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Peru rocked by president’s nose job scandalNEW YORK (AP) — A gunman killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on Wednesday in a “brazen, targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding its investor conference, police said, setting off a massive search for the fleeing assailant hours before the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting nearby. Brian Thompson, 50, was shot around 6:45 a.m. as he walked alone to the New York Hilton Midtown from a nearby hotel, police said. The shooter appeared to be “lying in wait for several minutes” before approaching Thompson from behind and opening fire , New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Police had not yet established a motive. “Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target,” Tisch said, adding that the shooting "does not appear to be a random act of violence.” Surveillance video reviewed by investigators shows someone emerging from behind a parked car, pointing a gun at Thompson’s back, then firing multiple times from several feet away. The gunman continues firing, interrupted by a brief gun jam, as Thompson stumbles forward and falls to the sidewalk. He then walks past Thompson and out of the frame. “From watching the video, it does seem that he’s proficient in the use of firearms as he was able to clear the malfunctions pretty quickly,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. Thompson was shot at least once in the back and once in the calf, Tisch said. The shooter, who wore a jacket, face mask and large backpack, fled through Midtown on foot before pedaling an e-bike into Central Park a few blocks away, police said. The assailant remained at large Wednesday afternoon, sparking a search that included police drones, helicopters and dogs. “Brian was a highly respected colleague and friend to all who worked with him,” the insurer’s Minnetonka, Minnesota-based parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., said in a statement. "We are working closely with the New York Police Department and ask for your patience and understanding during this difficult time.” Police issued a poster showing a surveillance image of the man pointing what appeared to be a gun and another image that appeared to show the same person on a bicycle. Minutes before the shooting, he stopped at a nearby Starbucks, according to additional surveillance photos released by police on Wednesday afternoon. They offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Thompson’s wife, Paulette Thompson, told NBC News that he told her “there were some people that had been threatening him.” She didn’t have details but suggested the threats may have involved issues with insurance coverage. Eric Werner, the police chief in the Minneapolis suburb where Thompson lived, said his department had not received any reports of threats against the executive. The killing shook a part of New York City that's normally quiet at that hour, happening about four blocks from where tens of thousands of people were set to gather for Wednesday night’s tree lighting. Police promised extra security for the event. The hotel is also a short walk from other tourist sites, including the Museum of Modern Art and Radio City Music Hall, and is often dense with office workers and visitors on weekday mornings. Many security cameras are nearby. “We’re encouraging New Yorkers to go about their daily lives and their daily business but to be alert,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said. Investigators recovered several 9 mm shell casings from outside the hotel and a cellphone from the alleyway through which the shooter fled. They were also searching Thompson's hotel room, interviewing his UnitedHealthcare colleagues and reviewing his social media, Kenny said. Police said the e-bike that the shooter used to ride into Central Park came from the city’s bike-share program, CitiBike. A spokesperson for Lyft, which operates the program, said police had not yet contacted the company. Health care giant UnitedHealth Group was holding its annual meeting with investors to update Wall Street on the company's direction and expectations for the coming year. The company ended the conference early in the wake of Thompson's death. “I’m afraid that we — some of you may know we’re dealing with a very serious medical situation with one of our team members,” a company official told attendees, according to a transcript. “And as a result, I’m afraid we’re going to have to bring to a close the event today. ... I’m sure you’ll understand.” Thompson, a father of two sons, had been with the company since 2004 and served as CEO for more than three years. UnitedHealthcare is the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S. and manages health insurance coverage for employers and state-and federally funded Medicaid programs. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz posted on the social platform X that the state is “sending our prayers to Brian’s family and the UnitedHealthcare team.” “This is horrifying news and a terrible loss for the business and health care community in Minnesota,” the Democrat wrote. Associated Press writers Tom Murphy in Indianapolis, Steve Karnowski in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Anthony Izaguirre in Albany, New York, contributed to this story.The much-anticipated second season of Squid Game is currently streaming on Netflix. The new season picks up three years after Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) leaves the airport with a mission to end the deadly games for good, even as they continue to lure unsuspecting players with promises of a massive cash prize. ET Year-end Special Reads What kept India's stock market investors on toes in 2024? India's car race: How far EVs went in 2024 Investing in 2025: Six wealth management trends to watch out for However, before the highly anticipated second season premiered, Netflix had to address a significant issue from the first season—a mistake that nearly turned one woman’s life upside down. The Blunder That Sparked Chaos In the very first episode of Squid Game, protagonist Gi-hun receives a mysterious business card with an eight-digit phone number. While it was intended to enhance the plot’s suspense, it turned out to be a real, active phone number when paired with South Korea’s mobile prefix, 010. This mistake led to a nightmare for Kim Gil-young, a resident of Seongju, South Korea, who had been using the number for over a decade. When the show became a global sensation in 2021—topping charts in 90 countries—curious fans began dialing the number to see if it was real. Gil-young told Money Today thatshe was bombarded with thousands of calls and messages around the clock. 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I’ve had to delete over 4,000 numbers from my phone.” Her phone’s battery would drain within hours due to the constant influx of calls, and she initially had no idea what was happening until friends informed her that her number appeared in the show. Netflix Takes Action Unable to change her number because she used it for business, Gil-young reached out to Netflix and the production company, Siren Pictures , for help. Fortunately, the streaming giant acted quickly, editing out her phone number just weeks after the show’s release. The real digits were replaced with an unusable set: 010-034. Netflix and Siren Pictures also issued statements urging fans to stop making prank calls and sending messages. In Squid Game Season 2, the infamous business card makes a return, but this time, Netflix and the creators have taken extra precautions to avoid a repeat of the mistake. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Donte DiVincenzo scored 26 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the San Antonio Spurs 112-110 on Sunday night. Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Timberwolves, won won their third straight. Julius Randle had 16 points, while Jaden McDaniels added 12 points and 10 boards for Minnesota. Anthony Edwards, who earlier in the day was fined $100,000 for continued use of profanity in postgame media comments, was held to 14 points, 11 below his season average. After DiVincenzo made one of two free throws with 12.1 seconds left, the Spurs had one more possession down 112-110. San Antonio found a wide-open Jeremy Sochan for 3, but he came up short. Wembanyama led San Antonio with 34 points and eight rebounds. Harrison Barnes had 24 points, Devin Vassell had 22 and Chris Paul dished out 14 assists. Takeaways Spurs: Trailing by 13 early in the third quarter, Wembanyama keyed a 16-4 run by showcasing his diverse offensive skills. He scored in the low post, hit a 3, made a pair of free throws and drained two midrange jumpers. Timberwolves: Minnesota survived a brutal shooting night from 3-point range, making just 11 of 44 attempts from beyond the arc. DiVincenzo was 5 for 10, but Edwards and Randle combined to go 1 for 16. Key moment With 4:44 to play and the game tied at 101, Randle made a driving layup against Wembanyama that was initially whistled for an offensive foul. Timberwolves coach Chris Finch challenged the call, and the basket was allowed to stand. Minnesota didn't trail the rest of the way. Key stat In the first quarter, the Timberwolves made just 1 of 11 3-point attempts but went 9 for 9 inside the arc. Up next The Spurs host the Clippers, and the Timberwolves visit Oklahoma City on Tuesday. AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba10-week program hires homeless to clean up Atlantic City
The top 10 Bay Area stories of 2024 — and what they mean for 2025AP 12:47 JST, December 30, 2024 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas. That’s because the state has been there, done that, and all but a few Republicans would prefer not to go there again. Kansas imposed a proof-of-citizenship requirement over a decade ago that grew into one of the biggest political fiascos in the state in recent memory. The law, passed by the state Legislature in 2011 and implemented two years later, ended up blocking the voter registrations of more than 31,000 U.S. citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote. That was 12% of everyone seeking to register in Kansas for the first time. Federal courts ultimately declared the law an unconstitutional burden on voting rights, and it hasn’t been enforced since 2018. Kansas provides a cautionary tale about how pursuing an election concern that in fact is extremely rare risks disenfranchising a far greater number of people who are legally entitled to vote. The state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Scott Schwab, championed the idea as a legislator and now says states and the federal government shouldn’t touch it. “Kansas did that 10 years ago,” said Schwab, a Republican. “It didn’t work out so well.” Steven Fish, a 45-year-old warehouse worker in eastern Kansas, said he understands the motivation behind the law. In his thinking, the state was like a store owner who fears getting robbed and installs locks. But in 2014, after the birth of his now 11-year-old son inspired him to be “a little more responsible” and follow politics, he didn’t have an acceptable copy of his birth certificate to get registered to vote in Kansas. “The locks didn’t work,” said Fish, one of nine Kansas residents who sued the state over the law. “You caught a bunch of people who didn’t do anything wrong.” Kansas’ experience appeared to receive little if any attention outside the state as Republicans elsewhere pursued proof-of-citizenship requirements this year. Arizona enacted a requirement this year, applying it to voting for state and local elections but not for Congress or president. The Republican-led U.S. House passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement in the summer and plans to bring back similar legislation after the GOP won control of the Senate in November. In Ohio, the Republican secretary of state revised the form that poll workers use for voter eligibility challenges to require those not born in the U.S. to show naturalization papers to cast a regular ballot. A federal judge declined to block the practice days before the election. Also, sizable majorities of voters in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and the presidential swing states of North Carolina and Wisconsin were inspired to amend their state constitutions’ provisions on voting even though the changes were only symbolic. Provisions that previously declared that all U.S. citizens could vote now say that only U.S. citizens can vote — a meaningless distinction with no practical effect on who is eligible. To be clear, voters already must attest to being U.S. citizens when they register to vote and noncitizens can face fines, prison and deportation if they lie and are caught. “There is nothing unconstitutional about ensuring that only American citizens can vote in American elections,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas, the leading sponsor of the congressional proposal, said in an email statement to The Associated Press. After Kansas residents challenged their state’s law, both a federal judge and federal appeals court concluded that it violated a law limiting states to collecting only the minimum information needed to determine whether someone is eligible to vote. That’s an issue Congress could resolve. The courts ruled that with “scant” evidence of an actual problem, Kansas couldn’t justify a law that kept hundreds of eligible citizens from registering for every noncitizen who was improperly registered. A federal judge concluded that the state’s evidence showed that only 39 noncitizens had registered to vote from 1999 through 2012 — an average of just three a year. In 2013, then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican who had built a national reputation advocating tough immigration laws, described the possibility of voting by immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as a serious threat. He was elected attorney general in 2022 and still strongly backs the idea, arguing that federal court rulings in the Kansas case “almost certainly got it wrong.” Kobach also said a key issue in the legal challenge — people being unable to fix problems with their registrations within a 90-day window — has probably been solved. “The technological challenge of how quickly can you verify someone’s citizenship is getting easier,” Kobach said. “As time goes on, it will get even easier.” The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Kansas case in 2020. But in August, it split 5-4 in allowing Arizona to continue enforcing its law for voting in state and local elections while a legal challenge goes forward. Seeing the possibility of a different Supreme Court decision in the future, U.S. Rep.-elect Derek Schmidt says states and Congress should pursue proof-of-citizenship requirements. Schmidt was the Kansas attorney general when his state’s law was challenged. “If the same matter arose now and was litigated, the facts would be different,” he said in an interview. But voting rights advocates dismiss the idea that a legal challenge would turn out differently. Mark Johnson, one of the attorneys who fought the Kansas law, said opponents now have a template for a successful court fight. “We know the people we can call,” Johnson said. “We know that we’ve got the expert witnesses. We know how to try things like this.” He predicted “a flurry — a landslide — of litigation against this.” Initially, the Kansas requirement’s impacts seemed to fall most heavily on politically unaffiliated and young voters. As of fall 2013, 57% of the voters blocked from registering were unaffiliated and 40% were under 30. But Fish was in his mid-30s, and six of the nine residents who sued over the Kansas law were 35 or older. Three even produced citizenship documents and still didn’t get registered, according to court documents. “There wasn’t a single one of us that was actually an illegal or had misinterpreted or misrepresented any information or had done anything wrong,” Fish said. He was supposed to produce his birth certificate when he sought to register in 2014 while renewing his Kansas driver’s license at an office in a strip mall in Lawrence. A clerk wouldn’t accept the copy Fish had of his birth certificate. He still doesn’t know where to find the original, having been born on an Air Force base in Illinois that closed in the 1990s. Several of the people joining Fish in the lawsuit were veterans, all born in the U.S., and Fish said he was stunned that they could be prevented from registering. Liz Azore, a senior adviser to the nonpartisan Voting Rights Lab, said millions of Americans haven’t traveled outside the U.S. and don’t have passports that might act as proof of citizenship, or don’t have ready access to their birth certificates. She and other voting rights advocates are skeptical that there are administrative fixes that will make a proof-of-citizenship law run more smoothly today than it did in Kansas a decade ago. “It’s going to cover a lot of people from all walks of life,” Avore said. “It’s going to be disenfranchising large swaths of the country.”
Blues supporters also sang the name of head coach Maresca during the closing stages of an emphatic success sealed by goals from Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer and substitute Jadon Sancho. Bottom club Southampton briefly levelled through Joe Aribo but were a man down from the 39th minute after captain Jack Stephens was sent off for pulling the hair of Marc Cucurella. Chelsea, who have endured an underwhelming period since Todd Boehly’s consortium bought the club in 2022, climbed above Arsenal and into second place on goal difference, seven points behind leaders Liverpool. “It was a very good feeling, especially because you can see that they are happy, that is our target,” Maresca said of the atmosphere in the away end. “We work every day to keep them happy and tonight was a very good feeling, especially the one that they can see that Chelsea’s back. This is an important thing.” Maresca rotated his squad in Hampshire, making seven changes following Sunday’s impressive 3-0 win over Aston Villa. Following a sloppy start, his side, who stretched their unbeaten run to six top-flight games, could easily have won by more as they hit the woodwork three times, in addition to squandering a host of chances. “I’m very happy with the five we scored,” said the Italian. “I’m not happy with the first 15, 20 minutes, where we struggled. The reason why we struggled is because we prepared the game to press them man to man and the first 15, 20 minutes we were not pressing them man to man. “After 15, 20 minutes we adjust that and the game was much better. For sure we could score more but five goals they are enough.” Southampton manager Russell Martin rued a costly “moment of madness” from skipper Stephens. The defender’s ridiculous red card was the headline mistake of a catalogue of errors from the beleaguered south-coast club as they slipped seven points from safety following an 11th defeat of a dismal season. “I don’t think anyone will be as disappointed as Jack,” Martin said of Stephens, who was sent off for the second time this term after tugging the curls of Cucurella as Saints prepared to take a corner. “I haven’t got to sit down and talk with him about that at all. He will be hurt more than anyone and it’s changed the game for us tonight, which is disappointing. “I think they have to describe it as violent conduct; it’s not violent really but there’s no other explanation for that really. It’s a moment of madness that’s really cost us and Jack.” Southampton repeatedly invited pressure with their risky attempts to play out from defence, with goalkeeper Joe Lumley gifting Chelsea their second goal, scored by Nkunku. While Saints were booed off at full-time, Martin, who was missing a host of key players due to injuries and suspensions, praised the effort of his depleted team. “When they see such a big scoreline and a couple of the goals we concede, I understand it (the jeers),” he said. “It’s football, it’s emotive, people feel so much about it, it’s why it’s such a special sport in this country and so big. “I understand it but I feel really proud of the players tonight, some of the football we played at 11 v 11 was amazing. “For an hour with 10 men we’ve dug in so deep, there were some big performances. I’m proud of them for that and I’m grateful for that because that’s not easy in that circumstance.”Until now, Ms Weinstein has been the US firm’s vice president and managing director in the UK and Ireland, having previously worked at Unilever. She said her focus will be on “unlocking AI-powered growth for everyone”, calling the current AI boom a “pivotal” time for the tech giant. Google has joined many of its rivals in launching a string of high-profile generative AI products in recent times, led by the firm’s generative AI-powered assistant, Gemini. “Europe, the Middle East and Africa is an amazingly diverse and varied region, but the enormous growth opportunity that AI can create is universal,” she said. “My focus will be on unlocking that AI-powered growth for everyone – users, businesses, partners and governments across every part of the region. “I’m excited to be stepping into this role at a pivotal time, in a company where I’ve spent the last ten years and leading a region where I’ve spent much of my life.” Google employs more than 29,000 people across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with 56 offices across 35 countries in those regions working on many of the firm’s largest products, including its search engine, the Android mobile operating system and its Chrome web browser. Its AI research arm, at Google DeepMind, is also led from London. Philipp Schindler, Google senior vice president and chief business officer, said: “This is the AI era and we are only just beginning to see its transformative impact on business and society. “In such a pivotal moment for technology, I’m thrilled we’ve appointed a visionary leader to be our President of Google EMEA. “Debbie brings a track record of unlocking growth that benefits everyone, alongside the passion and focus needed to help our customers succeed, as we bring the best of Google’s Gemini-era to everyone across EMEA.”Jeju Air shares hit record low after a deadly plane crash in South Korea. The crash occurred amid political turmoil with three presidents in a month in South Korea. Political uncertainty has increased market volatility in South Korea. Shares of South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air hit their lowest level on record following a plane crash over the weekend. On Sunday, a Jeju Air plane traveling from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport crashed at a South Korean airport crashed, killing 179 people. It was carrying 181 passengers and crew members. Jeju Air's stock slumped as much 16% and was 8% lower at 12:23 p.m. local time on Monday. The stock of AK Holdings, the airline's parent company, fell as much as 12%. The decline in Jeju Air shares comes on the back of a choppy month in South Korea's stock market amid political uncertainty. The country has been led by three presidents in a month following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol and acting president Han Duck-soo. Deputy prime minister and finance minister Choi Sang-mok became the country's acting president on Friday. The turmoil came after Yoon declared martial law — which lasted six hours — earlier this month. Han was impeached by the opposition after he refused to appoint three judges to fill the nine-member Constitutional Court, which will rule on Yoon's removal from office. The political uncertainty could persist. "If Choi Sang-Mok does not approve the three new justices for the Constitutional Court, it is likely that the Democratic Party will also try to impeach him," wrote independent analyst Douglas Kim, who publishes on the Smartkarma platform, on Saturday. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index was up 0.4% at 12:23 p.m. local time. It is down about 9% year-to-date. "Due to the high levels of political uncertainty, it appears that many participants are sitting on the sidelines, not wanting to commit too much on the Korean markets," added Kim, who expects trading in South Korea's markets to remain "highly volatile" in January.
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Blues supporters also sang the name of head coach Maresca during the closing stages of an emphatic success sealed by goals from Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer and substitute Jadon Sancho. Bottom club Southampton briefly levelled through Joe Aribo but were a man down from the 39th minute after captain Jack Stephens was sent off for pulling the hair of Marc Cucurella. Chelsea, who have endured an underwhelming period since Todd Boehly’s consortium bought the club in 2022, climbed above Arsenal and into second place on goal difference, seven points behind leaders Liverpool. “It was a very good feeling, especially because you can see that they are happy, that is our target,” Maresca said of the atmosphere in the away end. “We work every day to keep them happy and tonight was a very good feeling, especially the one that they can see that Chelsea’s back. This is an important thing.” Maresca rotated his squad in Hampshire, making seven changes following Sunday’s impressive 3-0 win over Aston Villa. Following a sloppy start, his side, who stretched their unbeaten run to six top-flight games, could easily have won by more as they hit the woodwork three times, in addition to squandering a host of chances. “I’m very happy with the five we scored,” said the Italian. “I’m not happy with the first 15, 20 minutes, where we struggled. The reason why we struggled is because we prepared the game to press them man to man and the first 15, 20 minutes we were not pressing them man to man. “After 15, 20 minutes we adjust that and the game was much better. For sure we could score more but five goals they are enough.” Southampton manager Russell Martin rued a costly “moment of madness” from skipper Stephens. The defender’s ridiculous red card was the headline mistake of a catalogue of errors from the beleaguered south-coast club as they slipped seven points from safety following an 11th defeat of a dismal season. “I don’t think anyone will be as disappointed as Jack,” Martin said of Stephens, who was sent off for the second time this term after tugging the curls of Cucurella as Saints prepared to take a corner. “I haven’t got to sit down and talk with him about that at all. He will be hurt more than anyone and it’s changed the game for us tonight, which is disappointing. “I think they have to describe it as violent conduct; it’s not violent really but there’s no other explanation for that really. It’s a moment of madness that’s really cost us and Jack.” Southampton repeatedly invited pressure with their risky attempts to play out from defence, with goalkeeper Joe Lumley gifting Chelsea their second goal, scored by Nkunku. While Saints were booed off at full-time, Martin, who was missing a host of key players due to injuries and suspensions, praised the effort of his depleted team. “When they see such a big scoreline and a couple of the goals we concede, I understand it (the jeers),” he said. “It’s football, it’s emotive, people feel so much about it, it’s why it’s such a special sport in this country and so big. “I understand it but I feel really proud of the players tonight, some of the football we played at 11 v 11 was amazing. “For an hour with 10 men we’ve dug in so deep, there were some big performances. I’m proud of them for that and I’m grateful for that because that’s not easy in that circumstance.”Can sharing a good meal bring people together? 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Russian state-controlled international news network RT shared a post from podcast/radio talk show host Charlie Kirk, where he offered an "apology" to the Russian people earlier this week and suggested, "Very few Americans want war with you." Kirk was just one of several podcasters and online celebrities who offered similar requests for forgiveness from Russia with some even offering their apologies directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kirk also maintained, "The people obsessed with fighting you forever are a minority—and they're on their way out of power. We want peace." These posts began soon after Putin announced changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine, and set out new conditions under which it would consider employing nuclear weapons. The new doctrine says that an attack from a non-nuclear state if backed by a nuclear power, would be treated as a joint assault on Russia. It was first proposed in September but made official on Tuesday, which also marked the 1,000th day of the war with Ukraine. In addition to merely rattling sabers, the Kremlin also employed an intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Wednesday, marking the first time such a weapon has been used in combat. These moves followed Washington's decision a day earlier that would allow Ukraine to fire long-range American-made missiles in Russia. Russian Disinformation Campaign On Social Media Even as few Americans—or even anyone in the world—would like to see a nuclear confrontation unfold, the personalities have gone even further, suggesting most Americans don't support Ukraine either. This commentary has appeared largely on X—the social media platform formerly known as Twitter—but it isn't limited to the United States, and is now coming from other NATO countries, notably from accounts that were only created in recent months. Many seem to be highly pro-Moscow. "This tracks with how a disinformation campaign would operate," warned Dr. Matthew Schmidt, associate professor of National Security and Political Science at the University of New Haven. "The Dnipro attack was aimed more at Western populations who are irrationally afraid of Russia attacking them. Creating unverifiable 'apologies' and claiming equally unverifiable numbers of those apologies is in turn airmen at the Russian public, to stoke the widespread belief that the U.S./UK are the puppet masters of war against Russians via Ukraine," said Schmidt. "In this way, the missile attack served as a pretext for an information op that targeted both Putin's enemy and his own public." Support For Russia Is Still Real While online personalities like Charlie Kirk and Jackson Hinkle have maintained pro-Moscow leanings for much of their careers, they have received a significant boost on what was Twitter after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk obtained the platform two years ago. They are far from alone. It was in September that news broke that several well-known personalities —including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson—were secretly funded by Russian state media employees to churn out English-language videos that were "consistent" with Moscow's views. "Several things made these influencers more potent," said geopolitical analyst Irina Tsukerman, president of Scarab Rising. "Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter/X and active boosting of their accounts, including his retweets or praises; and the involvement of celebrities with huge audiences such as Joe Rogan the podcaster, Kanye West—who has also traveled to Russia—and even politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who boost both the narratives and the accounts, giving far more exposure to these narratives, normalizing them among regular users." That in turn has given credibility and amplified the voices of their lesser-known activist counterparts. "But this entire process has been systematic and ongoing for years; Russia, its oligarchs, and assorted fellow travelers put in financial resources in setting up troll factories in the U.S.—amplifying unknown voices via algorithms, and courting politicians and other well-known figures who amplified the narratives which in turn gave credibility to otherwise unappealing or unknown activists," cautioned Tsukerman. From the Fringes While we're seeing the pro-Russian messages on social media this week, social media has allowed those with beliefs that were once considered on the fringe to find a wider audience. "All these influencers effectively jumped on anti-woke narratives, post-Covid government distrust, increased polarization and isolationism among both parties, and anti-war movements among libertarians and others, and hijacked and amplified issues of trust in authorities, media, experts, big pharma, biotech, and general concern about corruption," added Tsukerman. "That appealed to even those who were not otherwise sympathetic to corruption, and effectively courting different interest groups and demographics by exploiting inherent vulnerabilities that were otherwise not being heard or addressed by mainstream institutions."The will conclude with a winner-take-all matchup that will determine the path of the NFC playoffs. The league on Sunday night announced the Week 18 schedule, which will wrap up with the hosting the for the NFC North title and the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. The Lions (13-2), who still must play Monday night against the , beat the Vikings (14-2) in , but the rematch will determine the all-important home-field advantage and first-round bye, with the loser being bumped all the way to the No. 5 seed. Saturday will also resolve the AFC North crown, with the hosting the in the afternoon and the , for a wild-card spot, taking on the . Here's the full schedule: Saturday, Jan. 4 Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens, 4:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN Sunday, Jan. 5 New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. ET, CBS Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots, 1 p.m. ET, CBS Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. ET, CBS Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m. ET, CBS Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m. ET, FOX Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m. ET, FOX Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. ET, FOX New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. ET, FOX Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m., CBS Miami Dolphins at New York Jets, 4:25 p.m., CBS San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m., CBS Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m., CBS Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC
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