[thread] Joe Lonsdale: Cicero Institute, Criminalization of homelessness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lonsdale

* venture capitalist
* co-founded Palantir Technologies, Addepar, OpenGov
* early career at hedge fund run by mentor Peter Thiel
* Republican donor/fundraiser
* founded the conservative Cicero Institute think tank
* co-founded University of Austin

#billionaires #JoeLonsdale #PeterThiel #GOP #fascism #SCOTUS
#Palantir #MassSurveillance #privacy
#CiceroInstitute #antiHomelessness #ModelActs #UAustin

Sohrab Ahmari

The Conservative Who Turned Against Corporate America
Sohrab Ahmari makes case against big business. But how convincing is his commitment to workers?
https://newrepublic.com/article/175354/sohrab-ahmari-conservative-against-corporate-america

Sohrab Ahmari: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab_Ahmari
* an Iranian-American columnist, editor, author
* Roman Catholic
* founding editor online magazine Compact; contributing editor The Catholic Herald
* supports both Trump, Viktor Orbán

#SohrabAhmari #neoconservatism #transphobia #UAustin #CultureWars #ChristianRight