The influential Signal chatrooms where tech billionaires and their courtiers swung far-right

Ben Smith published a fascinating exposé on the Signal chats where tech bros, billionaires and their courtiers radicalized themselves to the pro-Trump right—and 'vibe shifted' media coverage with them.

The tone was jesting, but 'Marc radicalized over time,' Hanania recalled. Hanania said he found himself increasingly alienated from the group and the shift toward partisan pro-Trump politics, and he came to see the chat he'd established as a 'vehicle for groupthink.'

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