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Blake Masters

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 24: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump speak on the phone with children as they track Santa Claus with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, on Christmas Eve in the State Dinning Room of the White House on December 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Theodore Schleifer • September 19, 2023

Trump’s Perfect Thiel Call & Two FTX Bombshells

Dish on Trump’s furious fundraising request to Peter Thiel, the former lawyer buying up FTX bankruptcy claims, and an explosive lawsuit targeting S.B.F.’s parents.
Theodore Schleifer • November 9, 2022
The Achilles Thiel
Peter 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.
Tara Palmeri & Theodore Schleifer • September 26, 2022
Inside the ’22 Blame Game
rick scott and mitch mcconnell
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.
thiel & mcconnell
Theodore Schleifer • 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.
blake masters
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.
Peter Thiel
Theodore Schleifer • August 30, 2022
Can Thiel and McConnell Strike a Deal?
As Republicans unexpectedly labor to retake the Senate, the standoff between Thiel, the consummate contrarian, and McConnell, the consummate pragmatist, has suddenly become one of the most important relationships in the G.O.P. financial universe. Who is going to foot the bill for Vance and Masters: their ole mentor or potential future boss?
Peter Thiel
Theodore Schleifer • 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.
Peter Thiel
Theodore Schleifer • 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.
Tim Draper
Theodore Schleifer • November 12, 2021
Who’s Funding Bari Weiss?
Plus: Inside Tim Draper’s quixotic scheme to kill California’s unions and how Blake Masters and J.D. Vance converged on more than just Peter Thiel.
JD Vance at the Allen and Co. Sun Valley conference
Theodore Schleifer • July 14, 2021
Melinda Gates, Infinite Fertility & J.D. Vance
Drama at the Gates Foundation, billionaire biohacking, and the dance of the Thiel protégés.