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May 24, 2022
Bezos, Musk, Ellison, and the Rightward Lurch of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has always been declaratively liberal, particularly during the high times of the Obama era. But the political tenor has been quietly moving rightward for years, punctuated of late by the declarations of three of its heaviest heavies.
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May 18, 2022
Inside S.B.F.’s $12 Million Long Shot
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried lost big on Tuesday despite airdropping a historic sum into a congressional race in Oregon. What was he thinking? The logic, the math, and the aftermath.
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May 10, 2022
After Elon: Inside Larry Ellison’s New G.O.P.
In his twilight years, the yacht-racing, barrel-chested, private-island-dwelling former Democrat is helping to liberate Twitter from the left and placing a massive bet on what could be an unlikely Republican 2024 contender.
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SILICON VALLEY
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May 3, 2022
Elon’s Eccentric Empire
With ingenuity and insane leverage, Elon Musk has created one of the world’s most unconventional financial concerns. Maybe the Twitter deal, against that backdrop, actually makes perfect sense.
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April 26, 2022
Tales from the PayPal Mafia: Elon’s Hatchet Man & Thiel’s Test
Notes on the B.Y.U. alum running Musk’s family office and Thiel’s next moves. Plus, new details on how Reid Hoffman plans to kneecap the Berniecrats.
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April 19, 2022
The Peter Thiel D.C. Gateway Drug
With two weeks until the Ohio G.O.P. primary, Thiel is on a hot streak and doubling down on J.D. Vance. A win could invigorate the billionaire’s national ambitions. A loss could relegate him to Miami—and send thirsty Republicans reeling.