{"id":1821,"date":"2025-12-03T01:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/silicon-valley-is-rallying-behind-a-guy-who-sucks\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T01:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:47:52","slug":"silicon-valley-is-rallying-behind-a-guy-who-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/silicon-valley-is-rallying-behind-a-guy-who-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley is rallying behind a guy who sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/STKP213_DAVID_SACKS_A.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Hello and welcome to <\/em>Regulator<em>, a newsletter for <\/em>Verge<em> subscribers that covers the political intrigue and power struggles between Big Tech and Big Government. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/subscribe?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=h5d&amp;utm_campaign=h_vg_00050&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22454004883&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA9k5E7AAKCXniFvWYFRO57gD0nNap&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAubrJBhCbARIsAHIdxD9iJCNnFAd8lyfvT7nuQ7_ofx0LkpGLk0_R_s8R80d7fTJf3j_-eykaAldREALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe here<\/a> for a weekly dispatch of tech oligarchs fighting regular oligarchs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Prior to last week, only highly specialized political insiders knew the extent of <a href=\"https:\/\/link.theverge.com\/click\/42835396.325\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhldmVyZ2UuY29tL2FpLWFydGlmaWNpYWwtaW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlLzgyOTE3OS9kYXZpZC1zYWNrcy1haS1leGVjdXRpdmUtb3JkZXI_dWVpZD04NWExY2JmN2EwZjU5OTkxMWVjMmUyNTA1MTU2OTA2YQ\/67bcc5c1d6a525e79807a1fcB8c14a252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Sacks&rsquo; influence in the Trump White House<\/a>: tech policy hawks, lobbyists, reporters, and right-wing operatives infuriated that the billionaire venture capitalist was turning Donald Trump toward artificial intelligence and against the interests of the MAGA base. <a href=\"https:\/\/link.theverge.com\/click\/42835396.325\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNS8xMS8zMC90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2RhdmlkLXNhY2tzLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLXByb2ZpdHMuaHRtbD91ZWlkPTg1YTFjYmY3YTBmNTk5OTExZWMyZTI1MDUxNTY5MDZh\/67bcc5c1d6a525e79807a1fcB17cae4bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A deeply reported <em>New York Times <\/em>article published on Sun \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/836932\/david-sacks-new-york-times-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers that covers the political intrigue and power struggles between Big 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