PLUS: Crypto Bro Placed Atop Military, Path Cleared To Assault Protestors. Meanwhile mainstream media refuses to say the name Curtis Yarvin, the 'philosopher' behind Thiel and Musk's fraud.
What other great pieces of contextualizing information can we share in the comments, gang? Let's help everyone access the healthiest, fact-based information possible. Every day.
Yes, Steve, but predictable only to people who have the information and haven’t succumbed to messaging efforts to destroy their faith in fact-based news.
It is my understanding that in 2020 Barre Seid's transfed his election security company Tripp Lite, to far-right predatory billionaire Leonard Leo. Nearly ALL election machines in this country are certified to be used specifically with Tripp Lite products - surge protectors for all ES&S DS450 and DS850 tabulators, and Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) units for all Dominion servers.
In 2021, Leo sold Tripp Lite to a company by the name of Eaton Corp.
Then one week after Musk created his "America PAC" for Trump, Eaton Corp. announced a partnership with Palantir, owned by Peter Thiel.
Also of note, Peter Thiel also has ownership in Polymarket, another company with ties to the outcome of the U.S. election. Polymarket had eerily accurate predictions of a Trump victory, and was raided shortly after the Nov 5 election.
These predatory billionaires have purchased companies responsible for the security of our elections.
For what it's worth, aside from this random Twitter account, I cannot find any assertion anywhere that Tripp Lite is an election security company. https://unrollnow.com/status/1884704600479129709
Marilyn, do you have any reporting on the things you are saying? Besides the reporting on the massive transfer of wealth from Barre Seid to Leonard Leo, which has been reported?
Brian, Tripp Lite has definitely been under the radar. What harm could there be in making surge protectors and connecting devices for computers? Perhaps that was the beauty of it; it went unnoticed. Here is an in depth article by someone who researched the potential threat to voting machines:
The bottom line is obviously an insane amount of money and years of planning successfully got the far right where we are today. I don't think there is any doubt that with the combination of knowledge and money, hacking the election was possible. They seemed very confident of the results of the election. Dedicated people are scrambling to figure out how it was done, and then prove it.
This is a must watch video this morning. The money Election Truth Alliance needs for attorneys to sue for audits is pennies in comparison to the money spent.
Hi Suzie, thank you for engaging. Yes, I hear you saying that I lost credibility and I want to respond in kindness and support.
I do not deny that Maddow, the New York Times, and Wall Street Journal covered this issue. But I will remind us all that after Joe Biden's terrible debate performance, journalist Jennifer Schultz counted 192 (!) pieces (news and opinion) about Biden's abilities and health in just one week in just the New York Times. Now, of course there should be lots of coverage if a president proves themselves to be lacking. Now, I ask you, is Donald Trump not the most corrupt president we have ever had? Is it not one of the biggest scandals and stories of our time that a weirdo "house philosopher" to an oligarch is guiding the thought of the tech fascists who are attempt to destroy our country and rule as dictators?
With that frame I want to direct you to the idea of frequency and prominence. Shouldn't it be the case, if journalism is meant to inoculate the public against harms by exposing them and allowing the public to respond, that Curtis Yarvin is covered with such prominence and frequency that he is a household name? Shouldn't all the cable news debate shows and the nightly news programs lead with and intensely and regularly cover the people destroying our country and the "philosophers" who are guiding them to do so?
Journalism is an essential bulwark of democracy and in this time when so many are upset with Musk and Trump, very few of our journalists are informing us with frequency and prominence about who is driving all of this. Thiel and Yarvin are not household names. Journalism must uplift and defend democracy and it is not doing that. That they cover something once does not mean journalism is doing its job, especially when we know that if they want to, they can run 192 stories in a week about a single subject.
Thanks for engaging and perhaps I have helped your concerns about my credibility by addressing the source of your discontent. Have a great day. With love, Brian
Fck thiel. Take fckng vance and drag them both to hell. You know what hell is, right, Vance? You’re supposedly a Catholic. That’s where you’re going, you POS.
I don’t have detailed reading of Yarvin but recent NYT interview left me with a strengthened opinion that tech bros are lame socio-political thinkers. I would call it more: “baffle’em with bullshit.”
I keep warning people this dude is james bond villian leavel smart. He is the level of genuis that the woeld thinks elon is. Whats scary is most people still dont know who he is and how much influence he carries. And that his parent were OG NAZIS!!!
THESE are the real enemies of the state. Trump is just the game show host. Elon is the producer… but these are the writers. Want to understand the narcissism and anger? Check backgrounds.
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This was all very predictable before the election. Biden (and particularly Garland) are seemingly complicit in this tyranny
Yes, Steve, but predictable only to people who have the information and haven’t succumbed to messaging efforts to destroy their faith in fact-based news.
Horrible
Ugh
Quinn Slobodian and Doug Henwood on Jacobin Radio talk musk, yarvin, thiel, etc.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacobin-radio/id791564318?i=1000695830133
Thanks!
Trash Future also recently interviewed Slobodian. Great discussion. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trashfuture/id1261944206?i=1000695916067
It is my understanding that in 2020 Barre Seid's transfed his election security company Tripp Lite, to far-right predatory billionaire Leonard Leo. Nearly ALL election machines in this country are certified to be used specifically with Tripp Lite products - surge protectors for all ES&S DS450 and DS850 tabulators, and Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) units for all Dominion servers.
In 2021, Leo sold Tripp Lite to a company by the name of Eaton Corp.
Then one week after Musk created his "America PAC" for Trump, Eaton Corp. announced a partnership with Palantir, owned by Peter Thiel.
Also of note, Peter Thiel also has ownership in Polymarket, another company with ties to the outcome of the U.S. election. Polymarket had eerily accurate predictions of a Trump victory, and was raided shortly after the Nov 5 election.
These predatory billionaires have purchased companies responsible for the security of our elections.
For what it's worth, aside from this random Twitter account, I cannot find any assertion anywhere that Tripp Lite is an election security company. https://unrollnow.com/status/1884704600479129709
Marilyn, do you have any reporting on the things you are saying? Besides the reporting on the massive transfer of wealth from Barre Seid to Leonard Leo, which has been reported?
Brian, Tripp Lite has definitely been under the radar. What harm could there be in making surge protectors and connecting devices for computers? Perhaps that was the beauty of it; it went unnoticed. Here is an in depth article by someone who researched the potential threat to voting machines:
https://www.reddit.com/r/somethingiswrong2024/comments/1h62vxs/updated_post_far_right_components_used_in/
The secretive way the transfer was handled, donating Tripp Lite to a conservative trust before finding the "right" buyer is interesting. Leonard Leo:
https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid
The bottom line is obviously an insane amount of money and years of planning successfully got the far right where we are today. I don't think there is any doubt that with the combination of knowledge and money, hacking the election was possible. They seemed very confident of the results of the election. Dedicated people are scrambling to figure out how it was done, and then prove it.
This is a must watch video this morning. The money Election Truth Alliance needs for attorneys to sue for audits is pennies in comparison to the money spent.
https://youtu.be/xyFj3pU7WI0?si=uCVlwhtx33gTKf4l
This is easier - here is a link to the post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/somethingiswrong2024/comments/1h62vxs/updated_post_far_right_components_used_in/
Info on Leonard Leo and the trust Tripp Lite was donated to:
https://www.ft.com/content/0b38aaed-ec58-40cd-9047-0c7b7b83164a
I’ve seen Yarvin reporting in on Maddow, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. You lost credibility in the introduction alone
Hi Suzie, thank you for engaging. Yes, I hear you saying that I lost credibility and I want to respond in kindness and support.
I do not deny that Maddow, the New York Times, and Wall Street Journal covered this issue. But I will remind us all that after Joe Biden's terrible debate performance, journalist Jennifer Schultz counted 192 (!) pieces (news and opinion) about Biden's abilities and health in just one week in just the New York Times. Now, of course there should be lots of coverage if a president proves themselves to be lacking. Now, I ask you, is Donald Trump not the most corrupt president we have ever had? Is it not one of the biggest scandals and stories of our time that a weirdo "house philosopher" to an oligarch is guiding the thought of the tech fascists who are attempt to destroy our country and rule as dictators?
With that frame I want to direct you to the idea of frequency and prominence. Shouldn't it be the case, if journalism is meant to inoculate the public against harms by exposing them and allowing the public to respond, that Curtis Yarvin is covered with such prominence and frequency that he is a household name? Shouldn't all the cable news debate shows and the nightly news programs lead with and intensely and regularly cover the people destroying our country and the "philosophers" who are guiding them to do so?
Journalism is an essential bulwark of democracy and in this time when so many are upset with Musk and Trump, very few of our journalists are informing us with frequency and prominence about who is driving all of this. Thiel and Yarvin are not household names. Journalism must uplift and defend democracy and it is not doing that. That they cover something once does not mean journalism is doing its job, especially when we know that if they want to, they can run 192 stories in a week about a single subject.
Instead, so much of mainstream coverage completely normalizes what is happening. Case in point: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/grok-3-elon-musk-xai-edgy-based-chatgpt
Thanks for engaging and perhaps I have helped your concerns about my credibility by addressing the source of your discontent. Have a great day. With love, Brian
Whenever I see Peter Theil, I always think to myself, “Ya know, that guy would look GREAT in a Nazi Officer’s uniform.”
It’s not a complement.
Of course, we know that many big-ticket Nazi’s, some of the worst, were in fact gay like Theil, although none were out and proud like him.
He may be out but he ain't proud...
Off with their heads! Every single one of them!
Fck thiel. Take fckng vance and drag them both to hell. You know what hell is, right, Vance? You’re supposedly a Catholic. That’s where you’re going, you POS.
I don’t have detailed reading of Yarvin but recent NYT interview left me with a strengthened opinion that tech bros are lame socio-political thinkers. I would call it more: “baffle’em with bullshit.”
Lame, perhaps, but also with all the money and power to achieve their anti-human agenda.
I keep warning people this dude is james bond villian leavel smart. He is the level of genuis that the woeld thinks elon is. Whats scary is most people still dont know who he is and how much influence he carries. And that his parent were OG NAZIS!!!
THESE are the real enemies of the state. Trump is just the game show host. Elon is the producer… but these are the writers. Want to understand the narcissism and anger? Check backgrounds.
Okay folks. Since so many of you did not recognize what a deviant Trump is years ago, look at this picture and see what a Nazi looks like!
Time to arm ourselves legally. This is a really bad guy.
Yes, Peter Thiel is a really bad guy, someone suffering deeply and lashing out against the world out of fear. And violence is not the answer.
Because peaceful protest has accomplished so much? I suggest you read Andreas Malm.
For years there has been a dearth of protest relative to the level of extremism and constitutional crises. So, let’s get to protestin’.
Again, please read Malm and then let’s talk
Give me the Cliffs Notes.
Sorry, no. Read it. But think MLK would not have had any success without Malcolm X and Black Panthers.
Know thy enemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin