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 · Nov 17, 2022
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 The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022
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 Salon · Nov 12, 2022
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… Reuters · Nov 12, 2022
‘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 - US · Nov 9, 2022
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 The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2022
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 · Nov 6, 2022
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. France 24 · Nov 6, 2022
Californians bankroll election deniers Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel leads the pack Salon · Nov 4, 2022
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 The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
4 Senate races that could provide the key to control Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona come into focus in final days. Plus: where things stand in seven other Senate contests. WEKU · Nov 3, 2022
Trump pressed Arizona GOP Senate candidate to keep pushing ‘big lie’, Tucker Carlson documentary reveals In a call, former president urges Blake Masters to be more like Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022
These billionaire preppers are planning for the apocalypse. Here's why This professor was invited to speak at a meeting of billionaire preppers. It got weird. ABC News · Oct 19, 2022
Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy Re-energized this election cycle, the tech entrepreneur joins other mega-donors apparently out to undercut the political system The Guardian - US · Oct 15, 2022
Axios · Oct 12, 2022 Billionaire Peter Thiel offers to double down on Arizona Senate race to boost Blake Masters The assumption in GOP political circles was that Thiel and McConnell had abandoned Masters.
Salon · Oct 12, 2022 Theil funds disguised MAGA propaganda Thiel-backed "opaque media organization" sends "realistic-looking, and unsolicited, newspapers" to voters
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 Arizona Senate debate gives Masters a chance to reset race Republican Blake Masters has a much-needed chance Thursday night to reset his Arizona Senate race against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the campaign’s only televised debate
Salon · Oct 6, 2022 Peter Thiel backs right-wing dating app "The Right Stuff" was developed by Ryann McEnany, sister of former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022 Want to date a hot rightwinger? Sick of all that woke nonsense? I’ve just the app for you! Founded by Trump advisers, backed by billionaire Trumpite Peter Thiel, The Right Stuff is a safe zone for anyone allergic to pronouns and liberals. Will it do better than all its predecessors?
Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022 The Right Stuff: Conservative dating app founded by former Trump staff mocked online The Republican dating app’s prompts include “view profiles without pronouns”, and is backed by Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel
The Conversation · Oct 3, 2022 Doomsday bunkers, Mars and 'The Mindset': the tech bros trying to outsmart the end of the world Douglas Rushkoff’s newest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, grew out of a brilliant 2018 Medium article of the same name, which went viral and had people (aka his US editor) clamouring for a full-length treatment.
The Guardian - US · Sep 25, 2022 Gawker makes a comeback six years after it was sued into closure A new version of the website, quietly launched a year ago under new owners, is attracting interest and readers again
Tribune News Service · Sep 24, 2022 JD Vance is struggling to hold on to Republicans’ Senate seat in close Ohio race JD Vance’s deadlocked race against Democrat Tim Ryan for a U.S. Senate seat in Republican-leaning Ohio exemplifies the struggles besetting the GOP seven weeks before the midterm elections, where the party’s once-strong chances of taking the chamber have ebbed.
The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2022 ‘Never sleeps, never even blinks’: the hi-tech Anduril towers spreading along the US border Funded by Trump supporter Peter Thiel, the autonomous surveillance towers can detect a human from 2.8km away
Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022 Editorial: Peter Thiel’s warning to GOP is a wake-up call Peter Thiel, a GOP megadonor and technology billionaire, is a controversial figure within conservative circles. The early investor in Facebook and PayPal co-founder also was an instrumental donor to Trump-backed Senate candidates in Arizona and Ohio.