The Curious Rise of Twitter Power Broker Yashar Ali

[just444]

In just a few years, Yashar Ali has become one of the most fearsome media figures in the country-mobilizing his vast Twitter following to promote his famous friends and punish foes. Can his own past survive similar scrutiny? https://t.co/SVGHPW7mgg
- Los Angeles Magazine (@LAmag) June 9, 2021

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[stewie_e]

“Yashar Ali has become one of the most fearsome media figures in the country” pic.twitter.com/cEyz9WrfvN https://t.co/0HQw2A7Ciy
- Tim Fitzgerald (@tim__fitzgerald) June 9, 2021

[gimmemoarjosh]

I still hate Phaedra. Kandi is my favourite and I've loved her since I was a kid(Xscape), so when I saw how DESTROYED she was at the reunion, I was sobbing. Ugh!

[corrine85260]

This is great. I don’t watch real housewives but maybe I’ll start.

[gumby]

was hoping someone would post this!

i can't ...

Ok I think this is probably the most haunting part of the yashar profile if I had to pick pic.twitter.com/dVne3lcj2q
- Sarah Hagi (@KindaHagi) June 9, 2021

[misato]

dude wtf lmao??

[swimbee]

I wonder if the PI following him is employed by a famous person looking for an exit strategy.

[pi_lady]

WTF at Tapper, so he's never met him and considers him a wonderful presence in his life? LMAO

It honestly just sounds like Yashar knows how to stroke their egos and they like that.

[olsens]

this is some earl grey

hot earl grey, but earl grey

[therearewords]

Oi, what's wrong with Earl Grey?

[ahkna]

[swimbee]

Today, a dusty-skied afternoon in May, he’s dressed in an oversized gray T-shirt, blue sweatpants, and the same San Francisco 49ers cap he sports in his youthful Twitter profile photo, which looks like it might have been snapped for his high school yearbook. (He swears that it was taken just before the pandemic.)

LOL. A scammer in every possible way.

[littleorcs]

What! He's had that profile pic forever! We remember, Yashar!

[spankmypirate]

God just... the very phrase "Power Broker" makes my eye twitch 😡