Pirate Wires · 2026-10-31

The DSA Is In Control & It's OVER For Tech (ft. Liv Boeree)

By Mike Solana · partial

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Welcome back to the pod! Liv Boeree is back with us this week. A leaked tape caught Gavin Newsom declaring that the DSA is the future of the Democrat party. Around the same time, another video went viral showing a college girl celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination in front of his friend. Is this the future that the party is supporting? We then get into the midterms and how they will affect the tech industry. Will we have a blue wave? Or are the polling and early voting numbers incorrect? Next up is the much-discussed Elizabeth Holmes documentary. We break it all down in the way only Pirate Wires can! Finally, a white pill for Anduril’s American-made laptop.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Welcome back to the pod

1:30 - The DSA is the future

19:00 - Tech industry after the midterms

34:00 - Thank you Eight Sleep!

35:00 - Blue wave in the midterms? Vibe check

48:30 - Thank you Monaco!

49:30 - Elizabeth Holmes documentary breakdown

1:19:30 - Thank you Autopilot!

1:20:30 - White Pill - Anduril’s American-made laptop

1:30:00 - See you next Friday! 🏴‍☠️

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Welcome back to the pod! Liv Boeree is back with us this week. A leaked tape caught Gavin Newsom declaring that the DSA is the future of the Democrat party. Around the same time, another video went viral showing a college girl celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination in front of his friend. Is this the future that the party is supporting? We then get into the midterms and how they will affect the tech industry. Will we have a blue wave? Or are the polling and early voting numbers incorrect? Next up is the much-discussed Elizabeth Holmes documentary. We break it all down in the way only Pirate Wires can! Finally, a white pill for Anduril’s American-made laptop.

Thank you to our PRESENTING sponsor

Monaco

— the fastest AI-native end-to-end revenue platform for startups.

Get

$500 off your Eight Sleep Pod

.

Check out our

Pirate Wires FLAGSHIP fund on Autopilot

.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Welcome back to the pod

1:30 - The DSA is the future

19:00 - Tech industry after the midterms

34:00 - Thank you Eight Sleep!

35:00 - Blue wave in the midterms? Vibe check

48:30 - Thank you Monaco!

49:30 - Elizabeth Holmes documentary breakdown

1:19:30 - Thank you Autopilot!

1:20:30 - White Pill - Anduril’s American-made laptop

1:30:00 - See you next Friday! 🏴‍☠️

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