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September 16, 2025
Gil Duran
What’s Up With Peter Thiel’s Obsession With the Antichrist?
The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.
August 29, 2025
Robert McCoy
Trump Picks Nightmare Peter Thiel Acolyte to Replace CDC Director
Jim O’Neill is the last person who should be in this role.
June 24, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Damning Report Exposes Stephen Miller’s Shady Ties to Palantir
Palantir has been snapping up massive government contracts to increase surveillance capabilities.
June 15, 2025
Edith Olmsted
The AI Industry Is Ready to Get Rich off Trump’s Defense Department
This year’s annual AI Expo for National Competitiveness was a hidden race to turn the military into “Ender’s Game.”
May 30, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American
Trump’s dystopian plan is already underway.
February 28, 2025
Jack McCordick
Alex Karp’s War for the West
In “The Technological Republic,” the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of furthering American global supremacy.
February 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
What’s Next on Trump’s Chopping Block? Look at Pete Hegseth’s Venmo
Hegseth’s Venmo account gives a terrifying insight into what he’s planning.
June 3, 2024
Michael Brenes
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William D. Hartung
A.I. Won’t Transform War. It’ll Only Make Venture Capitalists Richer.
The U.S. government is worried about falling behind in the literal A.I. arms race—and Silicon Valley is cashing in with ludicrous promises.
December 20, 2021
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Moira Weigel
The Making of Peter Thiel’s Networks
Who Peter Thiel is does not really matter. What matters about him is whom he connects.
September 21, 2020
Jacob Silverman
Trump’s Misguided, Jingoistic War Against TikTok
The real enemy of privacy isn’t China. It’s Big Tech.
May 28, 2020
Jacob Silverman
The End of the Backlash to Big Tech
Only a few months ago, Silicon Valley was the subject of intense criticism in Washington and beyond. Then the pandemic struck.
July 18, 2019
Avi Asher-Schapiro
The Very Small World of VC
The people who bet big on disruptive technologies have a lot in common.
June 19, 2013
Robert Draper
Boondoggle Goes Boom
A demented tale of how the Army actually does business
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