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What Happened to Silicon Valley’s Most Infamous Thought Criminal?
James Damore in Luxembourg, February 23, 2025. (Patrick Galbats for The Free Press)
James Damore was unpersoned after he wrote a memo at Google. Now he’s living as a digital hermit in Luxembourg. We tracked him down.
By Bari Weiss
03.18.25 — The Front Page
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Hi, all. Bari here.

We’re doing something a little different in today’s Front Page. Rather than the usual full slate of Free Press stories, we’re bringing you just one. That’s because we think it’s such an important story. A story that, in many ways, defines the past decade.

It’s the story of James Damore.

You might not recall his name, but you almost cert…

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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