important backgrounder and overview of exotic Right mixing with power brokers - toxic brew

 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets

You can read it or listen to it (audio link on the page: 60 minutes)

RIP Bonnie Thompson, friend of 55 years

 Died of Alzheimer’s this weekend, so this is bitter sweet. She was like family to me, as was her entire family. All the best, Bonnie. You were a friendly, humorous, and helpful presence in my life.