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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, host of the podcast Honestly, and editor-in-chief of CBS News. 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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