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The newsletter Regulator explores the complex interplay between technology and politics in Washington, highlighting the chaotic environment where various stakeholders compete to advance their interests.
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the most ambitious crossover event of all time: the infinity war between technology and politics. Not subscribed yet? Come on, do it!
Washington might seem slower than Silicon Valley. But that's because it's more turbulent. In order to achieve anything, one has to navigate the sheer amount of chaos that emerges when thousands of federal elected officials, staffers, political appointees, lobbyists, corporations, lawyers, journalists, and influencers are trying to push their interests, often at the same time.
For the past 20-odd issues of Regulator, I've written weekly …