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Michael Blume<a href="https://sueden.social/@vniBW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vniBW</a> Hier, falls echtes Interesse: Der psychologische Freund-Feind-<a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dualismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dualismus</a> nach <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> ersetzt zunehmend die veraltete <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Hufeisen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hufeisen</a> - Theorie. <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/freund-feind-dualismus-statt-rinks-lechts-hufeisen-theorie-eine-wuerdigung-von-rabbi-sacks-sel-ang/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/freund-feind-dualismus-statt-rinks-lechts-hufeisen-theorie-eine-wuerdigung-von-rabbi-sacks-sel-ang/</a>

janhoglund”…there isn’t always a direct line between someone’s upbringing and their politics as an adult. However, there are some connections here between these men’s [Peter Thiel, David Sacks and Elon Musk’s] backgrounds, their current anti-DEI stances, and the policies that they’re trying to influence both in the U.S. and abroad. And President Trump seems to be on that same wavelength…” —Morgan Sung <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thiel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a>

janhoglund”There’s a lesser-known commonality linking them together [Peter Thiel, David Sacks and Elon Musk]. They have roots in apartheid-era South Africa.” —Morgan Sung <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/peterthiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peterthiel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thiel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/davidsacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#davidsacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musk</a>

janhoglund“The "PayPal Mafia" that now dominates global technology…share a disturbing common history in apartheid South Africa… These men aren't just building companies; they're implementing governance structures that could redefine democracy into a new digital feudalism. … If allowed to continue, Americans will become serfs in a digital plantation economy designed to extract maximum wealth while providing minimum freedom.” —Dean Blundell <a href="https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/fivestack-trump-impeachment-japans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/fivestack-trump-impeachment-japans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Botha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Botha</a>

Chuck Darwin'Chatham House Rule'Torenberg launched Chatham House the summer of 2024, naming it after a British think tank that formalized the insight that trusted conversations require a degree of privacy. Two of its conservative participants said they see the group as a way to shift centrist Trump-curious figures to the Republican side, but its founder said he’d begun it to have “a left-right exchange where we could have real conversations because of filter bubble group chats.”Chatham House includes high-profile figures like the economist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Larry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Larry</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Summers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Summers</a> and the historian <a href="https://c.im/tags/Niall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Niall</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ferguson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ferguson</a>, and more partisan figures like <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shapiro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shapiro</a> and the Democratic analyst <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shor</a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Andreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Andreessen</a> lurks. But several participants described it to me as something like a gladiatorial arena with <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cuban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cuban</a> most often in the center, sparring with conservatives.(“no idea what you are talking about :)” Cuban emailed in response to an inquiry about his arguments on Chatham House.)The Group Chat Era depended on part of the American elite feeling shut out from public spaces, and on the formation of a new conservative consensus. Both of those are now fading (though Torenberg has invested in a company called <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChatBCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatBCC</a> that wants to commercialize the heady experience of sitting in on texts among the power elite).Since Elon Musk turned X to the right and an alternative media ecosystem emerged on Substack, “a tremendous amount of the verboten conversations can now shift back into public view,” Andreessen told Fridman. “It’s much healthier to live in a society in which people are literally not scared of what they’re saying.”And Trump’s destabilizing “Liberation Day” has taken its toll on the coalition Andreessen helped shape. You can see it on X, where investors joke that they’ll put pronouns back in their bios in exchange for a return to the 2024 stock prices, and where <a href="https://c.im/tags/Srinivasan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Srinivasan</a> has been a leading critic of Trump’s tariffs.“Group chats have changed on the economy in the last few weeks,” said <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rufo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rufo</a>. “There’s a big split on the tech right.”The polarity of social media has also reversed, and while participants used to keep their conservative ideas off social media, “now the anti-Trump sentiment is what you’re afraid to say on X,” one said.By mid-April, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> had had enough with Chatham House: “This group has become worthless since the loudest voices have TDS,” he wrote, shorthanding “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Then he addressed Torenberg: “You should create a new one with just smart people.”Signal soon showed that three men had left the group: The Sequoia partner <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shaun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shaun</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Maguire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maguire</a>, the bitcoin billionaire <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tyler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tyler</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Winklevoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Winklevoss</a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tucker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tucker</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Carlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Carlson</a>.<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america</a>

Michael Blume<a href="https://social.heise.de/@newstik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@newstik</a> Pathologischer bzw. feindseliger <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Dualimus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dualimus</a> nach Lord Rabbi Jonathan <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> (1948 - 2020). "Der" Religionsgelehrte am Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts, gewinnt weit über das <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Judentum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judentum</a> hinaus immer mehr Lesende. Habe dazu ausführlich auch im neuen "Verschwörungsmythen" (2025) geschrieben. Ersetzt u.a. das überholte <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Hufeisen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hufeisen</a>. <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/freund-feind-dualismus-statt-rinks-lechts-hufeisen-theorie-eine-wuerdigung-von-rabbi-sacks-sel-ang/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/freund-feind-dualismus-statt-rinks-lechts-hufeisen-theorie-eine-wuerdigung-von-rabbi-sacks-sel-ang/</a>

Michael BlumeGuten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?In meinem Vortrag „Gegen <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Antisemitismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Antisemitismus</a> und <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Zukunftsangst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zukunftsangst</a> - Gemeinsam für eine Kultur der <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Hoffnung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hoffnung</a>“ für <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Schw%C3%A4bisch_Hall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Schwäbisch_Hall</a> konnte ich erstmals die Zusammenhänge von <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alphabet</a> & <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Zeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zeit</a> ausbuchstabieren. Mit viel Hans <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Blumenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blumenberg</a>, Rabbi <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> & Inge <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Auerbacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Auerbacher</a> inside! 🤓📚🕰️🤔 <a href="https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/gegen-antisemitismus-und-zukunftsangst-vortrag-in-schwaebisch-hall/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/gegen-antisemitismus-und-zukunftsangst-vortrag-in-schwaebisch-hall/</a>

Chuck DarwinSen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday sent a letter to Donald Trump’s crypto and AI czar <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest in his role and asked him to make his financial disclosures with the government public, days after Trump announced the creation of an American “crypto strategic reserveIn her letter, the senator asks Sacks how he has addressed his “conflicts of interest” and how he intends to prevent “the President and other private individuals from directly profiting off of the Trump Administration’s efforts to selectively pump the value of certain crypto assets.”Warren’s letter raises alarm at several moves made by the Trump administration on crypto recently, including the SEC’s assertion that meme coins are not securities, the regulator dropping its case against Coinbase and the pause in the case against crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun.Warren, who is a ranking member on the Senate’s banking committee, asks Sacks to reveal whether he has filed any financial disclosures with the Office of Government Ethics, if he has recused himself on any matter after accepting the role and how long he intends to serve as a “special government employee.”Warren’s letter also seeks disclosure on the exact dates Sacks divested Bitcoin, Ether, and Sol tokens from his portfolio (as per his claims) and the exact date his firm Craft Ventures divested from crypto asset manager Bitwise investments.Warren also wants Sacks to make several other disclosures covering his potential advanced knowledge of Trump’s crypto reserve announcement and how the Trump administration picked the tokens to be included in the reserve, among other things. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/03/07/sen-elizabeth-warren-raises-conflict-of-interest-concerns-in-letter-to-trumps-crypto-czar-seeks-financial-disclosures/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/03/07/sen-elizabeth-warren-raises-conflict-of-interest-concerns-in-letter-to-trumps-crypto-czar-seeks-financial-disclosures/</a>

Chuck DarwinAt 10:24am on Sunday morning in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump posted to Truth Social that the upcoming US Crypto Reserve would contain XRP, SOL, and ADA.That Trump decided to bless three assets that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had previously designated as unregistered securities barely registered with post-Gary Gensler crypto investors.Indeed, since Trump’s inauguration, lawsuits initiated by Gensler’s SEC against Uniswap, Coinbase, Robinhood, Gemini, Metamask, OpenSea, Justin Sun, and Richard Heart have been abruptly terminated.Moreover, that Trump decided to first bless non-bitcoin assets after debuting his promise of a sovereign stockpile at a 2024 BTC maximalist conference was also unsurprising after he and his wife decided to launch two meme coins on Solana during his Inauguration week.Even less of a surprise is the financial conflict of interest that Trump’s appointed Crypto Czar <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> has with XRP, SOL, and ADA. For example, Sacks is one of the earliest investors in SOL via his limited partnership in Multicoin Capital and has publicly laughed about selling his early bags to latecomers.Sacks is also a lead investor in Bitwise Asset Management, whose flagship BITW index fund is maximally allocated to all five of the crypto assets that Trump named. Over 97% of BITW consists of XRP, SOL, ADA, BTC, and ETH holdings.The potential conflicts of interest extend beyond David Sacks to Trump himself, as recent financial disclosures reveal significant holdings in XRP, SOL, and ADA through various Trump entities like World Liberty Financial.That presidential entity owns staked ETH and wrapped BTC — two assets that Trump endorsed yesterday.<a href="https://protos.com/trumps-crypto-reserve-conveniently-mirrors-david-sacks-backed-fund/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://protos.com/trumps-crypto-reserve-conveniently-mirrors-david-sacks-backed-fund/</a>

Megaphone :verified:Rebecca Davis Investigates Trump’s South African Connections Rebecca Davis, an award-winning journalist with <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DailyMaverick?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DailyMaverick</a>, explores a striking pattern in Donald Trump’s inner circle—its strong South African ties. Despite never visiting the country as president, Trump has repeatedly targeted South Africa in his public statements. Davis uncovers how key figures like Elon <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Musk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, David <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Sacks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a>, Peter <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Thiel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a>, and Joel <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Pollak?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pollak</a>—who share conservative, anti-“woke” views—may be shaping his stance. Their influence raises questions about the real motivations behind Trump’s foreign policy decisions. Read more via Daily Maverick. <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/RebeccaDavis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RebeccaDavis</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Trump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/SouthAfrica?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ElonMusk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DavidSacks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidSacks</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/PeterThiel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeterThiel</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/JoelPollak?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JoelPollak</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Politics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))"In 1995, a year after the ANC began attempting that in South Africa, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a>, who met @ Stanford, published The Diversity Myth in the US. It’s a fluent defence of “western civilisation” against “multiculturalism” (or what the right now calls “woke”), written by 2 white twentysomethings who are sure that racism isn’t the problem. Indeed, they explain: “There are almost no real racists . . . in America’s younger generation.”<a href="https://ft.pressreader.com/article/282355455139348" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ft.pressreader.com/article/282355455139348</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apartheid</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))"In 1995, a year after the ANC began attempting that in South Africa, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a> & <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a>, who met @ Stanford, published The Diversity Myth in the US. It’s a fluent defence of “western civilisation” against “multiculturalism” (or what the right now calls “woke”), written by 2 white twentysomethings who are sure that racism isn’t the problem. Indeed, they explain: “There are almost no real racists . . . in America’s younger generation.”<a href="https://ft.pressreader.com/article/282355455139348" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ft.pressreader.com/article/282355455139348</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apartheid</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))When did the South African Apartheid regime take over the US?<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-apartheid-musk-1be10eb4e443682501f2d7bc5aa0b893" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-apartheid-musk-1be10eb4e443682501f2d7bc5aa0b893</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))When did the South African Apartheid regime take over the US?<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-apartheid-musk-1be10eb4e443682501f2d7bc5aa0b893" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-apartheid-musk-1be10eb4e443682501f2d7bc5aa0b893</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a>

Chuck DarwinPerhaps nobody has spent more to buy a break from public scrutiny than the <a href="https://c.im/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crypto</a> industry. “The crypto guys are just blowing it out,” an anonymous Trump advisor told Axios. “It used to be $1 million was a big number. Now we’re looking at some folks giving like $10 [million] or $20 million.” They want a friendly Securities and Exchange Commission. Venture capitalist and PayPal Mafioso David <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> has already been named as a “crypto czar.” And there’s a pending executive order to name crypto “a national imperative or priority — strategic wording intended to guide government agencies to work with the industry,” according to Bloomberg. We may even be about to witness our very first presidential meme coin pump-and-dump. Crypto is good for little besides crime and gambling -- and less regulation means more chances for people to get scammed by the next <a href="https://c.im/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FTX</a>. (Speaking of gambling, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robinhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Robinhood</a> donated $2 million to the Trump inaugural fund.) On top of that, the executive order means a higher likelihood of crypto getting shoveled into new government projects — whether it’s useful or not. Crypto capture could even extend to soft-pedaling enforcement of the assorted criminal industries that rely on it.<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24346317/trump-gangster-tech-regulation-corruption-grift" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24346317/trump-gangster-tech-regulation-corruption-grift</a>

Chuck DarwinScientific racism today must be seen and rejected for what it truly is —a hollow attempt to dress discrimination in the garb of science and reasonAcross Europe and the U.S., racist and anti-immigrant groups have embraced long-discredited ideas that races constitute biologically separate groups differing in everything from intelligence to birthrate. With immigration a defining topic in fractious debates on both sides of the Atlantic, <a href="https://c.im/tags/scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scientific</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> is now explicit in right-wing discourse.In October an exposé in the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper revealed a network dedicated to proliferating race science worldwide had received years of funding from Silicon Valley. That same month came Donald Trump’s comment decrying immigration as “a lot of bad genes in our country right now.” In June it was revealed that a U.K. Reform Party candidate had previously insisted that sub-Saharan Africans were lowering IQ in the country.But while its modern advocates rebrand scientific racism as “human biodiversity,” such insidious euphemisms are just attempts to give a veneer of respectability to hateful, pseudoscientific beliefs.These beliefs have a dark history tied to the racial pseudoscience of <a href="https://c.im/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eugenics</a>, and its popularity sadly continues unabated. On social media, avowed racists misrepresent genetic research to bolster the narrative that white people are intrinsically superior. In the rarefied world of Silicon Valley, race science has made a dark renaissance, elevated by Google and other search engines. (In response to a request for comment from Scientific American, a representative of Google cited a statement from the company that had been included in a Wired article on this subject: “Our goal is for AI Overviews to provide links to high quality content so that people can click through to learn more, but for some queries there may not be a lot of high quality web content available.”) Last year a then forthcoming book, "The Origins of Woke", by right-wing author <a href="https://c.im/tags/Richard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Richard</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hanania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hanania</a> was lauded by tech industry figures <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Peter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Peter</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a>. That same year the Huffington Post reported that Hanania had previously written under a pseudonym for white supremacist websites.He then wrote an essay in which he claimed to give “an explanation for why I wrote such things, and why I no longer hold such views.” But critics suggest those views are reflected in his book and in racist comments he has continued to make, including his suggestions that people of color need aggressive policing and more incarceration. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/silicon-valley-is-reviving-the-discredited-and-discriminatory-idea-of-race/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/silicon-valley-is-reviving-the-discredited-and-discriminatory-idea-of-race/</a>

JuneSim63Must watch video on the crypto bros plan to transfer billions of US public money into their already swollen coffers. "The elements of the plot are just there in plain sight..""They're backing the truck up to the government in plain sight.."<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crypto</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USElection</a>‘Enormous heist’: Hayes on the ‘audacious scheme’ to reward big donors <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=qWANiC28M8o&feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=qWANiC28M8o&feature=shared</a>

Chuck DarwinDonald Trump says that VC and All-In podcast co-host <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> will be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.” The appointment of Sacks, who hosted a $300,000-a-person dinner at his San Francisco mansion to fundraise for Trump’s campaign, follows the appointment of fellow PayPal mafia member Elon Musk to co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency.” According to Bloomberg, like Musk, Sacks will be “a special government employee” -- who can serve up to 130 days a year without divesting or publicly disclosing his assets. Here’s what Sacks will be tasked with in his role, according to Trump: In this important role, David will guide policy for the Administration in Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency, two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness. David will focus on making America the clear global leader in both areas. He will safeguard Free Speech online, and steer us away from Big Tech bias and censorship. He will work on a legal framework so the Crypto industry has the clarity it has been asking for, and can thrive in the U.S.Trump says Sacks will also head up the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, an independent advisory committee that exists today. In a second Truth Social post, Trump highlighted Sacks’ history at PayPal (where he worked with Musk) and his founding of Yammer, which Microsoft bought for $1.2 billion in 2012.<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/5/24314514/trump-david-sacks-white-house-ai-crypto-czar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/5/24314514/trump-david-sacks-white-house-ai-crypto-czar</a>

Hanse MinaDonald <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> says he is selecting venture capitalist David <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a> of Craft Ventures LLC to serve as his artificial intelligence and crypto czar.On X, Sacks is known for his lies regarding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> war and a known <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> supporter.<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-06/trump-names-david-sacks-as-white-house-ai-and-crypto-czar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-06/trump-names-david-sacks-as-white-house-ai-and-crypto-czar</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a>

Chuck DarwinAttendees, 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 <a href="https://c.im/tags/Palmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palmer</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Luckey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Luckey</a> and the venture capitalist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Marc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Marc</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Andreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Andreessen</a>, 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 <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jr</a>. announced at the welcome dinner that he was entering venture capital. And days before the president-elect chose Robert F. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kennedy</a> Jr. for health and human services secretary, Mr. Kennedy spoke extensively about his public-health work to a standing ovation. Ms. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wiles</a> 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 <a href="https://c.im/tags/Omeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Omeed</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Malik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Malik</a>, 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. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vance</a>, then best known as the author of “Hilbilly Elegy,” and a conservative media figure named <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chris</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Buskirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buskirk</a> began informally hosting a series of small dinners that would eventually become called Rockbridge. The group drew early support from the venture capitalist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Peter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Peter</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thiel</a> 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 <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tucker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tucker</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Carlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Carlson</a>; the Thiel protégé <a href="https://c.im/tags/Blake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blake</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Masters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Masters</a>; the casino mogul <a href="https://c.im/tags/Steve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Steve</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wynn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wynn</a>; the investor <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sacks</a>; and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Woody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woody</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Johnson</a>, 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.<a href="https://c.im/tags/RockbridgeNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RockbridgeNetwork</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RebekahMercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RebekahMercer</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KenHowery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KenHowery</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LukeNosek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LukeNosek</a>

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