SILICON VLLEY
Theodore Schleifer
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September 27, 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
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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
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September 20, 2022
Murdoch’s World: Thiel vs. McConnell
McConnell and Thiel are throwing fundraisers for Blake Masters in Arizona, but they're closing their checkbooks to help a Republican nominee who, on the surface, appears to be competitive.
Theodore Schleifer
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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
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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.
Theodore Schleifer
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September 6, 2022
Zuck’s Money Man & Larry Page’s Larry Page
A tour through the subterranean world of Silicon Valley’s most elite and clandestine family offices.