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Behind the Scenes at a Secretive Gathering of Rising MAGA Donors | The Winklevoss twins, Rebekah Mercer, allies of Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and top Trump campaign aides recently joined a conclave of right-wing donors who are suddenly flush with power.
The New York Times ^ | Nov. 20, 2024, 10:24 a.m. ET | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 11/20/2024 10:52:05 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Just four days after being named the next White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles was waiting patiently for an espresso drink at a five-star hotel in Las Vegas.

Overnight, she had become one of the most powerful people in America. The value of a minute of her time could not be higher during the presidential transition: Republican strivers are hounding her for desirable gigs, and back at Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald J. Trump has kept courting controversy with his picks.

Yet here she was thousands of miles away, flanked only by a security guard, alone in line at a Four Seasons coffee shop. She had just peeled off from lunch with other top Trump campaign officials, including her fellow campaign manager, Chris LaCivita; the pollster Tony Fabrizio; and the campaign’s fund-raising chief, Meredith O’Rourke. “We’re all just chilling,” one member of the startled Trump entourage joked aloud when alerted that they had been spotted by a nearby New York Times reporter as they walked through the hotel.

What demanded the dayslong presence of all these Trumpworld figures during some of the most important weeks of their careers? The fall gathering of a secretive group of wealthy tech executives and their allies who have ascended swiftly within the Republican Party’s donor class: the Rockbridge Network.

The group, which was co-founded five years ago by JD Vance, sprouted from an informal set of dinners into a powerful coalition of Republican donors who have given more than $100 million to Rockbridge projects since 2019, according to a person close to the group, helping lead Silicon Valley’s march to the right. For Rockbridge, Mr. Vance’s election as vice president was a crowning achievement — and a tantalizing opportunity to wield new national influence.

But Rockbridge has largely kept its activities stealthy, mindful of...


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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: media; msm; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; ohnoes; smear; thehorror; theodoreschleifer
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Gaydar!


21 posted on 11/20/2024 12:09:07 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Zathras

Another great, but expensive birdcage liner bereft of any truth unless the print date and the weather report might be correct.


22 posted on 11/20/2024 1:25:15 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How was it a secretive meeting if a Times reporter was there?


23 posted on 11/20/2024 1:49:08 PM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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They would report it with glowing positivity if it were a cartel of their liberal left-wing communist Richie Riches doing the same thing.


24 posted on 11/20/2024 2:20:58 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Let us who voted for President-elect Trump know how that works out.

25 posted on 11/21/2024 11:42:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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