JD really plays up that he represents the average person without highlighting the fact that he is actually a multi-millionaire.

And so for these billionaires to support him, they're kind of putting their money behind somebody that's in their

corner and that they can pay to be in their corner, but who's also speaking to a population

that would otherwise not find anything in common with those particular leaders

because you know they are multi-billionaires and we're talking about the average person

who really doesn't care about Silicon Valley.

They just want their kids to not see horrible stuff

when they're online.

Hey everyone, Max here, filling in for John this week that was Katie Paul the director of the

Tech Transparency Project Katie joined me to talk about J.D. Vance's ties to a small but powerful faction of Tech Elite

in Silicon Valley and how that has turned Vance into someone who might sound tough on

tech, but who is actually pursuing a tech agenda that stands to

enrich his friends and himself at the expense of the rest of us. But first, I am

joined by Aaron Ryan, co-host of Hysteria, and a little show we host together

how we got here, which airs every Saturday in the feed for the podcast.

What a day, Aaron, hello!

Hello, so glad to be here.

Aaron, this week, a member of the same Silicon Valley Cabal that installed Vance on the Republican

ticket.

That's right, our pal Elon Musk hosted Donald Trump himself for a two and a half hour interview on Twitter's garbage

live streaming platform spaces.

Let's play a clip from the interview so people can get a sense for how absolutely off the

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