Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy

Re-energized this election cycle, the tech entrepreneur joins other mega-donors apparently out to undercut the political system

Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy

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Anti-Globalist?! He invests in businesses, worldwide!? I doubt that it would be possible without globalization! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Updated: Despite Donald Trump Pardon, Steve Bannon Could Still Face State Charges

Despite Donald Trump Pardon, Steve Bannon Could Still Face State Charges

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SDNY Prosecutors Dismiss Kris Kobach’s Attempt to ‘Inject’ Himself into Steve Bannon Fraud Case; More People May Be Implicated

SDNY Prosecutors Dismiss Kris Kobach’s Attempt to ‘Inject’ Himself into Steve Bannon Fraud Case; More People May Be Implicated

The feds said that the disclosure of that information could “seriously jeopardize” the ongoing investigation. One reason why is that the application and affidavit contains “identities of individuals and entities that may be implicated in the investigation aside from the four charged defendants” and contains “details about the evidence collected in the investigation.”

We Build the Wall memo of law by Law&Crime on Scribd

Peter Thiel backed pro-Kobach dark money group, sources say | The Kansas City Star

Billionaire Peter Thiel helped fund the dark money group that backed Kansas Republican Kris Kobach in 2018, sources said. Thiel also contributed to Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s political rise.
— Read on www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article235516452.html

In a 2009 essay for the Cato Institute, he argued that democracy and liberty are incompatible, blaming the decline of U.S. democracy partly on women gaining the right to vote in 1920.