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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fyre Festival's McFarland courts MAGA ahead of new business launch
By Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is heading to MAGA-friendly television to pitch his next eyebrow-raising business. And curiously, the disgraced former owner of the Fyre Festival brand isn't offering many details about what it is. McFarland teased his next dubious product during the first episode of a brand new show, Real America's Pop Culture, a project of the MAGA-friendly Real America's Voice (RAV) hosted by Adrienne Gray. McFarland described his forthcoming venture as one that 'has more viability and fits better with [his] skill set than trying to do a festival.' 'We've built a new tech product,' he said. After the disaster of the first Fyre Festival, McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison in 2018 for defrauding investors out of $26 million along with over $100,000 in additional fraudulent ticket-selling schemes. McFarland agreed to pay back his victims. Along with jail time he was ordered to forfeit the cash. After serving under four years of his six-year sentence, he was released to a halfway house, and was under house arrest until September 2022. Real America's Pop Culture debuts on RAV Saturday at 7:00 PM EST, and the maiden episode was reviewed exclusively by the Daily Mail. Some of RAV's current big-name broadcasts include Steve Bannon's War Room, Jack Posobiec's Human Events Daily, and The Charlie Kirk Show. McFarland sold the intellectual property rights to Fyre Festival brand on ebay this week for a measly $245k, which he described as 'so low' while live-streaming the internet auction. The Fyre Festival founder described the sale to Gray as a way to put a 'bow on the chapter of Fyre' which would then allow him to 'move on' and reveal his next move that he's been 'working on' which he will be 'announcing this summer.' Gray, a 36 year old mother of two young boys who lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area, told the Daily Mail that her vision is to 'create a show where we have an intersection of politics and pop culture.' Covering popular culture is a new venture for the conservative RAV network, and Real America's Pop Culture is planned to be the first show in an entirely new division called Real America's Music. 'I think about the show as ... my girlfriends group chat. It's the top headlines of the day in politics and the top, you know, headlines in pop culture,' Gray told the Daily Mail. The show aims to bridge the gap between diverse personalities in American pop culture while engaging conservative audiences who care about music, movies, and entertainment as much as their liberal counterparts but have been abandoned by the left. Asked by the Daily Mail who her dream show guest is, Gray replied, 'obviously Trump. He's the pop culture president.' Back in July of 2024, Rolling Stone reported that the Fyre Festival founder was acting as an intermediary between rappers and the Trump campaign, adding that 'McFarland has helped connect rappers with Trump at least twice.' McFarland also posted a photo with Trump on President's birthday in 2024. As the former host of The Apprentice for its first 14 seasons, Trump has spent more time in the pop culture spotlight than the political one. Gray told the Daily Mail that the Trump era seems like the ideal time for conservatives to reclaim pop culture, and that the creation of content such as her show may even help the right politically in bridging the gap the problematic demographics, including suburban women and young voters in Generation Z. The show is not explicitly political despite it's home at RAV, and Gray plans to interview progressives and liberals as well as MAGA friendly celebrities. Real America's Pop Culture can be viewed on streaming platforms including Rumble, YouTube, and Roku TV starting Saturday evening.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Fyre Festival's McFarland courts MAGA ahead of launch of mysterious new business venture
Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is heading to MAGA-friendly television to pitch his next eyebrow-raising business. And curiously, the disgraced former owner of the Fyre Festival brand isn't offering many details about what it is. McFarland teased his next dubious product during the first episode of a brand new show, Real America's Pop Culture, a project of the MAGA-friendly Real America's Voice (RAV) hosted by Adrienne Gray. McFarland described his forthcoming venture as one that 'has more viability and fits better with [his] skill set than trying to do a festival.' 'We've built a new tech product,' he said. After the disaster of the first Fyre Festival, McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison in 2018 for defrauding investors out of $26 million along with over $100,000 in additional fraudulent ticket-selling schemes. McFarland agreed to pay back his victims. Along with jail time he was ordered to forfeit the cash. After serving under four years of his six-year sentence, he was released to a halfway house, and was under house arrest until September 2022. Real America's Pop Culture debuts on RAV Saturday at 7:00 PM EST, and the maiden episode was reviewed exclusively by the Daily Mail. Some of RAV's current big-name broadcasts include Steve Bannon 's War Room, Jack Posobiec's Human Events Daily, and The Charlie Kirk Show. McFarland sold the intellectual property rights to Fyre Festival brand on ebay this week for a measly $245k, which he described as 'so low' while live-streaming the internet auction. The Fyre Festival founder described the sale to Gray as a way to put a 'bow on the chapter of Fyre' which would then allow him to 'move on' and reveal his next move that he's been 'working on' which he will be 'announcing this summer.' Gray, a 36 year old mother of two young boys who lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area, told the Daily Mail that her vision is to 'create a show where we have an intersection of politics and pop culture.' Covering popular culture is a new venture for the conservative RAV network, and Real America's Pop Culture is planned to be the first show in an entirely new division called Real America's Music. 'I think about the show as ... my girlfriends group chat. It's the top headlines of the day in politics and the top, you know, headlines in pop culture,' Gray told the Daily Mail. The show aims to bridge the gap between diverse personalities in American pop culture while engaging conservative audiences who care about music, movies, and entertainment as much as their liberal counterparts but have been abandoned by the left. Asked by the Daily Mail who her dream show guest is, Gray replied, 'obviously Trump. He's the pop culture president.' Back in July of 2024, Rolling Stone reported that the Fyre Festival founder was acting as an intermediary between rappers and the Trump campaign, adding that 'McFarland has helped connect rappers with Trump at least twice.' McFarland also posted a photo with Trump on President's birthday in 2024. As the former host of The Apprentice for its first 14 seasons, Trump has spent more time in the pop culture spotlight than the political one. Gray told the Daily Mail that the Trump era seems like the ideal time for conservatives to reclaim pop culture, and that the creation of content such as her show may even help the right politically in bridging the gap the problematic demographics, including suburban women and young voters in Generation Z. The show is not explicitly political despite it's home at RAV, and Gray plans to interview progressives and liberals as well as MAGA friendly celebrities.
Russia Today
5 days ago
- Business
- Russia Today
Trump to warn more than 150 nations of new tariffs
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to notify more than 150 countries that they could soon face new tariff rates of 10% or 15%. Trump has overhauled US trade policy since returning to office in January, imposing sweeping tariffs to protect domestic industry. His 'Liberation Day' package on April 2 introduced a blanket 10% levy on nearly all imports, alongside steeper rates for goods from key partners including China, Mexico, Canada, and the EU. Additional duties on steel, aluminum, and vehicles have pushed average tariffs to historic highs. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said, 'We'll have well over 150 countries that we're just going to send a notice of payment out, and the notice will state what the tariff rate is going to be.' He added that the same rate would apply across the group, noting that most of the countries were 'not big' and 'don't do that much business' with the US. Later on Wednesday, Trump clarified in an interview with the Real America's Voice broadcaster that the proposed tariff rate would 'probably be 10 or 15%,' although a final decision has not yet been made. The move follows a series of aggressive tariff announcements by Trump, who in recent days has launched a wave of trade threats warning that new duties will take effect on August 1 unless trade partners negotiate improved terms with Washington. Notices were reportedly sent to more than 150 countries, extending a prior July 9 deadline by three weeks and setting off a scramble among affected nations to avoid the impending levies. US industrial activity has slowed since the reinstatement of sweeping tariffs, and reports from the Institute for Supply Management have cited weaker manufacturing and recurring supply chain bottlenecks. According to a survey, companies are in survival mode, absorbing rising costs rather than passing them on. Meanwhile, markets have increasingly discounted Trump's tough rhetoric after past tariff threats were softened following market volatility. Internal pressure reportedly grew from Treasury and Commerce officials, concerned that the bond market could destabilize if tariffs persisted.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Eyes Tariff Rate of 10% or 15% for More Than 150 Countries
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he would send letters to more than 150 countries notifying them of tariff rates and that the levies imposed could be 10% or 15% as he forges ahead with his trade agenda. The Dutch Intersection Is Coming to Save Your Life Advocates Fear US Agents Are Using 'Wellness Checks' on Children as a Prelude to Arrests LA Homelessness Drops for Second Year Manhattan, Chicago Murder Rates Drop in 2025, Officials Say 'We'll have well, over 150 countries that we're just going to send a notice of payment out, and the notice of payment is going to say what the tariff' rate will be, Trump told reporters on Wednesday at the White House. 'It's all going to be the same for everyone, for that group,' Trump added, saying that the trading partners that would receive those letters were 'not big countries, and they don't do that much business.' In an interview with Real America's Voice broadcast later on Wednesday, Trump said the rate would 'be probably 10 or 15%, we haven't decided yet.' Trump in recent days has unleashed a barrage of tariff demands, informing other economies of new duties that will kick in on Aug. 1 if they cannot negotiate better terms with the US. The letters extended what was initially a July 9 deadline for another three weeks, setting off a frantic dash for trading partners looking to avoid higher levies. While Trump and his advisers initially expressed hopes of securing multiple deals, the president has been touting the tariff letters themselves as 'deals' and suggesting that he is uninterested in back-and-forth negotiations. Still, he has left the door open for countries to make agreements that could lower those rates. The rates imposed so far are largely similar to those Trump threatened in April and then quickly paused after market volatility, but the letters have injected further uncertainty into financial markets and surprised partners such as the European Union, which had been hoping to conclude tentative deals with the US. 'We could make a deal possibly with Europe. You know, it's, I'm very indifferent to it,' Trump said in the Real America's Voice interview, suggesting he saw the letter he sent the EU as a deal. Asked in the interview what he believed would happen with Canada, which is facing a 35% tariff on some goods in August, the president said it was 'too soon to say.' (Updates with additional Trump remarks in paragraphs 4, 8-9.) Forget DOGE. Musk Is Suddenly All In on AI How Starbucks' CEO Plans to Tame the Rush-Hour Free-for-All How Hims Became the King of Knockoff Weight-Loss Drugs Thailand's Changing Cannabis Rules Leave Farmers in a Tough Spot The New Third Rail in Silicon Valley: Investing in Chinese AI ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
