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🍿Netflix wants Warner Bros for $83B. Paramount wants it more — like, $25B more.This season, the plot features Italian dy...
12/10/2025

🍿Netflix wants Warner Bros for $83B. Paramount wants it more — like, $25B more.

This season, the plot features Italian dynasties, Brussels regulators, and (briefly) Tencent’s cash. The Saudis are trying to sneak in funding (minus "operational say"), the EU’s digging into its red-tape arsenal, and yes, President Trump is now personally involved. Not for NATO. But for… Game of Thrones reruns?

At the Kennedy Center this week, the US president said Netflix’s market share is “very big, going up by a lot” and confirmed the decision would "run through the White House."

🎬 Lights, camera, regulation — catch the full screening in today’s Intrigue: https://vist.ly/4h2hf

The only place where NATO, Netflix, and Twilight make sense in the same sentence - and actually keep you informed. Get y...
12/10/2025

The only place where NATO, Netflix, and Twilight make sense in the same sentence - and actually keep you informed. Get yours: https://vist.ly/4h235

In the latest effort to extract more information about President ’s pressure campaign against , lawmakers could with...
12/09/2025

In the latest effort to extract more information about President ’s pressure campaign against , lawmakers could withhold a quarter of Defense Secretary Pete ’s travel budget.

The policy bill could become law by the end of the year, but the provision targeting Hegseth’s travel funds may be revised if he grants access to unedited footage of the military strikes on “narcoterrorist” boats in the southern Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

We have a hunch Hegseth will prefer flying economy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr said a 20-point proposal from and for a peace deal would be ready to present to the ...
12/09/2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr said a 20-point proposal from and for a peace deal would be ready to present to the this evening (Tue), following what he described as a “productive” meeting at 10 Downing Street.

While the details of the proposal remain under wraps, Ukraine has repeatedly ruled out conceding territory to . And we mean that quite literally: Zelensky also met with Pope Leo today, who echoed his call for a “just” peace.

12/09/2025

In a shock tweet, President announced he’ll now allow to sell its cutting-edge H200 chips to China after all — in return for a 25% cut payable to Uncle Sam.

Funnily enough, it’s been exactly one (1) day since Trump’s own Justice Department announced the arrest of two people accused of smuggling chips for “funneling cutting-edge AI technology to those who would use it against American interests.”

Color us intrigued to see what (if anything) the might get in return for supercharging ’s AI ascent.

We didn’t see the Trump Admin’s Wrapped (maybe it’s behind a FOIA request), but don’t worry — we’ve got ideas.From “Dad...
12/09/2025

We didn’t see the Trump Admin’s Wrapped (maybe it’s behind a FOIA request), but don’t worry — we’ve got ideas.

From “Daddy Trump” diplomacy to AI-guided airstrikes and sombreros wandering dimly lit hallways during the longest US government shutdown, 2025’s playlist was... eventful and pretty me(n)tal. And yes, Pokémon made the cut.

But don’t buckle up just yet. Our Intrigue Wrapped algorithm is learning and evolving — and we still have some days before the final drop.

Swipe for the bangers, the bass drops, and the redacted footnotes.

If not criticism, why criticism-shaped?
12/08/2025

If not criticism, why criticism-shaped?

It’s 2018, and we’re collectively thinking Elon could be our IRL Batman. This isn’t exactly what we meant.After X was ...
12/08/2025

It’s 2018, and we’re collectively thinking Elon could be our IRL Batman. This isn’t exactly what we meant.

After X was fined $140 million by the for breaching the Digital Services Act, Musk blocked the European Commission from advertising on his platform — and called for nothing less than the abolition of the Union.

Who knew that’s all it would take to get Americans talking about the sovereignty of European countries?

12/08/2025

If your feeds seem a little off this week, it could be because hundreds of thousands of Aussies will soon go offline under Australia's world-first social media ban for teens under 16 years old.

We discussed the whys, the hows, and the what-nexts in the latest Intrigue: https://vist.ly/4hpig

12/06/2025

Which Macron are you?

The kind of flowchart you'd want to see before a cabinet meeting.Quick reminder for anyone who needs to hear it: calling...
12/05/2025

The kind of flowchart you'd want to see before a cabinet meeting.

Quick reminder for anyone who needs to hear it: calling all US immigrants of Somali descent “garbage” — all 260,000 of them (give or take the few who might have dated your best friends) — is not OK.

The peace talks are talking, but the deal isn’t dealing.The US-led 28-point peace plan — which reportedly asked Ukrain...
12/05/2025

The peace talks are talking, but the deal isn’t dealing.

The US-led 28-point peace plan — which reportedly asked Ukraine to concede parts of the Donbas to — was (shockingly!) met with ’s insistence on sovereignty.

Meanwhile, , currently on a state visit to India, said Moscow will take Ukrainian territory “by force” if Kyiv’s troops don’t withdraw.

Just another summit, bro. Trust.

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