For the record Multibanks | Peter Thiel | Adam Yates | Gambling Commission The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024
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 · Jul 27, 2024
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 · Jul 26, 2024
First Trump, now Harris: LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman has successfully angered both Democrats and Republicans Hoffman is a longtime Democratic donor. Fortune · Jul 26, 2024
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 The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024
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 Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024
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 · Jul 23, 2024
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. Fortune · Jul 22, 2024
Meet the billionaire behind JD Vance Peter Thiel has been supporting Trump's newly selected running mate since before he entered politics Salon · Jul 22, 2024
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 Independent UK · Jul 21, 2024
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 The Guardian - US · Jul 21, 2024
Buttigieg talks JD Vance on "Real Time" When asked to weigh in on Peter Thiel's reasons for supporting Vance, Buttigieg broke it down plainly: Money Salon · Jul 20, 2024
Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. And Vance is one more link in the chain Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, a longtime backer of the new vice-president pick, are among those pledging support The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2024
Is there anything that JD Vance actually believes? The only thing we can say for sure that JD Vance believes is that he, personally, should have as much power as possible The Guardian - US · Jul 19, 2024
The Guardian - US · Jul 19, 2024 How JD Vance’s path to being Trump’s VP pick wound through Silicon Valley Yale Law School graduate found allies in tech billionaires including Peter Thiel who rallied privately for him
International Business Times UK · Jul 19, 2024 2020's Youngest Self-made Billionaire Austin Russell Shares How You Can Become One Too By 25 College dropout turned CEO Austin Russell has shared his secrets to billionaire success at 25, leveraging focus, passion and online learning.
Reason · Jul 18, 2024 Rachel Maddow: Liking The Lord of the Rings Is 'Far-Right' Yes, J.D. Vance likes J.R.R. Tolkien. So do most people.
Fortune · Jul 18, 2024 Kara Swisher says Silicon Valley’s growing concentration of power in Washington, D.C., is ‘really problematic’ “This sort of explicit grab for power has worked really nicely,” she said.
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024 JD Vance’s Silicon Valley connections run deep. So do Trump’s Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are key figures in a rising network of pro-Trump techies who are channelling tens of millions of dollars towards Republican campaigns. And Thiel is the one who reportedly introduced Vance to Trump in the first place. Io Dodds reports on the GOP’s increasingly cosy relationship…
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024 ‘Bizarre beliefs’ and ‘creepy friends’: Choosing JD Vance could be a costly mistake for Trump While MAGA-loving Republicans celebrated Trump’s pick for running mate this week, so did Democrats. Andrew Feinberg reports on why the opposition believes Vance is such an easy target for their upcoming campaigns
Roll Call · Jul 17, 2024 Once a tech investor, Vance is now Big Tech critic - Roll Call First-term senator and Donald Trump running mate JD Vance is a former tech investor and venture capitalist turned critic of Big Tech.
International Business Times · Jul 16, 2024 Musk Leads Silicon Valley Rally Behind Trump Elon Musk's decision to throw his vast fortune behind Donald Trump's presidential candidacy confirms the rise of a growing right-wing bloc in the traditionally liberal Silicon Valley.
The Guardian - US · Jul 16, 2024 JD Vance once worried Trump was ‘America’s Hitler’. Now his own authoritarian leanings come into view Vice-presidential pick has said he would have blocked certification of 2020 results in key states won by Biden
The Guardian - US · Jul 16, 2024 Trump’s arrival and ‘our God saves’: key takeaways from Republican convention day one The ex-president names JD Vance as his running mate and becomes the official party nominee on an eventful first day
Fortune · Jul 15, 2024 Trump choice J.D. Vance could be win for Peter Thiel, venture capital Vance is the first former venture capitalist on a major party ticket since Mitt Romney. His footprint is mostly tied by association to his biggest backer, Peter Thiel.