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Wealthy SF Recall Backer Pumping Millions to DeSantis and J.D. Vance, Hyping That Ukraine Needs to Surrender

One of the most prominent funders of all three big recall campaigns is now the MAGA movement’s San Francisco money man, and David Sacks is also on a curious kick preaching that Ukraine needs to surrender to Putin.

Peter Thiel Stepping Down From Meta’s Board, Will Focus on Getting Trumpers Elected in the Midterms

The billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir will no longer serve on the board of directors of Facebook parent company Meta, where he had Zuckerberg’s ear for years (or held Zuckerberg’s leash, depending on who you ask).

Business & Tech

Zuckerberg Denies Secret Deal With Jared Kushner to Never Censor Trump’s Posts

Maybe this explains Facebook’s kid-gloves approach to right-wing propaganda — a new book claims Zuckerberg agreed to a “hands-off approach to conservative sites” in exchange for lax regulations.

Peter Thiel Goes on Fox News to Accuse Google of Treason

Without citing any evidence, proud gay libertarian billionaire and Gawker-killer Peter Thiel went on Tucker Carlson Tonight Monday to accuse Google of conspiring with China, and also to discuss his fears of an Elizabeth Warren presidency.

Peter Thiel Quoted As Saying There's A 50 Percent Chance Trump Administration 'Ends In Disaster'

It turns out that billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel's public support for the president is not all that it seems. According to a piece by BuzzFeed News that relies on statements from several

Palantir No Longer Works For The NSA, CEO Slams Trump In Leaked Video

Palantir, the Silicon Valley data analysis company co-founded by Peter Thiel, was mentioned a lot during this past election cycle in relation to Thiel's support of President Trump and the company's well known

ACLU Joins Incubator Y Combinator To Help Manage Its New Influx Of Wealth

Y Combinator president Sam Altman's heart grew three sizes today as he announced the American Civil Liberties Union would join his startup incubator in order to manage its massive influx of funding. The

New Zealand Investigates How Peter Thiel Gained Citizenship As More Billionaires Make Kiwi-Style Apocalypse Plans

A recent New Yorker magazine piece about the variety of very expensive preparations super-rich Americans are busy making for the apocalypse — an event brought about either by Trump's presidency or other destabilizing factors

Peter Thiel Reportedly Mulling Run For Governor Of California

"If you can dream it, you can do it," people frequently claim Walt Disney famously said. And when it comes to allegedly aspiring baby blood consumer and Trump-loving billionaire Peter Thiel, his newest

In Bizzaro Interview With Maureen Dowd, Peter Thiel Says Fake Wrestling Is Real And No One Cares About The Supreme Court

Over "a four-hour dinner of duck and chocolate dessert" New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd interviewed Trump transition team player Peter Thiel, the Paypal co-founder and early Facebook investor who still serves on

Peter Thiel Poised To Profit Off Trump's Promised Crackdown On Immigrants

While many residents of Silicon Valley are smarting over the election of Donald Trump, Peter Thiel is sitting pretty. The Trump-supporting Facebook board member secured a position on the president-elect's transition team, and

Peter Thiel Discussed As Potential Trump Transition Chair, Will At Least Have Advisor Role

Peter Thiel will "have the ear" of President Donald Trump, or so the tech billionaire and Facebook board member tells the New York Times, and perhaps, according to an anonymous source for the

The Tech World Is Losing Its Collective S**t Over Trump's Win

While you and I are busy maintaining our thousand-yard stares off toward the orange-tinted collective doom looming on the horizon, big names in the world of Silicon Valley tech have commenced full on

Watch Peter Thiel Justify His Support For Donald Trump

Billionaire businessman and tech pioneer Peter Thiel's outré political support of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and secret third-party funding of a lawsuit to bankrupt Gawker Media might lead one to believe him

Peter Thiel To Speak Publicly About His Trump Support As Silicon Valley Battle Lines Harden

Contrarian that he is, noted libertarian Trump lover Peter Thiel has decided that the controversy surrounding his support for the Republican presidential candidate demands his response. And so, as Bloomberg reports, the billionaire

Zuckerberg Stands By Facebook Board Member Peter Thiel And Claims Support For Trump Counts As 'Diversity'

As the backlash against prominent Donald Trump supporter and Facebook board member Peter Thiel continues to grow, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out in support of the controversial Libertarian — suggesting that not

Stain Of Peter Thiel's Trump Advocacy Marks Y Combinator As Silicon Valley Backlash Grows

Peter Thiel has always ranked high on the Silicon Valley eccentric scale, as most already know. The PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member's support for building floating libertarian cities and interest in the

Silicon Valley Donates Nearly $8 Million To Clinton Campaign Out Of Fear Of Trump

Facing the unfathomable possibility of a President Donald Trump, Silicon Valley donors have spent nearly $8 million helping Hillary Clinton to get elected this year still far shy of the $21 million reportedly

Peter Thiel Decides To Throw Away $1.25 Million On Trump Campaign

Perhaps because it's the equivalent of what he pays his dog-walker, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel decided to write a last-minute $1.25 million check to Donald Trump's losing presidential campaign, instead of

Thiel-Funded Seasteading Institute Cutting Deal For First Floating Commune Off French Polynesia

Oakland nonprofit the Seasteading Institute, a group devoted to the development of floating colonies adrift from the oppressive moorings of society, has announced its dreams are closer than ever to reality. As soon

Oculus Founder Secretly Funding Pro-Trump Troll Army

While Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump doesn't draw a lot of support from Silicon Valley, that which he does tends to be, well, unique. We now have an Exhibit B is the

Peter Thiel Now Funding A Startup To Fund Third-Party Lawsuits

Did you know that we're in a bubble? No, not a technology bubble, you overeducated ninny. “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed,” Peter Thiel, the Paypal co-founder, Facebook

Peter Thiel Has 'No Plans' To Donate To Trump Campaign

Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, though he served as a local delegate for Donald Trump and spoke in support of him at the Republican National Convention last month, apparently has "no plans to

Peter Thiel, VC Billionaire Outed By Gawker, Writes NYT Op-Ed About Why He Helped Sue

Gawker Media, bankrupted by a lawsuit regarding the website's release of a sex tape involving Hulk Hogan, is up for auction today, and the New York Times is using the occasion to offer

Trump San Francisco Fundraiser Planned For August

Donald Trump is coming back to the Bay Area. The Washington Post reports that the Republican presidential nominee will be heading our way later this month on 21-event fundraising tour that will include