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☆ Mike Johnson endorses Trump just after the NYT unearths his old Facebook posts questioning whether Trump was too dangerous to be president: 'I just don't think he has the demeanor'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But the new House speaker previously criticized Trump during the 2016 GOP primaries. At the time, Johnson said Trump "lacks the character and the moral center" to be president. Johnson endorsed Trump Tuesday morning, saying he was "one of the closest allies Trump had in Congress." I'm all in for President Trump. "During his 2016 campaign, President Trump quickly won me and millions of my fellow Republicans over," Johnson said in a statement to The Times.

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☆ Trump is furious at Forbes after the publication dropped him from its 400 wealthiest Americans list
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump is angry that Forbes kicked him off of its list of wealthiest Americans. Forbes says Trump just isn't worth enough money, especially because his social media play fizzled. AdvertisementAdvertisementDonald Trump on Monday lashed out at Forbes after the financial publication recently dropped the former president from its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans that includes the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett. One of the main reasons was that Truth Social, the very social media platform where Trump lashed out at Forbes, has lost significant value. A spokesperson for Forbes pointed Insider to the publication's own story, which included a statement that defended Forbes' view of Trump's net worth.

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That was when Kelly, then a Fox News star, infuriated the future president at a GOP debate with a question about his treatment of women. “That was a bad question,” Trump said in the interview. “That was a great question,” Kelly responded. “It's not that I'm worried that somebody is going to shoot me down,” Kelly later said in an interview with CBS News. You're going to bore the people at home and you're going to waste valuable time.”The goal of the interview was not to emerge with Trump's jugular, she said.

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☆ Rosie O'Donnell says she was asked about running for SAG-AFTRA president but suggested Fran Drescher instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rosie O'Donnell says she was asked about running for SAG-AFTRA president in 2021. She told The Wall Street Journal she didn't want to run, but suggested Fran Drescher instead. Rosie O'Donnell told The Wall Street Journal that the SAG-AFTRA had been in touch before its most recent election in 2021 to ask if she was interested in running as president. She said she wasn't interested but suggested they contact her friend Drescher instead, because of her "Norma Rae-like ability to inspire." She can succinctly choose the words that are going to have the most impact in the smallest amount of time," O'Donnell told the newspaper.

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☆ Bud Light has been embroiled in backlash since a beer promotion by a transgender influencer. Here's a timeline of how the controversy has played out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

As the backlash unfolded, Mulvaney remained relatively quiet about the matter on her social media platforms. Then on April 11, Mulvaney spoke out about the criticism she received on the podcast "Onward with Rosie O'Donnell." "I think it comes back to the fact that these people, they don't understand me, and anything that I do or say somehow gets taken out of context and is used against me," Mulvaney said. "It's trying to connect with others that maybe don't understand me. It's to make people laugh, or to make a kid feel seen."

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☆ Bud Light has been embroiled in backlash since a beer promotion with a transgender influencer. Here's a timeline of how the controversy has played out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Mulvaney, Dylan Mulvaney, Lester Cohen, I've, Rosie O'Donnell, It's

☆ Bud Light is hoping free cases of beer will smooth over any tensions with its sellers after Dylan Mulvaney backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bud Light has reportedly seen dips in sales since a promotion that featured a transgender influencer. Amid the backlash, the company is giving out free cases of beer to employees of its wholesalers. Anheuser-Busch, the company that owns Bud Light, is gifting a case of Bud Light to all employees who work with the company's wholesale distributors, the Journal reported. On April 1, transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney posted a video on Instagram that featured Bud Light cans designed with a picture of her face. Later, the Journal reported that Bud Light Sales dropped by 17% by mid-April, per data created by Bump Williams Consulting and analyzed by Nielsen.

☆ Bud Light sales reportedly dropped 17% following anti-trans marketing backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bud Light sales took a hit after the brewer partnered with a trans TikTok influencer, WSJ reports. The data showed Bud Light sales dropping 17% in the week of April 15 compared to the same week last year. Bud Light Vice President of Marketing Alissa Heinerscheid took a leave of absence following the backlash. Bud Light owner Anheuser-Busch has also said Heinerscheid will be replaced with with Todd Allen, the global vice president of Budweiser. Bud Light isn't the only brand that's been recently hit with anti-trans backlash.

☆ Donald Trump Jr. calls for an end to the conservative-led boycott of Bud Light and 'iconic' Anheuser-Busch over a partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump Jr. expressed opposition to a conservative boycott of Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch. Conservatives have blasted Bud Light's partnership with popular trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Trump Jr. on his podcast "Triggered" praised Anheuser-Busch as an "iconic" company. The boycott began when many conservatives became incensed that Bud Light partnered with Mulvaney, a transgender TikTok influencer, during this year's NCAA basketball tournament. Mulvaney, who has over 10 million followers on TikTok, also showcased a personalized Bud Light can that was sent to her by the company.

☆ Barbara Walters, pioneering TV journalist who began on ‘TODAY,’ dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Ethan Sacks | Ethan Sacks Writes For Nbcnews.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV broadcaster who blazed a trail for women in a male-dominated medium, died Friday. “Barbara Walters proved to be the evolutionary step between Edward R. Murrow and Oprah Winfrey.”Barbara Walters interviews Ronald Reagan in 1980 for ABC News. NBCMcGee, who died shortly after being partnered with Walters, demanded that he ask three questions to every one of Walter’s in studio interviews. So, Walters started fielding interviews outside the studio, quickly building a reputation as an incisive and probing questioner. After nearly 60 years in journalism, Walters announced she was retiring in 2014.

☆ Factbox: Key facts about pioneering broadcast journalist Barbara Walters
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The following are key facts about the life and career of pioneering broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to anchor an American network evening newscast, who died on Friday:* Walters was born in Boston on Sept. 25, but she did not like to reveal the year, which reportedly was 1929, 1930 or 1931. * Walters started at NBC's "Today" show as a writer in 1961 and in 1976 became the first woman to co-anchor a network evening news broadcast on U.S. television. * Walters singled out her "Today" co-host Frank McGee and Reasoner on ABC News for making her life miserable. * Walters felt she was unfairly mocked for her asking actress Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would like to be. * Walters' marriages to businessman Robert Katz, theatrical producer Lee Guber and television executive Merv Adelson all ended in divorce.

☆ Pioneering U.S. television journalist Barbara Walters dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] Television personality Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York September 20, 2010. "I asked Yeltsin if he drank too much, and I asked Putin if he killed anybody," Walters told the New York Times in 2013. "These two men were really quite brutal to me and it was not pleasant," Walters told the San Francisco Examiner. The New York Times called her "arguably America's best-known television personality" but also observed that "what we remember most about a Barbara Walters interview is Barbara Walters." Walters' three marriages - to businessman Robert Katz, theatrical producer Lee Guber and television executive Merv Adelson - ended in divorce.

☆ Rosie O'Donnell reflects on the time she felt hurt by Ellen DeGeneres
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

(CNN) It's water under the bridge, but there's a reason why Rosie O'Donnell never appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show. During a recent appearance on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen," Cohen mentioned how much he loved the "Lebanese" moment O'Donnell had with DeGeneres on the former's talk show. Cohen was referencing DeGeneres' 1996 appearance on O'Donnell's daytime talk show in which the two playfully danced around speculation about DeGeneres being gay. Cohen then asked O'Donnell why she had never appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" that ended its run in May after 19 seasons. "After my show went off the air, and her's was coming on the air, Larry King was on with Ellen and he said, 'Whatever happened to Rosie O'Donnell?

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