Who is on this subjectordered by the date of their first quote here
6 of 7 lanes rest on fewer than 5 quotes and are marked thin. Offsets are days from the middle first-quote date, 12 Mar 2025 — a date, and nothing else. It is not a claim about who reached a view first.
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David Friedberg
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21 May 2020 – 27 Mar 2026
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- Sir Richard Dearlove 3 thin 6 Jul 2022 – 22 Aug 2026 -980 d
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Bill Gurley
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23 Apr 2024 – 25 Jul 2024
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Brad Gerstner
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12 Mar 2025 – 12 Mar 2025
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Howard Lutnick
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2 Oct 2025 – 2 Oct 2025
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- Dylan Patel 1 thin 26 Feb 2026 – 26 Feb 2026 +351 d
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Scott Bessent
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24 Aug 2026 – 24 Aug 2026
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David Friedberg
Friedberg advocates ending lockdowns while wearing masks, a position he says neither political side supports.
“So, you know, where I come out on this thing is that I think we should end lockdowns but wear masks, and it's very hard to find anybody, you know, in the political spectrum who agrees with that because, you know, one side wants to keep lockdowns going indefinitely and the other doesn't want us to wear masks.”
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David Friedberg
Friedberg argues Trump wins by blaming third parties and positioning himself as agent of change.
“Trump is incredible at pointing a finger at some third party and saying that's the enemy. I'm the guy who's gonna go defeat him for a year.”
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David Friedberg
Friedberg compares COVID behavioral changes to post-9/11, arguing permanent shifts aren't driven by science but politics.
“It's all politics and social behavior. It has nothing to do with science. Like, after nine eleven, there were no more serious, like, terrorist attacks on The United States, but our fucking lives changed dramatically.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove asserts Russia has never experienced a coup, only revolutions throughout its history.
“Historically, there's never been a coup in Russia. There have been revolutions, there haven't been coups.”
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Bill Gurley
Gurley argues regulatory capture worsens as country ages because people learn to influence Washington over longer tenures.
“The more people hang around Washington for a very long period of time, they just learn how to influence it.”
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David Friedberg
Friedberg argues politicians get elected by promising more benefits rather than cutting spending for fiscal sustainability.
“That's how people get elected in a democracy. They go to the voters, they say, here's what I'm going to give you.”
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Bill Gurley
Gurley says Silicon Valley's political shift is about entrepreneurship policy, not personal tax rates.
“Right? I do hear things around key policy areas that impact entrepreneurship that people care deeply about.”
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Brad Gerstner
Gerstner argues White House is moving fast because delaying tariff resolution risks 2026 midterms with recession.
“But that's why I think that the speaker and the White House are moving at lightning speed. They know this can't drift into the summer or fall, or you run the risk of starting 2026.”
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Howard Lutnick
Lutnick calls something a hoax perpetrated by Democrats and some Republicans.
“It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated by the Democrats and some stupid Republicans.”
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Dylan Patel
Patel predicts becoming the anti-AI party will be the winning political strategy due to public backlash.
“And it seems obvious to me that, like, any party that wants to win should just become the anti AI party. Because life as we know it is changing.”
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David Friedberg
Friedberg says Silicon Valley felt attacked under Biden and realized government could restrict business operations.
“And under the Biden years, I think is when Silicon Valley really felt like it came under attack.”
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David Friedberg
Friedberg says Silicon Valley felt attacked under Biden, waking up to government's influence on business operations.
“And Silicon Valley kind of woke up to the fact that the government can play an outsized role in influencing, affecting how we might be able to operate and do business.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove says there has been a shocking purge of senior CIA officers based on loyalty to MAGA republicanism.
“I think rather shockingly, been a purge of senior officers on the basis of the degree of their loyalty to mega republicanism.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove reveals CIA's deputy director for operations Tom Sylvester was denied the London posting over political loyalty concerns.
“the previous or departing DDA, that's the head of the operational bid of the CIA, I think it was called Tom Sylvester, who should have finished his career in London has been denied the job and has retired because it wasn't clear that he was a sort of uncritical mega Republican supporter.”
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Scott Bessent
Bessent says Carney rose to power on anti-American platform after being 20 points behind.
“prime minister Carney Carney rose to power on an anti American, anti Trump platform. I believe he was more than 20 points behind,”
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