Teddy Schleifer

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NEWS: Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan." We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs. One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.

NEW: Some people who are friends with Mr. Musk’s Republican advisers privately worry about those advisers’ career prospects should they attach themselves to an anti-Trump effort. The White House is watching. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...

ok, send me your Tokyo / Kyoto / Osaka / Hiroshima restaurant recs

NEW: Here come the big Democratic and Republican donors in the California redistricting fight. Lots of inside-the-room details on the $200 million campaign from billionaires. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Best place to stay for October hiking in Japan? Matsumoto Hakuba Nagano Takayama Kamikochi Advice please!

For all the Elon Musk coverage, it's kinda shocking how little scrutiny there is of the world's *second* richest person. Larry Ellison is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on for-profit companies that he is calling his new charitable project. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/b...

NEWS: Elon Musk 🤝 Curtis Yarvin The billionaire and right-wing thinker spoke late last week about Musk's third-party push, per sources briefed. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/u...

NEW exclusive from NYT: Liberal Fund-Raising Drive Seeks $250 Million to Aid Pushback Against Trump A group of progressive funders are quietly preparing a big-money effort to protest Trump's attacks on democratic values. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...

NEW: Some people who are friends with Mr. Musk’s Republican advisers privately worry about those advisers’ career prospects should they attach themselves to an anti-Trump effort. The White House is watching. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...

JD Vance's upcoming fundraising schedule — July 7: San Diego July 22: Nantucket July 29: Jackson Hole www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

In 2015, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan wrote a beautiful letter to their new daughter, Max. It was the foundational document for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. One problem: Five paragraphs of their letter disappeared until we told them last week. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/t...

Doing a big 🇯🇵 Japan 🇯🇵 trip later this year. Everything is on the table. Please send recs!