So here’s a weird one. JD Vance and Peter Thiel have been running their own little GOP think tank out of a small Ohio town since 2019. The Washington Post says the group, called the Rockbridge Network, is made up of conservative billionaires, media figures, and donors trying to build a MAGA movement that keeps going long after Trump’s gone.
Their plan is to win every election with 55% of the vote, build their own media empire, and use “strategic litigation” to tilt the laws in their favor. The group’s led by venture capitalist Chris Buskirk — who’s teamed up with Trump Jr. and calls his plan “aristopopulism,” which sounds like an SAT word for “rich populism.”
They’ve already got their eye on Vance as Trump’s heir apparent for 2028, but it’s not hard to see how this setup could get messy fast.
Via Kyle Meredith