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JD Vance is the baby of big tech and big oil. He’s no ‘working-class populist’

Trump’s running mate is not a break from ruthless Republican capitalism – just a shameless repackaging of it

The Guardian - US

Venture capitalists including Mark Cuban back Kamala Harris’s campaign

More than 100 Silicon Valley investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reed Hastings, launch website VCs for Kamala

The Guardian - US

First dudes now tech bros: Over 100 Silicon Valley tycoons back Harris’ bid for president

‘They don’t speak for me,’ one venture capitalist said, referring to the groundwell of Silicon Valley support for Trump

The Independent UK

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Vance's "incel platform" backfires

Donald Trump's running mate once claimed people without children are "more sociopathic"

Salon

Melinda Gates says Ackman, Musk, Thiel are “nonphilanthropists”

French Gates helped oversee more than $77 billion in grants since 2000 through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Fortune

JD Vance ‘hates women’, Kara Swisher says: ‘I'm not joking about it. Go pay attention’

The tech journalist’s evaluation of the vice-presidential candidate mirrors a growing chorus of criticism across the political spectrum.

Fortune

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Silicon Valley is at war with itself over Kamala Harris vs. Trump, fighting in the open and spending millions to win

One investor says they have “lost lots of friends” over their position in this year’s election.

Fortune

A colleague who worked with J.D. Vance at Mithril doesn't remember seeing him in the office

Vance’s VC résumé comprises three firms in six years, and his time at Mithril Capital coincided with the takeoff of his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."

Fortune

First Trump, now Harris: LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman has successfully angered both Democrats and Republicans

Hoffman is a longtime Democratic donor.

Fortune

JD Vance’s ‘cat lady’ attacks are just the beginning of Republicans’ childbirth obsession

Trump’s running mate brings the ‘natalist’ movement gripping Silicon Valley CEOs into mainstream GOP politics, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Enhanced Games: meet the swimmer who thinks athletes should be allowed to dope

A new sports competition plans to encourage athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. William Hosie chats with the Enhanced Games poster boy, ex-top swimmer James Magnusen

Evening Standard

How J.D. Vance could put Trump campaign at odds with business on labor, antitrust, immigration

J.D. Vance's positions on labor, immigration, and antitrust law would be a big departure for the Republican Party.

Fortune

Elon Musk and Vinod Khosla spar about Trump after Biden drops out

Khosla and Musk clashed about what a Trump presidency would mean for the fight against climate change and America’s leadership in NATO.

Fortune

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Salon

Meet the billionaire behind JD Vance

Peter Thiel has been supporting Trump's newly selected running mate since before he entered politics

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg mocks JD Vance as he explains why he thinks tech bros are backing Trump

‘We’ve made it way too complicated. It’s super simple. These are very rich men who have decided to back the Republican party that tends to do good things for very rich men’

The Guardian - US

JD Vance’s confusing evolution from liberal touchstone to Maga superstar

Trump’s vice-presidential pick seen as relatable for ties to rural white poor, but some say his book ‘sanitized’ his past

Salon

Buttigieg talks JD Vance on "Real Time"

When asked to weigh in on Peter Thiel's reasons for supporting Vance, Buttigieg broke it down plainly: Money

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The Guardian - UK

Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. And Vance is one more link in the chain

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, a longtime backer of the new vice-president pick, are among those pledging support

The Guardian - US

Is there anything that JD Vance actually believes?

The only thing we can say for sure that JD Vance believes is that he, personally, should have as much power as possible

The Guardian - US

How JD Vance’s path to being Trump’s VP pick wound through Silicon Valley

Yale Law School graduate found allies in tech billionaires including Peter Thiel who rallied privately for him

International Business Times UK

2020's Youngest Self-made Billionaire Austin Russell Shares How You Can Become One Too By 25

College dropout turned CEO Austin Russell has shared his secrets to billionaire success at 25, leveraging focus, passion and online learning.

Reason

Rachel Maddow: Liking The Lord of the Rings Is 'Far-Right'

Yes, J.D. Vance likes J.R.R. Tolkien. So do most people.

Fortune

Kara Swisher says Silicon Valley’s growing concentration of power in Washington, D.C., is ‘really problematic’

“This sort of explicit grab for power has worked really nicely,” she said.

The Independent UK

JD Vance’s Silicon Valley connections run deep. So do Trump’s

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are key figures in a rising network of pro-Trump techies who are channelling tens of millions of dollars towards Republican campaigns. And Thiel is the one who reportedly introduced Vance to Trump in the first place. Io Dodds reports on the GOP’s increasingly cosy relationship…

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