Hilton Howell

Hilton Howell is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Gray Television. He also serves as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Atlantic American Corp.

[Ibeto @ibeto_be]

This stadium is literally from the future 🔥

[Dr Manhattva @Manhattva]

Confirmed:

Tom Cruise is a patriot.

[Jaylene🐰 @playmatejaylene]

The first trillionaire in human history

- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders

Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible

Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion

Most people quit when the world laughs at them.

Elon Musk built the future instead.

Love him or hate him…

Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.

Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.

History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.

It will remember the people who did it anyway.

Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀

[Shaun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 @shaunvlog_]

As a Scot in America for the World Cup, I can safely say that the beauty of the South is astounding 🤩

[Vivek Sen @Vivek4real_]

THE NEXT TIME YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING UP, REMEMBER THIS PHOTO OF ELON MUSK.

IT WAS TAKEN AFTER HIS THIRD ROCKET EXPLODED.

HE HAD JUST LOST $100 MILLION OF HIS OWN MONEY. SPACEX WAS WEEKS AWAY FROM BANKRUPTCY. TESLA WAS STRUGGLING. HE WAS SLEEPING ON FRIENDS’ COUCHES.

THE MEDIA CALLED HIM RECKLESS. INVESTORS PULLED BACK. EVERYONE TOLD HIM TO QUIT.

INSTEAD, HE BET EVERYTHING ON ONE FINAL LAUNCH. IF IT FAILED, SPACEX WAS DONE.

THE LAUNCH SUCCEEDED — AND CHANGED HISTORY.

TODAY, SPACEX IS WORTH OVER $1 TRILLION AND DOMINATES THE PRIVATE SPACE INDUSTRY.

MOST PEOPLE QUIT RIGHT BEFORE THEIR BREAKTHROUGH.

ELON KEPT GOING WHEN EVERYTHING WAS AGAINST HIM.

THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND ALMOST SUCCESS.

[Zachary Sisson @ZacharySisson3]

Correct.

The Capital of the world.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 The full story of the downed Apache is even wilder than first reported, and it just revealed a secret U.S. mission...

The Iranian Shahed slammed directly into the helicopter's canopy, and its warhead-packed nose cone burned inside the aircraft without ever exploding.

The pilot ditched into the water fast enough for both crew members to jettison what was left of the canopy and climb out seconds before the $50 million aircraft sank.

The bigger reveal is why it was flying at all.

Trump disclosed the Apache was part of a covert operation running since last month to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, using fighters and helicopters to shield ships from Iranian drones and missiles.

The results: more than 100 million barrels of oil and 200 commercial ships moved through the strait Iran claims to control.

The crew survived a drone to the cockpit by seconds.

The mission they were guarding stayed secret until the day after they hit the water.

Source: Wall Street Journal / Writers: Daniyal, Daniel

[Mahyar Tousi @MahyarTousi]

Reminder: today was the final day of the 60 day ceasefire deadline

[José María de Pablo @chemadepablo]

Si tiene usted 8 minutos, empléelos en ver este video completo. Qué barbaridad.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

The Patrouille de France flying over the Statue of Liberty today. What a symbol. 250 years of shared history.

[dream chaser @kbdawg206_A]

@FreddyLA7 Sky view

[ATLANTA SUPREMACIST @ATLsupremacist]

@FreddyLA7 Literally the greatest city in the world

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Atlanta is so green it’s crazy. It feels like you’re in a forest the whole time.

[Glenn Youngkin @GlennYoungkin]

Eighty-two years ago, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. Among them were the Bedford Boys — 44 men from a small Virginia town of just 3,200 people. Nineteen were killed within the first nine minutes, without ever firing a shot, giving Bedford the highest per capita D-Day loss in the nation.

They gave up their tomorrows for our today. Never Forget the Bedford Boys and all Americans who gave their lives to liberate the world from tyranny and secure the freedoms we cherish as Americans 🇺🇸

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

One of the greatest speeches of the late 20th century, given on the 40th anniversary of one of the most spectacular days in human history.

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

Austin-based podcaster Joe Rogan reportedly being considered for 60 Minutes role. https://t.co/Q3SOtB6qra

[Gray Media @GrayMediaGTN]

"Our newsrooms continue to raise the bar for local journalism, and this recognition is a testament to their dedication," said Gray Chief Operating Officer Sandy Breland. "From investigative reporting to breaking news, our teams are proving every day that strong local journalism drives meaningful change."

[Gray Media @GrayMediaGTN]

Gray Media announced today that 41 of its local television stations earned a combined 93 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in journalism from the Radio Television Digital News Association (@RTDNA). @FOX8NOLA led all Gray stations with nine awards, followed by @wmtv15news with six.

[Gray Media @GrayMediaGTN]

"These awards reflect the tireless work of journalists across Gray who go beyond the headlines to deliver reporting that truly matters to the communities we serve," said Gray Chief Executive Officer @HiltonHowell.  "Every one of these honors represents a real commitment to accountability and public service. I could not be more proud of our stations."

[Newt Gingrich @newtgingrich]

After spending this week reviewing the Iranian war I am now convinced President Trump is on the edge of an historic victory. The real breakthrough for me came as I reviewed President Trump’s decisions and maneuvers not from the standpoint of American unilateralism but from the standpoint of the leader of a remarkable historic coalition, the largest coalition ever put together in the modern Middle East. Everyone understands that Israel is an important ally. What is little discussed is the depth of support from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region. It has to be sobering for the Iranian dictatorship to realize that it does not have a single ally willing to challenge the American naval blockade. Slowly, gradually, timidly, our European allies are lining up to help with the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. A great deal of President Trump’s maneuvers against Iran make sense once he is seen as a coalition leader and not just as a unilateral American President. I spent a lot of the last couple weeks reviewing kinetic options including wining the battle of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and if necessary using the shocking and shattering level of force President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger used against Hanoi and Haiphong in Christmas 1972 (which both leaders believed convinced the North Vietnamese to agree to a truce and the freeing of American POWs). If this were a unilateral American campaign I could enthusiastically support a more aggressive kinetic campaign. However it is also clear it would shatter the coalition because our Arab allies are convinced Iran could still do enormous damage to their oil fields and infrastructure. Coalitions are inherently slower than unilateral campaigns. However coalitions ultimately bring vastly more power to the fight. I am as frustrated as everyone else by the pace of talking with the dictatorship but having reviewed the correlation of forces and the options available to the coalition on one side and the Iranian religiously motivated dictatorship on the other I am prepared to assert that President Trump’s coalition leadership (something almost none of his critics want to acknowledge) is within reach of an enormous historic victory. And if the Iranian dictatorship ultimately proves it is hopelessly committed to a suicidal position there will be plenty of time for a kinetic campaign of enormous power and effectiveness. Either way we are on the edge of an astonishing victory for our values and for a safer Middle East.