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The Recode alum takes readers into the nexus of Silicon Valley and politics, explaining how the elite are remaking the world in their image.
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Bill & Melinda Get Political
December 29, 2021
Elon vs. the Libs & Media Asset Moneyball
December 21, 2021
Zuckerberg’s New G.O.P. Hired Gun
December 15, 2021
Tech’s Looming Radical Chic Throwdown
December 7, 2021
The Great Holiday Billionaire Sell-Off
November 30, 2021
The Dark Money Machine
November 22, 2021
Exclusive: Bezos and Obama’s Surprise $100 Million Marriage
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A Google God Defends the Bezosification of the World
November 13, 2021
The Uncommon Intrigues of Tim Draper, J.D. Vance, and … Bari Weiss
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Elon vs. the U.N.
November 3, 2021
“Woke-ism” and the End of the Eric Schmidt Era
October 27, 2021
Silicon Valley Fears the Bern
October 26, 2021
Elon’s Billions and an Unprecedented Wealth Tax
October 21, 2021
Reid Hoffman’s Next Moonshot
October 15, 2021
Inside Laurene Powell Jobs’ Empire
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