Fresh Air - How Silicon Valley has profited by aligning with MAGA
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Donald Trump's crypto wealth grew by at least $7.5 billion since 2024.
J.D. Vance attended David Sacks's June 2024 Trump fundraiser.
PayPal was founded by Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.
The United States has an aging and declining population.
The GENIUS Act gives stablecoins backing from U.S. currency and potentially the U.S. government.
The GAIN AI bill was defeated after David Sacks and Donald Trump told Republicans they opposed it.
In 2025, the Trump White House considered requiring AI companies to share safety-test results with federal government.
Elon Musk supported H-1B visas, while Steve Bannon strongly opposed H-1B visas.
David Sacks said the GENIUS Act would make the dollar the global digital currency.
The GAIN AI Act would prioritize U.S. companies over China for advanced AI chips.
Donald Trump suspended Afghan refugee resettlement after returning to office in January 2025.
Marc Munden directed all four episodes of the Lord of the Flies miniseries.
Jack Thorne wrote the new Lord of the Flies miniseries for television.
Most of the new Lord of the Flies miniseries was filmed in Malaysia's rainforest.
The Netflix/BBC drama Adolescence won an Emmy Award.
Hans Zimmer contributed to the Lord of the Flies miniseries soundtrack.
David Sacks co-founded the venture capital fund Craft Ventures.
David Sacks served as President Trump's special adviser for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.
David Sacks was PayPal's first head of product and served as COO.
George Packer won a National Book Award for The Unwinding.
David Sacks's San Francisco Trump fundraiser raised about $12 million.
J.D. Vance previously worked for Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel founded the Stanford Review.
Peter Thiel and David Sacks co-wrote The Diversity Myth in the mid-1990s.
PayPal survived the dot-com crash of 2000.
President Trump disbanded the Justice Department's crypto enforcement team after returning to office.
The GENIUS Act required stablecoin issuers to back stablecoins one-to-one with dollars or short-term Treasuries.
The GENIUS Act was a bipartisan bill.
Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized the GENIUS Act as a gift to the crypto industry.
Donald Trump appointed Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreessen, Michael Dell, and Larry Ellison to PCAST.
Donald Trump's science-and-technology commission has one academic scientist among 15 members.
Jim Banks and Elizabeth Warren cosponsored proposals to prioritize U.S. companies over China for advanced AI chips.
The Hazara are a highly persecuted Shia minority in Afghanistan.
Kabul fell to Taliban control in 2021.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have recently engaged in cross-border conflict.
Pakistan has deported hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees to Afghanistan.
William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies was published in 1954.
Film adaptations of Lord of the Flies were released in 1963 and 1990.
Netflix and the BBC made the first television adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
The Netflix/BBC Lord of the Flies television adaptation is a four-part drama.
Adolescence was co-written by Jack Thorne.
Nathan Lane was nominated for a Tony for playing Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman.