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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.
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April 12, 2022
The Right’s MacKenzie Scott Problem
After decades of G.O.P. dark-money supremacy, the arrival of liberal mega-billionaires like Scott and Zuckerberg is fueling a MAGA-inspired woke backlash that threatens the institution of philanthropy itself.
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April 5, 2022
Notes from the Steyerverse
For the first time in a decade, Tom Steyer, the billionaire hedge funder-turned-Democratic power forward, is no longer working in politics full-time. Inside his Bloombergian afterlife—and who might rise up in his place.
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March 29, 2022
One-on-One with Silicon Valley’s Enemy No. 1
An interview with San Francisco’s embattled, ambitious, tech-squabbling prosecutor on the media, billionaires, and the recall. Is he the victim of an organized smear campaign—or is he just bad at his job?
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March 22, 2022
Mini-Benioff Makes His Mega-Play
Behind the scenes, Twilio C.E.O. Jeff Lawson and his wife Erica have been making strategic moves in the big-money world of Democratic politics. This is the inside story of their first major project.
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March 15, 2022
Yuri’s Red Line & The Chesa Money Bomb
Milner, the formerly oligarch-friendly V.C., appears to have decisively closed the door on Russia. Plus, insider updates on San Francisco’s venture-fueled recall campaign and a diplomatic breakthrough in Biden’s megadonor embargo.
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March 8, 2022
Thiel’s Hard Pitch & Obama’s Secret Meeting
The latest inside reporting on Thiel’s political maneuvering, Obama’s private visit with Laurene’s Emerson Collective, an intriguing idea from Eric Schmidt’s team, and Yuri Milner’s Russia statement.
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March 1, 2022
Yuri Milner’s Eastern Promises
Economic sanctions targeting Russia, and oligarch Alisher Usmanov, are raising new questions about Milner’s past financial partners. So far, he’s staying quiet.
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February 22, 2022
Steve Jobs’ Heir Imagines His Post-Pelosi Future
Reed Jobs, the well-liked millennial son of Laurene Powell Jobs and the late Steve Jobs, has privately talked about a political run, including for Nancy Pelosi’s seat if it opens. It may herald the dawn of a new era: Society is currently being remade by a group of super-billionaires. Pretty soon, their kids will take over.