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Perfectly normal... perfectly natural... 🙄
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-discusses-mass-pardons-aides-wsj-report-11813455
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Perfectly normal... perfectly natural... 🙄
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-discusses-mass-pardons-aides-wsj-report-11813455
#trump #epstein #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #epsteinfiles #trumpcrimefamily #fbi #dhs #ice #noem #bondo #hegseth #rubio #lutnick #burgum #rollins #rfkjr #turner #duffy #wright #mcmahon #collins #mullin #wiles #gabbard #ratcliffe #zeldin #loeffler #greer #vought #dos #dot #ag #doi #doa #doc #hud #hhs #dot #doe #va #chiefofstaff #nationalintelligence #epa #sba #traderepresentative #ombd -
Attendees, with white-and-red gift bags and lanyards, knew to be closelipped when approached by hotel interlopers
or by the Times reporter, who was not invited to the closed-press festivities.But a copy of the agenda listed remarks by several tech billionaires, including the Anduril co-founder #Palmer #Luckey and the venture capitalist #Marc #Andreessen, who spoke about his support for deregulating technology
and the mixed reaction in Silicon Valley to his endorsement of Mr. Trump, according to attendees.There were tech up-and-comers, too:
Donald Trump #Jr. announced at the welcome dinner that he was entering venture capital.And days before the president-elect chose Robert F. #Kennedy Jr. for health and human services secretary,
Mr. Kennedy spoke extensively about his public-health work to a standing ovation.Ms. #Wiles also led a session on “2024 Election Analysis,” where she gave a preview of Mr. Trump’s first days as president.
“It’s the domestic ‘Davos in the desert,’” said the Rockbridge backer #Omeed #Malik, referring to the annual business conference in Riyadh, and Donald Trump Jr.’s new business partner.
➡️Rockbridge began with more humility.
Back in 2019, Mr. #Vance, then best known as the author of “Hilbilly Elegy,” and a conservative media figure named #Chris #Buskirk began informally hosting a series of small dinners
that would eventually become called Rockbridge.The group drew early support from the venture capitalist #Peter #Thiel and eventually caught the attention of Donald J. Trump, who spoke at a few meetings.
Once in the fall and once in the spring, Rockbridge began to gather at places like the Four Seasons in Palm Beach, Fla.,
or the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas for three days of political panels and business networking.Speakers included people like #Tucker #Carlson; the Thiel protégé #Blake #Masters; the casino mogul #Steve #Wynn; the investor #David #Sacks; and #Woody #Johnson, the billionaire owner of the New York Jets.
Not all attendees have politics at the top of their mind.
Some are primarily interested in business, seeing Rockbridge as a conservative-tinged version of the elite Sun Valley conference.
#RockbridgeNetwork #RebekahMercer #ElonMusk #KenHowery #LukeNosek
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Secretive conservative donor group Rockbridge Network met in April to draw up 2024 plans — with a call-in from Trump
The #Rockbridge #Network, a collection of pro-Trump donors with a heavy tech influence, heard from the former president during a conference in Palm Beach last April.
Former President Donald Trump spent his week stuck in New York City for the beginning of his hush money trial.
But on Wednesday, between days in court, Trump made time to call into a secretive donor meeting back at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two people involved with the group who were in the room.
The Rockbridge Network is an under-the-radar, new-age conservative group that sees itself as the leading edge of a changing Republican Party
— and is putting tens of millions of dollars into building a fresh infrastructure to support it.Trump spoke to a room of about 250 attendees who lean more tech-populist than traditional, 20th-century political, having gravitated to the former president and the way he has shaken up the Republican Party.
Trump was originally slated to be a guest speaker but was unable to attend in person due to his New York trial.
Donald Trump #Jr. ended up pinch-hitting for his father as one of the star in-person speakers, according to the two people in attendance.
Trump’s co-campaign managers, Susie #Wiles and Chris #LaCivita, attended as well.
Rockbridge isn’t yet a brand name in Republican politics, in part because the group has been secretive since its founding in 2019.
The exact number of dollars behind the group is also difficult to verify, but one of the sources in attendance last week who is familiar with the group’s operations told NBC News it is in the “high tens of millions.”
And while some older GOP donor groups eschew Trump
— the Koch network stayed out of the presidential race after endorsing Nikki Haley in the Republican primary, preferring to focus down the ballot
— Rockbridge is firmly aligned with Trump.Rockbridge sees itself as a sort of anti-Koch network that can fill in the gaps the party hasn’t traditionally invested in.
As the GOP went from middle- and upper-middle-class to more middle- and working-class,
Rockbridge founders felt the GOP infrastructure didn’t shift to support and capitalize on that.While Democrats had labor unions organizing their blue-collar base, for example, Republicans didn’t have a mechanism to do the same.
The organization is the brainchild of Ohio Sen. JD #Vance (before he was a senator) and Chris #Buskirk, who is a co-founder of the conservative fund "1789 Capital" and the publisher of the website “American Greatness,” a pro-Trump outlet that describes itself as “the leading voice of the next generation of American Conservatism.”
Billionaire Peter #Thiel has been among those involved.
“All these other historical think tanks and more traditional conservative organizations didn’t capture the Trump movement at all and didn’t recognize the shift.
Many are still operating like they’re in the 1990s,” said Omeed #Malik, an entrepreneur and donor who has been involved with Rockbridge since 2022.
Last April's three-day gathering, which took place at the Palm Beach Four Seasons apart from the Wednesday night Mar-a-Lago event, featured both new- and old-school GOP donor stalwarts.
Among the crowd was major GOP donor Rebekah #Mercer, billionaire and former Trump ambassador to the United Kingdom Woody #Johnson, and prominent conservative lawyer Leonard #Leo, according to the two people present at the gathering.
Also there were cryptocurrency luminary Erik #Voorhees and former Uber exec Emil #Michael.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/secretive-conservative-donor-group-meets-draw-2024-plans-call-trump-rcna148899
