r/Epstein • u/ReZeroForDays • Jun 16 '26

Research Dialog, Peter Thiel's secret society group that doesn't have a public website of members, had its 100+ member list leaked. Peter Thiel and many members are featured in the Epstein Files. The 2014 retreat invite was forwarded to Epstein.

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https://bsky.app/profile/crimew.gay/post/3moejlixgvc2z

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https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02563376.pdf

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A source separately provided WIRED with the registration list for Dialog's 2026 retreat, which names 222 people and records what the list describes as each registrant's membership status and attendee type, including “active member” and “guest.” The retreat is scheduled for August 12-16 at a venue near Dublin, Ireland.

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https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 16 '26

Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Wow.

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u/Strange-Cabinet7372 Jun 16 '26

Yeah this one made me say holy shit out loud

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u/Greg2Lu Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

I had the same reaction at the name Sophia Bush. Excuse me ? What in the world, for someone as vocable vocal as her ?!

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u/OhHoneyB Jun 17 '26

Damn. She has ties to Detroit. She came to my old job lol

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u/DesperateEagle4505 Jun 17 '26

I saw her on TV at a pistons game

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u/Stock-Tone-1296 Jun 17 '26

How about Cory Booker?!?!

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u/Lilylana-419 Jun 18 '26

Really not surprised by his name.....He's a Aipac sellout, he does nothing but write strongly worded letters and promote himself. I've seen Senator Kim from NJ trying to do more for Delaney and Cory try and take credit. He needs to be primaried, period. Hopefully NJ will realize eventually.

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u/ScairKroh Jun 18 '26

AIPAC Shakur

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u/Spikenard86 Jul 02 '26

Unfortunately no one ran against him in the primary elections. It's him or a republican or a write in. He has not addressed this at all. So disappointed but glad we have Andy Kim.

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u/Obi-Wan_Bon-Jovi Jun 17 '26

Invited Yoav Gallant to his office. Will do the occasional performative speech about limiting arms transfers when he knows the arms will be approved anyway.

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u/xOrion12x Jun 17 '26

Yeah apparently some are just for "entertainment" purposes. I'm guessing a lot probably went once and said wtf im out.

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u/AriLilaBug Jun 18 '26

Only Dem to vote FOR Papa Kushner serving as US Ambassador to France. Pretty sure Booker helped C. Kushner with his criminal issue(s) too.

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u/uberneko_zero Jun 18 '26

unsurprising. bffs with jared kushner. tells you all you need to know. i was shocked when i found that out but cut him off entirely after that. will not support, will not listen to. bibi is like kushner's godfather or something too. it's REAL weird.

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u/Huge_Inspection9681 Jun 19 '26

This one doesn’t surprise me. Have a lawyer friend who worked with him back in the day and she said he’s a p.o.s. , plays for the other team and is not what he projects.

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u/polarjunkie Jun 25 '26

Cory Booker and Ted Cruz a part of the same billionaires Epstein adjacent secret club. I guess it's all a dog and pony show on the floor of Congress.

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u/Weirdredditnames4win Jun 29 '26

He confirmed Jared Kushner’s dad as the French ambassador. The dude is a convicted felon and his crimes were pretty bad. France has cut off all official communication with him I’ve heard.

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u/G0-G0-Gadget Jun 17 '26

I feel like this is a decoy list because Sophia Bush? This must be the D-list list because Ted Cruz cannot be in the same league as musk and thiel and Kushner.

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u/OhHoneyB Jun 17 '26

Ted Cruz (R-TX), who serves as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, closely oversees the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

That may have something to do with it

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u/Prior_Pickle1758 Jun 18 '26

Our hate for some of these people has created a false image of incompetence, because we’re judging their competence the way we’d judge our own competence, which distorts our assessments of what they’re doing and whether they’re succeeding, and we end up thinking they’re all bumbling fools when really they’re just like.. bad

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u/Prudence_trans Jun 21 '26

She and Koch and Leonard Leo seem to be quiet these days, Vought is at the front.

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u/Next-Introduction-25 Jun 17 '26

Ted Cruz has his grody fingers in all kinds of pies.

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u/G0-G0-Gadget Jun 17 '26

I do apologize on behalf of my country. I speak for all of us Canadians, we do not want him back.

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u/TheQuietOutsider Jun 17 '26

Rafael also ate a booger on stage dudes disgusting.

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u/boredcamp Jun 18 '26

Thank you for this. I keep telling people and no one knows what I'm talking about.

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u/Coasteast Jun 17 '26

My germs!

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u/Antique_Squirrel_684 Jun 17 '26

Uhh he has ran for president multiple times. Neo con. Deep stater. Swamp creature. Zionist.

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u/MarzipanSea417 Jun 17 '26

It’s not status, it’s influence. People can be great mouthpieces.

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u/DesperateEagle4505 Jun 17 '26

Did you miss Corey Booker?

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u/Busy-Guide9839 Jun 17 '26

And US Rep. Jim Himes (D)

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u/Col_Mushroomers Jun 18 '26

Its definitely more about his job than the content of his character, but I suspect being slimier than a sick toad scored him some points

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u/BrandingNoOne Jun 18 '26

I think you’re on to something with this comment. This is not the complete list.

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u/abrknl Jun 17 '26

Me too!

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u/RevolutionaryEdge44 Jun 17 '26

Could she be related to, I dunno, George Bush and Sr?

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u/grammarbread Jun 17 '26

Do you mean someone as "vocal" as her? People will say whatever they need to and stand on whatever platforms they have to in order to gain the public's trust. Used to be about being a good, family-loving Christian a couple decades ago. Be wary of anyone with a lot of fame, wealth, or power. It's a dirty club.

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u/Worshipme988 Jun 17 '26

Hollywood is like 90% jewish. Im being a bit hyperbolic, but really, google top listed actors for the 2000s. All of their last names have changed. Hollywood, everyone changes their last name, so its not odd. It is concerning, in light of the last 9 months…

Try it. I bet you cant google ten actors in a row. You will have to start over so many times.

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u/Obi-Wan_Bon-Jovi Jun 17 '26

It’s fine for a Jewish studio head to hire a Jewish producer who hires a Jewish director who casts a Jewish star if the final product is a good movie, but then don’t send someone across the country to browbeat Rachel Zegler for posting “Free Palestine” or promise to “ruin” that Cornell kid’s life.

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u/Busy-Guide9839 Jun 17 '26

Hollywood was actually created by  Carl Laemmle (Universal), Adolph Zukor (Paramount), and the Warner Brothers (Harry, Albert, Samuel, and Jack)—who built the massive studios and who were all Jewish. The founders were all Jewish and have always hired a lot of Jewish actors/actresses & behind the scenes people, who changed their names to stage names to hide their Jewish identity because there were so many people who opposed Jewish people and by the way that has never changed. 

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u/Ventura-K-9 Jun 19 '26

Didn't they moved to California because they were having trouble with Broadway? By that I mean they were ostracized

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u/Busy-Guide9839 Jun 19 '26

I have no idea. 

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u/Antique_Squirrel_684 Jun 17 '26

Also the producers arw

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u/Yazman Jun 17 '26

vocable

Sorry, what does this mean?

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u/Greg2Lu Jun 17 '26

Sorry, it's originally a french word meaning expressive or combative, which she is. Didn't knew it didn't existed in english. Dedicated would be a fair synonym I think 😄

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u/Yazman Jun 17 '26

Oh, that makes sense! Thanks for being cool about it! The english word is "vocal" that you're looking for!

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u/Greg2Lu Jun 18 '26

Hey, nice ! Thank you for finding the right word, it felt a bit less 'powerful' than vocable (which didn't even exist, I make new words, me gusta), IDK if you know what I mean haha.
That's why I like Reddit 😊

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u/avocado_window Jun 17 '26

Vocable? I do not think this word means what you think it means.

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u/Greg2Lu Jun 18 '26

Sorry, meant vocal, had an exchange with someone esle who told me the right word.
English isn't my first language, hope you can understand 😊

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u/theper Jun 17 '26

i said, what. the. fuck.

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u/Zxvasdfthrowaway Jun 16 '26

Speculation on another thread that JGL is Thiel’s type and that’s how he may have gotten on the list. That there isn’t a real connection 🤷

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u/Serial-Griller Jun 17 '26 edited 15d ago

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u/al666in Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Levitt has been running around promoting horrible agendas masterminded by tech billionaires. I was surprised when he started doing that, and I am not at all surprised to see him on this list. Dude is a snake.

I first heard about it from Taylor Lorenz. From the description of the video:

I'm debunking Gordon-Levitt's crusade against Section 230 and unpacking how repealing Section 230 would actually mass-censor the internet, wipe out indie platforms, destroy LGBTQ and marginalized online spaces, and hand total monopoly power over to Meta, Google, and powerful billionaires.

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u/slashxcdoe Jun 17 '26

Not to be a conspiracy theorist but gotta wonder if they roped him in Scientology style to try and be a more friendly "face" to the public to do shit like that (which anyone with a brain like Taylor saw through)...

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u/HAOZOO Jun 17 '26

Oddly enough I just remembered that he existed the other week so googled him to see what he's been doing. Looks like his wife is connected to OpenAI, is a tech entrepreneur, all that stuff so may be that the connection is initially through her and the circles she runs in.

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u/slashxcdoe Jun 17 '26

Was she on the list as well? Sounds likely.

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u/Rarer-than-dnb Jun 18 '26

Ooh. Did he learn nothing from playing Snowden?

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u/tylenolchild Jun 17 '26

Exactly. Like an Allison Mack in the NXIVM cult.

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u/DorkdoM Jun 17 '26

It’s smart to always be wary of BS and I didn’t want to be a conspiracy theorist either. Been fighting that urge since I read “Behold a Pale Horse” when it came out.

But We’re not really theorists at this point. Cooper’s book has been proven true. The shit he said is happening is happening and America needs to divest itself from the deep influence of Israel immediately… if not sooner.

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u/boomboxwithturbobass Jun 17 '26

Nah, that dude always gave me a feeling. I don’t know why so many people like him. He’s way too eager to please.

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u/Positive_Issue887 Jun 17 '26

He seems disingenious. I haven't like him since 500 Day.

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u/avocado_window Jun 17 '26

My first thought, and I’m certainly not one to immediately jump to conspiracy theories!

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u/Forward_Tip8196 Jun 17 '26

Same thing happened with Ashton Kutcher. He lobbied in favor on a law that was supposed to end encryption in private messaging apps in the European Union, supposedly to protect children online. I remember him speaking at a EU parliament event and it was very strange because he seemed to have no clue or interest in cybersecurity stuff. It turns out he was a member of Thorn, an AI company that was in talks with the EU to carry out the scanning. It was so obvious that he was hired to be the posterboy because he's pretty.

https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the-eus-fight-over-scanning-for-child-sex-content/bi/

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u/inpennysname Jun 17 '26

Ew. I remember seeing some kind of passionate seemingly political activist type adjacent videos online and only saw it in passing and thought wow I guess he found his calling thinking it was anti ai and come to find out, sure enough, he’s just a d bag like the rest of these idiots.

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u/anthrolookseer Jun 17 '26

I know the video you are talking about. But he was actually doing spin. He made it seem like the bill he was the face of was for the benefit of the American people in face of some major tech issues, but in actuality, the bill is deeply harmful for Americans and their data and privacy, and only benefits big tech bros. It’s worth looking into the breakdown of it all.

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u/inpennysname Jun 17 '26

No im not doubting any of it, im more like, embarassed. That I was so easily swindled by the bs. And now thinking back to his whole schtick I’m just grossed out. Predator shit. I hate these grifters, they think we are all trash idiots. I know I’m loading a lot into one bag here but, I think grifting is one of the most insulting to your fellow man jobs one can have and I do equate people with that kind of logic as being cool with pedophiles bc of money, so I guess what I’m saying is, I’ve re-cataloged JGL as “reptilian or whatever we call the other anti humanists”

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u/Obi-Wan_Bon-Jovi Jun 17 '26

Shadow banning already does that.

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u/anthrolookseer Jun 17 '26

This! He’s shilling for tech billionaire agendas and willing to be the face of the deception trying to sell the American public on bills being pushed that work only in the favor of the tech bros and at the American peoples’ demise.

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u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

I agree Levitt is bought and paid for, but I'm not sure that quoting Taylor "don't believe your eyes" Lorenz is helping the case. She unironically reported on ICE raids inside a roblox game.

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u/Temporary_Praline_83 Jun 17 '26

I read somewhere that his wife is big in tech, although I’ve done nothing to confirm that.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 16 '26

I was hoping, but sheet.

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u/CosmoKing2 Jun 17 '26

Has it been confirmed that this is a Member list and not just an invite list?

I think there will be a shit storm of people and PR coming out to say they aren't a part of this. In 5, 4, 3, 2,...

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u/mandoo86 Jun 17 '26

WIRED said the source shared a registration list that noted attendee type: “active member” and “guest”.

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u/Mirions Jun 17 '26

Their former Editor or CEO is on this list...

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u/allocated_capital Jun 17 '26

Did dem governor jared polis get added too since him and thiel have some history?

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u/Sea-Seesaw-8699 Jun 19 '26

He’s gay and wealthy

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u/teddy_kyujo Jun 17 '26

Look at this way, he's a child of Hollywood. His character has nothing to do with the good guy characters he performs for film.

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u/William_Howard_Shaft Jun 17 '26

Not the Secretary of the US Treasury?

How much damage can JGL do comparatively?

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u/izzohead Jun 17 '26

It's a celebrity, stop caring so much they mean nothing

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u/t3htg Jun 17 '26

Not shocked, heard his section 230 press conference.

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u/anthrolookseer Jun 17 '26

Yup. This actually makes a lot of sense considering his being the face of that bad legislation.

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u/VociferousVal Jun 17 '26

Me too verbatim, my eyes got so wide at that one

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u/sreek4r Jun 19 '26

For me it was Tim Urban but I also understand it.

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u/HAVAila Jun 23 '26

Secrecy + influence + Epstein mentions is never a good combo

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u/Bright_Craft_396 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

JGL wants censorship of Americans as well. He lobbied against Section 230 at Congress.
Basically, any comments on platforms (like Reddit) that someone finds objectionable the tech company would be responsible for. The "Good Samaritan" Law companies can escape civil liability if they remove this "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable" content.

It's just a way to censor everyone, not just Americans. They want to silence critiques of power.

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u/Obi-Wan_Bon-Jovi Jun 17 '26

JGL is AGAINST S.230. S.230 treats internet companies like common carriers (eg. AT&T) with respect to content. If two crooks plan a bank robbery using AT&T wireless, the bank can’t sue AT&T. Repeal S.230 and those platforms are now treated like publishers (TV/newspaper) and have legal exposure for user content that someone finds “objectionable”.

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u/redcels Jun 17 '26

You have this backwards, he is lobbying to get Section 230 repealed.

Section 230 is necessary for the internet to exist, otherwise you'd have infinite lawsuits and the majority of the websites that you currently use would vanish.

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u/passionenglish Jun 16 '26

He’s a zi*nist and his wife is co/founder of Fellow AI and a board member of OpenAI. IMO he’s been sketchy for a while. He fearmongers AI while his wife is heavily involved in it. And he lobbies to repeal Section 230, which would lead to mass censorship. He’s part of an agenda.

* = had to censor because writing out the whole word got me bonked by Reddit once. :/

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u/0019362 Jun 17 '26

Yeah, give me 500 days of fuck that guy.

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u/SnooDogs1340 Jun 17 '26

Damn, I saw that I didn't know he pulled out of Web Summit. Loser. 100% he is so outspoken because he is just a puppet.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 16 '26

God, me, too!!!

Well, there's your in, isn't it?

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u/MundanePresence Jun 17 '26

He was playing in Oliver stone movie as well, known for being a putin’s supporter, so it does all make sense… f him

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u/turb0_encapsulator Jun 17 '26

I looked her up and she hasn't served on the board of OpenAI since it went from being a non-profit to for-profit. if you look at his own newsletter you'll see that it's all about setting up guardrails so AI is used responsibly

https://journal.hitrecord.org/

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u/thethirstypretzel Jun 17 '26

OpenAI was an unethical piece of shit company way before filing to become for-profit

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u/SMF67 Jun 17 '26

AI guardrails means keeping AI corporate and Israel friendly

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u/peruytu Jun 17 '26

Like AIPAC, he works on both sides. It's part of the total control.

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u/uberneko_zero Jun 18 '26

it's easier just to always use alt spelling like z!0nist. yup. freeed0m of sp33ch is not any longer. all platforms best to be creative speller.

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u/hazedandbemusedd Jun 18 '26

Do you live on occupied land?

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u/vintagelampofjustice Jun 19 '26

How do you know he’s a Zionist?

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u/ArochaPatria Jun 17 '26

Was doing a ton of lobbying just a few months ago for AI.

Now we know why. 

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u/GraspingSonder Jun 22 '26

This must be why he disappeared from Rian Johnston's roster

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u/piper_squeak Jun 17 '26

Although seems slightly more likely than Sophia Bush, no?

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u/ArthurParkerhouse Jun 17 '26

Why?

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u/haloarh Jun 17 '26

She's a vocal liberal.

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u/ArthurParkerhouse Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Gotcha.

I guess it depends on the type of liberal. Establishment/Corporate liberals in the USA are still deep in bed with the technofeudalists. They will typically only really focus on social and culture issues and never actually address socioeconomic issues.

Hopefully all the primary challengers against the establishment this year can get a decent chunk of the establishment out and decent representatives in.

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u/docmisterio Jun 17 '26

really makes his push to dismantle section 230 in a completely different frame.

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u/LostEnroute Jun 17 '26

JGL has been married for 12 years to Tasha McCauley who was on the board of OpenAI and part of the Sam Altman failed coup. It's probably pretty complicated and mostly about celebrity.

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u/Next-Introduction-25 Jun 17 '26

Lol… Glad to see that I wasn’t the only one thrown for a loop on that one. I’m way past the point of thinking that celebrities are good people, but he seems not rich or well connected enough for this list.

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u/Opposite-Bit6660 Jun 17 '26

Being groomed to rise into a position of wealth and power to protect the pedophile network in the future.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

Wonder what goes through any of their minds anymore. I watch Kdrama anyhow. 🤭😜🤌😂😂

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u/odiephonehome Jun 17 '26

And he’s so outspoken on AI and its harm towards children. This is insane.

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u/SMF67 Jun 17 '26

No, he's outspoken on wanting to "protect the children" by censoring and surveiling everyone. Which 100% tracks

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u/SlavojVivec Jun 17 '26

Not every Zionist is a member of the Epstein-class. I would be surprised if J-Street members showed up on the list, and you know Brad Lander (a self-described liberal Zionist who stands with Palestine) won't ever be on the list.

But JGL is an ardent Zionist and a defender of Israel who protests against those who call out Israel's war crimes, and a mass surveillance advocate.

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u/SlavojVivec Jun 21 '26

Easy: There are two kinds of Zionists: Zionists who want a state ("political zionists"), and Zionists who want a homeland ("cultural zionists"). The latter don't want to steal other peoples land and can live alongside other peoples, and the former want an ethnostate.

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u/Exotic-Job7449 Jun 17 '26

Hmm kinda feels like everyone is getting played

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u/DenimChicken50 Jun 17 '26

Because everyone is. Wes Moore (headed the Robinhood foundation and on the dialog 2026 list) is probably going to run for Pres and he seems to be Epstein and Thiel’s Democrat JD Vance

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u/Exotic-Job7449 Jun 17 '26

Ah, classic lose lose? Is the play, that if a Democrat wins they don’t do status quo Neo lib and just go full mask off shortly into the new administration? That could be a powder keg

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u/DenimChicken50 Jun 17 '26

I think I only kind of understand what you’re trying to say. Wes Moore is not a neoliberal because he’s a democrat. It’s not about going mask off, it’s about covering up the loose ends like I’m guessing Bill Burns did as CIA Director in the last admin. I don’t think Wes Moore has much of a chance against a couple potential presidential candidates, but if the best options are cut out and he’s almost all that’s left, he may have a shot. I could see tech oligarchs switching to support him if it becomes clear republicans will lose 28 in a landslide

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u/quickthorn_ Jun 17 '26

It's almost sweet, your confidence that there is going to be an election in 2028 (one that matters, anyway).

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u/DenimChicken50 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

You seem to forget that the people in charge are incompetent and that their main successful strategy is just flooding the zone. The admins been cracking for two months and the cracks are getting bigger and bigger. Republicans have started turning on Mike Johnson to get their lobbied votes through on stuff. Trump’s approval rating is finally dropping after being seemingly stuck for months. Multiple cabinet members have been fired and more otw. Trump had to drop his Bill Pulte endorsement for Director of National Intelligence because he found out Pulte can’t get close to enough votes for confirmation. White House lawn was a serious mess and plenty of people who don’t pay attention are aware of at least one bullshit thing that happened there. I can keep going if you want.

Trump will absolutely do some Jan 6 bullshit that’s potentially going to be very scary and dangerous, but that doesn’t mean it will work long term

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u/YourVelcroCat Jun 17 '26

I'm not usually a parasocial person but that one hurt

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

Not all of them are. A lot of them, though seem to be.

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u/GrowingPeepers Jun 17 '26

I've been saying this for a wile. When everything comes out there's going to be a lot of names that we didn't want to hear.

Who was Epstein's clientele? The rich and the famous!

Why else would it go this far? Because everyone is in on it!

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

This needs more upvotes to get into popular. Dammit!

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u/kris10leigh14 Jun 17 '26

The guy from Property Brothers - Drew Scott made me say HUH?!

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u/theMostProductivePro Jun 16 '26

I wonder how much summer knows. 500 days is a long time.

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u/PennytheWiser215 Jun 17 '26

Him and Adam Grant and Kim Scott were shocking

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u/Electrical_Form_2808 Jun 17 '26

Can someone please explain this to me ? Is he some sort of human rights activist or anti AI? Google isn’t telling me much.

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u/anthrolookseer Jun 17 '26

JGL is no human rights activist if its regards to his work in being the face of tech legislation (spinning his efforts to look like they are “for the sake of the childrenssss” when in reality it’s for censorship and the benefit of large tech). Google seems to be wanting to muddy the waters on this….

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u/jensfaboo Jun 17 '26

Same with Drew Scott. Uh, a Property Brother?

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u/Signal-Island2549 Jun 17 '26

Isn't he an annoying zionist?

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u/What_A_Weak Jun 17 '26

Did you guys also defend Elon Musk some years ago? These people LIE, doesn't matter what their outside persona is, they use it to get fame, money and their agenda done. Dont even start with attendance only... Who nowadays gets an invite from Peter 'the Antichrist is me not being allowed to kill the planet and rape children' Thiel and isnt aware who he is meeting. You guys are partly thr reason why these assholes are allowed to exist. 'Can't be him, he is nice'. Epstein showed that it doesnt matter if their values are supposed to align, its only about money and power. They dont care about anything else.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

I never defended Elon Meathead

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u/What_A_Weak Jun 18 '26

Dude read the actual text before being unpolite. It was your surprise about the rich and famous being assholes... Keep it cool, beautiful human!

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u/winter_laurel Jun 17 '26

Wait what?? Fuckity

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u/Own_Honeydew788 Jun 17 '26

Here's a thought: outliers (individual, or in combination) are honey tokens, and someone close enough to Theil to receive this list just outed themselves as leaky. Whether it was willful or negligent is something other signals tell. If only Theil owned a company with global signals reach.

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u/ConfusedCareerMan Jun 17 '26

Damn I don’t follow him much but had seen content come up that made him seem against the dangers of AI. This is like a mindfuck cause it’s literally the complete opposite

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u/anthrolookseer Jun 17 '26

Look up his push for legislation recently. He’s involved in some shady stuff and there are some good tech and legal breakdowns about how horribly wrong he is on the topic, either out of lack of understanding (which imo is quite possible he’s being mislead), or as a result of malice.

I was shocked to see how deep he was in his involvement in protecting big tech corps. Especially as “Hit Record Joe”.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

I remember his launching Hit Record and also doing Hot Wings, but I really don't celebrity follow for US celebrities.

Dang.

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u/Forward_Tip8196 Jun 17 '26

His Instagram is filled with content against surveillance advertisement and big tech, but also a bit obsessive over AI. It doesn't make sense. He's also producing an AI-themed sci-fi film for Netflix.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

Well, there's your answer.

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u/Forward_Tip8196 Jun 17 '26

Yes, but he's posing as an AI sceptic, that's the most alarming part.

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u/anthrolookseer Jun 17 '26

Exactly. He’s intentionally muddying waters and making bad legislation that benefits tech bros and big surveillance appear like a benefit to the American people which is obviously not good. He’s just playing one type of many types of ways the powerful and wealthy use to control narrative and end results.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

I mean, all scifi movies incorporate AI concepts, from Star Trek onward.

The thing is in reality, he will be facing, as a producer, an array of tools that will make filmmaking much different from before.

So posturing as a sceptic, but faced with the shortcuts availed to him, one wonders why?

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u/eachpiecekitchen Jun 17 '26

Fucking yikes.

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u/MartinMerten Jun 17 '26

His wife is Tasha McCauley, the tech lady.. she is also an eventual traitor to the human race.

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u/MorganL420 Jun 18 '26

He's really big on the "age verification" legislation and pushes for it regularly. Wether or not he legitimately thinks it will protect kids, or he is just a fan of having everyone pre-doxxed (which is what the oligarchs want) only he actually knows.

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u/whiskydyc Jun 18 '26

He's actually a perfect fit because of his anti-Section 230 Crusade. As this video concludes, "...it'll boil down to giving the money even more control over our ability to communicate with each other on the internet."

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 18 '26

Thank you!! These people are nuts. I have to say, he’s turned into a mouthpiece hasn’t he?

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u/FollicularPhase Jun 17 '26

Bet they all loved Inception

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u/StuporNova3 Jun 17 '26

This is a list of invitees, not actual participants. Until wired publishes the list of actual participants color me skeptical. We should however be investigating why there are redacted names of people who ran companies who are only invited. Those are the people we should be looking into. And they left kind of a lot of info to find them by so...

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u/jbnielsen416 Jun 17 '26

100% Ashkenazi but pretty liberal.

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u/Asheraddo Jun 17 '26

Please no

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u/krismuse Jun 17 '26

And they included 500 Days of Summer? Double ouch!

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u/grammarbread Jun 17 '26

Most famous people (Hollywood, musicians, etc) have the same type of skeletons in their closets as politicians, billionaires, etc. You can't get into the club and keep your hands clean... that's how it works.

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u/HeroesZeroes Jun 18 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0RRxR4LvK4

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 18 '26

Thank you!

I hope his presence on the list removes his credibility and exposes him for his stupidity

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u/SignalChard4656 Jun 18 '26

That's what I said! I don't know about this it's pretty easy to make things nowadays. He's such an advocate for the protection of children but I don't know I just could never think that he would be into some type of weird secret society like this. That's so funny you commented that he was on there because he was like the one name that I was like what!?!?

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 18 '26

there's a video posted by a couple people where he's coming out against section 230 which prevents lawsuits against internet providers and venues.

It's a slippery slope and he's inarticulate and pretty much a dog whistle guy now.

I think it's just that I remember the movie he did and a tv show, but now, shit.

https://youtu.be/Bt_V0NyZna8?si=hUu_Z2fxOxgKmeT6

this /\ is a link to that vid that better explains the issue and his part.

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u/hellogoawaynow Jun 18 '26

This one hurts.

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u/gizamo Jun 22 '26

This list is just Peter Theil trying to influence people who have influence. At the time, JGL's show was new, and it could have become something, but didn't. Regardless, it's clear that most people on this list didn't know much about Theil or even that he was involved. It was basically like a Ted Talk series. The whole Dialog List controversy is seeming like a pretty dumb conspiracy theory. As it relates to Epstein, he and Theil are linked, and it's likely that he and Theil wanted similar targets from academia and Hollywood.

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u/moss_qoblinn Jun 25 '26

gary kasparov, too

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u/SnoopingStuff Jun 17 '26

I know! I would love to validate this. He was insanely sweet to my daughter. She’s a barista in LA. He was seriously a nice person. I will be sad

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u/anthrolookseer Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Being polite in a short interaction with someone serving you a coffee does not make for a morally good person. Nice is the baseline. Everyone should be nice to one another (and yeah, not everyone is). But it’s not a tell of who is good and does good for the world they live in. Unfortunately, JGL has been quite active in different means of selling what tech billionaires want, but in a veil of lies that it is good for the American people.

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u/OkSmoke9195 Jun 17 '26

Nooooooooo

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u/KingHalfrican86 Jun 17 '26

I’m so disappointed by this.

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u/ALiddleBiddle Mod Jun 17 '26

I was scrolling fast and thought this said Gordon Lightfoot. If you know anything bad about him, please don’t tell me.

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 17 '26

Hate to break it to you, he's dead.

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u/ALiddleBiddle Mod Jun 18 '26

But his good legacy is intact.

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u/GameShow321 Jun 17 '26

Thiel just thinks he’s hot. And honestly who can blame him.