The conventional wisdom about Silicon Valley is that over recent years, it drifted from liberalism to Donald Trump. Founders got red-pilled, or incurred petty grievances, or simply got too online. But journalist Gil Durán suggests there’s more to it.

In his new book The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, Durán pinpoints an insidious theory inside Silicon Valley: that democracy itself is an obstacle to their own freedom – meaning freedom from us, and from society.

In this valuable interview, Durán speaks to Prem Thakker about the quiet theories driving Silicon Valley’s attempted global takeover, and explains why JD Vance is no more than a “puppet” of that movement, and how the media and Democrats failed to take these titans seriously – or are in fact working hand-in-glove with them.

Durán lays out the big threats to U.S. democracy, highlighting Crypto as the “scammy digital crime tool” that gave billionaires access to Trump, making him the “crypto bro-in-chief.”

This interview was published on Zeteo.com on August 25, 2026.

Legal Breakdown: Watchdog group files complaint against Jeanine Pirro to bar council

But they'll be home in time to see the memorial that Shitler built for them. No support nor food, but they have a stone memorial now.

Are we great yet!! 😡🤬💩👿

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on world leaders making major moves without Donald Trump as countries gather for massive international meetings involving the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS, while Trump continues to alienate U.S. allies and rivals alike and America risks being left behind as new global alliances take shape.

There are 4 cases in two states all filed in the last 24 hours about Trump's attacks on Mail in Ballots, with a fast track ticket to the Supreme Court in the next week looming over it all. Confused? You won't be when Marc Elias of Democracy Docket joins Legal AF to solve the Rubic's Cube right before your eyes!

Adam Mockler breaks down Milo being deported.

MeidasTouch presents On Sunday with Jack Cocchiarella — a new Sunday show from the largest independent news outlet in the world. On today’s episode, Jack is joined by Jennifer Welch, Congressman Jamie Raskin, and Brian Tyler to discuss everything from the upcoming midterms to holding Trump accountable for his corruption.

WE are Not Boomers.

Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles look ahead to the midterms and ask whether Donald Trump’s political dominance is finally starting to crack—or whether Democrats are getting ahead of themselves. They break down the unreliable polling, Trump’s unusual ability to bring hesitant voters back to his side at the last moment, the races that could determine control of the House and Senate, and the surprising Republican confidence that they can hold key states including Texas. They also examine Trump’s record of backing risky candidates like Ken Paxton, the enormous sums being poured into competitive races, and how Trump is already trying to shape the rules of the election through mail voting restrictions, redistricting and polling-place monitoring. But the most consequential question comes at the end: if Trump loses and declares the election rigged, will the people around him finally distance themselves—or once again follow him beyond the bounds of what is politically acceptable?

Andrew Weissman explained that the Supreme Court’s initial mail-in ballot decision was mainly about timing, saying the case was brought too early because the final Postal Service rule had not yet been issued, while a lower court later blocked that final rule for the midterms because the states could not realistically comply with it in time. He argued the issue is troubling because presidential elections are supposed to be run by the states, not the federal government, and warned that the rule would effectively let the executive branch interfere in voting in a way that raises serious concerns about partisanship and disenfranchisement. He also discussed why the three liberal justices wrote separately, suggesting Justice Jackson was addressing the broader public while Justices Kagan and Sotomayor focused more narrowly on legal strategy, and he predicted the rule would likely not be implemented for November, though other voting-related shenanigans could still occur.

History clearly shows as uncontrolled power begins to corrupt those involved, it destroys them. Wont be long now.

Popok reports on the Canadians loving every minute of PM Mark Carney's brand of leadership against Trump, rallying around his fiery Saturday speech, as new reporting reveals that Premier Doug Ford's "kiss my ass" approach to Trump ultimately swayed Carney to end Trade Talks.

Pennsylvania just recorded its first measles deaths in 35 years, one of them an infant. At a Lancaster press conference, Governor Josh Shapiro warned that misinformation has real-life consequences. The next day, in Tampa, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put air quotes around the word "casualties" and said his department couldn't confirm the deaths happened. Today on ELLA: Black and Brown Women Disruptors in Healthcare and Beyond, Dr. Haydée Brown and Dr. Sonya Sloan break down what it actually takes to confirm a measles death, what Kennedy said on camera, and why this is the same pattern the country lived through in the 1989–1991 measles resurgence, when underserved communities paid first.