- Background: Born 1984, Middletown, OH. Author of Hillbilly Elegy (2016).
- Career: Former venture capitalist/commentator; U.S. Senator (2022); Vice President-elect.
- [Peter Thiel] Connection:
- Former employee at Thiel’s Mithril Capital.
- 2021: $10,000,000 to Protect Ohio Values (Super PAC supporting Vance).
- 2022: $3,500,000 to Protect Ohio Values.
- 2022: $1,500,000 to Club for Growth Action (targeted spending for Vance).
- Shared “New Right” populist ideology.
- “CIA Connections”:
- No evidence of being an operative.
- Mithril Capital received funding from In-Q-Tel (an intelligence-linked firm), creating a professional overlap rather than a direct intelligence role.
role::assistant
Here is the updated note with the requested breakdown of financial contributions.
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Background: Born 1984, Middletown, OH. Author of Hillbilly Elegy (2016).
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Career: Former venture capitalist/commentator; U.S. Senator (2022); Vice President-elect.
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Peter Thiel Connection:
- Former employee at Thiel’s Mithril Capital.
- Shared “New Right” populist ideology.
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Peter Thiel Donations:
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“CIA Connections”:
- No evidence of being an operative.
- Mithril Capital received funding from In-Q-Tel (an intelligence-linked firm), creating a professional overlap rather than a direct intelligence role.
Would you like me to create a separate note for Peter Thiel to track his broader political influence, or perhaps add a section on how his ideology aligns with the “New Right” movement?
role::user
add a seperate peter thiel donation bulletpoint where you add all peter thiel donations sorted by year