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Sophie Alexander
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Reporter covering the uber wealthy, climate, philanthropy and more at Bloomberg and Businessweek Email: [email protected] On Signal: 240-350-9251
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Reposted by Sophie Alexander
Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
www.bloomberg.com
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Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
www.bloomberg.com
Reposted by Sophie Alexander
Reposted by Sophie Alexander
Musk story with my favorite Musk expert @danahull.bsky.social !
This is building on our reporting on billionaires' ties to the Trump administration. Here's our list of Peter Thiel allies from March.

“There is an ambition for a bottom-up renovation of how the government operates.”
🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Peter Thiel’s Network Is Quietly Shaping Trump’s Government
The tech magnate has many links to the new Trump administration and the cost-slashing effort led by Elon Musk.
www.bloomberg.com
NEW: Here's all the people coming from Elon Musk's universe in the new administration.

Already, several of them have cycled in and out of government, landing back at Musk's companies. Others will likely stick around long after Musk is gone.

🎁 LINK: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The Musk Associates Running the Government — Even After He’s Gone
The world’s richest man has dozens of allies dismantling the federal bureaucracy from within.
www.bloomberg.com
🚨We know this list is incomplete. If you work in the government and notice any alumni of the companies named in this story, please reach out.

I’m on Signal at 240-350-9251
NEW: We’re tracking the billionaires’ ties to the new Trump administration. It’s not just Musk.

Here’s a list of people from Peter Thiel’s orbit, now helping run our government.

Since the election, Thiel’s fortune has soared.

🎁 LINK: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Peter Thiel’s Network Is Quietly Shaping Trump’s Government
The tech magnate has many links to the new Trump administration and the cost-slashing effort led by Elon Musk.
www.bloomberg.com
Thanks to my wonderful co-reporters @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social @danahull.bsky.social @josheidelson.bsky.social @jamietarabay.bsky.social

If you’re a federal worker at any of the agencies being hit by DOGE or with any Musk or Thiel related appointees, please reach out via Signal
I've been covering billionaires for 6+ years. Now I'm covering DOGE and more.

A thread of 🎁stories I worked on this week. Signal is in my bio.

First off: DOGE has been dismantling the Education Department for a week+ : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Vows to End Education Department. DOGE Has Already Started
Elon Musk’s budget-slashing team is auditing contracts and grant programs, including the federal student loan portfolio, in search of spending cuts.
www.bloomberg.com
Reposted by Sophie Alexander
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
Reposted by Sophie Alexander
"For those whose policies have been dropped, non-admitted insurance is one of their only options for coverage. It means regular homes in some parts of the country are now viewed by the industry as the equivalent of a fireworks factory" - from @sooophie.bsky.social & @leslieatlarge.bsky.social
Florida, California Home Insurance Market Infused by Riskier Carriers
A lightly regulated insurance market is offering coverage to homeowners in states that saw withdrawals of major insurers.
www.bloomberg.com
Reposted by Sophie Alexander
Jaw-dropping story about a billionaire who duped women into donating their eggs so he could have a brood of blonde, blue-eyed children. The "project" continued even when he was behind bars (and he's probably going back to prison, leaving the kids' care to nannies). Free link:
How a Billionaire’s ‘Baby Project’ Ensnared Dozens of Women
Disgraced tycoon Greg Lindberg built a network of egg donors and surrogates. Several say he conned them—and that US fertility clinics helped him do it.
www.bloomberg.com