David Mcinotch, who worked at American Gaza aid sites, says Israeli forces repeatedly fired on civilians and sabotaged relief operations. Starving people came hoping for flour or food, only to find themselves turned into targets.
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David Bednar avoids meltdown after Yankees offense erupts late to rally past Blue Jays
David Derrick Jr. and John Aoshima (‘Moana 2’) are set to direct the ‘HELLO KITTY’ movie at Warner Bros.
Releasing in theaters on July 28, 2028.
David Beckham is officially the UK’s first billionaire footballer 💰
That $25M USD MLS expansion clause might go down as the greatest retirement move in football history.
David Duvall feels like such a crotchety old man and just complains and talks negatively about everything and everyone lol
David Tepper’s Appaloosa nearly doubles Amazon stake, adds Sandisk in the first quarter
David Tepper initiated a $179M position in $SNDK last quarter.
He’s one of the most successful macro-driven hedge fund managers alive and made billions buying distressed credit during the financial crisis.
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David Tepper's Appaloosa just filed its latest 13F.
Here are the updated holdings.
DAVID TEPPER JUST DOUBLED HIS AMAZON POSITION AND EXITED EVERY US AIRLINE
Here are their updated largest holdings and every move they made in Q1 2026:
Top 10 holdings:
🥇 Amazon $AMZN: $900M (+98% shares)
🥈 Micron $MU: $562M
🥉 Alphabet $GOOG: $497M
4. Uber $UBER: $456M (+242% shares)
5. Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM: $449M
6. Alibaba $BABA: $435M
7. Vistra $VST: $304M (+114% shares)
8. iShares MSCI South Korea $EWY: $295M
9. NVIDIA $NVDA: $257M
10. NRG Energy $NRG: $253M
New positions:
- Sandisk $SNDK: $179M
Biggest adds:
- Uber $UBER: +242% shares
- Vistra $VST: +114%
- Amazon $AMZN: +98%
- iShares South Korea $EWY: +28%
- Baidu $BIDU: +20%
- Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM: +18%
- Micron $MU: +11%
Biggest trims:
- Deutsche Bank: -92% shares
- Microsoft $MSFT: -82%
- KraneShares China Internet $KWEB: -77%
- $JD: -69%
- Qualcomm $QCOM: -56%
- UnitedHealth $UNH: -55%
- Whirlpool $WHR: -50%
- PDD Holdings: -49%
- Alibaba $BABA: -33%
- L3Harris $LHX: -33%
- AMD $AMD: -32%
- RTX $RTX: -32%
Full exits:
- American Airlines $AAL: $217M
- Owens Corning $OC: $106M
- Mohawk Industries $MHK: $74M
- Micron $MU calls: $71M
- IQVIA $IQV: $63M
- United Airlines $UAL: $52M
- iShares China Large-Cap $FXI: $42M
- Delta Airlines $DAL: $33M
- Goodyear $GT: $22M
The rotation: out of US airlines, China internet, and select industrials. Into Amazon, Uber, Vistra, and South Korea.
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David Rubin served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 2019 to 2022.
In 2020, under his leadership, the Academy launched the “Representation and Inclusion Standards” for Best Picture eligibility. These rules, still in effect, require films to meet at least 2 of 4 diversity criteria involving race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or disability in on-screen roles, creative leadership, or crew.
Rubin publicly backed the changes and helped appoint the task force co-led by producer DeVon Franklin.
He shifted the Oscars from “best movie wins” to race/gender engineering. A film can now be ineligible for the top prize purely for failing demographic quotas, regardless of quality or audience impact.
Instead of focusing purely on talent and storytelling, the Academy under Rubin institutionalized identity preferences.
Oscars prestige and viewership have tanked. Many see it as performative politics over art. Classics with non-diverse casts would be disqualified.
He helped install the DEI machinery that turned awards into checkboxes and accelerated Hollywood’s quality decline.
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