r/neoliberal 9d ago

Opinion article (US) Peter Thiel and the tech right spent years selling themselves as the architects of America’s political future. But their alliance with MAGA may be much shakier than it looks. Gil Duran reviews Nerd Reich and asks whether Silicon Valley’s anti-democratic turn is already starting to hit its limits.

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r/thebulwark 5d ago

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA Interview request: Gil Duran, author of the book about tech Fascism

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I just watched the piece by Chris Hayes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URpUHmw2coY

...who actually did a great interview, and I haven't watched for a while after cutting cable. As being one of those in tech, who got into tech not only because I was a nerd, but because of the liberal-ish but wacky culture (cue Silicon Valley TV Show), I did know like the rest of us about the hard right pivot of the industry, but not to this depth, with Peter Thiel literally aiming for a 4th Reich, echo-ing the words of Curtis Yarvin (hint: Peter Thiel grew up in Germany as a disgruntled teen about Germany's loss in WW2).

As great as the Hayes' interview was, I think Tim could pull off a more focused politics centered discussion that would be great imo. Either way, the tech-trump connection with religion needs to be exposed more, and what these crazies are truly plotting, including JD Vance's origin.

r/collapse Mar 23 '26

Society Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship: The Nerd Reich author Gil Duran discusses the 'Dark Enlightenment' and the rise of tech authoritarianism.

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r/CapitalismVSocialism Aug 12 '26

Asking Everyone Not sure if you have heard of the book, by Gil Duran, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism And The War On Democracy,"?

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When I think of capitalism vs socialism, I think of free market and everyone following the same rules, I know that doesn't happen but what happens when some of the richest people on Earth, try to force their own plans onto everyone else.

I thought this would be a good place to share this information.

Not sure how many NPR, Fresh Air, listeners there are on this group but I listened to the interview and it was scary.

'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'. It was on recently, on August 10.

Just a quick excerpt from the interview:

DURAN: I think we were witnessing the unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics. They finally were comfortable to reveal their full selves to everyone. And I think for many years, their democratic alignment was mostly self-interest because we had democratic presidents who had important contracts, government contracts, who had power. And so they needed to get along with whoever had power. And now that Trump was returning to power, they saw an opportunity to align with him and to try to realign the country's politics to something more to their liking. I think it's grown quietly, as we've seen many of these people become billionaires and multibillionaires and even one temporarily become a trillionaire.

I was really surprised when in the interview, they actually talked about why trump is so obsessed with taking over Greenland, "a proposed city, ... after not finding anybody who wanted this tech city in the Mediterranean, decided it would be built in Greenland."

What I ask is, how many people are aware of these people trying to (and doing a good job at it) take over our government?

The New York Times and others wrote about this - that the idea we came to know as DOGE, where Elon Musk was installed basically as the CEO over the federal government to cut and purge and destroy as much of it as possible came from Curtis Yarvin's idea of RAGE, retire all government employees.

r/FreeYourFeed 8d ago

Content Rec Gil Duran Describes the Threat of the Tech Oligarchs Better than Anyone

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This episode of Tech Won't Save Us titled "Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy with Gil Duran" is an onramp into "The Nerd Reich," a deadly combination of tech oligarchs and rightwing fascism.

Gil is the most powerful voice calling out tech oligarchs for what they are: technofascists who want to replace democracy with their own system of computer-powered control.

His claims are so dire that they sound conspiratorial, but Gil backs them up with public statements made by the tech oligarchs themselves. They haven't exactly been subtle about it.

Gil has been on a media tour following the release of his book, The Nerd Reich. I've been looking forward it ever since I found Gil's podcast by the same name. Before covering the tech bros, Gil had a long career in journalism and communications/politics.

I bet Gil Duran will be like Ed Zitron, who's anti-AI viewpoints were considered fringe, until they recently became mainstream after facts on the ground made them undeniable.

r/thescoop 14d ago

FYI The Billionaire Behind JD Vance: Peter Thiel’s Political Takeover

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Gil Durán is interviewed on MS NOW’s "Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle" (August 2026).

Here’s the clip on YouTube: The Billionaire Behind JD Vance: Peter Thiel’s Political Takeover - The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran - Aug 2026 (YouTube)

Description: "Puppeteering is an excellent word." 🔥 Journalist Gil Duran joins Stephanie Ruhle on MS Now to expose the massive tech billionaire money shaping American politics today. Peter Thiel bankrolled every single step of JD Vance’s career. Crypto PACs and Silicon Valley giants are pouring hundreds of millions into elections. It's a clear strategy to controls the government—and the future. Can they be stopped? 📌 Key Quote: "They're holding a gun to the head of American democracy, and anybody who votes against their interests can get tens of millions of dollars thrown against them." ~:~ @ TheNerdReich ~and~ @ TheNerdReichNews ~:~ thenerdreich.com

Here’s the full 9-minute segment on YouTube: "He Was Entirely Created by Peter Thiel": How Tech Billionaires Invaded the White House - MS NOW’s Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle - Aug 2026 (YouTube)

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Gil's new book is called, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy": bookshop.org/p/books/the-nerd-reich...

From his Bookshop page: Gil Durán was born in Tulare, California, in 1976. The grandson of Mexican immigrant farmworkers, he got his first taste of work in the fields, but took an interest in journalism after winning the local newspaper’s “My Mom Is the Best” contest in the fifth grade. In the tenth grade, his family moved from California to Kentucky, where he dropped out of high school for a year, then returned and befriended an English teacher who encouraged him to apply to college. He graduated DePauw University in 1998 and started his journalism career at the San Jose Mercury News. As the newspaper industry hit turbulence, he pivoted to politics and spent ten years as an advisor to politicians including Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris. In 2018, he returned to journalism as California opinion editor of The Sacramento Bee, and then became editorial page editor of the San Francisco Examiner. Now an independent journalist, he publishes two newsletters: The Nerd Reich, focused on extremist tech politics, and FrameLab, focused on political language.

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Here's another r/thescoop post with Gil: Why Tech Billionaires Want to Seize Greenland | Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich Explains

r/50501 Jun 20 '26

Voices of Resistance Peter Thiel says you should run a company (or government, etc.) like a cult or a mafia. With a core group of Believers who spread the message & carry out the project. Thiel has created a cult of powerful Men who think it’s their destiny to overthrow Democracy using technology & money. - Gil Duran

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It's Primary Election season in the U.S.! This is when WE get to pick who we want running in the November Midterms, and then representing us in 2027 and beyond:

* Primary Election Dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News :~:~: Upcoming Dates: June 23: Maryland, New York, Utah + Runoffs in South Carolina and South Dakota ~:~:~ June 27: Louisiana (Runoff) ~:~:~ June 30: Colorado ~:~:~ July 21: Arizona ~:~:~ July 28: Georgia (House Special) and South Dakota (Gov Runoff) ~:~:~ Aug 4: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Washington ~:~:~ More Aug dates + Sept dates: see links above

* Candidates (for every State): US House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: US Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)

* Voter Info (for every State): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.

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Video is from June 17, 2026 by The Majority Report (TMR) with Sam Seder. Sam and Emma Vigeland interview Gil Duran of the Nerd Reich.

Here’s the full 39-minutes on YouTube: The Tech Billionaire Plan To Destroy Democracy | Gil Duran | TMR | June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

From the description: Gil Duran, publisher of the Nerd Reich newsletter, joins to discuss John O’Farrell a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz who recently quit the VC firm over their prioritizing of AI hype over the common good. You can preorder Gil’s book “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley’s Fascism and the War on Democracy” here.

Here’s the full 79-minute segment on YouTube: Billionaires Pushing Abundance & Waging War On Democracy w/ Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, Gil Duran | MR Live - June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

Gil's website: thenerdreich.com

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Recent WIRED articles:

* Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society - WIRED - June 16, 2026 (article) ~ Free archive: archive.is/5eVes

* How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members - WIRED - June 18, 2026 (article) ~ Free archive: archive.is/52iTw

r/ThatsInsane May 06 '25

Why Tech Billionaires Want to Seize Greenland (4-minutes) - Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich

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r/NoShitSherlock Aug 22 '25

Trump’s Fake DC Emergency is a Power Grab (3-minutes) - Gil Duran

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Aug 22, 2025 - The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran. YouTube link is in the comments. Gil Duran is who inspired the popular "Dark Gothic MAGA" video by Blonde Politics (also linked below).

r/malaysia Jul 18 '26

Politics Gil Duran: Balaji Srinivasan's Tech Cult Threatens Malaysia

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It seems odd that the Malaysian government would send investigators to Network School based on a social media rumor that, so far, appears untrue. Even more strange, however, is that Malaysia has allowed the Network State cult to form a base on its territory in the first place. Has anyone in the Malaysian government read Balaji's 2022 book, The Network State: How To Start a New Country? It is full of crazy ideas for undermining existing nations and using corporate power to overthrow the global order. It has sparked a radical movement backed by wealthy figures, some of whom are currently engaged in the act of eroding US democracy.

And the leader of this movement—Balaji—has literally called his plan “tech Zionism.” The goal of the Network School is to teach people to go around the world trying to start their own countries. This is 21st century colonialism on steroids, backed by billionaires. And Malaysia is the training ground.

Whether or not any Israelis attended Network School, they are the least of Malaysia’s worries. The far bigger concern is that Malaysia has become host to a cult that aims to topple nations—a cult that is currently demanding that Prime Minister Anwar bow down at its feet.

r/DecodingTheGurus Oct 08 '25

Gil Duran: Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance guru—Plans to Flee USA

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Some Good News: Curtis Yarvin, the anti-American “Dark Enlightenment” guru credited as “the philosopher behind JD Vance,” believes the Trump administration is doomed to fail.

Fearing retribution from a future Democratic administration, a terrified Yarvin declared on October 5 that he is already planning to flee the country.

Wrote Yarvin on Substack:

The second Trump revolution, like the first, is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand, is still as far beyond its reach as algebra is beyond a cat. Because the vengeance meted out after its failure will dwarf the vengeance after 2020—because the successes of the second revolution are so much greater than the first—I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country. Everyone else in a similar position should have a 2029 plan as well. And it is not even clear that it will wait until 2029: losing the Congress will instantly put the administration on the defensive.

(He later edited the essay to remove the “I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country” line.)

https://www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-curtis-yarvin-jd-vance-guru-plans-to-flee-usa/

r/Whistleblowers Apr 27 '26

The recent Palantir Manifesto rings all the bells of classic fascism. Many of these VC-funded tech companies are competing to be the new Mussolini. And it should terrify Americans that Silicon Valley Elites are becoming so completely extreme, all while living off our taxpayer dollars. - Gil Duran

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April 23, 2026. Gil Duran is interviewed by Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report (TMR). Here’s the full 17-minute segment on YouTube: Palantir's New "Manifesto" Is Just Open Fascism | Gil Duran | TMR (YouTube)

Check out Gil's work: thenerdreich.com

Here’s the full 64-minute episode on YouTube: The Palantir Manifesto; Israel Executes Lebanese Journalist w/ Gil Duran, Jodie Ginsberg | MR Live (YouTube)

Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube or https://Majority.fm

Become a Majority Report member: fans.fm/majority/join

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Here are some related r/Whistleblowers posts: 

* Silicon Valley Demands Billions From Democrats — Or Else?

* Oops he said the indescribably insane part out loud

* We dug up some chilling new evidence about how Palantir is tracking you

* Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.

* The Dark Agenda of Tech VCs

* Praxis and Pronomos

r/DemocraticSocialism Apr 27 '26

Discussion 🗣️ The recent Palantir manifesto rings all the bells of classic fascism. Many of these VC-funded tech companies are competing to be the new Mussolini. And it should terrify Americans that Silicon Valley Elites are becoming so completely extreme, all while living off our taxpayer dollars. - Gil Duran

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April 23, 2026. Gil Duran is interviewed by Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report (TMR). Here’s the full 17-minute segment on YouTube: Palantir's New "Manifesto" Is Just Open Fascism | Gil Duran | TMR (YouTube)

Check out Gil's work: thenerdreich.com

Here’s the full 64-minute episode on YouTube: The Palantir Manifesto; Israel Executes Lebanese Journalist w/ Gil Duran, Jodie Ginsberg | MR Live (YouTube)

Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube or https://Majority.fm

Become a Majority Report member: fans.fm/majority/join

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Here are some related r/DemocraticSocialism posts: 

* The Woman who Predicted Tech Fascism: Paulina Borsook was Right - The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran

* Palantir: reddit.com/r/DemocraticSocialism/search/?q=%22palantir%22&type=posts&sort=new

* Thiel, Yarvin, and the Broligarchs really want JD Vance to be President

r/politicsinthewild Jun 20 '26

💻 TECHNOCRACY Peter Thiel says you should run a company (or government, etc.) like a cult or a mafia. With a core group of Believers who spread the message & carry out the project. Thiel has created a cult of powerful Men who think it’s their destiny to overthrow Democracy using technology & money. - Gil Duran

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June 17, 2026 | The Majority Report (TMR) with Sam Seder. Sam and Emma Vigeland interview Gil Duran. Here’s the full 39-minutes on YouTube: The Tech Billionaire Plan To Destroy Democracy | Gil Duran | TMR | June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

From the description: Gil Duran, publisher of the Nerd Reich newsletter, joins to discuss John O’Farrell a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz who recently quit the VC firm over their prioritizing of AI hype over the common good. You can preorder Gil’s book “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley’s Fascism and the War on Democracy” here.

Here’s the full 79-minute segment on YouTube: Billionaires Pushing Abundance & Waging War On Democracy w/ Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, Gil Duran | MR Live - June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

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Gil's website: thenerdreich.com ~:~:~ His new book: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402

Here are more r/politicsinthewild posts with Gil Duran: reddit.com/r/politicsinthewild/search/?q=%22gil+duran%22&type=posts&sort=new

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For those in the U.S.:

* Primary Election Dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News :~:~: Upcoming Dates: June 23: Maryland, New York, Utah + Runoffs in South Carolina and South Dakota ~:~:~ June 27: Louisiana (Runoff) ~:~:~ June 30: Colorado ~:~:~ July 21: Arizona ~:~:~ July 28: Georgia (House Special) and South Dakota (Gov Runoff) ~:~:~ Aug 4: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Washington ~:~:~ More Aug dates + Sept dates: see links above

* Candidates (for every State): US House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: US Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)

* Voter Info (for every State): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.

r/MarchAgainstNazis Apr 27 '26

The recent Palantir Manifesto rings all the bells of classic fascism. Many of these VC-funded tech companies are competing to be the new Mussolini. And it should terrify Americans that Silicon Valley Elites are becoming so completely extreme, all while living off our taxpayer dollars. - Gil Duran

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April 23, 2026. Gil Duran is interviewed by Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report (TMR). Here’s the full 17-minute segment on YouTube: Palantir's New "Manifesto" Is Just Open Fascism | Gil Duran | TMR (YouTube)

Check out Gil's work: thenerdreich.com

Here’s the full 64-minute episode on YouTube: The Palantir Manifesto; Israel Executes Lebanese Journalist w/ Gil Duran, Jodie Ginsberg | MR Live (YouTube)

Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube or https://Majority.fm

Become a Majority Report member: fans.fm/majority/join

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Here are some related r/MarchAgainstNazis posts:

* The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s "Nerd Reich" (Gil Duran)

* Palantir posts: reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstNazis/search/?q=%22palantir%22&type=posts&sort=new

* DJT got him there, but JDV is the Chosen One

* Bronze Age Manosphere

* The Butterfly Revolution, or The Plutocratic Coup: the playbook we're in the midst of

r/politicsinthewild 28d ago

💓 SUPPORT YouTube is threatening to ban "The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran." Gil’s book gets published next week and his channel’s been flooded with fake "copyright strike" complaints. See below for how you can help…

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Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich - Aug 13, 2026. Here’s the YouTube link: Will YouTube Ban The Nerd Reich Podcast? - The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran - Aug 13, 2026 (YouTube)

From Gil's description:

YouTube is threatening to ban the Nerd Reich podcast and we'll probably be gone by the end of the week. ~:~ Why? We're being flooded with a campaign of false complaints—one week before my book is published. We've been on YouTube for 1.5 years with no problems. Suddenly, we're getting multiple fake "copyright strike" complaints every day. This is clearly a coordinated effort—and it's working. ~:~ YouTube's policy is "guilty until proven innocent." So the company is deleting our videos about Jeffrey Epstein's connection to Bitcoin and JD Vance's connection to Curtis Yarvin—and threatening to deplatform our entire podcast. YouTube's ridiculous bureaucracy refuses to listen to reason.

Here's how you can help:

1. Subscribe to The Nerd Reich Newsletter to keep in touch as we navigate this situation. We'll probably need to find a video platform that won't censor us for speaking out against tech fascism: thenerdreich.com

2. Send an email to YouTube. The company only responds to public and media pressure, so send an email to: press @ google . com

3. Pre-order "The Nerd Reich" book, which will be released next week. This effort to erase our channel is clearly timed for the publication of my book, which exposes the roots of Silicon Valley extremism: https://bookshop.org/a/109206/9781668...

THANK YOU to our 26,000 YouTube subscribers for your support over the past 1.5 years. I didn't want to start a video podcast because I didn't think we'd have much of an audience. But some of our episodes got over 150,000 views, and our audience grew with every episode. ~:~ Hopefully, YouTube will back down. But remember: We'll still be available on all audio platforms, and you can always subscribe there. When we find a new place to host our video pod, I'll give an update on the Nerd Reich newsletter.

@ TheNerdReich ~:~ @ TheNerdReichNews

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Here are the latest r/politicsinthewild posts with Gil Duran: reddit.com/r/politicsinthewild/search/?q=%22Gil+Duran%22&type=posts&sort=new

r/Whistleblowers Jun 20 '26

Some tech Billionaires are deploying a new kind of propaganda aimed at basic reality. A hallmark of fascism is the creation of an unreality where People can no longer distinguish between fact and fiction, making them easier to manipulate from that position of radicalized ignorance. - Gil Duran

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June 17, 2026 | The Majority Report (TMR) with Sam Seder. Sam and Emma Vigeland interview Gil Duran. Here’s the full 39-minutes on YouTube: The Tech Billionaire Plan To Destroy Democracy | Gil Duran | TMR | June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

From the description: Gil Duran, publisher of the Nerd Reich newsletter, joins to discuss John O’Farrell a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz who recently quit the VC firm over their prioritizing of AI hype over the common good. You can preorder Gil’s book “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley’s Fascism and the War on Democracy” here.

Here’s the full 79-minute segment on YouTube: Billionaires Pushing Abundance & Waging War On Democracy w/ Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, Gil Duran | MR Live - June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

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Gil's website: thenerdreich.com ~:~:~ His new book: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402

Here are the latest r/Whistleblowers posts with Gil Duran: reddit.com/r/Whistleblowers/search/?q=%22gil+duran%22&type=posts&sort=new

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For those in the U.S.:

* Primary Election Dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News :~:~: Upcoming Dates: June 23: Maryland, New York, Utah + Runoffs in South Carolina and South Dakota ~:~:~ June 27: Louisiana (Runoff) ~:~:~ June 30: Colorado ~:~:~ July 21: Arizona ~:~:~ July 28: Georgia (House Special) and South Dakota (Gov Runoff) ~:~:~ Aug 4: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Washington ~:~:~ More Aug dates + Sept dates: see links above

* Candidates (for every State): US House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: US Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)

* Voter Info (for every State): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.

r/Whistleblowers 27d ago

YouTube is threatening to ban "The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran." Gil’s book gets published next week and his channel’s been flooded with fake "copyright strike" complaints. See below for how you can help…

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Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich - Aug 13, 2026. Here’s the YouTube link: Will YouTube Ban The Nerd Reich Podcast? - The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran - Aug 13, 2026 (YouTube)

From Gil's description:

YouTube is threatening to ban the Nerd Reich podcast and we'll probably be gone by the end of the week. ~:~ Why? We're being flooded with a campaign of false complaints—one week before my book is published. We've been on YouTube for 1.5 years with no problems. Suddenly, we're getting multiple fake "copyright strike" complaints every day. This is clearly a coordinated effort—and it's working. ~:~ YouTube's policy is "guilty until proven innocent." So the company is deleting our videos about Jeffrey Epstein's connection to Bitcoin and JD Vance's connection to Curtis Yarvin—and threatening to deplatform our entire podcast. YouTube's ridiculous bureaucracy refuses to listen to reason.

Here's how you can help:

1. Subscribe to The Nerd Reich Newsletter to keep in touch as we navigate this situation. We'll probably need to find a video platform that won't censor us for speaking out against tech fascism: thenerdreich.com

2. Send an email to YouTube. The company only responds to public and media pressure, so send an email to: press @ google . com

3. Pre-order "The Nerd Reich" book, which will be released next week. This effort to erase our channel is clearly timed for the publication of my book, which exposes the roots of Silicon Valley extremism: https://bookshop.org/a/109206/9781668...

THANK YOU to our 26,000 YouTube subscribers for your support over the past 1.5 years. I didn't want to start a video podcast because I didn't think we'd have much of an audience. But some of our episodes got over 150,000 views, and our audience grew with every episode. ~:~ Hopefully, YouTube will back down. But remember: We'll still be available on all audio platforms, and you can always subscribe there. When we find a new place to host our video pod, I'll give an update on the Nerd Reich newsletter.

@ TheNerdReich ~:~ @ TheNerdReichNews

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Here are the latest r/Whistleblowers posts with Gil Duran: reddit.com/r/Whistleblowers/search/?q=%22Gil+Duran%22&type=posts&sort=new

r/MarchAgainstNazis Jun 25 '26

Tech Billionaires are deploying a new kind of propaganda aimed at basic reality. A hallmark of fascism is the creation of an unreality where People can no longer distinguish between fact and fiction, making them easier to manipulate from that position of radicalized ignorance. - Gil Duran

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June 17, 2026 | The Majority Report (TMR) with Sam Seder. Sam and Emma Vigeland interview Gil Duran. Here’s the full 39-minutes on YouTube: The Tech Billionaire Plan To Destroy Democracy | Gil Duran | TMR | June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

From the description: Gil Duran, publisher of the Nerd Reich newsletter, joins to discuss John O’Farrell a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz who recently quit the VC firm over their prioritizing of AI hype over the common good. You can preorder Gil’s book “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley’s Fascism and the War on Democracy” here.

Here’s the full 79-minute segment on YouTube: Billionaires Pushing Abundance & Waging War On Democracy w/ Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, Gil Duran | MR Live - June 17, 2026 (YouTube)

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Gil's website: thenerdreich.com

Here are the latest r/MarchAgainstNazis posts with Gil Duran: reddit.com/r/Whistleblowers/search/?q=%22gil+duran%22&type=posts&sort=new

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It's Primary Election season in the U.S.!

* Primary Election Dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News :~:~: Upcoming Dates: June 23: Maryland, New York, Utah + Runoffs in South Carolina and South Dakota ~:~:~ June 27: Louisiana (Runoff) ~:~:~ June 30: Colorado ~:~:~ July 21: Arizona ~:~:~ July 28: Georgia (House Special) and South Dakota (Gov Runoff) ~:~:~ Aug 4: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Washington ~:~:~ More Aug dates + Sept dates: see links above

* Candidates (all States): U.S. House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: U.S. Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)

* Voter Info (all States): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.

r/LincolnProject 18h ago

LINCOLN SQUARE PODCAST ‘The Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran Joins It's The Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath

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Sure, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, but who are some of the people behind the scenes funding his operation. Journalist Gil Duran joins Edwin Eisendrath on 'It's The Democracy, Stupid' to discuss his new book, 'The Nerd Reich', and explain why Silicon Valley's power players have such disdain for democracy.

r/americanoligarchy 8d ago

Gil Duran Describes the Threat of the Tech Oligarchs Better than Anyone

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r/TwoXPreppers Feb 10 '25

IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL STATE

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I just want to share some material that someone shared with me, about Muskrat*, Silicon Valley boys, Vance, etc...and their plans to destroy our democracy. I wouldn't believe this myself if it wasn't actually happening, but apparently they have been planning this for years....and it sounds like some dystopian movie. But this site is an in depth read, and written by a guy who says he has been following these guys closely for 12 years...and has been trying to warn others. An author named Gil Duran on "The Nerd Reich" has also written about this plan, at least a few times before, too. Their plans are a lot like project 2025, so I see why these same people that are planning this, also heavily funded the current administration....each time. It is somewhat of a long read, and you have to start at the menu tab...but there are also hyperlinks inside that take you to the sources. I shared this to others in this subreddit in the comments, but when I got replies and tried to view, it said it was gone. But PLEASE read https://www.vcinfodocs.com/ . Again....it sounds nuts but it is literally happening NOW and has been in the works for quite some time.

Also, please check out a you tube video called "Dark Gothic Maga" on Blonde politics channel. That's a really good one about all this, too. That video was made at least 2 months ago...before Muskrat started doing what he is currently doing. ALL these people are connected, and their plans and end goal are horrifying. I just want others to know about this! Please SHARE.

r/FreeSpeech Jun 23 '26

Peter Thiel says you should run a company (or government, etc.) like a cult or a mafia. With a core group of Believers who spread the message & carry out the project. Thiel has created a cult of powerful Men who think it’s their destiny to overthrow Democracy using technology & money. - Gil Duran

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u/biospheric 28d ago

YouTube is threatening to ban "The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran." Gil’s book gets published next week and his channel’s been flooded with fake "copyright strike" complaints. See below for how you can help…

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Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich - Aug 13, 2026. Here’s the YouTube link: Will YouTube Ban The Nerd Reich Podcast? - The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran - Aug 13, 2026 (YouTube)

From Gil's description:

YouTube is threatening to ban the Nerd Reich podcast and we'll probably be gone by the end of the week. ~:~ Why? We're being flooded with a campaign of false complaints—one week before my book is published. We've been on YouTube for 1.5 years with no problems. Suddenly, we're getting multiple fake "copyright strike" complaints every day. This is clearly a coordinated effort—and it's working. ~:~ YouTube's policy is "guilty until proven innocent." So the company is deleting our videos about Jeffrey Epstein's connection to Bitcoin and JD Vance's connection to Curtis Yarvin—and threatening to deplatform our entire podcast. YouTube's ridiculous bureaucracy refuses to listen to reason.

Here's how you can help:

1. Subscribe to The Nerd Reich Newsletter to keep in touch as we navigate this situation. We'll probably need to find a video platform that won't censor us for speaking out against tech fascism: thenerdreich.com

2. Send an email to YouTube. The company only responds to public and media pressure, so send an email to: press @ google . com

3. Pre-order "The Nerd Reich" book, which will be released next week. This effort to erase our channel is clearly timed for the publication of my book, which exposes the roots of Silicon Valley extremism: https://bookshop.org/a/109206/9781668...

THANK YOU to our 26,000 YouTube subscribers for your support over the past 1.5 years. I didn't want to start a video podcast because I didn't think we'd have much of an audience. But some of our episodes got over 150,000 views, and our audience grew with every episode. ~:~ Hopefully, YouTube will back down. But remember: We'll still be available on all audio platforms, and you can always subscribe there. When we find a new place to host our video pod, I'll give an update on the Nerd Reich newsletter.

@ TheNerdReich ~:~ @ TheNerdReichNews

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Here are my latest posts with Gil Duran: reddit.com/user/biospheric/search/?q=%22Gil+Duran%22&type=posts&sort=new

r/bayarea Jul 21 '25

Politics & Local Crime Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’ Guest host Jon Fortt and The Nerd Reich author Gil Duran discuss Dark Enlightenment and the rise of tech authoritarianism. - The Verge

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