Billionaires – Jack Hutton

[Gifted article, Bloomberg]: Zuckerberg Wears $900,000 Watch to Announce End of Meta Fact Checks.

By hutton.jack January 9, 2025Billionaires, Bloomberg, Kleptocracy, Mark ZuckerbergNo Comments

Meta Chairman sports Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’ in videoZuckerberg has recently shown interest in premium timepieces. By Andy Hoffman and Kurt Wagner, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 https://shorturl.at/qzNiV Mark Zuckerberg wore…

[The Guardian]: Mark Zuckerberg sports $900,000 watch as he calls time on Meta fact-checking

By hutton.jack January 9, 2025Kleptocracy, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Tech CompaniesNo Comments

Tech giant CEO wore Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’, which retails for $895,500, as he announced policy overhaul. By Léonie Chao-Fong, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/zuckerberg-swiss-watch-meta-factchecking-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Mark Zuckerberg wore a rare…

[Gifted article,NYTimes]: Who Is the Developer Behind Trump’s $20 Billion Data Center Pledge?

By hutton.jack January 9, 2025Autocrats, Donald Trump, Hussain Sajwani, Kleptocracy, Liz Alderman, The New York TimesNo Comments

Hussain Sajwani, the founder and chairman of DAMAC Properties of Dubai, built the first Trump-branded golf course in the Middle East a decade ago. By Liz Alderman, January 8, 2025,…

[The Guardian]: Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege

By hutton.jack December 21, 2024Dick & Liz Uihlein, The GuardianNo Comments

Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers By…

[Gothamist]: 5 facts about new NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s billionaire family.

By hutton.jack December 18, 2024Billionaires, Gothamist

By Charles Lane, November 29, 2024 The industrious and philanthropic Tisch family is the 43rd richest in the United States according to Forbes, with members owning the Loews Corporation and…

[Slate]: Don’t Mistake Neil Gorsuch’s Abrupt Recusal for Actual Ethics. By Mark Joseph Stern

By hutton.jack December 6, 2024Billionaires, Mark Joseph Stern, Neil Gorsuch, Philip Anschutz, Slate, Supreme Court

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/supreme-court-ethics-neil-gorsuch-recusal.html This is an interesting read. The simple statement "Gorsuch recused himself" is really misleading; there no self-awareness, lofty ethical stance; he was ultimately forced to the obvious, the right…