Paris Marx is joined by Tina Nguyen to discuss the divisions within the American far-right between the Trump administration, the wider MAGA movement, and the tech executives trying to show they’re on their side.
Tina Nguyen is a senior reporter at The Verge and author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9781982189709">The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (And How I Got Out)</a>.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus">Patreon</a>.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
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Tina wrote about visiting <a href="https://www.theverge.com/politics/773154/maga-tech-right-ai-natcon">NatCon</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/783707/charlie-kirk-memorial-christian-nationalism-maga">Charlie Kirk’s memorial event</a>.
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Tina also wrote about Peter Thiel’s <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/785407/peter-thiel-antichrist-tech-regulation">ongoing obsession with the antichrist</a>.
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Jared Isaacman was revoked as a <a href="https://www.space.com/space-exploration/i-was-a-good-visible-target-jared-isaacman-on-why-trump-pulled-his-nasa-chief-nomination">candidate to lead NASA</a>, highlighting the rifts Tina is discussing. 
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Elon Musk is talking about starting a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dn04lvgpdo">new political party</a>.
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