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By Stuart A. Thompson Stuart Thompson has monitored right-wing media since 2020. He watched 47 hours of video on Rumble for this article. Dec. 12, 2024 As soon as President-elect Donald J. Trump won the presidential race, influencers on Rumble, the right-wing alternative to YouTube, flooded the platform with a simple catchphrase: “We are the media now.” The idea seemed to capture a growing sense that traditional journalists have lost their position at the center of the media ecosystem. Polls show that trust in mainstream news media has plummeted, and that nearly half of all young people get their news…
new video loaded: Experts Say GLP-1 Drugs Have Potential Use Beyond Weight LosstranscriptBacktranscriptExperts Say GLP-1 Drugs Have Potential Use Beyond Weight LossSpeaking at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit, Eli Lilly’s chief executive and an obesity medicine specialist discussed the potential for wildly popular weight-loss drugs to be used to treat many other conditions.“Only 25 percent of our persons currently in the United States today, Dec. 4, 2024, do not have overweight and obesity.” “So do you think that 75 percent of the country should be on these drugs?” “I’m not saying that. I’m just saying that we do have…
new video loaded: Bezos Is ‘Very Optimistic’ About a Second Trump TermtranscriptBacktranscriptBezos Is ‘Very Optimistic’ About a Second Trump TermDuring an interview at the DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Jeff Bezos, the Amazon and Blue Origin founder, said President-elect Donald J. Trump was calmer and more confident now.“Jeffrey Bezos, everybody.” [audience clapping] “If we’re talking about Trump, I think it’s very interesting. I’m actually very optimistic this time around that we’re going to see — I’m very hopeful about this. He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. And my point of view, if I can help him…
“Sundar Pichai is here, everybody, the C.E.O., of course, of Alphabet and Google. How much of your time, and I promise we’d get to it, is spent these days on thinking about this legal case that you are the center of with the U.S. government saying you’re a monopoly and we are going to break you up? They have talked about effectively trying to do a whole bunch of things, spinning off Chrome, figuring out how to deal with Android, preventing you from paying folks like Apple to make Google the default search engine on the phone.” “Look, I spend…
“Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon.” “What I really, really don’t like, and what I find hard to make peace with is that there are some people on one end of the spectrum who are sitting behind their keyboards, writing dangerous or defamatory headlines, knowing that it’s going to work as clickbait, because any context in the rest of the article protects them, and there’s nothing you can do about it. And at the other end of the spectrum, you have Nobel Prize winners like Maria Ressa, who is literally putting her life on the line, and war correspondents who, again,…
new video loaded: Alex Cooper Said Her Team Spoke With Trump’s About an InterviewtranscriptBacktranscriptAlex Cooper Said Her Team Spoke With Trump’s About an InterviewAlex Cooper, the host of “Call Her Daddy” and founder of the Unwell Network, said her team had a Zoom call that she did not attend with Donald Trump’s campaign about a potential interview.“You had tried to avoid politics.” “I did.” “Or at least you said you were trying to avoid politics. And then what happened? Did they reach out to you? Did you reach out to them?” “Yeah, they reached out. Both sides reached out, and…
Source: Alix Partners Note: 2024 values are estimated. Just two decades ago, China had little capacity to make cars, and owning one was considered novel. Today, China produces and exports more cars than any other country in the world.President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised to impose new tariffs on China. Many countries, including the United States, already levy extra tariffs on China’s electric vehicles. But with all of the advantages China wields in automaking, this pushback is unlikely to undercut China’s dominance.China’s home market for car sales is the world’s largest — almost as big as the American and European…
ZK the Goat, a rising star in the world of social media, has recently made headlines with his decision to relocate to Dubai. Known for its luxury, innovation, and business-friendly environment, Dubai offers the perfect backdrop for ZK’s next chapter. With 1.3 million followers on TikTok, 858,000 subscribers on YouTube, and 485,000 followers on Instagram, ZK is not just an influencer but a global brand. His move to Dubai is a strategic one, aimed at expanding his reach and capitalizing on the city’s dynamic social media and business landscape. Dubai, often referred to as the “City of Gold,” is a…
Thanks to the continued advancements of communication and travel, the world is becoming smaller. Many are able to work from almost anywhere, and trips to distant places are no longer limited to the vacation seasons like winter and summer. Unfortunately, despite this supposedly highly convenient era of digital solutions, frequent travelers continue to face a myriad of financial challenges. Issues like high transaction fees, unfavorable currency exchange rates, and the inability to use debit or credit cards in foreign countries are common problems. Luckily, there are now the likes of Black Banx, a digital banking powerhouse that has emerged…
Last month, Black Banx announced a remarkable financial performance for the first quarter of year, achieving record-breaking profits and setting a new benchmark for the company. Under the leadership of German billionaire Michael Gastauer, Black Banx reported a profit before tax of $639 million. This impressive figure reflects a series of innovative strategies that have revitalized the company’s revenue streams including fixed fees. The first quarter results were significantly bolstered by higher revenues, which reached $1.6 billion. A key driver of this increase was the implementation of fixed monthly account maintenance fees for the company’s 45 million customers. This…