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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[scriptedending]

Just read this! I have never gotten good vibes from this dude, and apparently, even he's shadier than I thought.

It would take several more months, but Griffin finally asked Ali to leave in early 2019, enlisting two part-time male assistants to help oversee the packing of his belongings. Then they ordered him an Uber and sent him on his way. (Ali says he only stayed with Griffin at her urging, and left of his own volition. He says the comedian even threw him a going-away party when he moved out.) Griffin declined to speak about Ali on the record. However, a representative for the comedian offered a statement on her behalf: “Sometimes you make a new friend and that friend turns out to be quite a different person than you thought they were.”

Like... the audacity!!

Anyway, hope people stop giving him clicks.

[chexlemeneux]

How bizarre

[missjersey]

Pretty sure he would have had tenant rights by then and didn't know it.

[teacoat]

The laws vary pretty wildly, but this was probably not the case if he wasn't paying rent, especially if he was staying at her primary residence.

[syphilisdiller]

Not that he even looks good in his profile pic, but that photo is a lie.

[hotdoggoz]

This article is wild. Interesting how so few people spoke on the record about him because they were concerned about online retaliation. And there’s a line hidden in there about him bringing a gun to a political consulting office??

[toxic_illusion]

where's harrys_headband when we need her

[misato]

on his head probably

[allmylines]

my first thought too! IS SHE SECRETLY PETER KIEFER???

[rubie_dubidoux]

lol what a coincidence I literally JUST finished reading this

I'm so baffled by how all these people managed to form such intense connections with a total rando they've never/barely met, to the point that they'll go on the record defending him... maybe it's a good thing I'm incapable of forming close relationships with anyone, let alone ppl I've met online

[sirlolsworthy]

twitter is parasocial relationship central