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MAGA billionaire's secret society list looks a lot like Epstein files: columnist
Narrative Analysis: Name Calling

A recently leaked list of the members of a MAGA billionaire's secret society looks a lot like the Epstein files, one columnist warned.Wired published a list of more than 200 of the world's elite who are part of a secret society, Dialog, run by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. A list of events at a retreat for the group included sessions on Navigating WWIII and How's Your Sex Life? Wired reported.However, progressive writers Wajahat Ali and Danielle Moddie said in a recent episode of The Left Hook podcast that they were more freaked out by how names from the secret society had connections to Jeffrey Epstein or appeared in the Epstein files.When you look at the list, all you have to do is then like cross-reference it with people in the Epstein files, Moddie said. Looking at it and reading it, I was just like, 'Of course.'Ali pointed out that Peter Attia, the physician and longevity expert, is listed as part of Thiel's secret society, adding that Attia allegedly did horrible things with Jeffrey Epstein. He also called out author Jonathan Haidt and venture capitalist and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale as being in both Thiel's secret society and the Epstein files.On top of that, Epstein himself was invited to the 2014 Dialog retreat, Wired reported, and Thiel is also named in the Epstein files as he exchanged emails with the sex criminal until early 2019. It's all a big club, and you ain't in it, Ali said. He and Moddie also noted how the Epstein files and Thiel's secret society list are both bipartisan.Moddie said it's proof these people have no problem with each other, while Ali called both lists proof of the Epstein class and how the world's worst people all know each other.Dialog: A Secret Society of Bond Supervillains Who Are Part of the Epstein Class and Intent on Destroying the World by THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat AliTechno-fascist friend of Epstein, Peter Thiel, has assembled a bipartisan club of elite influencers and CEOs from around the world to strategize world domination. Read on Substack
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