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Francis Suarez — Who Asked ‘What’s A Uyghur?’ — Was Backed By Tech Mogul Who Said ‘Nobody Cares’ About Uyghur Genocide

Francis Suarez — Who Asked ‘What’s A Uyghur?’ — Was Backed By Tech Mogul Who Said ‘Nobody Cares’ About Uyghur Genocide Jennie Taer on June 27, 2023 Miami Mayor and 2024 Republican presidential contender Francis Suarez, who questioned what a Uyghur is Tuesday, was previously backed by a donor who once dismissed the plight of Uyghurs. Tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, who donated $250,000 to Suarez’s reelection campaign in 2021, according to the Miami Herald, said in 2022 that “nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs.” Suarez appeared stumped Tuesday when radio host Hugh Hewitt asked him about his foreign

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Meet The ‘Disinformation’ Panelists, Including A Media Mogul and Dem Congressman, Attending the World Economic Forum

Meet The ‘Disinformation’ Panelists, Including A Media Mogul and Dem Congressman, Attending the World Economic Forum John Hugh DeMastri on January 16, 2023 A panel composed of members of the media, a European regulator and a Democratic congressman will convene to discuss “disinformation” Tuesday as part of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) weeklong meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The panel will include Harvard’s Brian Stelter, president and CEO of Internews Jeanne Bourgault, chairman and publisher of the New York Times A.G. Sulzberger, vice-president for values and transparency Vera Jourová of the European Commission and Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, according

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Here’s Why Disgraced Crypto Mogul Sam Bankman-Fried Hasn’t Been Arrested

Here’s Why Disgraced Crypto Mogul Sam Bankman-Fried Hasn’t Been Arrested Trevor Schakohl on December 6, 2022 Authorities are likely to conduct a lengthy investigation into former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried before potentially making an arrest for any illegal actions involving his now-bankrupt companies, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX, which filed bankruptcy along with the Bankman-Fried-founded trading house Alameda Research in November, has been accused of “fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, misconduct and mismanagement,” according to bankruptcy court records, but he has denied knowing of “any improper use of customer funds.” Authorities are likely “investigating

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Factbox-Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto mogul whose empire came crashing down

(Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday resigned from his role as chief executive of FTX and the crypto exchange said it will initiate bankruptcy proceedings in the United States, capping off a tumultuous week for the industry. Following are some facts about the co-founder and former CEO: EDUCATION AND VENTURES BEFORE FTX Born in 1992, Sam Bankman-Fried grew up in California. As a high school student, he attended the Canada/USA Mathcamp, a summer program for mathematically proficient students that also counts his future business partner Gary Wang among its alumni. Bankman-Fried later graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Billionaire e-commerce mogul partners with SpaceX for 3 more crewed flights

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES – The billionaire e-commerce mogul who last year led the world’s first all-private space crew launched into orbit said on Monday he plans to help bankroll up to three more such missions with SpaceX, independent of NASA’s human spaceflight program. Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments Inc, said his new “Polaris” collaboration with fellow billionaire and SpaceX chief Elon Musk could launch its first four-member crew as early as the fourth quarter of this year. Dubbed Polaris Dawn, the mission would aim to set a new orbital altitude record and feature the world’s

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