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☆ Rudy Giuliani concedes he made 'false' statements about Georgia election workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Summer Concepcion | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media as he leaves federal court in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing Tuesday that he made "false" statements about two Georgia 2020 election workers who are suing him over baseless claims of fraud that he made against them. "Defendant Giuliani, for the purposes of litigation only, does not contest that, to the extent the statements were statements of fact and other wise actionable, such actionable factual statements were false," Giuliani wrote in a signed stipulation that he said was intended to "avoid unnecessary expenses in litigating what he believes to be unnecessary disputes." Giuliani had claimed that Freeman and Moss were "passing around USB ports like they were vials of heroin or cocaine." The filing by Giuliani comes after Georgia's State Election Board last month dismissed its yearslong investigation into alleged election fraud at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, clearing Freeman and Moss of wrongdoing.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Defendant Giuliani, Giuliani, Ruby Freeman, Moss, Freeman, Shaye, Michael J, Gottlieb, Gallagher, Shaye Moss, Trump, Ted Goodman, Goodman, Josh Cradduck Organizations: Trump, Willkie, Farr, New, NBC, Farm Arena, FBI, Georgia Bureau of Investigations Locations: Washington , DC, Georgia, litigating, New York, Atlanta, Freeman

☆ Hunter Biden's plea deal just collapsed in court
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hunter Biden's plea deal with federal prosecutors fell apart at the last minute in a court hearing Wednesday. Wise said the plea deal wouldn't cover other potential crimes. At that point, according to the Times, Biden's lawyer said the plea agreement was "null and void." After news of the charges in June, Biden's attorneys said the plea would resolve the Justice Department's investigation into his conduct. On Tuesday, Republican Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, the chairman of the powerful House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, tried to intervene in the proceedings by asking the judge to reject the plea deal.

Persons: Hunter, Maryellen Noreika, Leo Wise, Biden, David Weiss, Wise, Biden's, Hunter Biden, —, Donald Trump, Weiss, Jason Smith of, Trump, Latham & Watkins, Smith, Ted Kittila, Jessica Bengels Organizations: New York Times, Prosecutors, Times, Department, Justice Department, The Heritage Foundation, Republican, Latham & Locations: Delaware, Wilmington , Delaware, Europe, Asia, Jason Smith of Missouri

July 26 (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani, onetime attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, admitted in a court filing late Tuesday that he made defamatory statements about a pair of Georgia election workers. No evidence supports such claims, which have been repeatedly debunked by Georgia election officials. Freeman and Moss are seeking sanctions against Giuliani, alleging he failed to preserve important evidence. Tuesday's court document said Giuliani wants "to avoid unnecessary expenses in litigating what he believes to be unnecessary disputes." He is also facing defamation lawsuits from voting companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic about fraud claims he made about the 2020 election.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Giuliani, Moss, Ruby Freeman, Freeman, Ted Goodman, Michael Gottlieb, Trump, Bob Costello, Dominion's, Jacqueline Thomsen, David Bario, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Voting Systems, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Washington, litigating, New York, Manhattan, York, Columbia

☆ The Hollywood strikes could cost the economy billions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hollywood writers and actors have been on strike for over a week. Economists are warning that the shutdown could cost the US billions of dollars. The previous writers' strike in 2007 wiped $2 billion off Los Angeles' economy alone. Major films alone contribute around $250,000 to the US economy each day of production, according to data from the Motion Picture Association. New seasons of "The Last of Us", "Euphoria", and "The White Lotus" have already been delayed as a result of the strikes.

Persons: Milken, Kevin Klowden, It's, Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis, Oscar, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Wilde Organizations: Service, Milken Institute's, Yahoo Finance, Motion, Association, The, Guild of America, SAG Locations: Angeles, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles, California, LA, New York, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Pittsburgh

☆ I made $340,000 in revenue on Etsy last year selling digital products. Here's how I use simple design tools and AI to boost sales.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Bailey runs an Etsy store that makes about $14,000 a month selling digital tumbler designs. So I quit my job and started an Etsy store called Bailey Designed Co., where I sell custom tumbler designs. In January 2022, I pivoted from print-on-demand products to digital productsI was faced with pandemic supply-chain issues, and I also saw a lot of successful sellers on Etsy who were selling just digital designs. In January, I started my own online courses for people who want to sell digital products without a design background. AI has helped me earn more because it's increased my productivity and volume of designs — and more volume equals more sales.

Persons: Bailey, I'm, Evelyn Weiss, Sandra Di, Wholesale Ted, tumblers, I've, Evelyn Weiss's, it's, Kittl's Organizations: Facebook, Service, YouTube, Wholesale, Canva, Google, Society Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Canva, Etsy

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border, upending a key tenet of his plan to deter migration after COVID-era Title 42 restrictions ended in May. California-based U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar stayed the order for 14 days, leaving the restrictions in place for now. The Biden administration within hours appealed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The number of migrants caught crossing the border illegally plummeted in recent months after the new regulation went into place. Whether the trend will continue if the new asylum restrictions are blocked remains unclear.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Jon Tigar, Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Tigar, prolongs, Katrina Eiland, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg, Chris Reese, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, District, Appeals, Democrat, Republican, Trump, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, Reuters, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, White, Thomson Locations: U.S, Mexico, . California, Belize, Colombia, Washington, New York

☆ ‘Sound of Freedom’ is a box office hit. It has an unusual ticket strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

More than 10 million tickets have been purchased through the app, called Pay It Forward. During the movie’s July 4 opening, “Sound of Freedom” scored $11.5 million from direct box office sales and $2.6 million, or over 20%, from Pay It Forward ticket sales. A spokesperson for Angel Studios told CNN that these posts could be tied to group ticket sales. For individual tickets, Angel Studios’ system creates a code that allows another person to redeem a free ticket directly from theaters. Angel Studios does not release what percentage of ticket sales come from customers buying other people tickets.

Persons: “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, ”, Jesus, Angel, Daniel Loria, Jim Caviezel, Donald Trump, Caviezel, Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz of, theatergoers, Loria, Adam Aron, “, Jeff Bock Organizations: New, New York CNN, “, Angel Studios, Angel, ”, Twitter, New York Times, AMC, AMC Theatres, CNN Locations: New York, American, Texas, Ted Cruz of Texas

☆ What causes someone to become a serial killer? Criminology experts explain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers to commit the atrocities they do. CNN spoke with three forensic psychologists and serial killer experts to better understand what causes people to become serial killers. Scott Bonn: Not all psychopaths are serial killers, and not all serial killers are psychopaths. In the case (of a serial killer who) is a psychopath, their brain functions differently than a normal human brain. Are all serial killers serial sexual murderers?

Persons: Dennis Rader, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Albert DeSalvo, Ted Bundy, Rex Heuermann, Heuermann, he’s, Long, Scott Bonn, Psychopaths, Louis Schlesinger, Katherine Ramsland, DeSalvo, Joe Dennehy, Scott, –, you’re, they’re, Bundy, There’s, BTK, Jack, who’ve, They’re, Marny Malin, Sygma, William Heirens, ”, Ted Bundys, John Wayne Gacys, Dennis, they’re chameleons, it’s, He’s, there’s, Jeffrey Dahmer's Organizations: CNN, University of Michigan, John Jay College of Criminal, DeSales University, Boston, Boston Globe, Des, Des Plaines Police Department, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service, Getty, Lutheran Church, Boy Scout, Suffolk County Sheriff's, Scott Bonn Locations: United States, New York, Shore, criminologist, Scott Bonn, Chicago, Des Plaines, Milwaukee, Suffolk County, Long

☆ Texas governor to defy DOJ request to remove floating barriers in Rio Grande: ‘Texas will see you in court, Mr. President’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Chris Boyette Priscilla Alvarez | Chris Boyette | Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Greg Abbott will not be ordering floating barriers to be removed from the Rio Grande, in defiance of the US Department of Justice. The Justice Department gave Texas a deadline of Monday at 2 p.m. ET to commit to the removal of the floating border barriers or face legal action, according to the letter sent to Abbott. The governor’s actions are cruel and putting both migrants and border agents in danger,” White House spokesman Abdullah Hasan said. Among the complaints are reports that Texas troopers were told to push back migrants into the Rio Grande and ordered not to give them water.

Persons: Greg Abbott, “, ” Abbott, Joe Biden, ”, Abbott, Abbott’s, Abdullah Hasan, Ted Cruz, Biden’s Organizations: CNN, Texas Gov, US Department of Justice, DOJ, Justice Department, Texas, The, Department gave Texas, Republican, Texas Constitution, Patrol, Department of Homeland Security, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Justice, Texas Department of Public Safety, DPS Locations: Rio Grande, “ Texas, Texas, Mexico, United States, Rio

☆ Opinion | Complicated Stories of Affirmative Action
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “On Race and Academia,” by John McWhorter (newsletter, July 4):Professor McWhorter’s account of being placed in positions for which he was less than qualified as a result of a series of institutions’ attempts at affirmative action is undoubtedly based on both his experience and analysis. Unfortunately, it reinforces the prevailing narrative that affirmative action gives less qualified people of color opportunities denied to more qualified people who are white. The writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reminds us in her TED Talk “The Danger of the Single Story” that we need a balance of stories. Joy Reid recently shared her affirmative action story on MSNBC. Andrea Haynes JohnsonLas VegasThe writer is an adviser for Courageous Conversation, which provides consulting services on racial equity.

Persons: ”, John McWhorter, Chimamanda Ngozi, Joy Reid, Reid, Let’s, Andrea Haynes Johnson Las Organizations: TED, MSNBC, Harvard Locations: Andrea Haynes Johnson Las Vegas

☆ Opinion | The Stagnation of Ron DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Pundits have to hope so, since otherwise our advice-giving beat becomes a bit irrelevant. For Ron DeSantis, currently engaged in a campaign reset after months of stagnant polling, there’s no way to sell these case studies to his restive donors. And it’s easy enough to list things that DeSantis could be doing differently. But any benefit from these shifts is likely to be incremental rather than dramatic. Meanwhile, the reset that’s so often urged on DeSantis — the idea that he needs to go hard after Trump’s unfitness for high office — is a theory supported by exactly zero polling evidence.

Persons: John Kerry, John McCain, Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz’s, DeSantis, unfitness

☆ The Race to Invent a Greener Jet Fuel
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Ted Anton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sustainable aviation fuels are approaching a breakthrough moment. Made mostly from agricultural, food and industrial waste or crops, SAFs are produced chemically or through microbial fermentation, as in a brewery, from non-fossil-fuel materials. Such materials range from used beef fat to trash to waste carbon from the atmosphere or factories. Used in a blend with traditional jet fuel, SAFs promise to cut carbon emissions from jets by as much as 80%.

☆ Why Hollywood actors and writers are on strike and how the WGA and SAG-AFTRA walkouts are changing the entertainment industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The Hollywood writers' strike got a boost when actors joined the picket lines in July. Together, the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes have upended development and promotion of new content. Read more about the issues and demands driving the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes:When will the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes end? Some are predicting that the writers' strike appears to be on course to outlast the previous the 100-day WGA strike of 2007-8, which cost the California economy roughly $2 billion. Read more about how Hollywood companies prepared for the strikes:Getting a job in Hollywood right now: Is anyone still hiring?

Persons: AFTRA, Oppenheimer, Abbott, Fran Drescher, it's, Read, Adam Conover, Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav, picketers, showdowns, Hollywood's, Reed Alexander, Lucia Moses Organizations: Hollywood, SAG, WGA, Writers Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, Netflix, Warner Bros, Discovery, Employees, Wall, Big Tech Locations: Los Angeles and New York City, California, Hollywood

☆ How to Stop Thinking About Work All the Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jancee Dunn | More About Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When I wake up during the night, I try every mental trick to avoid thinking about my job. Because if my thoughts wander to anything work-related, I will ruminate — about deadlines, unfinished tasks, the laugh-free joke I made during a meeting — and I’ll be awake for hours. This is a familiar scenario for Guy Winch, the author of “Emotional First Aid” and a co-host of the “Dear Therapists” podcast. We’re often so focused at work that we don’t realize we’re feeling stressed, said Dr. Winch, who has a popular TED Talk on how to limit work-related overthinking. People who do it often believe that they’re gaining insight into a problem.

Persons: Guy Winch, We’re, Dr, Winch, they’re

☆ ‘1964’ Review: Meet the Beatles
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Ted Widmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Paul McCartneyThe Beatles’ first tour of America, in February 1964, was a musical sensation, recalling the rock ’n’ roll energy that Elvis had given the world a decade earlier. It was a cultural watershed, announcing the coming of a new generation. And Beatlemania was a media phenomenon, erupting at exactly the moment the Canadian critic Marshall McLuhan had coined the term “global village.” Telstar had been launched in July 1962, providing instantaneous communications across the Atlantic. As the world shrank, opportunity knocked—precisely when everyone wanted younger heroes. The Beatles happily obliged.

Persons: Paul McCartney, Elvis, Marshall McLuhan, ”, — Organizations: ” Telstar, Beatles Locations: America

☆ How Netflix can end the Hollywood strike in a way Disney, Paramount can't afford
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Tim Mullaney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

"The strike is not something we wanted," said Sarandos, whose company is negotiating jointly with competing movie studios like Disney and Paramount whose parent companies also own streaming services. Some big-media companies that own streaming services, like Paramount and Disney, have seen their shares drop even in the renewed bull market of the past year. LightShed Partners analyst Rich Greenfield says Netflix made $6.5 billion last year excluding interest, taxes, and non-cash charges, while rival streaming services at Paramount, Disney and NBC lost more than $8 billion. That's a relatively small number for an industry with revenues topping $70 billion, $31.6 billion of it last year at Netflix. Paramount Global's Paramount+ service lost $1.8 billion last year, but saw losses shrink in the first quarter.

Persons: Mike Blake, Mark Mahaney, Ted Sarandos, Greg Peters, Michael Pachter, Robert Iger, Iger, CNBC's David Faber, Max, Rich Greenfield, Mahaney, hasn't, Jake Urbanski, Jamie Lumley, Peters, Spencer Neumann Organizations: Guild of America, Netflix, Alliance, Producers, Wednesday, Writers Guild of America, Screen, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Disney, Paramount Global, Amazon, Wedbush Securities, Television Producers, CNBC, Walt Disney Co, Sun, Paramount, Warner Bros, LightShed, NBC, Hollywood, Moody's Investors Service, Writers ' Guild of America, WGA, Twitter, Hulu, Comcast, Apple Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S

Netflix’s focus on streaming has also helped it dodge some of the other problems bedeviling its peers, including weaker-than-expected box office results for expensive blockbusters. (That was also evident in China, which some in Hollywood had hoped could make up for underperformance at home.) While the company will save on content spending in 2023, it will have to pay for American productions at some point. “This strike is not an outcome that we wanted,” Ted Sarandos, the company’s co-C.E.O., told analysts yesterday. In more strike news: Film production in Los Angeles during the second quarter fell to lows not seen since the middle of the pandemic.

Persons: Hollywood, underperformance, Disney’s Robert Iger, Ted Sarandos, Elon Musk Organizations: Netflix Locations: China, Hollywood, Los Angeles

☆ It's not just JD Vance: Republican senators are open to criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sen. JD Vance introduced a bill to criminalize providing certain treatments to transgender minors. Other Republican senators told Insider that they're open to the idea as well. Asked about potentially harmful effects on transgender people who are already receiving care, Vance conceded that the bill is largely a messaging device for now. "But it doesn't have any effect on the capacity of people to receive this care if they're adults. While the bill has the support of 46 mostly hard-right House Republicans, Vance just has one official co-sponsor in the Senate: Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.

Persons: Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Vance isn't, Marjorie Taylor Greene, that's, Joseph Zeballos, Tommy Tuberville, aren't, Marco Rubio, Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, who's, Ted Cruz of, he's Organizations: Service, Ohio, Senate, Republicans, Human Rights, House Republicans Locations: Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Alabama, America, Marco Rubio of Florida, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Ted Cruz of Texas

☆ This startup helps software-as-a-service firms drive sales through word-of-mouth. Check out the 15-slide pitch deck Cello used to raise $3.5 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cello, a Munich-based startup incentivizing software-as-a-service referrals, has raised $3.5 million. We got an exclusive look at the 15-slide pitch deck it used to raise the fresh funds. A startup that aims to incentivize peer recommendations to drive growth in sales of software-as-a-service products has raised $3.5 million in fresh funds. Munich-based Cello, founded in 2022, has closed a pre-emp ted seed funding round that was led by German investor HV Capital. "Cello had strong signs of early traction soon after launching our product," Bader said.

Persons: Stefan Bader, Bader, Cello's, ByFounders Organizations: Capital, Software Locations: Munich

☆ London festival explores the power of ecopoetry to deliver hope
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Poet Nina Mingya Powles performs for Reuters on stage at the National Poetry Library, ahead of 'Poetry International' in London, Britain, July 19, 2023. Its organisers said ecopoetry was an obvious focus given rising concern about climate change as record-breaking heatwaves have swept parts of the globe. Also taking part is 30-year-old New Zealand born poet Nina Mingya Powles who is concerned about water quality. "If someone feels in (a) poem, the boundaries collapse between ... what we think of as the human and the non-human ... that for me is hope," she said. Reporting by Sarah Mills; Editing by Barbara Lewis and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nina Mingya Powles, Sarah Mills, Ted Hughes, ecopoetry, CAConrad, Barbara Lewis, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, Poetry, REUTERS, Southbank, British, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, New Zealand, Wellington Harbour

LOS ANGELES, July 19 (Reuters) - Streaming video pioneer Netflix (NFLX.O) disappointed Wall Street on Wednesday with second-quarter revenue that fell short of analyst estimates, sending shares tumbling nearly 9% in after-hours trading. Netflix has been looking for new ways to make money as streaming competition intensifies and it nears market saturation in the United States. Its nearly 6 million subscriber additions outpaced the 1.9 million that Wall Street expected. Quarterly revenue climbed 2.7% from a year earlier to $8.2 billion, shy of analyst forecasts of $8.3 billion. Netflix said its advertising tier remained a small part of its membership base and that current ad revenue is not material.

Persons: we’ve, Craig Huber, Huber, We've, Spencer Neumann, Jeffrey Wlodarczak, Ted Sarandos, Sarandos, Lisa Richwine, Dawn Chmielewski, Yuvraj Malik, Deepa Babington, Chris Reese Organizations: Netflix, Refinitiv, Huber Research Partners, Research, Thomson Locations: ANGELES, United States, Los Angeles, Bengaluru

☆ Netflix earnings report: The 5 biggest takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hollywood is in a state of absolute agony, but Netflix had some reason to celebrate on Wednesday, with the streaming giant releasing a smash earnings report after implementing its long-anticipated plans to clamp down on password sharing. Here are some of the key highlights:►Adds 5.9 million subs: Heading into the earnings report, investors were curious how much the company’s crackdown on password sharing would boost subscriber growth. Netflix added 5.9 million subscribers in the quarter — just one year after it had lost nearly a million subscribers. Expect Netflix, which now boasts 238 million global subscribers, to keep benefiting from this password sharing clampdown. “And we very much hoped to reach an agreement by now.”► Goodbye, $9.99 ad-free plan: Ahead of the earnings, Netflix axed its cheapest ad-free option in the US and the UK.

Persons: ’, Ted Sarandos, ” Sarandos Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, Netflix

☆ The new low-cost US airline that promised to connect the East Coast with Japan and Korea is having a rough start
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Northern Pacific Airways launched its first revenue flight between California and Las Vegas on Friday. Startup airline Northern Pacific Airways is struggling to take off — both figuratively and literally. However, regulators required Northern Pacific to start flying before it could apply for ETOPS — igniting a mad dash for its operating certificate and a new first route. On July 9, Northern Pacific got the official green light to launch flights, with CEO Rob McKinney sharing the news on Twitter. Despite the turbulent first two years of business and a shaky inaugural, Northern Pacific is still planning to eventually fly to Asia.

Persons: Brady MacDonald, hasn't, Ted Stevens, Rob McKinney Organizations: Northern Pacific Airways, Startup, Sunday, Northern Pacific, Boeing, International, Northern, Twitter Locations: California, Las Vegas, Asia, Ontario , California, Orlando, New York City, Ted, Alaska, Europe, Reykjavik, Northern Pacific, Ukraine, Russia, Tokyo, Seoul, Russian, Southern California, Mexico, Australia, Philippines

CNN —Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, in what is expected to mark a bipartisan show of support for a top strategic ally in the Middle East. There is widespread support for Israel on both sides of the aisle in Congress, but some House Democrats have said they’ll skip the address, citing concerns about human rights. Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat, said “Israel is a racist state” on Saturday while addressing pro-Palestine protesters who interrupted a panel discussion at the Netroots Nation conference in Chicago. “In May, I became the second Speaker of the US House of Representatives in history to address the Israeli Knesset, and now, it is my privilege to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog for a similar honor. The only other President of Israel to share this distinction is his father – President Chaim Herzog – more than 35 years ago,” McCarthy said in a statement at the time.

Persons: Isaac Herzog, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Herzog “, Pramila Jayapal, ” Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, Ted Lieu, “ Israel, who’s, ” Jayapal, “, Joe Biden, Herzog, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Chaim Herzog –, ” McCarthy Organizations: CNN, Israel, Democrats, West Bank, Democratic, ”, Democratic Rep, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Top, Palestine, Netroots, White Locations: California, New York, Israel, Washington, Chicago, Palestine, America

☆ Netflix earnings showcase strength as the rest of the media industry struggles
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

(Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)The main takeaway from Netflix 's second quarter earnings is business is ... good. Netflix added 1.2 million subscribers in the United States and Canada in the quarter — its largest regional quarterly gain since 2021. This is not the story for the rest of the media industry. That means Netflix will actually have even more cash than it previously expected. Next quarter, Netflix forecast subscriber gains will be about 6 million again.

Persons: Netflix Ted Sarandos, Charley Gallay Organizations: Netflix, Raleigh Studios Hollywood, Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount Global, Comcast Locations: ANGELES , CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles , California, United States, Canada

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