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Sep 14, 2023 • 8 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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The new Atlantic piece on Mitt Romney calls out 3 of America's smarmiest Senators, who fake their support for Trump and betray the US, but skips how they're connected: Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz & J.D. Vance owe their careers to Peter Thiel. They're owned. 1/
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It's bizarre that the Atlantic links Hawley, Cruz, & Vance but won't say they share a patron. It matters who pulls their strings: Hawley and Cruz are the 2 Senators who upheld objections to the electoral vote on Jan 6. Without them, no Capitol attack. 2/
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Ted Cruz, who worked on post-election maneuvers for Bush vs. Gore in 2000, was Thiel's first successful political project. Thiel funded Cruz's run for TX Attorney General in 2009, then for Senate in 2012. Cruz won with the help of Ali Alexander's set. 3/
Thiel has managed Hawley for decades. Hawley wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review. Thiel helped Hawley found Teneo in 2008, then funded his run for Senate. (James O'Keefe tipped the election to Hawley with dirty tricks; this gang is all linked.) 4/
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Hawley's Teneo was in the news recently - ProPublica and Esquire wrote about how dangerous it is - but bizarrely left out that Josh Hawley was a founder. These links matter; it's irresponsible to leave them out. 5/
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Sen. JD Vance of Ohio is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peter Thiel. Thiel met law student Vance in 2011, then became his patron: installed him at Mithril Capital in 2016; set him up with Narya Capital in 2019; gave him a slot at 2019 NatCon, spent $10M running him for Senate. 6/
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The Atlantic nailed the insincerity of Senators Hawley, Cruz, and Vance, their "oily disingenuousness". (Mitt Romney: "I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance".) But they left out the WHY - the money, and the paymaster, Thiel. 7/
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After the Jan 6 Capitol attack, Roger Stone sought "pre-emptive" pardons for Hawley and Cruz. They are in deep. The Jan 6 "Big Timeline" has 58 entries for Hawley, 41 for Cruz, and 12 for Vance. It's worth a read. 8/
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Jan 16
The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/
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Not many media outlets have specialized video analysis teams. CNN posted a video last week that showed Ross crossing in front of Good's car, but they missed the significance. The NYT's multicamera, frame-by-frame analysis is what's needed to understand. 2/
The NYT gets exactly right those parts of the sequence this account had separately verified, including 1) Ross switches his phone from R to L hand as he leans into his own car, and 2) Ross places his phone hand on Good's hood. They are solid. 3/
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CNN posted a new video of the Minnesota shooting but missed its bombshell. ICE agent Jonathan Ross heads to his own car, turning his back on the supposed "terrorist" (L). He then walks back, filming, into the path of her ALREADY moving vehicle, stops and fires (R). Insane. 1/ Image
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Here's the video as posted by X user @GinoTheGhost. Anderson Cooper doesn't notice that Ross was well clear of Renee Good's vehicle when it starts moving. The idiot walked into the path of a moving car while distracted by filming a video. Totally unprofessional. 2/
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What's happening in Venezuela is not war but deal-making (and back-stabbing). As VP Delcy Rodriguez assumes power, remember that she was negotiating with Trump in 2025 for this outcome: new boss, same regime. And that she's alleged to be involved in drug trafficking herself. 1/ Image
It's not war when the only people killed are a few civilians and the president's bodyguards - and Russia barely reacts. The Miami Herald says Rodriguez' reached out in early 2025, less than a year after Maduro stole the election - with Maduro's OK. 2/
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Jan 3
The best take on today's attack on Venezuela is likely the most cynical: that it is staged and transactional. Trump wouldn't attack Russia's ally without permission - but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. @davetroy as usual called it. 2/ Image
Most of our politics today has decades-old roots involving Russia. Putin has tried to take Ukraine since 2014. That's why he needed Trump, why Russia paid the influencers who pushed January 6. Troy: today is not "some new sui generis Trump adventurism" 2/
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Dec 26, 2025
Since this ominous video about Trump and his pageants is going viral, might as well note that Erika (Frantzve) Kirk competed in at least 5 of those pageants: Miss Colorado 2009 and 2010, Miss Arizona 2011 and 2012, and then, after she finally won at state level, Miss USA 2012. 1/
The contestants for the 2012 Miss USA contest spent the 2 weeks beforehand at the Trump Tower Las Vegas, "touring, filming, rehearsing, and making new friends". 2/
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Dec 26, 2025
Steven Pinker, buddy of Jeffrey Epstein and prominent in the latest Epstein files release, is now awfully concerned about "academics cancelling each other". (Here he's reposting an op-ed by eugenicist nobleman Baron Young, himself 'canceled' for racism, sexism and homophobia). 1/
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