Excerpts for the Ages: A Year in Review

Trump’s “Revenge Machine” • Tucker’s Ugly Exit • Big Tech’s Four Horsemen [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Excerpts for the Ages: A Year in Review With 2024 fast approaching, the Hive newsroom is looking back on some its most memorable and revealing excerpts of the year. Back in June, Miles Taylor [warned]( of Donald Trump’s vengeful vision for a second presidential term, which has only grown scarier with each passing day. Perhaps just as terrifying: the “alternate reality” tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are ushering in with AI, as Jonathan Taplin [chronicled]( this past summer. This year also saw juicy excerpts on everything from sports to finance to media. Of note: Alan Shipnuck’s [scoop]( on why Phil Mickelson jumped ship for the Saudi golf superleague; Brian Stelter’s [peek]( into why Fox News gave Tucker Carlson the boot; and Liz Hoffman’s [tale]( of how Bill Ackman saw the COVID crash coming—and made a killing off it. Thanks for reading, and see you Monday! [“It Will Be a Revenge Machine”: Why a Second Trump Administration Would Be Much Worse]( By [Miles Taylor]( [Expect career officials purged and MAGA loyalists in charge if Trump returns to the White House, warns Miles Taylor, the ex-DHS chief of staff who spoke out as “Anonymous” during the first term.]( [Read more button](   [“It Was Always Going to End Badly”: The Untold Story of Tucker Carlson’s Ugly Exit From Fox News]( By [Brian Stelter]( [Fox never explained that abrupt firing of cable news’ biggest star. Now, Brian Stelter explores the myriad factors contributing to Carlson’s cancellation.]( [Read more button](   [“Hell Is Coming”: How Bill Ackman Predicted the COVID Market Crash—And Made a Fortune]( By [Liz Hoffman]( [The infamous short seller woke up in a cold sweat when he realized the pandemic might spell pandemonium on Wall Street, as Liz Hoffman writes in her forthcoming book.]( [Read more button](   [Inside Phil Mickelson’s Backdoor Dealings With the Saudis’ LIV Golf Superleague: “They’re Scary Motherf--kers”]( By [Alan Shipnuck]( [It was inevitable that the golf legend would be wooed away from the PGA Tour, writes Alan Shipnuck. The question was who’d come along with him.]( [Read more button](   [How Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg, and Andreessen—Four Billionaire Techno-Oligarchs—Are Creating an Alternate, Autocratic Reality]( By [Jonathan Taplin]( [In his new book, Jonathan Taplin warns about the curses of AI and transhumanism, presenting the moral case against superintelligence.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast