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Teddy Schleifer

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I write about billionaires and their impact on the world for The New York Times. @MSNOWNews contributor. Proud @PuckNews, @Recode alum.

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1Nov 4, '24We're on hour three of the Elon Musk super PAC lottery lawsuit in a court in Philadelphia. Larry Krasner has been testifying that the entire premise of the Musk lottery was a "scam119×4.5M36k5.5k2.1k
2May 7, '22This from Trevor Noah on taxing billionaires is … pretty perceptive!70.8×055k16k5.8k
3Jul 27, '23🚨🚨Huge money-in-politics news. The Southern District of New York is dropping its federal prosecution of Sam Bankman-Fried on campaign-finance charges, per new letter from prosecu63.3×2.4M2.8k1.6k215
4Nov 30, '23I was in the room when these five minutes happened and still can’t believe these five minutes happened.56.5×2.1M3.8k3711.6k
5Jun 25, '25Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.48.8×1.9M28k2.3k2.2k
6Aug 13, '23the Zuck-Elon fight ain’t happening.48.3×1.8M6k52991
7Jan 23, '23lmao The lawyer who is cross-examining Elon Musk accidentally just called him "Mr. Tweet" instead of "Mr. Musk." Elon says "Mr. Tweet" is all good "That's probably an accurate desc44.2×1.7M4.5k21569
8Jun 28, '24New — REID HOFFMAN, one of the Democratic Party's biggest donors, emails his network about The Debate.37.7×1.4M7.2k1.8k977
9Jan 18, '25MARK ZUCKERBERG just arrived at Peter Thiel’s party.28.6×1.1M3.8k229728
10Jan 23, '25Trump is asked if he is "bothered" by Musk's criticism of the AI deal. "It doesn't. He hates one of the people in the deal," Trump says. "People in the deal are very, very smart pe24.9×946k9k454664
11Jul 21, '24New — The RNC now has over $100 million in cash on hand, as of June 30. Truly an incredible comeback. Cash on hand at the end of each month: Jan: $9m Feb: $11m Mar: $22m April: $3924.7×939k3.8k769125
12Nov 4, '24BREAKING FROM PHILLY: Elon Musk wins in Pennsylvania court. The judge just ruled that Musk CAN continue his $1 million sweepstakes, declining to issue an injunction against America23.9×910k3.9k681159
13Feb 4, '25Elon Musk met today with Bibi Netanyahu, per Bibi's son Yair's Instagram.23.8×904k1.6k16768
14Jan 31, '25👀23.4×890k2.1k790280
15Nov 6, '19Bill Gates on a wealth tax: "I've paid over $10 billion in taxes. I've paid more than anyone in taxes. If I had to pay $20 billion, it's fine." "But when you say I should pay $100 23×015k3.6k714
16Jan 22, '21Bill Gates implanting himself with a micro-chip to monitor where Bill Gates is at all times21.2×023k4.1k140
17Oct 16, '24Just three people — Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson and Dick Uihlein — put in a combined $220 million into pro-Trump groups from July to September.18.2×692k3.9k1.9k230
18Mar 29, '24NEWS — Eric Levine, a prominent GOP fundraiser in New York for Nikki Haley who pledged to never vote for Trump after Jan. 6, just sent an email to his network that I have seen. "Du17.2×653k1.4k430142
19May 13, '24🚨🚨🚨 MELINDA GATES is resigning from the Gates Foundation. She is getting $12.5 billion for her own work. Huge.15.1×573k1.8k480133
20Jul 26, '24This "White Women for Kamala" Zoom call keeps crashing because it has ... 140,000 participants. 😮 Celebs on it include Pink and Connie Britton.14.5×551k4.3k47087
21Mar 30, '25Just two old friends, hanging out online14.4×548k17k1.5k567
22Jan 18, '25Spotted at Peter Thiel’s party tonight: Donald Trump Jr. Travis Kalanick Mark Zuckerberg Miriam Adelson And every venture capitalist on the tech right.14.1×534k4.8k703433
23Aug 20, '24Downtown Chicago might be the nicest in the USA.13.8×524k5.6k338113
24Apr 30, '24SCOOP — Elon Musk and David Sacks had a fancy dinner party in Los Angeles earlier this month to talk politics and Joe Biden. Guests included Rupert Murdoch, Steven Mnuchin, Peter T13.4×509k971624169
25Jan 22, '24New memo just released from the Koch network with DeSantis dropping out. “Despite what some media outlets report, our polling consistently shows Donald Trump loses to Joe Biden in 12.7×481k2k674146
26Aug 11, '23I was in the courtroom when Sam Bankman-Fried was just ordered to jail. The reaction was downright funereal. Approached by three U.S. Marshalls, Sam took off his jacket, tie, shoes11.6×441k1.2k20644
27Mar 28, '25NEW — Elon Musk has deleted this tweet from 1am about his upcoming talk in Wisconsin. The rules surrounding these checks have drawn some legal scrutiny. Anyway, the original tweet 10.9×414k1.6k557140
28May 22, '24👋🏼I have some exciting news. I am joining the Times next month to write about politics and billionaires and campaign finance and business. This is a dream job. I cannot wait to r10.5×401k1.1k5951
29Dec 16, '19Here are some photos of the Buttigieg fundraiser in Napa -- with the famous wine cave and the chandelier with 1,500 Swarovski crystals -- that @BrianSlodysko wrote about.9.3×04.4k1.7k205
30Jul 31, '23New — Here are the two big donors to the super PAC behind Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 1. Timothy Mellon, the GOP mega-donor and Gilded Age scion, who put $5 million in 2. Gavin De Becke8.6×325k76248535
31Feb 2, '21WOW, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon — will become executive chair.8.4×07.3k1.7k182
32Apr 25, '24David Sacks on the January 8, 2021 episode of the All-In podcast: "I think he's disqualified himself from being a candidate at a national level again ... It's clearly off the table8.2×310k1.1k24441
33Oct 21, '24NEW: Kamala Harris out-raised and out-spent Donald Trump by about a 3.5-to-1 margin in the month of September. Harris raised $221.8m. Trump raised $62.7m. Harris spent $269.8m. Tru7.7×294k84116366
34Aug 7, '24Today is one of the best days in ActBlue's history. Democrats have raised over $35 million on ActBlue in the 13 hours since the Walz announcement, per their ticket. About $2.7 mill7.7×294k6k993133
36Jul 6, '24Scoop: One of the Democratic Party’s single biggest donors BACKS Joe Biden in a rare statement. Amy Goldman Fowler, who has given $27 million to Dems: “I continue to support Presid7.2×272k4.8k1.6k116
37Jan 17, '25Imagine paying $1 million and getting put in a Capitol One Arena suite7.0×267k1.9k274122
38Nov 7, '16Am baffled why Trump keeps saying he's spent over $100 million on this campaign, which is: a) Easily checkable b) Indisputably false6.1×03.7k2.1k0
39Jan 29, '25NEW: Elon Musk’s fingerprints are all over these controversial memos from the Office of Personnel Management. In fact, Musk showed up at OPM’s offices on Friday demanding a list of5.4×207k2.3k808203
40Sep 21, '21Judy Woodruff: Do you draw any lessons from the mistakes you made with Jeffrey Epstein? Bill Gates: “Well, he’s dead, so...”5.4×03.1k867392
41Mar 3, '20Beto O'Rourke is endorsing Joe Biden.5.2×03.9k1k12
42Oct 22, '24SCOOP: Bill Gates has said privately that he recently donated about $50 million to a nonprofit organization that is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential run, acco5.2×196k91824519
44Jul 10, '19Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban: “We love all 23 candidates," Haim says, then pauses. "No, minus one. I profoundly dislike Bernie Sanders, and you can write it.”4.8×03.5k84550
45Nov 11, '22🚨 JUST IN — The entire team behind the FTX Future Fund, the Sam Bankman-Fried philanthropy, has resigned. A holy-shit moment in the world of effective altruism.4.6×03.7k782408
46May 13, '20Scoop — Bill Gates is exploring ways to convince other billionaires to donate more for coronavirus. Ideas that Gates has considered include launching a new COVID fund for billionai4.4×03.2k57383
47Feb 13, '25These pics make it appear as if Musk is a head of state4.3×164k98726849
49Jun 29, '24Per ActBlue's live counter: About $42 million raised through the website on Thursday and Friday, the day of the debate and the day following. ~$20 million raised on Thursday. ~$22 4.2×161k1.5k38341
51Nov 5, '24What just happened on @ElonMusk’s @America virtual town hall. 1. The town hall opened with Elon saying he would take questions. 2. Four questions in a row, they were unable to conn3.9×149k87017841
53May 11, '24good time for a flight3.8×146k3.2k18385
54Aug 29, '25NEWS: Netflix founder REED HASTINGS is backing the Gavin Newsom redistricting effort. He just cut a $2 million gift to the Newsom group. "If Texas holds off until the end of decade3.2×123k1.2k29448
55Mar 27, '25Amy Gleason, the person that the White House has said is leading DOGE, is not in this eight-person Elon Musk "Meet DOGE" group interview.3.2×121k3.3k822104
56Sep 11, '24A new milestone reached tonight that is crazy. $1 billion has been raised on ActBlue since the hour that Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race on July 21.2.9×112k94821725
57Mar 13, '19“The former El Paso Congressman will make the announcement on Thursday morning, but he confirmed via text to KTSM Wednesday afternoon that he is seeking the Democratic nomination.“2.9×02k8551
58Nov 4, '24Closing arguments have begun in the Philadelphia District Attorney's lawsuit against Elon Musk. Krasner's lawyer is saying that Musk "cheated" Pennsylvanians out of their personal 2.9×109k1.8k30250
59Feb 16, '22Early results are the San Francisco school board is going to be recalled and it’s not going to be close.2.7×02.9k37227
60Nov 4, '22Peter Thiel, kicking things off at Stanford's Academic Freedom conference, says the "antonym of diversity" is "university."2.7×02.8k220303
61Aug 7, '24NEW — About $42 million raised on @ActBlue in the 24 hours after the Tim Walz selection, per NYT's tracker. Yesterday was one of Democrats' best fundraising days ever — though not 2.5×96k1.1k18640
62Nov 29, '22SCOOP — The LATEST in the political fallout from Sam Bankman-Fried's implosion. Sean McElwee is leaving Data for Progress after his staff confronted him in a no-confidence vote in 2.4×01.8k266157
63May 28, '19News: MacKenzie Bezos, one of the wealthiest women in the world, has signed The Giving Pledge. Her ex-husband, the richest person in the world, has conspicuously and repeatedly dec2.3×02k56219
65Jan 18, '22Wow, EMILY's List says that it will be "unable to endorse" Kyrsten Sinema moving forward because of her position on voting rights.2.2×02.4k39818
67Apr 2, '20New: @JoeBiden is attending a virtual fundraiser on April 16 hosted by Silicon Valley venture capitalist @JedKatz, per new invitation. Costs $2,800 a person to attend. Those who ra2.2×083340032
68Dec 2, '18Ted Cruz at Gridiron: “Lindsey Graham told me just the other day that if I was murdered on the Senate Floor, still no one would vote to convict the assailant, but at least Jeff Fla2.0×02k37821
69Oct 24, '24NEW — WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum becomes the latest Silicon Valley billionaire to bet big on Trump. Koum puts $5 million in Meta stock into MAGA Inc, a pro-Trump super PAC.2.0×77k1.1k18157
71Mar 29, '16Ted Cruz now has five former 2016 rivals backing his campaign: Carly Fiorina Jeb Bush Lindsey Graham Rick Perry Scott Walker2.0×01.1k7140
72Nov 11, '22I wrote earlier today that there's a huge question over whether SBF will be able to continue funding media going forward. Grants have gone to: — ProPublica — Vox — The Intercept — 1.9×01.8k35697
73Feb 1, '17Ted Cruz is debating Bernie Sanders next Tuesday on CNN on Obamacare.1.9×08414130
74Apr 21, '20A Silicon Valley wealth manager to me on the phone just now, reflecting on the mega-rich: "If they put as much effort into philanthropy as they did into tax avoidance, the world wo1.9×02.1k30536
75Jan 31, '22Behold, here is the $125 million donation from George Soros to his super PAC.1.8×01.3k56473
76Nov 9, '20Exclusive — Tech billionaire ERIC SCHMIDT has applied to become a citizen of CYPRUS. The former Google CEO, one of America’s richest people, is taking advantage of one of the world1.8×078944454
78Apr 29, '22I don’t remember who said this earlier today — and so I am stealing their point — but Elon’s view of politics is the POV anyone would have if you only consumed political discourse 1.6×02k15330
79Sep 8, '20Behold, a real job posting for an executive assistant position at a VC firm.1.6×01.5k118123
83Mar 6, '17Who should handle Russia investigation? Special prosecutor: 65% Congress: 32% Even 43% of Republicans want one.1.3×08584900
84Apr 7, '20🚨🚨🚨 Jack Dorsey is committing one BILLION dollars to coronavirus efforts.1.3×01.3k25725
88Jan 31, '19Stacey Abrams on her #SOTU response: “I’m going to hydrate first. That’s very important.”1.2×01.1k1371
89Jun 26, '20NEW — Last week, one of Mark Zuckerberg’s engineers asked him to resign as Facebook CEO. But the engineer didn't even work for Facebook. They work for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiativ1.2×081931680
91Oct 12, '16Best part of the Trump interview, hands down: O'Reilly: "You gain currency coming on here." Trump: "I do?"1.1×01.1k2160
92Aug 29, '22A bunch of Hollywood types are throwing a fundraiser next month for @BetoORourke in Los Angeles. Rob Reiner, Ted Boutros, and host @JamesCostos. Tickets from $2,500 to $25,000. #Tx1.1×08322148
93Apr 25, '22To recap the last few days: — Jeff Bezos suggested Elon Musk is a pawn of Communist China — Bill Gates texted Elon Musk for philanthropic money and Elon ghosted him — Elon Musk sai1.0×01k9753
95Jul 11, '21I made this point on @brianstelter earlier today, but the billionaire space race story is the same story as the ProPublica tax returns story. To cover the amazing feats of the uber0.9×088121316
96Dec 5, '20This website is broken. First tweet that sent Twitter into overdrive — 5,000 RTs Second tweet with massive clarification “update” — 54 RTs0.9×088616013
97Nov 22, '21spotted at a Walgreens in SF0.9×01.1k7022

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