Trump Pardons Drug Trafficker Who Backed Network State City

On Tuesday, Donald Trump pardoned a convicted drug trafficker who happens to be the former president of Honduras. There's a Network State angle. Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of conspiring to smuggle over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States, is the right-wing politician who supported

Silicon Valley Sacks Washington

David Sacks “has occupied one of the most advantageous moonlighting roles in the federal government, influencing policy for Silicon Valley in Washington while simultaneously working in Silicon Valley as an investor”

Tech critic Paulina Borsook profiled in New York Times

Make sure to read this: The New York Times has profiled Paulina Borsook, the tech critic who warned of Silicon Valley’s dark side thirty years ago. (I interviewed her last month on the Nerd Reich podcast.) Writes David Streitfeld of the NYT: Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish” saw the seeds

PRE-ORDER: The Nerd Reich, Silicon Valley Fascism & the War on Democracy

It’s official: My first book will be released on August 4, 2026 The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy will be published by Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster. → Pre-order your copy now Pre-orders are crucial—they determine whether a book succeeds or fails. If

Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats

Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future

Silicon Valley Apocalypse Capitalism

 “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”

Esmeralda: Network State comes for Cloverdale

The questions no one is asking about strange new California ‘town’

I Warned Canada About Silicon Valley's ‘Nerd Reich’

My interview with Harrison Mooney of The Tyee

Tech‘s ‘Authoritarian Stack’

‘Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore. It’s building empires.’

Tech’s Psychotic Break: ‘Fentanyl Capitalism’ Bets on Trump

Silicon Valley promises that technology will save us. But what if the financial system powering that dream is actually poisoning everything it touches? In this episode of the Nerd Reich podcast, I talk with Catherine Bracy, author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy, about how venture

JD Vance tech donor group, Rockbridge, seeks ‘aristocracy’

Tomorrow morning, we’ll release the latest episode of the Nerd Reich podcast—an episode focused on how the venture capital model is warping US politics. Today, I wanted to share a gift link to this must-read Washington Post story. Reporter Elizabeth Dwoskin takes a deep dive on Rockbridge, a

Paulina Borsook Saw Tech Fascism Coming

"Cyberselfish" author interviewed on Nerd Reich podcast