The dystopian dream fueling Elon Musk Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why Musk wants to end government by the people Salon · Mar 17, 2025
Murder the Truth by David Enrich review – disturbing read on effort to undo free speech in US Book delves in to network of Trump, government members and ultra-rich to overturn Times v Sullivan The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2025
A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World by Tom Phillips review – apocalypse not A gag-filled doomscroll through the history of armageddon demonstrates that, for some, the end has always been nigh The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp made nearly $2 billion from selling company stock last year—mostly around the presidential election The controversial defense contractor saw a sixfold surge in the value of its stock last year. Fortune · Feb 22, 2025
US culture war show comes to London – and strikes a chord with European populists At this year’s Arc conference, a new American export was on full display: ideological finger-wagging in Europe’s direction The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2025
Elon's camouflage Christian nationalism Project 2025 was clear: First, purge federal workers. Then replace them with theocrats and fanatics Salon · Feb 14, 2025
In the Musk revolution, lessons from the 20th century will be deleted Democracy’s traditional defence against fascism doesn’t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025
Inside Trump's crypto court: Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel and their battle for Bitcoin domination Donald Trump will be the first president to fully embrace digital currencies — and he’s already anointed his crypto princes Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025
LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman sees bright AI future and hopes his tech peers are right about Trump LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has been immersed in Silicon Valley since his August 1967 birth in Palo Alto, California, in the shadow of Stanford University, where he and fellow technology luminary Peter Thiel became friends as college students during the 1980s The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2025
With Trump Win, Silicon Valley's Right Flank Takes On Washington One week into his second administration, Donald Trump has put technology at the forefront, featuring tech billionaires prominently at his inauguration and announcing major AI infrastructure deals from the White House. International Business Times · Jan 27, 2025
How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler The Guardian - US · Jan 26, 2025
The cast of tech characters who will be key in Trump’s White House Trump’s White House will be filled with VCs and tech magnates. Here’s who they are. Fortune · Jan 21, 2025
The tech bros have front-row seats at Trump’s inauguration, but what they want goes way beyond that The convergence of money and politics isn’t new. What’s different is the Silicon Valley right’s hostility to the nation state, says author Quinn Slobodian The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2025
Salon · Jan 17, 2025 Howery to lead Trump's Greenland plan Howery is Trump's pick for ambassador to Denmark, which has said Greenland is not for sale
The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025 Move fast, break things – sprint to kiss Trump’s ring. It’s the tech bros inauguration derby Zuckerberg, Musk and Bezos are falling over themselves to suck up to the incoming president. And he’s just as keen to let them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2025 Elon Musk: How the world's richest man made his billions – and became a political powerhouse The world's richest man is getting involved in everyone's politics. How did he get here?
Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2025 OPINION - Dark fantasy, brutal violence and chilling politics: what Squid Game season 2 says about us Imagine a world in which a cabal of extreme libertarian oligarchs operated with complete impunity. In which they did what they liked on a private island outside the reach of the law, operated a uniformed militia, and saw ordinary people as subhuman “trash” whose struggles for survival only have value…
The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025 Can you solve it? Interview questions for aspiring billionaires Mind-mangers from the Musk mafia
Fortune · Dec 27, 2024 Tech’s 2024 winners and losers—from Elon Musk to GM’s Cruise Elon Musk came out on top of the tech heap in 2024.
The Guardian - US · Dec 25, 2024 Bilderberg Group changes itself for the modern world – and return of Trump Once the apex of conspiracy theories, the influential group signals a shift by naming ex-Nato chief as new co-chair
Latin Times · Dec 13, 2024 Internet Mocks Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel's 'Sweaty' and 'Stuttering' Interview Response to UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing: 'Is He Having a Stroke?' Thiel stumbled his way through his response to a question about what he would say to Americans who are idolizing Luigi Mangione, the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin.
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024 Alleged CEO killer praised Elon Musk and backed Peter Thiel in social media posts The Ivy League-educated 26-year-old appears to have supported sentiments shared by some of the world’s richest men
Salon · Dec 10, 2024 Suspect's social media history revealed Not so fast, what kind of "anti-capitalist" is praising Elon Musk and retweeting Peter Thiel?
Fortune · Dec 7, 2024 How Peter Thiel’s network of right-wing techies is infiltrating Donald Trump’s White House With David Sacks as “AI and crypto czar” and Elon Musk as co-head of the DOGE, Peter Thiel’s network has become closely tied to the new Trump administration.