Trump hauls in $12 million from San Francisco’s conservative crypto bros Republican warmly received by Silicon Valley investors despite recent criminal conviction The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024
The tech billionaires going all-in for Trump: ‘There’s a wellspring of support in Silicon Valley’ The fresh ‘convicted felon’ title hasn’t stopped some billionaires in Silicon Valley, historically known for its left-leaning views, to throw their support behind Trump The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024
Trump Seeks Silicon Valley Donors To Boost Campaign Fundraising Efforts Former President Trump seeks support from Silicon Valley and DeSantis donors to boost campaign finances against Biden. Top News · May 15, 2024
Why Silicon Valley should "think really hard" about 2024 vote The investor and influencer stopped short of an endorsement, but hinted at his preference. Axios · May 15, 2024
Led By Musk, Silicon Valley Inches To The Right Since his tumultuous takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has made an unabashed turn to the right politically, defying the orthodoxy that Silicon Valley is a citadel of well-heeled liberals beholden to Democrats. International Business Times · Mar 10, 2024
Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’ The Guardian and Mission Local unravel ‘grey money’ network flooding the progressive city with conservative cash The Guardian - US · Feb 12, 2024
Tesla Bear Slams David Sacks As ‘Rich Man’ Who Spits On ‘Working Man’ After Entrepreneur Called Biden’s Unionization Comments ‘Archaic View Of Past’ President Joe Biden on Thursday said he supported unionization at Tesla, Inc Zenger · Nov 10, 2023
Elon Musk fears the West is foolishly ‘sleepwalking our way into World War III’ Urging an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, the SpaceX CEO wants to trade land for peace so the West can normalize relations with Vladimir Putin. Fortune · Oct 24, 2023
Peter Thiel launched a student newspaper 36 years ago. It has quietly become one of the surest paths to success in Silicon Valley The conservative Stanford Review didn’t change many minds on campus. But its alums have transformed the tech ecosystem. Fortune · Aug 24, 2023
The big-money donors backing both DeSantis and RFK Jr. They say it's not just a push to move past former Trump and make Biden's path more difficult. Axios · Jul 12, 2023
VCs weigh in on IRL, the social app unicorn with 95% fake users: ‘Inexcusable’ Chamath Palihapitiya warned of “deeply inexperienced” VCs who “don't even know how to ask the basic questions.” Fortune · Jul 2, 2023
Brian Merchant: The tech elite's embrace of RFK Jr. is a grim omen for Silicon Valley's future Silicon Valley's archetypal hero is the founder of humble beginnings — he who, through grit, sweat and genius, unleashes a world-changing idea from his garage. It's hard to imagine someone more antithetical to that formula than a scion of the most powerful political dynasty in the nation. Yet Robert F.… Los Angeles Times · Jun 26, 2023
Tech luminaries give RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine message a boost Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest scion of the Kennedy clan to seek the presidency, has a set of unusual fans: some of the most influential tech executives and investors in America. Kennedy’s strong anti-vaccine views are, for this group, a sideshow. Tribune News Service · Jun 18, 2023
Tech boosting RFK's anti-vaccine message Kennedy's views on shots includes alleged safety problems which have been discredited by reputable scientists Salon · Jun 16, 2023
Axios · Jun 8, 2023 Silicon Valley's loudest moguls get behind RFK Jr. These are intrinsic contrarians supporting a long-shot presidential candidate whose last name is matched only by his baggage.
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023 RFK Jr – live: Musk reveals Twitter revenue down by half as he hosts anti-vax 2024 White House hopeful Robert F Kennedy Jr has long-held, and promoted, anti-vaccine beliefs
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023 Elon Musk hosts anti-vax 2024 candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr on Twitter Spaces after disastrous DeSantis event Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launched his campaign via Twitter Space in May
Zenger · May 30, 2023 Elon Musk’s Reminder On Excesses That Led To 2008 Housing Market Collapse Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned about a risk that looms large for the housing market, repeating a thought he expressed a year ago
The Independent UK · May 26, 2023 Billionaires, media bashing and woke ‘bubbles’: Key takeaways from Ron DeSantis’ campaign rollout Attacks on the media, threats to dismantle elements of US government and warnings about the ‘woke mind virus’ dominate glitch-filled launch
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023 Digested week: Netflix ends password-sharing – but I’m close to bailing anyway Plus, reflections on Martin Amis’s later years, and Jude Law’s disgusting new cologne
The Independent UK · May 26, 2023 Donald Trump Jr says his father has the ‘charisma of a mortician’ Trump Jr says Ron DeSantis will regret running against his father
The Independent UK · May 25, 2023 AOC jokes more people watched her gaming online than listened to glitch-ridden DeSantis launch ‘We had more people join when I played Among Us,’ says New York progressive
The Independent UK · May 25, 2023 ‘Failure to launch’: Memes mock dire Ron DeSantis 2024 launch on Twitter Spaces as #DeSaster trends Ron DeSantis’ presidential launch via Twitter Spaces was filled with technological glitches
Salon · May 25, 2023 DeSantis mocked over humiliating launch "Unspinnable failure. Total and complete. Fully public,” tweeted MSNBC host Chris Hayes
The Independent UK · May 25, 2023 Elon Musk insists Ron DeSantis’s disastrous Twitter launch was a success: ‘The top story on Earth’ CEO insists glitches only revealed ‘massive attention’ governor’s event attracted