And big donors, particularly from the tech sector, provided the rocket fuel he needed to advance in electoral politics. Vance's most prominent benefactor over the years is Peter Thiel, the iconoclastic tech pioneer and investor.

it's the relationship with Thiel that has been the most consequential for Vance. Their personal and financial ties formed long before Vance formally entered politics.

During his rapid rise, he has emerged as an ardent and effective defender of Trump, putting an intellectual gloss on the former president's raw MAGA populism. But Vance may never have been in serious consideration for the No. 2 spot on the ticket had he not won elective office in a major Rust Belt state in the first place.

@Tattoomonkey29 yeah these tech billionaires weren't paying to get Trump in they paid to get Vance in

Method in the madness

Vance’s rise reflects the power of moneyed tech leaders who unapologetically assert principles of techno-libertarianism, or the idea that technology firms should be free from most government intervention - In selecting Vance, Trump has successfully courted support from some of the biggest money there is. But the new fault lines in Silicon Valley politics have become harder to predict.

Vance is the one to watch. Vance will go all out to help advance Musk's and Peter Thiel, and others, agenda

Oh boy hes on stage

Biden shoulda stayed in the race, he'd have probably won, then coulda stepped aside

#JusSayin

Dems played checkers not chess

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@SpaceShanks 😂

yeah it is full of history the haggis

‘great chieftain o the puddin’ race'

the Scottish haggis we get today originated because of necessity 😉

"We need to read they tea leaves" is probably the best thing ive heard on any election projection show ever

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Well, its better than reading polls I guess

@hallmarc 😂😂😂

@SpaceShanks just be careful when trying to catch one

The tried and tested method for hunting the Highland Haggis is for one person to run straight at the haggis as it comes around the hill and attempt to startle it into trying to turn around

FunFact though haggis is actually an English invention

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/historians-cookbook/history-haggis

And Scots were outraged when we found out lmao

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I need more screens

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@killingfloorman 😂

Crathaidh mi na fealla-dhà

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@PaganMother @th3j35t3r

https://counter.social/whojay.html

For future reference

And you'll find the "who is jester" page 😉

https://counter.social/about

Tuilleadh cofaidh athair

@Minholkin

Set the "Martha's" free

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Tis jus a "hot potato" *ting*