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11. p.s. i googled chris hughes and found this article
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:51 PM
Jan 2025

kind of an interesting / progressive guy it seems


https://www.forbes.com/profile/chris-hughes/

Chris Hughes grew up in small town North Carolina before heading off to Phillips Academy and then Harvard. He met Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz as a freshman at the Ivy League school, and joined the startup as its spokesperson. Internally nicknamed "the Empath," Hughes, who studied history and literature, focused on the site's functionality and user-friendliness instead of coding. In 2007, he left a growing Facebook to join then-senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign as the Director of Online Organizing. He spearheaded my.barackobama.com, a popular social media site for supporters. In 2012, Hughes bought a majority stake in the New Republic, a progressive-leaning magazine that focuses on politics and culture. His attempt to revamp the publication led to mass resignations across the newsroom, and he ultimately sold the magazine in 2016 after years of financial losses. Read Less




Hughes founded a social network for nonprofits called Jumo in 2010 and sold it one year later to publishing company Good. He then purchased the New Republic for $5 million in 2012 and invested another $20 million in the magazine before selling it in 2016. Since then, Hughes has been leading the fight against Facebook while supporting his universal basic income think-tank, Economic Security Project.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mnunez/2019/07/26/how-facebook-cofounder-chris-hughes-made-and-spent-his-fortune/
(more to this article from 2019)



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Ha! Ocelot II Jan 2025 #1
Yep! GreenWave Jan 2025 #2
I gotta say this is the first I've heard of this EYESORE 9001 Jan 2025 #3
It's not true. None of it. JohnnyRingo Jan 2025 #7
Sounds believable to me FoxNewsSucks Jan 2025 #8
And Musk disappeared the creator of Tesla. ananda Jan 2025 #17
Sorry. Slow on the caffeine uptake this morning. EYESORE 9001 Jan 2025 #9
Hannah Arendt is pretty smart Lucky Luciano Jan 2025 #12
Good one! samplegirl Jan 2025 #28
Its a joke ColinC Jan 2025 #19
If truth doesn't matter, The Madcap Jan 2025 #4
Alternate facts do not need to be fact-checked. keithbvadu2 Jan 2025 #5
Not the full history. Just enough to expain his character, or the lack thereof. (old article) usonian Jan 2025 #6
LOL! nt (makes me want to post that on fb! lol) orleans Jan 2025 #10
p.s. i googled chris hughes and found this article orleans Jan 2025 #11
A very interesting life indeed. a kennedy Jan 2025 #20
I posted this on FB a few days ago. I think I will post again to make sure everyone I know sees it. camartinwv Jan 2025 #13
Good enough to spread like butter. Historic NY Jan 2025 #14
A wonderful fun read! chouchou Jan 2025 #15
Fortunately, one can post on Facebook - like here - that it's fake. As long as we can do that, who needs fact-checking. Silent Type Jan 2025 #16
People need to flood moniss Jan 2025 #18
Just asking... OldEurope Jan 2025 #30
They have set the rule that anything at all moniss Jan 2025 #31
It is the truth! WA-03 Democrat Jan 2025 #21
It would be funny, if it wasn't truthy. nt Xipe Totec Jan 2025 #22
The truthiness makes it funny! JoseBalow Jan 2025 #24
haha I forgot about Truthiness! JohnnyRingo Jan 2025 #26
Hilarious! red dog 1 Jan 2025 #23
Joke is Chris Hughes is alive and well IbogaProject Jan 2025 #25
This is how you lie well! Aussie105 Jan 2025 #27
It's believable malaise Jan 2025 #29
We don't need no stinkin' fact-checking! Martin68 Jan 2025 #32
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