Elon Musk
Where Things Stand: Elon Airs His Regrets
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04.12.23 | 6:27 pm

The world’s second richest man has been having a really “painful” time running Twitter, the once-handy and dare I say functional social media platform that has become completely unusable since his takeover.

Elon Musk also admitted that he only went through with the $44 billion purchase because a judge was about to force him to buy it.

In a wide-ranging interview with BBC, the billionaire addressed a number of issues that have been plaguing his image and his social media platform in recent months as he’s instituted mass layoffs and claimed he’s wiping the website of bots and fake news, while deplatforming journalists and trusted media organizations.

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Where Things Stand: One Attention Seeker Meets With Another Attention Seeker
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01.26.23 | 6:55 pm

Would love to be a fly on the wall for this bro-fest.

The one attention-seeker who debased himself on the House floor for an entire week in order to get his new job wanted to show the other attention-seeker, who pretended to want to buy Twitter to own the libs and then actually had to buy it, his new office.

According to several reports from the Hill it seems that Elon Musk met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) today. McCarthy claims that the meeting was just a couple of old pals broing out on his birthday.

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You’re Doing Great, Elon!
INSIDE: RNC ... COP27 ... ACB
11.07.22 | 7:54 am
Elon Musk’s Trying To Bully Advertisers Into Paying For Twitter Impulse Buy
INSIDE: Bolduc ... Clarence Thomas ... Kash Patel
11.03.22 | 7:49 am
Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes On An Epic Scale
After a year of reporting on the tax machinations of the ultrawealthy, ProPublica spotlights the top tax-avoidance techniques that provide massive benefits to billionaires.
06.24.22 | 9:46 am