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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 18 | History Defined

On a recent episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," former 10-term Ohio Democratic congressman Tim Ryan, who had recently lost a Senate race to best-selling author, financial executive and Trump acolyte J. D. Vance, expounded on what has become the toxicity of the Democratic brand.

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Far-right's Lord of the Rings obsession

Right-wing Lord of the Rings fans find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why?

Salon

Elon Musk insists he’s restricting Ukraine’s access to Starlink because Zelensky could start World War III

The billionaire says he won’t allow Ukraine to launch long-range drones using SpaceX to hit targets in Russia.

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Eleanor Catton, by Rachael King

The new Catton: "a great book"

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Commentary: The dark undertones of conservative Peter Thiel’s growing political donations

Since 1997, billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist Peter Thiel has donated tens of millions of dollars to political candidates and causes in U.S. elections, the nonpartisan nonprofit Open Secrets revealed. In the 2022 midterm elections alone, he donated around $32.5 million to the Senate campaigns and political…

Chicago Tribune

Right-Wing Rings of Power

Lord of the Rings fans from Trump-supporting libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why?

Capital & Main

Emails show Hancock held talks to hand patient data and Covid test results to US tech firm

Emails revealed for the first time by the Mirror show what happened when Matt Hancock met with Palantir - a controversial firm founded by Donald Trump donor Peter Thiel

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Palantir CEO: 'Don't work here' if you don't agree with the company's mission

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said the Peter Thiel-founded company's work with the government isn't everyone's "cup of tea."

Fortune

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund generated more than $1 billion by offloading an 8-year Bitcoin bet just before markets soured

Founders Fund first bought Bitcoin in 2014 when the cryptocurrency traded for under $1,000.

Fortune

What’s the true value of crypto? It lays bare the lies of libertarians

The downfall of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange proves how much markets need rules, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Best books for small business starters in 2023

Start off the year with a bang by setting up your very own business

Evening Standard

How Venture Capital Made the Future

Sebastian Mallaby's The Power Law explores how venture capital and public policy helped shape modern technology.

Reason

The biggest losers in the US midterm elections? Republican mega-donors

Donors like Peter Thiel poured millions into candidates that no amount of money could sell to voters while Mehmet Oz self-funded a failed run

The Guardian - US

A 36-year-old CEO saw how psychedelics treated his best friend’s mental illness. Now his Peter Thiel-funded firm wants to bring the drugs to the masses

Florian Brand's Atai Life Sciences went public three years after launching, fueled by Silicon Valley interest and promising science, but it's still waiting for its first big breakthrough.

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Peter Thiel, BlockFi, and the future of crypto

Peter Thiel, one of Bitcoin’s most powerful advocates, lost both financial and political capital amid November’s crypto wipe-out

The Guardian - UK

Hawkwind’s machine, Batman’s debut and Peter Cook’s jingles: take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Controversial £360m NHS England data platform ‘lined up’ for Trump backer’s firm

Patients will have no say over records going to Palantir, the software giant run by billionaire Republican backer

Salon

Is Elon Musk actually a futurist?

The term "futurism" refers to an Italian movement from the 20th century — with ideas quite different from Musk's

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Democrat Mark Kelly holds seat in Arizona's U.S. Senate race

Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Friday evening, three days after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Heading into the election, Republicans needed to pick up only one seat to take the majority in the 100-seat chamber, which would allow them to block much of…

The Guardian - US

‘No Republican blowout’: our panel reacts to the initial US midterm results

While much remains unclear about Tuesday’s elections, we know that Democrats did much better than expected

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: ‘outrageous’ use of Covid tracking data, Peter Reith dies, Sri Lanka cricket inquiry

In today’s newsletter: Victoria passed contact tracing information to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission; John Howard leads tributes to ‘great warrior’; and voting underway in US

France 24

Five Senate races to watch: Mark Kelly vs Blake Masters in Arizona

Astronaut Mark Kelly is seeking to stave off a challenge from an election-denying right-wing candidate backed by Donald Trump and bankrolled by controversial billionaire Peter Thiel.

France 24

Five Senate races to watch: Tim Ryan vs JD Vance in Ohio

Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio is in a tight race for the Senate seat vacated by a retiring GOP incumbent against JD Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and a former “Never Trump” Republican who has since embraced the former president and received his endorsement.

Salon

Californians bankroll election deniers

Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel leads the pack

The Independent UK

Billionaires have pumped nearly $900m into midterm elections, report says

George Soros, the Uihlien family and Peter Thiel are some of the most generous donors

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