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The influential Signal chatrooms where tech billionaires and their courtiers swung far-right

Rob Beschizza
Apr 28, 2025
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Ben Smith published a fascinating exposé on the Signal chats where tech bros, billionaires and their courtiers in the press swung, mostly covertly, to the pro-Trump right over the last decade—and "vibe shifted" media coverage.

The tone was jesting, but "Marc radicalized over time," Hanania recalled. Hanan…

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