Makan Delrahim

Former DOJ Antitrust. married to 1, dad to 3. no official positions here. opinions/ RT aren't mine.

[Hal Singer @halsinger]

The actual combined share in the market that Cruz posited (subscription video on demand) is closer to 45.5 percent. Sarandos gets to the 21 percent figure--incorrectly in my view--by starting with a purported TV Viewing market from Nielsen, which includes all media content regardless of whether it's streamed or consumed on TV, and merely removes YouTube. 2/2

[Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll]

To @CBSEveningNews - Your new show has real promise. Congratulations to @bariweiss and @tonydokoupil for ignoring the petty partisanship that captured and has destroyed 'the dairy barn' for so many decades. Your audience WILL build. Keep going.

Ted Carroll - https://t.co/gNWlWA3NAU

[danawhite @danawhite]

For those of you STARVING for fights the entire @ufc library is up on @paramountplus! Every fight, Ultimate Knockouts, the entire library. Sign up NO MORE PPV it’s as low at $8.99 a month. See you next weekend 👊🏻👊🏻

[Jason Kilar @jasonkilar]

If I was tasked with doing so, I could not think of a more effective way to reduce competition in Hollywood than selling WBD to Netflix

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

You have to love competition. It’s great for artists and for talent.

[Matthew Belloni @MattBelloni]

Some news: Paramount just signed director Jon M. Chu to a big film and TV first-look deal, taking over his arrangement from Warner Bros. Chu will move onto the lot in January. It's another talent get for David Ellison. Wicked studio Universal went after Chu but came up short.

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

This is leadership. Not tolerance of antisemitism, or any kind of hate.

[Christopher Landau @DeputySecState]

The @StateDept has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants. Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.

[Christopher Landau @DeputySecState]

The @StateDept has revoked the US visas for the members of the Bob Vylan band in light of their hateful tirade at Glastonbury, including leading the crowd in death chants. Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

This is not OK! But sadly a natural product of the tolerance for antisemitism creeping in the U.S. and abroad.

[Christopher Landau @DeputySecState]

Enjoyed recording this podcast last week with @americanmoment on our America First diplomacy and foreign policy under @POTUS @RealDonaldTrump and @SecRubio. Focused on migration, the role of social media, and renewed attention toward the Western Hemisphere.

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

@MichaelDell @DellTech What a ride

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

@DavidJUrban @deanjnorris @MichaelChiklis Love it. Got a title for you, “Three Kojaks”

[🇺🇸 Kyle Bass 🇹🇼 @Jkylebass]

Fascinating. Haven’t seen the protests demanding the release of Edan Alexander or Sagui Dekker-Chen from the cowardly Hamas terrorists on October 7th. What a joke. #Israel #Hamas

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

@TheChiefNerd OMG if true.

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

@elonmusk Doge at work

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

Steam is selling a video game that glorifies barbaric violence and terror against Jews. The game allows players to reenact the atrocities of October 7th and to commit acts of violence like beheadings and suicide bombings.

I am calling upon Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve Corporation, to cease the sale of any video game that glorifies antisemitic violence.

[Jonathan Greenblatt @JGreenblattADL]

Yonatan A. Greenblatt, a 21-year-old IDF soldier, died this past weekend after being wounded by Hamas rocket fire. 

We aren’t related, but I will remember him like a family member. 

If we have learned one thing since 10/7, let it be that we all are members of the same family.
https://t.co/5I1qDHcPNG

[David Hookstead @dhookstead]

Angel Reese appeared to elbow Caitlin Clark and then say something when she was down.

Reese also appeared to celebrate a teammate’s cheap shot on Clark.

This isn’t basketball. It’s insanity. Clark is going to get seriously hurt.

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

One of the great movie scenes many can relate to with respect to service these days. My experience at Marriott in CA this week. https://t.co/lXiWPIkjM4

[Makan Delrahim @makandelrahim]

I recall that old TV show where the young actor would say: “What ya talkin ‘bout Willis?”

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Folks, right now, 25 of the largest pharmaceutical companies in America control 70% of the market. This lack of competition drives up prices – making it harder for hardworking American families to access the health care they need.

Today, my Administration is doing something about it. Let me explain:

Hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars are spent on research, discovery, and development of new prescription drugs. And while I firmly believe that the strength of a nation can be measured by the boldness of its science, the quality of its research, and the progress it helps bring forth, I also believe that the folks who paid for the research – you – ought to be able to access and afford the final product.

That's why my Administration is proposing that if a drug made using taxpayer funds is not reasonably available to Americans, the government reserves the right to "march in" and license that drug to another manufacturer who could sell it for less.

This is an important step toward ending Big Pharma price gouging.

It's good for competition.
It's good for our economy.
And it's good for the millions of Americans who can't afford their medications – who know all too well that fine line between dignity and dependence that the price of a prescription drug can draw.