most sectors of the economy. We spoke to the preeminent expert on the subject.
www.hardresetmedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
For @hardresetmedia.com: Lots of great and unfortunately depressing insights from David Weil (@profsheenalives.bsky.social), formerly head of Labor Dept's Wage and Hour Division under Obama, about how the American workforce is being squeezed into independent contracting + subcontracted employment
Reposted by Alex Shultz
I had a long discussion with @alexshultz.bsky.social of @hardresetmedia.com about how the rise of Amazon undermines work for delivery drivers and wider impacts on labor. www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...
How Amazon Is Conquering (and Ruining) the Package Delivery Market
To fulfill billions of orders, Amazon leans on gig workers and subcontractors—an anti-labor practice afflicting most sectors of the economy. We spoke to the preeminent expert on the subject.
www.hardresetmedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I had a long discussion with @alexshultz.bsky.social of @hardresetmedia.com about how the rise of Amazon undermines work for delivery drivers and wider impacts on labor. www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...
“Unfettered” is out today, I read it and am working on a follow-up story/book review.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
For @defector.com, I tried to figure out what's going on with John Fetterman's political memoir, ghostwritten by Buzz Bissinger
It may not shock you to learn that Fetterman and Bissinger haven't gotten along (to put it politely), according to my sources
defector.com/nobody-wants...
It may not shock you to learn that Fetterman and Bissinger haven't gotten along (to put it politely), according to my sources
defector.com/nobody-wants...
Nobody Wants To Talk About John Fetterman And Buzz Bissinger's Pricey Memoir Project | Defector
In January 2024, Semafor media reporter Max Tani published a small scoop: Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and writer Buzz Bissinger (most famous for authoring Friday Night Lights) were working tog...
defector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Unfettered” is out today, I read it and am working on a follow-up story/book review.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
Of note: Buzz Bissinger is not mentioned at all, nor is he credited on the copyright page/acknowledgments.
Reposted by Alex Shultz
Why is supposedly legitimate Google Finance integrating crowd-sourced betting data from @kalshiofficial.bsky.social and @polymarket.bsky.social, when this is the type of expert analysis they're dishing out?
@alexshultz.bsky.social in Hard Reset:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
@alexshultz.bsky.social in Hard Reset:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why is supposedly legitimate Google Finance integrating crowd-sourced betting data from @kalshiofficial.bsky.social and @polymarket.bsky.social, when this is the type of expert analysis they're dishing out?
@alexshultz.bsky.social in Hard Reset:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
@alexshultz.bsky.social in Hard Reset:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
Google is partnering with Kalshi + Polymarket, betting platforms that swear they have nothing to do with gambling. If that doesn’t make sense to you, you’re not alone
I wrote about what this “integration” might entail + why it could be unimaginably disastrous
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
I wrote about what this “integration” might entail + why it could be unimaginably disastrous
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
Google's Craven Bet on Kalshi and Polymarket
A new partnership between Google and leading "prediction markets," which encourage you to bet on almost anything, has the potential to be disastrous.
www.hardresetmedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Google is partnering with Kalshi + Polymarket, betting platforms that swear they have nothing to do with gambling. If that doesn’t make sense to you, you’re not alone
I wrote about what this “integration” might entail + why it could be unimaginably disastrous
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
I wrote about what this “integration” might entail + why it could be unimaginably disastrous
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
Update on my prediction from July about Fetterman’s book tour for his memoir “Unfettered,” which comes out this week:
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Update on my prediction from July about Fetterman’s book tour for his memoir “Unfettered,” which comes out this week:
Reposted by Alex Shultz
In his latest for Hard Reset, @alexshultz.bsky.social spoke to 3 signatories of an open letter condemning Shaun Maguire's bigoted rhetoric about Muslims and NYC's newly elected mayor:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/sequoia-st...
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/sequoia-st...
Sequoia Still Has a Shaun Maguire Problem
In anticipation of Zohran Mamdani's victory, Hard Reset spoke to 3 signatories of an open letter condemning Maguire's bigoted rhetoric about Muslims and NYC's likely next mayor.
www.hardresetmedia.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In his latest for Hard Reset, @alexshultz.bsky.social spoke to 3 signatories of an open letter condemning Shaun Maguire's bigoted rhetoric about Muslims and NYC's newly elected mayor:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/sequoia-st...
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/sequoia-st...
I spoke w/3 tech founder signatories of an open letter condemning Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire, whose bigoted remarks about Zohran Mamdani are making the rounds again after a report that Sequoia's COO quit b/c her complaints to the firm about Maguire went unheeded
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Sequoia Still Has a Shaun Maguire Problem
In anticipation of Zohran Mamdani's victory, Hard Reset spoke to 3 signatories of an open letter condemning Maguire's bigoted rhetoric about Muslims and NYC's likely next mayor.
substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I spoke w/3 tech founder signatories of an open letter condemning Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire, whose bigoted remarks about Zohran Mamdani are making the rounds again after a report that Sequoia's COO quit b/c her complaints to the firm about Maguire went unheeded
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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"...according to screenshots I reviewed of a Salesforce Slack channel, at least 175 employees reacted with the “barfing” emoji to the Times headline “Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco.”
- @alexshultz.bsky.social on the 🤮 beat:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
- @alexshultz.bsky.social on the 🤮 beat:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
Why Donald Trump Did Crisis PR for Marc Benioff
Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary of backlash.
www.hardresetmedia.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"...according to screenshots I reviewed of a Salesforce Slack channel, at least 175 employees reacted with the “barfing” emoji to the Times headline “Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco.”
- @alexshultz.bsky.social on the 🤮 beat:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
- @alexshultz.bsky.social on the 🤮 beat:
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
My first @hardresetmedia.com story is about Trump's convoluted reversal on sending troops to SF, a decision he credits in part to Marc Benioff. In the Era of No Consequences, it's an ultra-rare acknowledgment that some controversies can still cause blowback
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
Why Donald Trump Did Crisis PR for Marc Benioff
Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary of backlash.
www.hardresetmedia.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My first @hardresetmedia.com story is about Trump's convoluted reversal on sending troops to SF, a decision he credits in part to Marc Benioff. In the Era of No Consequences, it's an ultra-rare acknowledgment that some controversies can still cause blowback
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
Reposted by Alex Shultz
[email protected]'s first piece for @hardresetmedia.com is very very good!
'Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary of backlash.'
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
'Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary of backlash.'
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
Why Donald Trump Did Crisis PR for Marc Benioff
Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary of backlash.
www.hardresetmedia.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
[email protected]'s first piece for @hardresetmedia.com is very very good!
'Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary of backlash.'
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
'Trump credited the Salesforce CEO for his (temporary) about-face on sending troops to SF—a rare admission that POTUS and tech oligarchs are still wary of backlash.'
www.hardresetmedia.com/p/why-donald...
"One of the people who spoke to POLITICO, who’s close to one of the two camps, said the [Jeffries endorsement] announcement will come Friday afternoon in the form of a statement, rather than an event."
Always trust the Alex Shultz FanDuel Lock of the Day folks
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Always trust the Alex Shultz FanDuel Lock of the Day folks
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"One of the people who spoke to POLITICO, who’s close to one of the two camps, said the [Jeffries endorsement] announcement will come Friday afternoon in the form of a statement, rather than an event."
Always trust the Alex Shultz FanDuel Lock of the Day folks
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Always trust the Alex Shultz FanDuel Lock of the Day folks
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Hello! I'm joining @elirosenberg.bsky.social, @aristeinhorn.bsky.social, and @williamfitz.bsky.social as a writer at @hardresetmedia.com, a publication/newsletter about tech, politics, power, and media. These are all of my favorite things to write/report on, so I'm very excited to get going
October 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hello! I'm joining @elirosenberg.bsky.social, @aristeinhorn.bsky.social, and @williamfitz.bsky.social as a writer at @hardresetmedia.com, a publication/newsletter about tech, politics, power, and media. These are all of my favorite things to write/report on, so I'm very excited to get going
Reposted by Alex Shultz
Story features the largest food allergy advocacy org (FARE) teaming up w/the restaurant industry to come out against the bill, then backtracking (w/caveats); politicians (including possibly Newsom) tanking the bill at the last min; and FARE's top flack alleging the following re: their CEO's safety
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Story features the largest food allergy advocacy org (FARE) teaming up w/the restaurant industry to come out against the bill, then backtracking (w/caveats); politicians (including possibly Newsom) tanking the bill at the last min; and FARE's top flack alleging the following re: their CEO's safety
Story features the largest food allergy advocacy org (FARE) teaming up w/the restaurant industry to come out against the bill, then backtracking (w/caveats); politicians (including possibly Newsom) tanking the bill at the last min; and FARE's top flack alleging the following re: their CEO's safety
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Story features the largest food allergy advocacy org (FARE) teaming up w/the restaurant industry to come out against the bill, then backtracking (w/caveats); politicians (including possibly Newsom) tanking the bill at the last min; and FARE's top flack alleging the following re: their CEO's safety
Hello, my latest for @eater.bsky.social: A longform investigation about how competing interests and old-fashioned politicking diluted a landmark food allergies law in California.
How a bill becomes a law, basically. But way more interesting, I promise.
sf.eater.com/restaurant-n...
How a bill becomes a law, basically. But way more interesting, I promise.
sf.eater.com/restaurant-n...
A California Senator Introduced a Groundbreaking Restaurant Allergen-Labeling Bill — Then Everyone Tried to Kill It
U.K. restaurants already clearly label allergens on its menus, which makes dining out for people with food allergies easier and safer. So what made it so difficult to pass a similar law in California...
sf.eater.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hello, my latest for @eater.bsky.social: A longform investigation about how competing interests and old-fashioned politicking diluted a landmark food allergies law in California.
How a bill becomes a law, basically. But way more interesting, I promise.
sf.eater.com/restaurant-n...
How a bill becomes a law, basically. But way more interesting, I promise.
sf.eater.com/restaurant-n...
Reading tea leaves, Alex's FanDuel Locks of the Day:
1. Hakeem Jeffries' Zohran endorsement will be released as a statement and include phrases that even Shams Charania couldn't dream up; Jeffries will never say "I endorse Zohran Mamdani" out loud.
2. Chuck Schumer will not endorse Zohran.
1. Hakeem Jeffries' Zohran endorsement will be released as a statement and include phrases that even Shams Charania couldn't dream up; Jeffries will never say "I endorse Zohran Mamdani" out loud.
2. Chuck Schumer will not endorse Zohran.
September 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Reading tea leaves, Alex's FanDuel Locks of the Day:
1. Hakeem Jeffries' Zohran endorsement will be released as a statement and include phrases that even Shams Charania couldn't dream up; Jeffries will never say "I endorse Zohran Mamdani" out loud.
2. Chuck Schumer will not endorse Zohran.
1. Hakeem Jeffries' Zohran endorsement will be released as a statement and include phrases that even Shams Charania couldn't dream up; Jeffries will never say "I endorse Zohran Mamdani" out loud.
2. Chuck Schumer will not endorse Zohran.