Jenny Cohn03/20/25

Steve Bannon has claimed that he’s the guy who “headed up” the “Peter Thiel deconstruct the administrative state part” of Trump’s 2016 transition team and that Thiel protege Blake Masters was his (Bannon’s) “wingman” in that endeavor. (It appears that Thiel has been pulling strings all along.) 1/

Jenny Cohn03/20/25

9/ “The two most influential donors in Trump’s orbit,” Peter THIEL & Rebekah MERCER, “have worked together on the transition team, making recommendations on everything from administration appointments to RNC chair, in Mercer’s case. They both wielded major influence during the campaign…” - 2017

Jenny Cohn03/20/25

10/ “Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network *** Sources say the billionaire has engaged the wealthy MERCER family about the endeavor.” 1/3/18 buzzfeednews.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 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 Cohn03/07/25

9/ “According to one of his friends, ‘Thiel has said to me directly and repeatedly that he wanted to have his own country’—even placing a dollar value on “owning” a sovereign state: $100 billion.” 9/20/17 vanityfair.com

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 Cohn01/31/25

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

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 Cohn03/25/25

“Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be” 9/21/21 1/ time.com

Jenny Cohn03/26/25

The Rockbridge Network—founded by JD Vance & Claremont alum Chris Buskirk (reportedly with backing from Thiel & Mercer—is “set to host Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Scott Bessent, Tulsi Gabbard and Steve Witkoff,” as well as Russell Brand, during Rockbridge’s Florida summit next month. 3/25/25

Jenny Cohn03/26/25

Russell Brand has also promoted the Hallow Prayer app, which is backed by Peter Thiel. 1/ pillarcatholic.com

Jenny Cohn03/08/25

Peter Thiel backs the Hallow prayer app, which is now promoting “The Way,” a book composed by Josemaría Escrivá, the initiator of Opus Dei. Leonard Leo (Federalist Society, Teneo) reportedly belongs to Opus Dei. 1/

Jenny Cohn03/07/25

“Peter Thiel’s Deep Ties to Trump’s Top Ranks *** The tech magnate has many links to the new Trump administration and the cost-slashing effort led by Elon Musk.” 3/7/25 1/ bloomberg.com