Why else should a Silicon Valley billionaire give 300k to someone running for attorney general in a Missouri? Is he just interested in justice being pursued in a small Midwestern state he doesn't live in, that he is neither from, nor studied in, nor has his major business interests in?

$300,000 is a sizable donation for someone running for attorney general in a low key state.

Also, I doubt that most Missourian voters care nearly as much about fighting Google as they care about jailing local criminals.

According to Forbes' estimates, Thiel is worth about $2.8 billion. Donating $300,000 for him is proportional to giving maybe $30 for a normal upper-middle class person.

This is true. It's also true that it's an utterly trivial amount of money to somebody like Peter Thiel.

I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race.

I would guess he has given equal or larger donations to many other politicians and political action committees.

I agree, especially since he gave the same amount to every State AG in the country. He did, right?

he gave all what he could - sounds different from "gave a small (for him) donation" :)

Also, even if there is no connection, it doesn't seem "clickbait"y. The article is probably drawing a tenuous connection, but it seems straightforward in it's attempt.