JD Vance’s Power Network: How Theo Bros and Tech Bros Are Teaming Up Against Democracy

Journalist Gil Duran explores the strange alliance between JD Vance, Silicon Valley and Christian Nationalists.

Experts say they are converging on the same anti-democratic playbook. From the Seven Mountains Mandate to "Network State" projects like Highland Rim, we expose how figures like JD Vance, Peter Thiel, and Doug Wilson are planning a theocratic-technocratic future.

Gil Duran speaks with Prof. Matthew Boedy, author of "The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy": Buy it here: https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664269214-the-seven-mountains-mandate/

And Kiera Butler of Mother Jones, a national correspondent at Mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/author/kiera-butler/

Read: Christian Theo Bros Are Building a Tech Utopia in Appalachia: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/christian-theobros-are-building-a-tech-utopia-in-appalachia/

Please Pre-Order Gil Duran's new book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy." https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402

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