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Dozens of Silicon Valley Sycophants Now Work at Regulatory Agencies


Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey have stacked the deck.

Silicon Valley’s wealthiest and most galaxy-brained executives and venture capitalists went all-in on Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election, and their investment is starting to pay off. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than three dozen people who have either worked under or are associates of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey have been placed in roles at federal agencies that oversee the businesses of their Silicon Valley bosses. Thiel, unlike these more recently Trump-curious opportunistic ghouls, has been a long-time Trump backer and gave around $1.5 million to Trump-related groups going back to the 2016 election.

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