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SpudLink's avatar

JD Vance is Peter Thiel's b*tch.

Andra Watkins's avatar

I don't believe in the antichrist. But if one exists, it is Peter Thiel.

Shauna's avatar

Why why why, isn’t trump even concerned’ about. Putin supporting Iran blatantly in last meeting ? Because it IS part of our their PLAN all along. Destabilizing and seize the world’s oil ( after getting Venezuela for American backup supplies). And then Putin attacks Poland next? Trump is STALLING internationally.

John McNellis Rich's avatar

Wow Nina & Katie, thank you for this thorough chronicle of who this network of freaks are. I've been following IJ reporting on Opus Dei & Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and their affiliated "think" (Id) tanks & lobbying organizations for about 10 years. This is a great, comprehensive and expanded summary; a great public service.

Tacitus's avatar

You wrote an entire article that communicated nothing. Paragraphs spent on Thiel doing legal things and declining illegal things.

You refer to Thiel as a "litigation terrorist". My understanding from the lawsuit is that Gawker illegally obtained private material and published it which is obviously a crime that caused obvious damage. Gawker didn't need to publish the Hogan's sex tape in order to communicate the news that the event happened. Which would obviously make Thiel a legal saint for seeing justice served.

I'd recommend resigning from your role as Professor TDS, then maybe you will see easily discernible issues through the correct moral lens. All of your degrees and you can't tell the difference between communicating news and forcing the public into someone's bedroom.

Stef Baltimore's avatar

Gawker should pull a Lazarus and do a report on how a certain super villain may or may not have drugged and raped young men at meth fueled orgies.

Anne Lockwood's avatar

I have one thing to say - ugh.

Rachel @ This Woman Votes's avatar

This is also why he's coming for media and journalists with his ObjectionAI: https://twvme.substack.com/p/american-epistemics-the-machine-doesnt

"Objection AI presents itself as a media accountability platform. It allows anyone to pay to challenge a news story. The system uses investigators, evidence files, and AI models to produce a ruling. It assigns journalists numerical trust scores. It borrows the language of courts: juries, verdicts, formal review.

It has no jurisdiction. No discovery obligations. No appeal rights that carry public authority. No evidentiary standards subject to independent review. No prohibition on funders directing attention toward subjects they find inconvenient. The company is backed by Peter Thiel, among others, and was founded by Aron D’Souza, who led the legal strategy that contributed to Gawker’s bankruptcy using Thiel’s money. D’Souza has described Objection as industrializing that process."