{"id":168885,"date":"2025-08-15T04:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=168885"},"modified":"2025-08-15T04:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:15:54","slug":"friday-essay-libertarian-tech-titan-peter-thiel-helped-make-jd-vance-the-republican-kingmakers-influence-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=168885","title":{"rendered":"Friday essay: libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel helped make JD Vance. The Republican kingmaker\u2019s influence is growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Thiel has been described as the most influential right-wing intellectual of the past 20 years. He\u2019s funded both JD Vance and Donald Trump. 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