Convened by #SiliconValley #billionaire #PeterThiel & #JDVance, then an investor who had written a best-selling memoir, the meeting included hedge fund heiress #RebekahMercer, then-FoxNews host #TuckerCarlson & economist #OrenCass, acc/to 2 people familiar…. The details have not been previously reported.

But the person in the room who would solidify the group’s ambitions was an Arizona insurance entrepreneur & conservative media figure named #ChrisBuskirk.

#law #democracy #aristocracy #USpol

One more chart - the co-founders of 1789 Capital, where Don Jr now works, are Omeed Malik, Rebekah Mercer, Chris Buskirk

Chris Buskirk co-founded the Rockbridge Network with JD Vance (the idea for 1789 Capital started at a Rockbridge event).

These people are all tightly interconnected.

#1789Capital #DonJr #RebekahMercer #OmeedMalik #ChrisBuskirk #JDVance #RockbridgeNetwork

https://newstracs.com/chart-and-overview-of-key-links-for-jd-vance-with-thiel-mercer-rockbridge/2024/07/29/

I have been closely following 1789 Capital - which is funded by Rebekah Mercer and Peter Thiel's protege Blake Masters - and the overlaps with Mercer, Heritage, Leonard Leo and various far-right people and entities

https://newstracs.com/update-on-cambridge-analytica-funder-rebekah-mercer/2024/07/08/

My first piece on 1789 Capital from last summer

Omeed Malik is a Trump fundraiser who invests in ‘patriotic’ ‘anti-woke’ businesses including one with Rebekah Mercer that funded Tucker Carlson

#1789Capital #DonJr #RebekahMercer

https://newstracs.com/trump-donor-omeed-malik-invests-in-anti-woke-businesses-with-rebekah-mercer/2024/05/20/

Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200

#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney

Attendees, with white-and-red gift bags and lanyards, knew to be closelipped when approached by hotel interlopers
or by the Times reporter, who was not invited to the closed-press festivities.

But a copy of the agenda listed remarks by several tech billionaires, including the Anduril co-founder #Palmer #Luckey and the venture capitalist #Marc #Andreessen, who spoke about his support for deregulating technology
and the mixed reaction in Silicon Valley to his endorsement of Mr. Trump, according to attendees.

There were tech up-and-comers, too:
Donald Trump #Jr. announced at the welcome dinner that he was entering venture capital.

And days before the president-elect chose Robert F. #Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary,
Mr. Kennedy spoke extensively about his public-health work to a standing ovation.

Ms. #Wiles also led a session on “2024 Election Analysis,” where she gave a preview of Mr. Trump’s first days as president.

“It’s the domestic ‘Davos in the desert,’” said the Rockbridge backer #Omeed #Malik, referring to the annual business conference in Riyadh, and Donald Trump Jr.’s new business partner.

➡️Rockbridge began with more humility.

Back in 2019, Mr. #Vance, then best known as the author of “Hilbilly Elegy,” and a conservative media figure named #Chris #Buskirk began informally hosting a series of small dinners
that would eventually become called Rockbridge.

The group drew early support from the venture capitalist #Peter #Thiel and eventually caught the attention of Donald J. Trump, who spoke at a few meetings.

Once in the fall and once in the spring, Rockbridge began to gather at places like the Four Seasons in Palm Beach, Fla.,
or the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas for three days of political panels and business networking.

Speakers included people like #Tucker #Carlson; the Thiel protégé #Blake #Masters; the casino mogul #Steve #Wynn; the investor #David #Sacks; and #Woody #Johnson, the billionaire owner of the New York Jets.

Not all attendees have politics at the top of their mind.

Some are primarily interested in business, seeing Rockbridge as a conservative-tinged version of the elite Sun Valley conference.

#RockbridgeNetwork #RebekahMercer #ElonMusk #KenHowery #LukeNosek