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Revealed: top Vance aide worked for far-right consultancy with extremist links

Parker Magid worked for Beck & Stone, which is close to shadowy fraternal order and Claremont Institute

The Guardian - US

Palantir’s CEO backs Kamala Harris and says that cofounder Peter Thiel’s support of Trump made it harder to get things done

“I do not enjoy being protested every day,” Alex Karp said.

Fortune

Peter Thiel tells Joe Rogan his next move is either to Nashville or Miami to avoid California taxes

California levies the highest tax in the nation for top earners, prompting the PayPal cofounder to screen for cities in nine jurisdictions where there is zero state tax.

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Peter Thiel, eccentric billionaire patron of JD Vance, says he is thinking about leaving the US

Thiel compared California liberalism to Saudi Arabian Wahabbism — but it was sort of a compliment

The Independent UK

Keep talking, JD! Vance’s creepy views on ‘females’ are repelling women voters

Does Donald Trump’s running mate think there is any point to ‘postmenopausal females’ beyond free childcare?

The Guardian - US

A Catholic prayer app, housekeeping service and biotech firm: JD Vance’s curious investment portfolio

Filings from 2022 show Vance’s interests in businesses from housekeeping to streaming

The Independent UK

JD Vance’s investments reveal potential contradictions with his political persona

Analysis shows funding for biotech, defense and video platform – and a fascination with The Lord of the Rings

The Guardian - US

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Mega investors, crypto and tech bros: Why Vance and Harris’s San Francisco ties hold the key to the election

The candidates, ideas, and vibes of this election are deeply tied to the San Francisco Bay Area. What does this tell us about how the election will shake out? Io Dodds and Josh Marcus report from the 2024 election’s unlikely power center

The Independent UK

JD Vance is the baby of big tech and big oil. He’s no ‘working-class populist’

Trump’s running mate is not a break from ruthless Republican capitalism – just a shameless repackaging of it

The Guardian - US

Venture capitalists including Mark Cuban back Kamala Harris’s campaign

More than 100 Silicon Valley investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reed Hastings, launch website VCs for Kamala

The Guardian - US

First dudes now tech bros: Over 100 Silicon Valley tycoons back Harris’ bid for president

‘They don’t speak for me,’ one venture capitalist said, referring to the groundwell of Silicon Valley support for Trump

The Independent UK

Vance's "incel platform" backfires

Donald Trump's running mate once claimed people without children are "more sociopathic"

Salon

Melinda Gates says Ackman, Musk, Thiel are “nonphilanthropists”

French Gates helped oversee more than $77 billion in grants since 2000 through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Fortune

JD Vance ‘hates women’, Kara Swisher says: ‘I'm not joking about it. Go pay attention’

The tech journalist’s evaluation of the vice-presidential candidate mirrors a growing chorus of criticism across the political spectrum.

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Multibanks | Peter Thiel | Adam Yates | Gambling Commission

Fortune

Silicon Valley is at war with itself over Kamala Harris vs. Trump, fighting in the open and spending millions to win

One investor says they have “lost lots of friends” over their position in this year’s election.

Fortune

A colleague who worked with J.D. Vance at Mithril doesn't remember seeing him in the office

Vance’s VC résumé comprises three firms in six years, and his time at Mithril Capital coincided with the takeoff of his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."

Fortune

First Trump, now Harris: LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman has successfully angered both Democrats and Republicans

Hoffman is a longtime Democratic donor.

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The Independent UK

JD Vance’s ‘cat lady’ attacks are just the beginning of Republicans’ childbirth obsession

Trump’s running mate brings the ‘natalist’ movement gripping Silicon Valley CEOs into mainstream GOP politics, Alex Woodward reports

Evening Standard

Enhanced Games: meet the swimmer who thinks athletes should be allowed to dope

A new sports competition plans to encourage athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. William Hosie chats with the Enhanced Games poster boy, ex-top swimmer James Magnusen

Fortune

How J.D. Vance could put Trump campaign at odds with business on labor, antitrust, immigration

J.D. Vance's positions on labor, immigration, and antitrust law would be a big departure for the Republican Party.

Fortune

Elon Musk and Vinod Khosla spar about Trump after Biden drops out

Khosla and Musk clashed about what a Trump presidency would mean for the fight against climate change and America’s leadership in NATO.

Salon

Meet the billionaire behind JD Vance

Peter Thiel has been supporting Trump's newly selected running mate since before he entered politics

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg mocks JD Vance as he explains why he thinks tech bros are backing Trump

‘We’ve made it way too complicated. It’s super simple. These are very rich men who have decided to back the Republican party that tends to do good things for very rich men’

The Guardian - US

JD Vance’s confusing evolution from liberal touchstone to Maga superstar

Trump’s vice-presidential pick seen as relatable for ties to rural white poor, but some say his book ‘sanitized’ his past

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