Jenny Cohn03/10/25

1/ Peter Thiel-who backs the "network state" movement & the construction of charter cities—wrote a preface for "The Sovereign Individual," a book that states in part as follows:

Jenny Cohn02/25/25

Curtis Yarvin wrote that “as the crappy govts we inherited … are smashed, they shld be replaced by a global spiderweb of…independent mini-countries, each governed by its own…corporation w/o regard to the residents’ opinions.” This reminds me of DOGE, “Network States,” & “Freedom Cities.” You? 1/

Jenny Cohn01/31/25

“Curtis Yarvin” is “a good friend of mine…” - DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen. (Under his pen name, Yarvin once proposed converting unproductive people into biodiesel. Yarvin said he was joking but that the joke helps “describe the problem” & that the “goal” is a “humane alternative to genocide.”) 1/

Jenny Cohn02/13/25

In 2013, Peter Thiel invested in a tech company founded by “patchwork society” blogger Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug. So did Andreessen Horowitz, “led in the investment by Balaji Srinivasan, who was then a general partner”. 1/ archive.ph

Jenny Cohn01/31/25

14/ The “network state” movement seems to have been inspired, at least in part, by the “Patchwork” political system proposed by Curtis Yarvin in his Moldbug blog in 2008. You shld read the whole “patchwork” proposal, but I’ll pull out some highlights. unqualified-reservations.org

Jenny Cohn02/25/25

5/ Balaji wrote the book titled “The Network State: How to Start a New Country”

Jenny Cohn02/25/25

6/ DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen blurbed Balaji’s book.

Jenny Cohn10/20/25

Balaji: “If ur building a startup society, [unintelligible] community, network state, shld you…pitch Andreessen Horowitz?” Ben Horowitz: “For sure. We're very interested in it. We believe in the whole thing from the Sovereign Individual on up, so we wanna be part of it for sure.” - Oct 2025 1/

Jenny Cohn04/08/25

Pronomos Capital—backed by Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Nate Fischer—supports the construction of crypto-based charter cities. The Pronomos website lists its projects—including Prospera—& links to a substack, which says that “Próspera could be a multi-jurisdictional ‘network state’” by 2040. 1/

Jenny Cohn02/25/25

18/ Pronomos Capital (backed by Marc Andreessen & Peter Thiel) backs Praxis (a self-professed “network state”) and Prospera, a “startup city” in Honduras. “Network State” leader Balaji Srinivassan is a Pronomos advisor. pronomos.vc

Jenny Cohn01/04/25

👀 Praxis is a Thiel-backed “network state” project that aims to build its OWN COUNTRY. In Nov, Praxis founder Dryden Brown wrote about wanting Greenland 4 Praxis. In Dec, Trump named Thiel partner Ken Howery as ambassador to Denmark & said the US shld buy Greenland. Praxis & Dryden are thrilled...1/

Jenny Cohn01/11/26

Ken Howery (below) is Trump’s ambassador to Denmark. He: Co-founded PayPal & The Founders Fund w/ Peter Thiel & attended the Jan 2025 inauguration party at Thiel’s mansion. Thiel’s Oct 2024 Hereticon event included a talk titled: “Manifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony” 1/

Jenny Cohn04/03/25

1517 co-founder Michael Gibson is a former Thiel Foundation VP & Thiel Capital principal who now advises Pronomos Capital (backed by Thiel & Marc Andreessen). During Thiel’s October “Hereticon” event, Gibson co-led a talk titled “Manifest Destiny:Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” 1/

Jenny Cohn12/23/25

Follow the money: In 2018, Tyler Cowen’s Emergent Ventures—launched that year with $1M from the THIEL FOUNDATION—bestowed a grant upon the Center for Innovative Governance Research DBA the “Charter Cities Institute” founded by Mark Lutter who is now a top proponent of Trump “FREEDOM CITIES”. 1/

Jenny Cohn12/23/25

5/ Notice that Emergent Ventures and the Thiel Fellowship are included on this slide from Balaji Srinivasan’s “network state” conference. h/t @sf_mils on X.

Jenny Cohn05/17/26

14/ “Donald Trump has floated the idea of creating 10 such ‘freedom cities’ on federal land, including San Francisco’s Presidio.” 5/24/25 (I don’t understand why so much of the recent coverage re Trump’s recent actions re the Presidio omit the “freedom city” angle.) 5/24/25

Jenny Cohn02/24/25

9/ On 1/17/25, Mark Lutter (Charter Cities Institute) wrote that the Presidio’s “existing trust structure could be reformed, & the board of directors reconstituted, to facilitate the development of the Presidio, or even just a portion of it, as a Freedom City… “ palladiummag.com

Jenny Cohn02/21/25

New piece by @gilduran.com re: the Tech Bros targeting the S.F. Presidio and Trump’s recent Executive Order. Thanks for the hat tip, Gil! thenerdreich.com

Jenny Cohn02/24/25

Patri Friedman leads Pronomos Capital—backed by Peter Thiel & DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen. Last year, he tweeted,”I’m super-excited for the Freedom Cities initiative & my dream is to turn part of the Presidio…into a neo-Tokyo of LED-accented skyscrapers & Make San Francisco Great Again.” 1/

Jenny Cohn02/20/25

45/ “Based Beff Jezos—who has spoken at one of Balaji’s “network state” conferences—posted this today.

Jenny Cohn02/04/25

4/ As I said, “Beff Jezos” spoke during the 2023 “Network State” conference. youtu.be

Jenny Cohn05/17/26

🚨Trump just named Marc Andreessen’s wife to the SF Presidio Trust board, along with other MAGA allies & ultra-wealthy tech figures. Meanwhile, the Tech Bros have made it clear that they want to build a “Freedom City” in the Presidio. sfstandard.com

Jenny Cohn06/24/26

24/ Here is the former mayor of El Segundo bragging that “we approved a public private partnership to INCUBATE / ACCELERATE El Segundo based concepts. Let’s focus on DEEP TECH… GO… with your thoughts!” He tagged (among others) Isaiah, Augustus, & network state proponent Marc Andreessen (Pmarca).

Jenny Cohn05/06/25

“A blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/

Jenny Cohn06/22/26

4/ They want us to focus on Isaiah Taylor, the uber Christian high school dropout who founded Valar Atomics. Behind the curtain, however, Valar is backed by current and former executives of Peter Thiel’s Palantir. Yeah, Valar has a Trump admin contract too. #Palantir

Jenny Cohn06/22/26

23/ “This is the real game. Who gets to own space logistics? Who gets to own the weather? Who gets to own energy? Think bigger.” - Valar Atomics founder Isaiah Taylor 👀

Jenny Cohn07/29/25

“Meet the…investors funding a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee ….Nate Fischer heads the company [New Founding] financing the so-called ‘Highland Rim Project’ … Among its investors is tech billionaire Marc Andreesen.” By @philinvestigates.com 1/ newschannel5.com

Jenny Cohn12/30/24

‼️⁉️Holy f#cking sh#t. Per Forbes, Marc Andreessen—a MAJOR Tech Bro & Elon Musk ally who advises “DOGE” & supports the Network State movement—is invested in New Founding, an organization founded by Nate Fischer. This is Nate Fischer. (See post 2 for article. I’m gobsmacked) @raskin.house.gov 1/

Jenny Cohn05/13/26

A16z partners Marc Andreessen & Kathryn Boyle are Limited Partners of New Founding’s VC Fund, which is advised by Charles Haywood who says that “racial discrimination…should be 100% legal…” & that “sex discrimination should be not only 100% legal; it should be aggressively expected & demanded…” 1/

Jenny Cohn11/09/25

Christian Right investor Nate Fischer co-founded: 1. “SLI” whose board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts 2. American Reformer, which has received $50k from Heritage 3. New Founding, which partners w/ Raw Egg Nationalist. He’s upset that people are talking about #3. 1/

Jenny Cohn03/06/25

11/ Claremont alum Nate Fischer, co-founder of New Founding (backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen), posted this group photo with JD Vance in April 2023.

Jenny Cohn04/08/25

5/ “New Founding’s Nate Fischer has invested in…Pronomos Capital, Pronomos head Patri Friedman recently told me. Through the online magazine American Reformer, which Abbotoy & Fischer cofounded, New Founding has robust connections to the world of the TheoBros…” motherjones.com

Jenny Cohn04/08/25

Pronomos Capital—backed by Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Nate Fischer—supports the construction of crypto-based charter cities. The Pronomos website lists its projects—including Prospera—& links to a substack, which says that “Próspera could be a multi-jurisdictional ‘network state’” by 2040. 1/

Jenny Cohn07/01/26

12/ As I said, Balaji is an advisor at Pronomos Capital. pronomos.vc

Jenny Cohn10/20/25

IMHO, you can’t understand what’s happening to the US if u don’t know about the “network state” movement & its “parallel establishment” strategy, which includes building “parallel societies” (w/ their own physical territories) & “parallel institutions” in media, education, finance, science, etc. 1/

Jenny Cohn05/28/25

“[B]itcoin is fulfilling PayPal’s original vision to create ‘the new world currency.’ We actually had T-shirts printed in 1999 w/ that mission statement” - 2017, David Sacks (Trump’s “Crypto Czar”) In 2024, Sacks encouraged Trump to pick JD Vance—a protégé of PayPal founder Peter Thiel—as VP. 👇 1/

Jenny Cohn05/31/25

“We were going to use technology to…overturn the monetary system,” Peter Thiel said in 2010, explaining the reasoning behind starting PayPal. He added that “we cld never win an election…bc we were …a small minority. But maybe you could…unilaterally change the world… thru a technological means.” 1/

Jenny Cohn10/18/25

Holy “parallel establishment”. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s approval of a new bank backed by two GOP megadonors, tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey” … 1/ msnbc.com

Jenny Cohn05/16/26

9/ Joe Lonsdale—who co-founded Palantir with Peter Thiel—is also invested in Erebor. finance.yahoo.com

Jenny Cohn12/12/25

13/ Infinita is a city in Prospera Honduras. During an August 2025 episode of Infinita City’s podcast, at about 12:36, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called himself a proud small investor. infinitacitytimes.com

Jenny Cohn09/01/25

Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale co-founded the University of Austin Texas (UATX) in 2021. UATX’s recent “Convocation Address” was titled, “In Defense of Inequality.” “To the class of 2029: you have chosen to rebel. Not against hierarchy, but against its abandonment.” 1/ x.com

Jenny Cohn10/19/25

21/ “Parallel education” & the University of Austin Texas (UATX), not to be confused with the University of Texas at Austin (UTA). Notice how Bari Weiss is involved both with parallel media AND with parallel education. uaustin.org

Jenny Cohn01/11/26

14/ Lonsdale, Weiss, Andreessen: “A Texas university created by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale and journalist Bari Weiss has raised some $150 million to teach ‘forbidden courses’ by people like Marc Andreessen” 5/30/23 fortune.com

Jenny Cohn01/23/26

6/ Oh my. I can see why this article upset UATX co-founder Joe Lonsdale (who co-founded Palantir with Peter Thiel): “They [Allegedly] Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted *** Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss [& Lonsdale]”.

Jenny Cohn01/19/26

6/ The website for UATX (founded by Bari Weiss & Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale) website lists “Network State” leader Balaji Srinivassan & Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel as part of its “Talent Network. “ uaustin.org

Jenny Cohn12/22/25

3/ “Introducing the parallel establishment. Imagine 1,000 startups, each replacing a different legacy institution. They exist alongside the legacy in parallel, gaining in strength, till eventually they pull away all the users. This is the parallel establishment.” - Balaji

Jenny Cohn08/20/25

2/ “Andreessen Horowitz Leads $15.3 Million Funding Round in Newsletter Publishing Platform Substack” 7/16/19 fortune.com

Jenny Cohn10/06/25

5/ “Talks of a potential sale took place just three years after Weiss started the venture with funding from venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and David Sacks.” 7/23/25 nypost.com

Jenny Cohn10/06/25

Bari Weiss launched The Free Press with funding from Peter Thiel allies Marc Andreessen and David Sacks. She’s the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. 1/

Jenny Cohn12/22/25

During an Aug 2024 episode of Infinita City’s podcast, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said, “I think the media is extremely important to redo…I’m helping a lot there. Bari Weiss is doing a much better job than anyone else I know…” (He & Weiss also co-founded a university.) 1/

Jenny Cohn09/15/25

The Daily Signal wants people to know that JD Vance (Peter Thiel’s protégée) & Trump have “Orchestrated Deal to Save TikTok,” adding that the US-backed buyer has yet to be named. They omit that, as of June, one of the prospective buyers is a16z—founded by Thiel ally Marc Andreessen. 1/

Jenny Cohn09/17/25

As predicted: “Oracle [founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison], Andreessen Horowitz [founded by Trump/Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] consortium will control 80% of TikTok…” 9/16/25 Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/

Jenny Cohn06/01/25

“These Are the Investors Who Helped Elon Musk Acquire Twitter in 2022” 8/22/24 observer.com The list includes * Andreessen Horowitz (founded by Thiel ally Marc Andreessen), * 8VC (founded by Thiel ally Joe Lonsdale), & * Scott Nolan (a partner at Thiel’s Founder’s Fund). 1/

Jenny Cohn06/30/26

ICYMI, the Rockbridge Network [reportedly backed by Peter Thiel] included a “‘transition project’, with an estimated price tag of $3M” that was “intended to assemble policy experts and plans to create a ‘government-in-waiting’ to ‘staff the next Republican administration.’” (Article from 2022) 1/

Jenny Cohn05/06/25

“A blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/

Jenny Cohn06/30/26

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Andreessen, Andreessen, Andreessen. (He’s very close with Peter Thiel.) 1/

Jenny Cohn06/30/26

Palantir’s Theo Wold” says he is “honored” to have been appointed by Pete Hegseth to the Dept of War’s Defense Policy Board. (Peter Thiel’s Anduril co-investor, Marc Andreessen is also on the new board, as is Thiel protege Blake Masters.) 1/

Jenny Cohn06/30/26

13/ Blake Masters was also appointed to the new Defense Policy Board. He, too, is closely linked to Peter Thiel. motherjones.com

Jenny Cohn05/13/26

“The biggest donor in the midterm elections is…Andreessen Horowitz [aka a16z],” the VC firm founded by Marc Andreessen, a close ally of Peter Thiel. JD Vance, & Trump. Gift Link: 5/13/26 … 1/

Jenny Cohn05/12/26

43/ “JD Vance Tells Room of Tech Leaders That ‘Our Great American Industrial Comeback’ Is Near *** at Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Summit on Tuesday, the veep heralded his boss’s work on tariffs, which have sent markets spiraling.” 3/18/25

Jenny Cohn03/24/26

34/ JD Vance’s Austin fundraiser this week was also hosted by Chris Buskirk (who co-founded the Thiel-backed Rockbridge network with Vance). yahoo.com

Jenny Cohn04/14/25

17/ “JD Vance owes almost everything to Peter Thiel, a pro-Trump billionaire and "New Right" ideologue *** Peter Thiel has been supporting Trump's newly selected running mate since before he entered politics” 7/22/24 salon.com

Jenny Cohn02/02/25

Before Project 2025 and DOGE, software engineer Curtis Yarvin (a blogger and self-professed “monarchist”) proposed RAGE, an acronym for Retire All Government Employees. He did this during a speech in 2012. 👇 1/

Jenny Cohn05/18/26

Well, well, well. In 2025, Brendan Carr’s wife “joined billionaire Peter Thiel’s data analytics firm, Palantir Technologies, as its head of global policy.” 4/28/25 … 1/ latimes.com

Jenny Cohn05/18/26

29/ Brendan Carr also attended the launch party of the Executive Branch, a private DC club co-founded by 1789 Capital co-founder Chris Buskirk who also co-founded the Thiel-backed Rockbridge Network w/ JD Vance. David Sacks is a founding Executive Branch member. en.wikipedia.org

Jenny Cohn05/18/26

2/ Brendan Carr also spoke during Reboot 2024–hosted by the Foundation for American Innovation whose board at that time included Michael Kratsios (who began his career working for Peter Thiel at Clarium Capital & later Thiel Capital) & Mike Solana, a VP at Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

Jenny Cohn09/09/25

Close allies of Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen (David Sacks, Sriram Krishnan, & Michael Kratsios) “wrote” Trump’s “AI Action Plan, released in July,” which “seeks to remove barriers to AI innovation in the US, including ‘ideological bias’” 9/9/25 1/ washingtonian.com

Jenny Cohn05/09/26

6/ “In late 2024, Thiel personally vetted at least one candidate for the Office of Nuclear Energy, according to people familiar with the conversations. Neither responded to requests for comment.” 4/13/26 sltrib.com

Jenny Cohn05/09/26

“Despite Fukushima Trump hands nuclear regulation to Silicon Valley *** DOGE takes charge after AI data center cheerleaders *Thiel, Andreessen* lobbied for less caution in permitting new [nuclear] power plants” 3/21/26

Jenny Cohn06/29/26

Michael Kratsios is a Thiel protege. Here he is, triumphantly touring the Idaho National Laboratory “exactly one year since President Trump signed nuclear energy executive orders.” 1/

Jenny Cohn05/09/26

8/ “Michael Kratsios is the man of the hour, charged by President Trump to usher in the golden age of AI and American innovation.” Kratsios “started his career working for Peter Thiel, first at Clarium Capital and later Thiel Capital.” - written by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, 11/28/25

Jenny Cohn05/25/26

When Trump’s Undersecretary of State Jacob Helberg—who came from Peter Thiel’s Palantir—defends the creation of a new special economic zone, as he just did re: the Philippines, it’s helpful to know this quote from the Sovereign Individual (quote from book; Thiel wrote a separate preface). 1/

Jenny Cohn04/22/25

“Trump picks China hawk and Palantir adviser [Jacob Helberg] as top State Department economic policy official” 12/10/24 (Palantir was co-founder by Peter Thiel & Joe Lonsdale). subscriber.politicopro.com