gil duran
@gilduran76
California journalist. Ida Tarbell stan. Currently writing a book: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy” (Avid Reader)
🧵I've spent this year writing for the @newrepublic about how a group of Silicon Valley billionaires has gone WEIRD. Now their weirdness is mating up with Trump's MAGA weirdness in the 2024 election. Here's a few things to understand about these guys.
NEW: We uncovered multiple photos of Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump‘s wedding. Photos of the pair together earlier that year at an event. And video of Epstein and Trump at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…
"The Nerd Reich is a term that some people use to describe a cultish group of tech billionaires who basically seek to replace democracy with something resembling corporate dictatorship" theverge.com/decoder-podcas…
SF folks: what was the name of the mustachioed fop who was going to run for D3 supervisor but dropped out suddenly?
Top story at @verge! There's a great public appetite for learning about this stuff. Tech/Political journos: What are you waiting for?
Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship, and why most of Silicon Valley will quietly watch democracy burn. My interview with @jonfortt (my fellow @DePauwU '98 grad) about the dangerous coalition between the far right and the tech right via @DecoderPod theverge.com/decoder-podcas…
The influence of tech money on politics and society at large, and the disturbing philosophical undercurrents that are driving it theverge.com/decoder-podcas…
Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’ theverge.com/decoder-podcas…
Are tech billionaires sinking democracy? I got to interview my old friend @gilduran76 for @DecoderPod about his upcoming book, and a side of tech that hasn’t gotten much scrutiny. Agree with his conclusions or not, it’s an important debate: theverge.com/decoder-podcas…
Meta’s CEO has become one of the biggest landowners in Hawaii, growing his property’s footprint and erecting new mysterious buildings. wired.com/story/mark-zuc…
An imporant and much needed conversation on what the tech billionaire vision for the future really is.
Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship, and why most of Silicon Valley will quietly watch democracy burn. My interview with @jonfortt (my fellow @DePauwU '98 grad) about the dangerous coalition between the far right and the tech right via @DecoderPod theverge.com/decoder-podcas…
Feudalism in a nutshell
Writing about the billionaire obsession with escape and "sovereignty"...it's hard not to view Epstein Island as a Network State prototype. A place where the wealthy can make the rules and do whatever they want.
Writing about the billionaire obsession with escape and "sovereignty"...it's hard not to view Epstein Island as a Network State prototype. A place where the wealthy can make the rules and do whatever they want.
Please listen to this vitally important podcast with me, Gil Duran and Molly White, about the systemic threats posed by crypto and how both political parties are being weaponized to advance this toxic agenda.
Absolute Must Watch 1-hour briefing. I’m aghast that smart Ds like @SenatorSlotkin and @AdamSchiff have bought into this dangerous, terrible crap. I mean, come ON, Crypto is the vector of choice for the entire Trump Crime Family! WATCH: youtu.be/Ai-vp5cxd8c?si…
This is the parish in Gaza that Pope Francis would call every night.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: “What we know for sure is that a tank, the IDF says by mistake, but we are not sure about this, they hit the Church directly, the Church of the Holy Family, the Latin Church” Images of the only Catholic Church in Gaza before and after today’s attack.
Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Donald Trump and the Danger of Conspiracy Theory: Two Epstein associates must now face the monster they created—a conspiracy-addled base that no longer distinguishes between documented facts and fevered fantasies. thenerdreich.com/epstein-thiel-…
