From history’s heroes to today’s cartoonish villains, it’s important to understand who is behind the events we revere or revile. Although I don’t subscribe to the Great Man Theory — the idea that only exceptional people largely shape the course of events — I do believe in celebrating (or vilifying!) the individuals who are known for doing important things in the world.

• American Fascists & the Global Right 😈
• Billionaires 2021
• Christian Nationalist Organizations and Groups
• Demagogues
• Koch Network of GOP donors
• Right Wing Groups
• Stabilizers vs. Destabilizers
• Stewart Rhodes — founder of the militia group the Oath Keepers who was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 insurrection
• The Great Philosophers
• The Trump Russia Scandal Cast of Characters
• What is the CNP?
• Who is Alexander Dugin? — “Putin’s Rasputin”
• Who is Curtis Yarvin? — credited with leading the Neoreaction movement (NRx)
• Who is Elon Musk? — world’s richest man
• Who is Grace Hopper? — computing heroine
• Who is Joe Gebbia? — co-founder of Airbnb now working for DOGE
• Who is Joe Lonsdale? — co-founder of Palantir with Peter Thiel and right-wing political donor
• Who is Larry Ellison? — Oracle founder and right-wing political donor
• Who is Marc Andreessen? — legendary tech VC and flirter with fascism
• Who is Palmer Luckey? — founder of mil tech Anduril
• Who is Peter Thiel? — founder of mil tech Palantir with Joe Lonsdale
• Who is Vera Rubin? — astronomer who proved the existence of dark matter

Right-Wing Players

I also have a growing body of research on the interconnections and networks amongst key figures in the right-wing ecosystem, but in present day and decades past. Explore the people and connections in my Kumu mind map.