The Phoenix Project @PhoenixProjNow
Tracking a network of Bay Area political pressure groups, secretly funded by a handful of conservative tech and real estate robber barons. linktr.ee/phoenixproject… San Francisco Joined December 2023-
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I caught up with Natalie Gee, the Sunset supervisor candidate who came up short against incumbent Alan Wong in the June election. Gee's takeaways: Political labels don't affect voters much, but Lurie's dark-money allies sure do. GIFT LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/natalie-gees-e…
Scoop: JD Vance raises $4.2 million in Silicon Valley axios.com/2026/06/26/sco…
sfexaminer.com/forum/to-solve… “If we successfully build social housing at scale, rents will come down as a result. That would be good news for everyone, except wealthy investors, who prefer the current situation where they can dictate how much housing is built and what it costs.”
Peter Thiel, Elon Musk & the PayPal Mafia have been building an alternate government inside the real one for almost three decades—to prepare for the “government bubble” to break. In 2012, at a libertarian student event, Thiel said: “As a society we may have to still go through one last really crazy bubble but when this one is over it will be time to sort of reassess the entire history of the last 200 years and I think the only thing left standing will be something like a libertarian account of what’s going to happen. When the government bubble breaks the people in this room will be the people who will be the only people who have been right all along.“
The Dialog leaks are just a window into a much more dangerous structure. Peter Thiel, Elon Musk & the extended PayPal Mafia are building a parallel government designed to swallow the United States from the inside out. They have created a Trojan state. mind-war.com/p/government-2…
Who runs San Francisco? Voters—or a handful of tech billionaires? New reporting reveals a billionaire-funded network claiming credit for flipping the SF Democratic Party, Board of Supervisors, and local races while working hand-in-glove with Scott Wiener’s political operation.
Oh look it's Annie from SPUR/Abundance (Scott Wiener's former aide) in support of blanket upzoning
Cash on hand of some political committees that say something about American politics: Trump's super PAC — $382 million Fairshake crypto super PACs — $136 million Republican National Committee — $125 million House Dems super PAC — $67 million Kochs' Americans for Prosperity — $53 million Democratic National Committee — Negative $3.4 million
imagine a Democratic Party that's as serious about defending the working class as Gavin Newsom is serious about defending billionaires
It’s a no for Gov. Newsom on 2% billionaire’s tax. His spokesperson just gave me this statement:
Also of potential relevance is understanding Klein's role in the "Abundance" hysteria the last year, and then looking at the money behind it: x.com/ddayen/status/…
We obtained documents detailing the abundance movement's "capital stack." It's $260 million/year, including $100 million from former Microsoft CEO/LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, who hadn't been listed as an abundance donor before. prospect.org/2026/06/12/new…
In Chapter 10 of my book Copaganda, called Progressives Want a Pro-Crime Hellscapte, I talked about this phenomenon at length with lots of interesting and funny examples to illustrate how harmful people like Klein are and to show exactly why they are so vital for the ruling class:
🚨NEWS: Ahead of a 2028 presidential bid, @GavinNewsom is promising billionaire donors he will block a union's proposal to tax billionaires. According to a top union leader, Newsom is now bullying liberal groups like Planned Parenthood into helping billionaires block the tax.
Who’s behind the AI-generated social media posts targeting Oakland’s mayor? A Piedmont-raised political activist is building a network of websites and social media accounts blasting progressive politicians. oaklandside.org/2026/06/18/pol…
Read more at the Phoenix Review! phoenixprojectnow.com/phoenix-review…
Directly connected with SuperPAC spending has been the rise of dark money in U.S. elections, which rose from $144M in 2010 to $1.9B in 2024. About 70% of Americans call money in politics a critical issue. These state efforts could be the first cracks in Citizens United's armor.
Billionaire money in US politics is exploding. In 2024, 300 billionaire families gave $3 billion in federal campaign contributions, nearly 1/5 of all donations. The cause? A 2010 Supreme Court decision called Citizens United v. FEC. 🧵
Just remember kids, the Bay Area is where the tech fascists run their little political experiments before rolling them out nationally.
at least 10 seemingly AI-generated websites have popped up in recent weeks, seeking to recall, “fire,” or expose Bay Area progressive politicians they’re all linked to one group, a recently created PAC based out of SoCal with little public information to its name
Exclusive: I dug into the freshly leaked list of members and guests in billionaire Peter Thiel's super-secretive Dialog society. Here are the Bay Area individuals I found. Free Gazetteer SF link: sf.gazetteer.co/peters-friends…
Vanessa Sadsad @vanessasadsad
903 Followers 2K Following @chabot_college @ucsc Alumna | Political Organizer Fmr: @NextGenAmerica @GSOpportunity | (she/her) Unapologetic 🏳️🌈🇵🇭🇲🇽 #ReformProp13 #HigherEd
Ben F @bfrymer
913 Followers 6K Following Teach Liberal Studies/Sociology; education, film, philosophy
Aneela Mirchandani @TheOddPost
2K Followers 3K Following Reporter and professional dilettante Tips: [email protected] Bylines: Salon, Daily Dot, AsAmNews, Quillette, Mother Jones, Community Sentinel
fruit salad Ⓥ🔻 @fruitsa05423056
237 Followers 2K Following
Peter Ryan @_PeterRyan
13K Followers 4K Following Research on economics, history, and tech @Ryan_Research | Special focus on Ireland
Laurence Berland @laurenceb
2K Followers 2K Following these days I'm way too lonely / I'm missing out I know / these days I'm way too alone / and I'm known for giving love away but / I want...
Patrick Conlon @paddyreports
5 Followers 2K Following
redshift @redshif42725685
251 Followers 1K Following Just here for the whiplash. Ok, that's enough now.
Donny Chago if ya nas... @Machomenoz
64 Followers 181 Following they/he | hola-que-tal-core nerd | 👶niño-senora🤶 prototype
Elizabeth Austin @lazarusatgate
2K Followers 3K Following Soul-murder victim, fending off annihilation with laughter.
emile zarbo @faqdwidr
83 Followers 2K Following
Katy @KatyGerman
707 Followers 2K Following Gil Scott-Heron, "Whitey On The Moon." https://t.co/TmxD8ga3Vw #DecolonizeSpace https://t.co/GxETbiZagK
Mark Mun @scarletmune5
0 Followers 462 Following
🌻 Maggie Thatcher ... @BigBiVibes
1K Followers 2K Following Leftist Shitpost Haven CEO of Mecha Antifa Chairman of Catboy Harem Industries Ltd. Hetero Sapiens WEF & Klaus Schwab fan Machiavellian Regime Bro They/He
kaiti @KAYYTII
39 Followers 522 Following
Gadfly Graphics @gadflygraphics
338 Followers 6K Following
George Kajaia @Ebuzzpace
156 Followers 773 Following Entrepreneur, reducing financial and political inequality
nick @3rdGenAngeleno
144 Followers 863 Following A Clintonian Blairite exploring thoughts on baseball (@Reds), politics, finance, cats, history and other stuff.
Eddie Kim @eddiekimx
5K Followers 2K Following i write about society, then stress-eat about it. city reporter for Gazetteer (https://t.co/1fc0zRNz0M) // seen in @slate, @vice, @wearemel // [email protected]
jonah valdez is @jona... @jonahmv
5K Followers 4K Following journalist✍🏽for @theintercept //also poet// former: @latimes @socalnewsgroup // 🇵🇭 // Send tips - Signal: jonahmv.05 Proton📧: [email protected]
Alethepais @alethepais
8 Followers 96 Following
down the rabbit hole @tulgey
36 Followers 1K Following
Naren Hazareesingh �... @narenh
348 Followers 293 Following large zonaite producer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ cisgender (derogatory) 🇵🇸 🔰 PHIMBY
Max Hyperion @max_hyperion
555 Followers 8K Following
@monophonique.bsky.so... @ADSRelease
179 Followers 628 Following Software Engineer - Slug Gaming co-founder - UCSC '19 CSGD, B.S. - https://t.co/csQ31nbXHA - 🇺🇸/🇲🇽/🇰🇷/🇯🇵
Laura J. Nelson @laura_nelson
31K Followers 1K Following Wall Street Journal reporter in Los Angeles. Proud Kansan, @latimes and USC alum. [email protected], Signal: ljn.11
Cydney Hayes @thecydneyhayes
286 Followers 336 Following tech & culture journalist @ Gazetteer SF (https://t.co/K1mC6N5LUa) / talk to me ✉️ cyd.01 on Signal
Gabriel Desjardins @behindthenet
80 Followers 474 Following
Andrew Knight @kn1ght_andrew
236 Followers 2K Following
Lee Hamilton @colinlee
140 Followers 2K Following Guy with a camera. @UCBerkeley and @Northeastern kids. Nikon Z9. Go Bears.
Ana Gia @AnaG1a
65 Followers 2K Following PINAY🫶🏼 I stand by TRUFTH🌻 ✊🏿 🌏 🐠 ⛑️ & I love a good laugh! (Food market is my happy place - b/g by Larry Alcala)
KeyLushi 🪂 @KeyLushis
114 Followers 1K Following Queer Anti-fascist,environmentalist, part time shitposter! Long live the little people. he/him KYLR
Jingchao Xiong熊競�... @Chuck61719664
710 Followers 2K Following Savior of mankind. Common World https://t.co/R2qVloRtsR management scientist! https://t.co/fQjlXR6r1s
submarine among @AmongSubmarine
1 Followers 2K Following
VC 55 🐻 @vcent55
213 Followers 4K Following
SylveeKay @slytwain
3K Followers 6K Following SSUAlum•Psych & Child Dev•NorCal 60’s liberal•SlavaUkraini🇺🇦•biodiversity•nazi hater•ERA•Justice•CivilRights•☮️❤️🎢• 🦣@[email protected]
Elizabeth Chou @reporterliz
5K Followers 4K Following Your friendly, very in-the-field neighborhood reporter | Read my LA politics newsletter @the_lareporter | Keep me in the field: https://t.co/mwJORni8Es
Ryan Research @ryan_research
838 Followers 1 Following research on economics, technology, and history by @_peterryan
Peter Ryan @_PeterRyan
13K Followers 4K Following Research on economics, history, and tech @Ryan_Research | Special focus on Ireland
Dan Wheeler @DanWheeler4SF
390 Followers 120 Following Bringing the Best of San Francisco Values to Shape our Future.
yimbysRglibertarians ... @YimbysRglib
443 Followers 277 Following I'm not writing to make yimbys happy. I want them to hate my opinions. I'm not interested in debating them. I want to stop them. #AYAB
Silicon Valley Fodder @Playerinthgame
12K Followers 2K Following cynicism is bullshit. demand change. ethical tech ceo. humanist. blocked by YC's Tan and Graham so I must be doing something right.
SF Bay Guardian @sfbg
29K Followers 1K Following Essential San Francisco alternative news since 1966. Tweeting the news + raising hell. Still printing special issues: Clean Slate Endorsements, Best of the Bay!
The Debt Collective �... @StrikeDebt
97K Followers 10K Following The nation’s first debtors’ union, organizing to build power with debt as leverage. You are not a loan! Press: [email protected]
Sachin Agarwal @agarwal
33K Followers 3K Following I ❤️ San Francisco. Co-founder @GrowSF. We’re helping get SF back on track by electing leaders who focus on outcomes. We’re the #1 voter guide in SF.
SPUR @SPUR_Urbanist
25K Followers 3K Following 💡 IDEAS + ACTION FOR A BETTER CITY 🙏 a member-supported nonprofit organization 🔗 https://t.co/6SEU9rEXea Working toward a Bay Area region where all people thrive.
The Intercept @theintercept
949K Followers 550 Following Fearless, adversarial journalism. Join our newsletter to get our best investigative reporting delivered to you: https://t.co/eYtvizHD22
jonah valdez is @jona... @jonahmv
5K Followers 4K Following journalist✍🏽for @theintercept //also poet// former: @latimes @socalnewsgroup // 🇵🇭 // Send tips - Signal: jonahmv.05 Proton📧: [email protected]
Dara Kerr @darakerr
8K Followers 2K Following Tech Reporter at The Guardian US, send any tips my way 🙏 Signal: darakerr.01
Troutski 🐟 ☭ @Troutski__
1K Followers 2K Following Commie fish. Not a trot. Oakland Propagandist. Your landlord's worst nightmare. Sharks, Ballers, Cal Bears, Roots, Dubs, and FJF
Patrick Moe @MoePatrick
229 Followers 552 Following Billionaires are cancers on society and they should be taxed out of existence. Community college professor. Blocked by multiple SF tech bros. 🏳️🌈
Cydney Hayes @thecydneyhayes
286 Followers 336 Following tech & culture journalist @ Gazetteer SF (https://t.co/K1mC6N5LUa) / talk to me ✉️ cyd.01 on Signal
Public Citizen @Public_Citizen
438K Followers 7K Following Public Citizen has been standing up to corporate power and holding government accountable for 50 years. We're people-powered and accept no corporate money.
Cory Archibald @CMArchibald
12K Followers 3K Following I do comms stuff. | co-founder @TrackAIPAC | Likes: animals, Trek, and politics. | Dislikes: genocide, fascism, and capitalism | All opinions my own. | she/her
Selena Chu @SelenaC10705
568 Followers 577 Following
Steven Tavares @eastbaycitizen
8K Followers 2K Following Undisputed champion of East Bay politics. Author of East Bay Insiders, the must-read newsletter for East Bay political and local govt watchers.
Io Yeh Gilman @io_y_g
134 Followers 264 Following covering city hall for @MLNow through @Report4America
The Worker Agency @TheWorkerAgency
2K Followers 1K Following Our mission is to win campaigns that change people’s lives for the better.
Frances Dinkelspiel @Frannydink
4K Followers 3K Following Journalist. Avid reader. Author of NYT bestseller, Tangled Vines. Also Towers of Gold. Co-founder/former executive editor of Berkeleyside & Cityside.
@rudyforworkers.bsky.... @RudyforWorkers
244 Followers 622 Following Elected labor leader of @TradesSF. Proud husband and father. Former ED @sflabor and VP of @teamsters856. Pro-union. Anti-racist. I carry a 📢 #1u #sftrades
Joe Garofoli @joegarofoli
12K Followers 4K Following Senior political writer, San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle, 2021 Polk Award, #WebbyAward '21 Best Pod Doc. Now at https://t.co/wIf2JTnvYf
Garry's List @garryslist
2K Followers 24 Following A citizen's union for common sense. Advocating effective government, housing, education, pro-tech, and pro-prosperity
Rob Pyers @rpyers
31K Followers 2K Following Tech geek, political junkie, media omnivore, @CATargetBot repairman. Research Director for the non-partisan California Target Book. Bad tweets my own.
IJURR.org @IJURResearch
13K Followers 490 Following International Journal of Urban and Regional Research - The critical edge of research on cities and regions
Jack Molmud @jmolmud
2K Followers 2K Following Bay Area Journalist for Spectrum News • he/him • Previously seen @kron4news @CBS8, @KARE11 & @newscentermaine • Got a story? [email protected]
jimmy @counteroptimize
1K Followers 642 Following anti clanker aktion • tech editor @bayareacurrent • @dsacommunists • @tanc_bay • https://t.co/sUJPiCaFnC
SEIU California @seiucalifornia
10K Followers 213 Following SEIU California is a coalition of over 700,000 fighting for progressive change for working people across the state. #p2 #1u
Yujie Zhou @Yujie_ZZ
673 Followers 813 Following Covering San Francisco @MLNow @Report4America | @Columbiajourn @CityUHongKong | [email protected] | Signal @Yujie_ZZ.01
Veronica 💫 @vronirwin
4K Followers 2K Following Senior AI Policy Reporter at Transformer. Unchained, Forbes, Protocol, Brogan Law, Project Glitch, etc. Tweets = news, not endorsement
Biz Carson @bizcarson
26K Followers 2K Following Bloomberg reporter covering @wealth in CA. Ex-Protocol, Forbes, Business Insider, Gigaom, & Wired. Atlanta native, IU Hoosier. Email: [email protected]
Oil PAC Tracker @TrackOilPACs
43K Followers 1K Following Tracking the Fossil Fuel lobby, their influence on our energy policy and debunking climate misinformation. Help us expose corruption by donating to @TrackerPAC!
Laura J. Nelson @laura_nelson
31K Followers 1K Following Wall Street Journal reporter in Los Angeles. Proud Kansan, @latimes and USC alum. [email protected], Signal: ljn.11
Housing Is A Human Ri... @HousingHumanRt
6K Followers 2K Following Housing Is A Human Right is the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. We fight for what's right!
Transparent Californi... @Transparent_CA
1K Followers 461 Following The official Twitter account for Transparent California — the state's largest public pay and pension database. Visit our blog at: https://t.co/0sV698NT4v
Eliyahu Kamisher @eli_kamisher
2K Followers 2K Following Covering all things California for @business. [email protected]You might like
