Technocracy Rising: All The President’s Men

The "Paypal Mafia", Peter Thiel at front left.

Posted By: Patrick Wood February 18, 2025

Full disclosure: this article was written by Perplexity.ai using a feature called Deep Research. It scoured hundreds of sources to analyze my prompt and then summarized, “As these technocrats consolidate power, the long-term implications for regulatory integrity and public trust in governance remain deeply uncertain.”

Here is my prompt:

List all the people who are from the tech sector who are considered technocrats and who have been appointed by Donald Trump in 2025. Include informal advisors like Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, and anybody who has been mentored by Thiel or who was a member of the Paypal Mafia. Are there any shared objectives by these Technocrats?

The analysis concludes,

Their shared objectives—AI supremacy, cryptocurrency normalization, and federal privatization—underscore a broader ideological shift toward technocratic authoritarianism, where technological innovation is framed as an existential imperative beyond democratic accountability.

Not bad for an AI, but you must be careful to ask right question in the first place.  ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.

The Technocratic Vanguard: Silicon Valley’s Influence in the 2025 Trump Administration

The 2025 Trump administration has ushered in an unprecedented integration of Silicon Valley technocrats into federal governance, marked by the appointment of key figures from the PayPal Mafia network and their ideological allies. These individuals, spanning formal roles and informal advisory positions, share a cohesive vision centered on deregulation, technological dominance, and the restructuring of federal institutions to align with libertarian-leaning tech industry priorities. Their collective agenda prioritizes artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, cryptocurrency proliferation, and the erosion of regulatory frameworks perceived as barriers to private-sector growth. This report examines the key appointees, their interconnected networks, and the shared objectives driving their policy influence.

Formal Appointments: Technocrats in Key Government Roles

Michael J.K. Kratsios: Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

A protégé of Peter Thiel, Kratsios returned to the White House after roles at Thiel’s investment firms and Scale AI. His appointment reflects the administration’s focus on consolidating AI policy under industry-aligned leadership. Kratsios has prioritized streamlining federal AI regulations to accelerate private-sector innovation, notably through Executive Order 14110’s revocation, which dismantled Biden-era AI ethics safeguards.

David Sacks: White House AI & Crypto Czar

As a PayPal Mafia stalwart and co-host of the All-In podcast, Sacks embodies the fusion of tech entrepreneurship and political advocacy. His role involves overseeing cryptocurrency regulatory frameworks and AI development, with an emphasis on minimizing SEC oversight of digital assets. Sacks’ influence extends to chairing the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, which advocates for policies favoring stablecoin adoption and blockchain integration in federal systems.

Sriram Krishnan: Senior AI Policy Advisor

Krishnan, a venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz, bridges Silicon Valley’s AI investment community and federal policy. His mandate includes promoting “unbiased” AI systems—a term aligned with conservative critiques of algorithmic fairness initiatives—and fostering public-private partnerships to bolster U.S. competitiveness against China.

Bo Hines: Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets

A former congressional candidate, Hines represents the younger generation of Thiel-affiliated operatives. His council focuses on legitimizing cryptocurrency markets, advocating for tax incentives for blockchain startups, and opposing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as threats to decentralized finance.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: Co-Leads of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Musk’s informal yet outsized role involves privatizing federal functions, particularly in aerospace and energy, through DOGE. His collaboration with biotech entrepreneur Ramaswamy aims to dismantle “bloated” agencies like the EPA and FCC, redirecting resources toward SpaceX and Tesla-led initiatives. Ramaswamy’s anti-regulatory stance dovetails with Musk’s vision of a “startup-like” government.

Informal Advisors and Power Brokers

Peter Thiel: Architect of the Technocratic Pipeline

Though lacking an official title, Thiel’s influence permeates the administration. He mentored Vice President JD Vance, whose Senate campaign Thiel bankrolled with $15 million, and shaped the appointments of at least 10 associates, including Michael Kratsios and Ambassador Ken Howery. Thiel’s objectives include curbing immigration, defunding academic institutions deemed “woke,” and expanding Palantir’s federal contracts for data analytics.

Marc Andreessen: Venture Capitalist and Policy Influencer

Andreessen, co-author of the Techno-Optimist Manifesto, advises on antitrust policy, pushing to weaken enforcement against tech monopolies. His firm, Andreessen Horowitz, benefits from relaxed SEC rules under appointee Paul Atkins, enabling aggressive crypto investments.

Joe Lonsdale: Palantir Co-Founder and GOP Megadonor

Lonsdale, a PayPal Mafia member, funds pro-Trump PACs and advocates for privatizing national security infrastructure. His firm, 8VC, collaborates with the Pentagon on AI-driven defense projects, aligning with Thiel’s vision of “apolitical” tech governance.

The PayPal Mafia Network: From Silicon Valley to Washington

Core Members in Governance

• Elon Musk: DOGE lead, leveraging SpaceX and Tesla for federal contracts.
• David Sacks: Crypto czar, Craft Ventures founder.
• Ken Howery: Ambassador to Denmark, Thiel Capital co-founder.
• Luke Nosek: Informal advisor on renewable energy deregulation via Founders Fund.

Thiel’s Mentees and Protegés

• JD Vance: Vice President, former Mithril Capital executive.
• Blake Masters: Though unsuccessful in his Senate bid, Masters advises on labor policy automation.
• Jay Bhattacharya: NIH Director, advocate for AI-driven healthcare privatization.

Shared Objectives of the Technocratic Coalition

Deregulation and Privatization

The cohort uniformly seeks to dismantle federal oversight, exemplified by Executive Order 14110’s revocation and SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ pledge to reduce enforcement actions. Crypto regulations are targeted for rollback, with Sacks and Hines promoting state-level “sandboxes” to bypass federal scrutiny.

AI Dominance and “Unbiased” Systems

Kratsios and Krishnan frame AI policy through a lens of “ideological neutrality,” opposing equity-focused algorithms and redirecting NIH funds toward AI-driven drug discovery. Thiel and Musk advocate for unrestricted AI development in defense applications, prioritizing Palantir and SpaceX partnerships.

Cryptocurrency as a Fiscal Paradigm

The administration’s embrace of crypto includes proposals for a strategic Bitcoin reserve and opposition to CBDCs. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a Thiel ally, supports tax exemptions for crypto transactions, while Howard Lutnick’s Commerce Department advances Tether integration in trade.

Anti-China Technological Competition

Policy shifts emphasize decoupling from Chinese tech supply chains, with DOGE spearheading reshoring of semiconductor production through subsidies to Musk’s ventures. Defense appointees like Emil Michael prioritize AI-enabled warfare systems to counter Chinese advancements.

Institutional Dismantling and Personnel Overhauls

Project 2025’s influence is evident in plans to replace career civil servants with political appointees. Russell Vought (OMB) and Brendan Carr (FCC) aim to defund agencies like the Department of Education, redirecting resources to privatized alternatives.

Conclusion: A New Era of Technocratic Governance

The 2025 Trump administration represents a watershed moment in Silicon Valley’s political entrenchment. Through formal appointments and informal networks, the PayPal Mafia and its allies have institutionalized a deregulatory agenda that conflates corporate profit with national interest. Their shared objectives—AI supremacy, cryptocurrency normalization, and federal privatization—underscore a broader ideological shift toward technocratic authoritarianism, where technological innovation is framed as an existential imperative beyond democratic accountability. As these technocrats consolidate power, the long-term implications for regulatory integrity and public trust in governance remain deeply uncertain.

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Bird Flu Is a Rerun of the Covid Playbook

 Bird Flu Is a Rerun of the Covid Playbook

By Clayton J. Baker, MD   February 18, 2025   Public Health, Vaccines   6 minute read

Bird flu can be very confusing. This is true because, as is so often the case with our government, those who claim to be trying to solve the problem – our so-called “public health” and “pandemic preparedness” “experts” – are actually the ones who created the problem. What is worse, they are actively seeking to perpetuate it.

In this brief article, my goal is to explain what is happening with H5N1 Bird flu in the clearest, most fundamental terms. I hope to make it so clear that all our elected officials can understand what is going on, and therefore can take action to stop it.

The key to understanding the current Bird flu panic is this: Bird flu is a complete rerun of the Covid script. There is just one twist:

Last time, with Covid, the pandemic-planning bioterrorists directly blackmailed us by taking away our civil rights, in order to coerce us to accept their unsafe and ineffective vaccines. 

This time, with Bird flu, the pandemic planning bioterrorists are indirectly blackmailing us by targeting our food, in order to coerce us to accept more of their unsafe and ineffective vaccines into our food supply and those who supply it.

Here is their playbook. Learn it, and you can understand how to put an end to it.

Let’s review. What happened during Covid? 

1. Over many years, bioweapons scientists, under the guise of “pandemic preparedness,” genetically manipulated a bat coronavirus to be both transmissible and virulent in humans. In other words, they created a bioweapon.
2. Meanwhile, they also developed and patented technologies for vaccines against that same virus. In other words, they created the countermeasure to their bioweapon.
3. In late 2019, the lab-manipulated coronavirus bioweapon, SARS CoV-2, was leaked from a lab. 
4. While the countermeasure vaccines were rushed into production, “public health” authorities took advantage of the lab leak by denying its occurrence, while simultaneously coercing governments to impose lockdowns and other civil rights violations on the human population.
5. To perpetuate the lockdowns, “public health” authorities performed indiscriminate PCR testing for the virus among the population, knowing full well this would generate countless false positives.
6. The authorities used this excessive testing along with media-generated fear-mongering and governmental abuse of power, to prolong the lockdowns and the civil rights abuses.
7. The lockdowns and civil rights abuses were used to blackmail the population into mass acceptance of the vaccines into their own bodies, in exchange for a return to normal life.

What is happening now, with H5N1 Bird flu?

1. Over many years, bioweapons scientists, under the guise of “pandemic preparedness,” have genetically manipulated the H5N1 avian influenza virus to cross classes of animals and even become more transmissible to humans. In other words, they created a bioweapon.
2. Meanwhile, they also developed and patented technologies for vaccines against that same virus. In other words, they created the countermeasure to their bioweapon.
3. In early 2022, a lab-manipulated Bird flu bioweapon leaked from the USDA Southeast Poultry Lab in Athens, GA. Multiple Bird flu leaks have also occurred from other labs.
4. While the countermeasure vaccines are being rushed into production, “public health” authorities take advantage of these lab leaks by denying their occurrence, while simultaneously coercing our government to impose mass slaughter of farm animals, creating food shortages for the human population.
5. To perpetuate the mass slaughter and worsen food shortages, “public health” authorities are performing indiscriminate PCR testing for the virus among the animal population and farmers, knowing full well this will generate countless false positives.
6. Authorities are using this excessive testing along with media-generated fear-mongering and governmental abuse of power, to prolong the mass slaughter of farm animals and the food shortages.
7. The mass slaughter of farm animals and resulting food shortages are being used to blackmail the population into mass acceptance of the vaccines in their food supply, in exchange for a return to normal life.

This is not conspiracy theory. This is basic pattern recognition.

The “pandemic planners” are operating just like a moderately competent, if unimaginative, high school football coach. If you run a play, and it works, run it again. Keep running it until they stop it.

How do we stop it?

Here’s how:

1. End the brutal mass slaughter of poultry flocks immediately. This disgusting, death-wish practice is directly analogous to the deadly and unconstitutional human lockdowns during  Covid. It is also an act of biological terrorism. It traumatizes farmers, wastes resources, creates food shortages, is inhumane in the extreme to animals, and does nothing to stop the virus. Let the flocks develop natural immunity. Slaughtered flocks cannot develop natural immunity to a virus, just as locked-down human populations cannot either. Sound familiar?
2. End the indiscriminate PCR testing for Bird flu in animals and humans immediately. A positive PCR test is like the proverbial grand jury indictment – you can get one on a ham sandwich if you try hard enough. Willy-nilly PCR testing creates innumerable false positives, which fuels the fear porn and hysteria, paralyzes decision-makers, and promotes population-wide blackmail. 
3. The USDA appears to be acting as a rogue agency. The USDA’s leadership needs to be thoroughly reviewed and, well, culled. All those attached to the pandemic preparedness industry, and all those perpetuating the fear-mongering, irresponsible mass PCR testing, mass slaughter of animals, etc. must be immediately removed from the agency. They represent not only a threat to animals and the food supply but to President Trump’s entire second term.
4. The personnel at the CDC need a similar prompt and thorough overhaul. The CDC, while somewhat chastened by President Trump’s executive order silencing HHS agencies, and benefitting from the departure of former Director Mandy Cohen, is still led by Biden-era appointments whose past resumes raise serious doubt about their willingness to abandon the  Covid-era “pandemic planning” model of public health. For example, acting director Susan Monarez, PhD’s bio shows multiple Deep State connections to the pandemic preparedness industry. Should she remain at the CDC?
5. The USDA Southeast Poultry Research Lab in Athens, Ga. should be shut down and thoroughly investigated.
6. The Kawaoka Bird flu lab at the University of Wisconsin, which has been doing reckless gain-of-function research for decades, and which has had multiple lab leaks, should be shut down and investigated as well.
7. Brooke Rollins, the new USDA Secretary, needs to be fully briefed on H5N1 Bird flu by honest experts who are not embedded in the pandemic preparedness industry. Individuals such as Meryl Nass, MD, and Peter McCullough, MD and his team would both be excellent choices.
8. President Trump should follow through on his 2024 promise to disband the redundant, Biden-created Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR). Mr. Trump’s instinct was correct then, and it remains correct now.
9. The $590 Million dollar Bird flu vaccine development contract to Moderna that the Biden administration approved a couple of days before President Trump’s inauguration should be cancelled. 
10. The USDA’s reported “conditional approval” of a Bird flu vaccine with Zoetis should be cancelled. Bird flu vaccination in poultry flocks has been demonstrated in other countries to select for more virulent strains. Furthermore, the CEO of Zoetis has close ties to Pfizer, BlackRock, and the Gates Foundation, all well-established bad actors during the Covid era. Beware, Mr. President.

The “pandemic preparedness” racket isn’t as complicated as it seems. Once one comes to terms with the fact that the arsonists are running the fire department – as they have been demonstrated by DOGE to be doing in so many other areas of government as well – we can recognize what is actually happening and apply the necessary solutions.

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  C.J. Baker, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a quarter century in clinical practice. He has held numerous academic medical appointments, and his work has appeared in many journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine. From 2012 to 2018 he was Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Rochester.    

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