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Bill and Melinda Gates
Theodore Schleifer January 4, 2022
Among the under-appreciated stories of modern politics is how key relationships with a Silicon Valley benefactor or two can transform long-shot candidates into bonafide contenders. And with more money than ever, tech titans are discovering new battlefields to assert their will.
Elon Musk
Theodore Schleifer December 28, 2021
Some deep thoughts and burning concerns about MacKenzie, Jack, Bezos and other card-carrying members of the new establishment.
Mark Zuckerberg
Theodore Schleifer December 21, 2021
Notes on the latest tech industry gossip, fundraising, and political power plays.
Chesa Boudin
Theodore Schleifer December 14, 2021
The recall election of Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s avant-garde D.A., has turned bitter, pitting tech’s billionaires against one another—and forcing the city to look at itself, and its past, in the mirror.


Jeff Bezos
Theodore Schleifer December 7, 2021
A year-end guide to billionaire gifting, Zuck’s $3 billion stocking stuffer, and the return of Brock Pierce (this time without Akon).
Koch brothers
Theodore Schleifer November 30, 2021
Neither party's functionaries admit it, but the line between philanthropy and politics has been obliterated. The upshot is that even more money is moving into the shadows.
Bezos
Theodore Schleifer November 22, 2021
A nine-figure gift from Jeff Bezos to the Obama Foundation, midwifed by Jay Carney, marks another evolution in Bezos’ remarkable career as the Amazon founder seeks new causes (and friends) in politics and philanthropy.
John Doerr
Theodore Schleifer November 16, 2021
John Doerr, the legendary venture capitalist turned climate evangelist, defends Big Tech, Jeff Bezos, and Joe Manchin as part of his realpolitik climate change vision.


Tim Draper
Theodore Schleifer November 12, 2021
Plus: Inside Tim Draper’s quixotic scheme to kill California’s unions and how Blake Masters and J.D. Vance converged on more than just Peter Thiel.
Kamala Harris
Theodore Schleifer November 5, 2021
Plus: What Elon Musk gets right in his $6 billion social-media beef.
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