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S.B.F.
Theodore Schleifer November 18, 2022
A clear-eyed assessment of the past and future of the crypto-political-philanthropic machine, some two weeks after his scandal erupted.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer November 15, 2022
The fate of Sam Bankman-Fried is being closely tracked at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, and by the dozens of allied political groups that are either racing to distance themselves from his surname or to find their next check.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer November 11, 2022
The Bankman-Fried industrial complex is imploding, with massive turmoil brewing for the donor who was seen as the Democratic Party’s next great hope. Does all of that money just disappear?
Peter Thiel
Theodore Schleifer November 9, 2022
As Peter Thiel poured $33 million into his acolytes J.D. Vance and Blake Masters, Republican power brokers fantasized that they had found their heir to Sheldon Adelson or the Koch Brothers. The truth, it turns out, is quite different.


Eric Schmidt
Theodore Schleifer November 1, 2022
The multi-hyphenate former Google C.E.O., philanthropist, D.C. player, and uber-connector has now started a charitable network that could one day rival the Gateses. Plus, updates on Elon’s SWAT team and Thiel’s last fundraiser for Blake Masters.
Hillary Clinton
Theodore Schleifer October 25, 2022
Inside scoops on the latest rumblings and grumblings at the intersection of politics, donorworld, philanthropy, and legacy-burnishing.
Pres. Biden
Theodore Schleifer & Tara Palmeri October 17, 2022
Biden’s inner circle is pondering throwing their juice behind a Silicon Valley-inflected outside political group. The move would represent a break with the past, and the unmistakable westward march of Democratic influence.
Eleni Kounalakis
Theodore Schleifer October 11, 2022
Could there be a new contender to take on Christine Pelosi for her mother’s historic seat? Plus, fresh reporting on whether Larry Ellison or Laurene Powell Jobs will make a bid for the Phoenix Suns.


AOL co-founder Steve Case.
Theodore Schleifer October 5, 2022
A decade ago, the AOL co-founder began sounding the alarm about too much tech money being focused in Silicon Valley. Was Miami really what he had in mind? And does he regret choosing a right-winger like Vance to be his front man?
mackenzie scott
Theodore Schleifer October 4, 2022
Notes on the aftermath of MacKenzie Scott’s divorce from Dan Jewett, and how the split will affect her vast billion-dollar donation machine.
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