This newsletter has experienced a surge in new subscribers. Much of the new interest comes from YouTube, where a writer named Joanna Richards made a video prominently mentioning my work on tech extremist politics. The video was published on November 13, but it is going viral this week, with over
Elon Musk's attempt to destroy the United States government isn't random chaos. It's the methodical execution of the "network state" blueprint. Yet even as tech billionaires openly implement their well-documented playbook for dismantling American democracy, no one will dare say the words
On January 20, the wealthiest man in the world stood behind the Seal of the President of the United States and gave the straight-arm fascist salute, commonly known as the Nazi salute. Some call it the “Roman salute,” but the Nazis called it the “Hitler salute,” and most of us
A strange essay reveals how Silicon Valley elites are creating an apocalyptic techno-religion to rule the future of civilization
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MAGA versus Musk civil war intensifies?
California Forever CEO Jan Sramek seems optimistic about the project's chances under Donald Trump. Why?
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The Point: Elon Musk is dumb about politics. Pathologically unable to shut up for even five minutes, he is already creating fractures in the MAGA/Nerd Reich alliance. Now, a MAGA "civil war" over the role of immigrant tech workers threatens to overshadow Trump's 2024 election
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Mystery drones, cognitive illusions and moral hierarchies
On Sunday, I woke before dawn with the Hawk Tuah spitcoin scam on my mind and full paragraphs of text running through my head. Now I'm in the middle of drafting my final magazine piece of 2024. It will be a capstone to the Network State series I
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Anti-crime social media crusader now accused of crime
One of the things that I think anybody can observe is that, even among the ultra-rich, they never seem to have enough. Never enough wealth, never enough toys, never enough. So what do you want if you've bought everything already? You want limitless wealth, limitless power. Even the
Election 2024
Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election begins a new era for tech's political extremists. The right-wing elements of Silicon Valley have merged with the MAGA movement, at least temporarily, and the bet has paid off big. Republicans captured every branch of government. Trump will make