2025: The Year the Simulation Glitched

The nine weirdest political stories of 2025

If 2024 was a roller coaster, 2025 was the part where the car flew off the tracks and landed in a vat of pudding. As we close out the year, it is clear that “normalcy” is a dead concept in American politics. From billionaire theology to the most expensive government shutdown in history triggered by a pedophile’s legal files, the news cycle has been a fever dream.

Here are the nine weirdest political stories that defined this bizarre year.

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1. The Silicon Valley End Times

In a leaked series of private lectures that surfaced this fall, billionaire venture capitalist and JD Vance benefactor Peter Thiel moved beyond simple tech disruption to full-blown eschatology. Thiel reportedly spent hours lecturing a room of investors on the “topography of the Earth” and the impending arrival of the Antichrist. The bizarre intersection of high-finance AI development and apocalyptic theology left even his most ardent followers wondering if the “tech-bro to prophet” pipeline has finally reached its logical, terrifying conclusion.

This is the brain trust behind the Vice-President of the United States…

• The Link: Silicon Valley and the End Times: The Tech Stories of 2025

• The Take: When the people building our future start sounding like they are auditioning for a role in Left Behind, we should probably be concerned.

2. St. Nick Stands His Ground