Theodore Schleifer • November 15, 2022

Inside the S.B.F. Blast Radius

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.

Baratunde Thurston • November 13, 2022

Musk Fast and S.B.F. Things

A mantra of an age, as emblemized by the Zuckerberg generation of Silicon Valley megastars, meets its fitting conclusion with extraordinary speed in a week.

Theodore Schleifer • November 11, 2022

The S.B.F. Pandemic

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?

Theodore Schleifer • November 9, 2022

The Achilles Thiel

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.

Eriq Gardner • November 7, 2022

The Apple-Epic Grudge Match, Round Two

A multi-billion dollar suit over Apple’s “internet tax” could affect everything from the survival of Elon Musk’s Twitter to the geopolitics behind TikTok.

Theodore Schleifer • November 1, 2022

Eric Schmidt’s Exclusive New Club

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.

Theodore Schleifer • October 25, 2022

Hillary’s New Play, Newsom’s Midterm Post-Mortem, & a Thiel Shake-Up

Inside scoops on the latest rumblings and grumblings at the intersection of politics, donorworld, philanthropy, and legacy-burnishing.

Theodore Schleifer & Tara Palmeri • October 17, 2022

Biden’s Blessing

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.

Theodore Schleifer • October 11, 2022

The Pelosi Succession Wild Card & More Suns Drama

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.

Theodore Schleifer • October 5, 2022

Steve Case on Miami, Biden & J.D. Vance

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?

Theodore Schleifer • October 4, 2022

The Future of the MacKenzie Machine

Notes on the aftermath of MacKenzie Scott’s divorce from Dan Jewett, and how the split will affect her vast billion-dollar donation machine.

Theodore Schleifer • September 28, 2022

Silicon Valley’s Wall Street Bets & The Phoenix Suns Sweepstakes

A phalanx of Silicon Valley super-personas have quietly flooded into an obscure regulatory battle to legalize a new type of political betting that makes PredictIt look quaint. Plus, why Laurene Powell Jobs should buy the Phoenix Suns—and why Jeff Bezos shouldn’t.

Tara Palmeri & Theodore Schleifer • September 26, 2022

Inside the ’22 Blame Game

Assessing the current state of play in the Washington war room: McConnell vs. Masters; McConnell vs. Trump; Trump vs. Trump; Trump vs. DeSantis; and the post-Pelosi hunger games.

Theodore Schleifer • September 20, 2022

Gavin Newsom’s Trojan Horse

The slick-haired, Peloton-sculpted governator has aligned himself against progressives in a bizarre, only-in-California spat that has divided Silicon Valley’s big-money factions.

Theodore Schleifer • September 13, 2022

Thiel vs. McConnell, Round 2

New insider reporting on the Blake-Mitch-Thiel love triangle, an intriguing new political hire at Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective, and a richly-priced Obama fundraiser at the epicenter of Silicon Valley.