Secret GOP Cabal With Vance and Thiel Plots Eternal MAGA Rule (November 4, 2025)
www.thedailybeast.com

... JD Vance and Peter Thiel convened a secret cabal of GOP-friendly businesspeople and influencers to a small Ohio town to brainstorm on building a MAGA movement that outlasts Trump.

A Washington Post report published Tuesday morning revealed details of a 2019 GOP strategy meeting in the small town of Rockbridge, Ohio, attended by billionaires and media personalities including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, hedge fund manager Rebekah Mercer, and economist Oren Cass.

The attendees formed the "Rockbridge Network," a GOP strategy network helmed by conservative venture capitalist Chris Buskirk, whose aim is to build a MAGA movement that outlasts Donald Trump by letting business leaders shape American policy. ...

Revealed: MAGA has a plan to outlive Trump
www.alternet.org

... A controversial theory that states an "aristocracy" is needed to move the country forward is being pushed as the playbook for a post-President Donald Trump MAGA with tech-elites at the center of power, according to the Washington Post.

At the center of this theory is a lesser known "tech elite," Arizona insurance entrepreneur and conservative media Chris Buskirk, who according to the Post, "helms the Rockbridge Network, a secretive organization ... that has established itself as one of the most influential forces in GOP politics."

"With significant funding from tech leaders, Rockbridge aims to equip MAGA to outlive Trump," the Post explains.

The group is gearing up for the midterms and the 2028 presidential election, in which members "hope" Vice President JD Vance " a close ally of tech billionaire Peter Thiel " will be the Republican nominee.

Although Buskirk is much more low-key than Thiel and his more known billionaire buddies, his ties to the Trump world run deep, the Post explains. ...