"[W]e are witnessing something new: the convergence of three strains of politics that have never simultaneously been this proximate to power [..] the Wall Street–#SiliconValley nexus of distressed debt and startup culture; anti–New Deal #conservativeThinkTanks; and the extremely online world of #anarchocapitalism and right-wing accelerationism." - #QuinnSlobodian
What is #DOGE?
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/02/15/speed-up-the-breakdown/
https://archive.ph/WEUjr
#SiliconValleyRight #MAGA #USpol #USpolitics #Musk #DOGEbags #BigTech
Speed Up the Breakdown | Quinn Slobodian
For the last month, the US opinion-making class has stared agog as Elon Musk and his minions have stormed the engine room of the federal government. Young
https://www.wired.com/story/jd-vance-venmo/
>200 of Vance’s #VenmoFriends. Among them #AmaliaHalikias, gov't relations director at the #HeritageFoundation—conservative think tank running #Project2025. So is an asst US attorney for SDNY, lawyers for the DoJ, frequently decried as #deepstate…lobbyists from…Government Strategies Group; people affiliated with other #conservativethinktanks like #HooverInstitution and the #AmericanEnterpriseInstitute…and fmr #FoxNews host #TuckerCarlson…
JD Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows
The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.
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