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Newsom vs Trump: From MAGA Podcaster to Democratic Memelord

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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · Aug 24

This is an information war.

Only one side was fighting. Now Gavin Newsom has gone full meme warfare—but is that enough to save American democracy?

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Gavin Newsom has pivoted from MAGA podcaster to resistance troll. The Democrat's whiplash highlights the hazards of chasing right-wing frames

Democrats Urged to Bow Down to Tech Fascism

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 14

Democrats Urged to Bow Down to Tech Fascism.

As Trump and Silicon Valley robber barons dismantle US democracy, some Democratic consultants have a strange solution: surrender.

More at The Nerd Reich:

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As tech billionaires embrace Trump's authoritarianism, consultants urge Democrats to bend the knee in the name of Silicon Valley 'innovation.'

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 13

Is Trump's DC takeover an 'Epstein Escalation'?

Some thoughts on Trump's constant use of narrative warfare, and how to fight back.

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Is Trump's DC takeover an 'Epstein Escalation'?

Trump deploys National Guard to DC while giving Ghislaine Maxwell prison perks. Is this distraction or authoritarianism? It's both

Trump’s Fake Emergencies Follow Authoritarian Playbook

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 12

Trump's wannabe dictator playbook:

1) Create fake emergency
2) Bypass Congress and public debate
3) Grab emergency powers
4) Repeat

(from June)
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Trump is using fake crises to grab power, echoing tactics of autocrats. Americans must recognize the pattern and resist.

Zuckerberg’s Hawaii Compound: Burial Grounds, Bunkers & NDAs (What’s Actually Documented)

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 10

5/ From climate change to pandemics to “AGI,” paranoid tech billionaires see threats everywhere.

But instead of using their power to solve them, they build escape hatches and doomsday bunkers for themselves.

Watch the full conversation on the Nerd Reich podcast:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_3P...

YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran

Taylor Lorenz: Why Tech Billionaires Are Secretly “Techno-Doomers”

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 10

2/ @taylorlorenz.bsky.social calls them “techno-doomerists.”

Publicly, they promise a high-tech, AI-enhanced utopia.

Privately, they prepare for collapse.

www.youtube.com/shorts/TeIGA...

YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran

Zuckerberg’s Hawaii Compound: Burial Grounds, Bunkers & NDAs (What’s Actually Documented)

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 10

1/ If Silicon Valley billionaires believe tech will create a better future … why are many of them quietly making luxury doomsday plans?

It's a tale of techno-optimists in the boardroom, “techno-doomers” in the bunker.

We break down the hypocrisy at Nerd Reich:

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YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran

Why Are Silicon Valley’s Utopians Are Prepping for Collapse?

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 9

Tech billionaires say they'll create a better future.

So, why are many of them buying luxury doomsday bunkers?

@taylorlorenz.bsky.social, Guthrie Scrimgeour & I discuss Zuckerberg's $300M Hawaii hideout and Sam Altman's stash of gold, guns and gas masks.
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Taylor Lorenz and Guthrie Scrimgeour Discuss Mark Zuckerberg's $300M Hawaii bunker on The Nerd Reich podcast

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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Trump's Epstein Betrayal Triggers MAGA 'Hero Frame' Collapse

With his flip-flop on the Epstein Files, Trump is reframing himself. The hero frame is collapsing into what we might call a Betrayer frame.

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Trump's Epstein Betrayal Triggers MAGA 'Hero Frame' Collapse

Trump's Epstein reversal triggers "betrayer frame" collapse as MAGA base burns hats, splits evenly on his handling—unprecedented skepticism.

Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point

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Nienke Venema @nienkevenema.bsky.social · May 31

“A.I. tools that help everyone cannot arise from a vision of development that demands the capitulation of a majority to the self-serving agenda of the few.”

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · May 31

Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point:

“We are now closer than ever to a world in which tech companies can seize land, operate their own currencies, reorder the economy and remake our politics with little consequence.” - @karenhao.bsky.social

gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · May 31

I laid out most of this last July — and I was late to the game! Going forward, I hope journalists pay closer attention to the bizarre ideologies bubbling up out of the dark corners of Silicon Valley. When backed by tech billionaires, they become dangerous.

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Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas

Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · May 31

Curtis Yarvin goes on @cnn.com, confirms that he wants a monarchy to replace democracy, says racist things and informs @hadasgold.bsky.social that he's in touch with Trump staffers.

Nice to see the mainstream press catch up on this dangerously weird ideology. www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...

Curtis Yarvin is inspiring a new generation of MAGA. He believes the US should be ruled by a monarch | CNN Politics

CNN’s Hadas Gold interviews anti-democracy author Curtis Yarvin about his argument for an all-powerful executive in the White House, and his chillingly accurate prediction of how President Donald Trum...

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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · May 31

Guiding principles that reporters, editors, politicians, social media influencers and citizens can use to protect the truth from lies and propaganda:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5oS...

15: How to Protect the Truth

Don’t Think of An Elephant / How Progressives Really Think

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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · May 31

Dr. George Lakoff and Gil Durán discuss the core ideas behind progressive thought and give tips for going forward:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y33G...

Trump, Evangelicals, Fascism, Torture, Propaganda: Q + A #1

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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · May 31

Trump Evangelicals

Conservatism's #1 Rule

Fascism

Capitalism vs. Socialism

The American Idea

Biconceptualism

How the Government Frames Issues Like Torture, and more!

Dr. George Lakoff and Gil Durán answer listener questions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_e...

David Fenton: Oil industry must accept climate reality

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · Mar 2

Climate Chat starting in one hour:

"Driving Public Demand for Climate Action" with author & advocate David Fenton @dfenton.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/live/8o4Y6FP...

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GLEN JACKSON @glenjackson.bsky.social · May 23

THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY'S 'EXISTENTIAL CHOICE' 🔥
By @davidfenton.bsky.social • 23 May 2024

David Fenton, a longtime FrameLab collaborator and guest contributor, delivered this speech at EarthX in #dallas on April 24.

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The oil and gas industry has done some truly great things. But it's time for a major change

How to Stop Trump's Climate Pollution

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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · Feb 7

"Drawing on over 50 years as a communications strategist, David Fenton outlines how to help Americans grasp the threat of Global Heating. In this 3-minute read, he explains how the climate movement is losing the information war, and lays out ideas for how to win."www.theframelab.org/how-to-s...

Donald Trump is waging war on Earth and its people — but the people mostly don’t know it.

Survival - with Special Guest David Fenton

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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · May 31

How to communicate effectively about global warming, Dr. George Lakoff and Gil Durán talk with communications expert David Fenton:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UJ...

Trump’s Dangerous Metaphor / Cambridge Analytica

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FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social · May 31

Dr. George Lakoff and Gil Durán discuss the central metaphor of Trump's presidency: "the President is the Nation."

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