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Elon Musk to Acquire Twitter — Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, for $54.20 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $44 billion.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump will not return to Twitter even as Elon Musk purchases platform, will begin using his own TRUTH Social — Trump said a Musk Twitter takeover would be a positive development, but he will stay with his own platform — Twitter reportedly nearing deal to accept Elon Musk's offer
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter accepts Elon Musk's buyout deal — Twitter's board accepted billionaire Elon Musk's offer to buy the social media company and take it private, the company confirmed. — The announcement ends a weekslong saga Musk kicked off when he offered to buy the company at $54.20 per share, his “best and final.”
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Human rights groups raise hate speech concerns after Musk's takeover of Twitter — Human rights groups on Monday raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter (TWTR.N) and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire after the self-described “free speech absolutist” …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Musk Twitter Could Be a Disaster For MAGA Grifters and Republican Ostriches — With the news that the sale is final, it's time to embrace the schadenfreude. — Liberals on Twitter are not happy about their new overlord. — They are Godwinly concerned that Musk Twitter might signal the end of the American Weimar.
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Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic:
Running Twitter Is Going to Disappoint Elon Musk
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Variety:
FX and The New York Times Announce Elon Musk Exposé Documentary (TV News Roundup)
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Media Matters for America:
Elon Musk's own Twitter use is the biggest sign he's unfit to steer the ship
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Biden officials worry Musk will allow Trump to return to Twitter
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Jordan Boyd / The Federalist:
The Best Thing Elon Musk Could Do With Twitter Is Annihilate It
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Employees Search for Answers as Musk Takeover Becomes Reality
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy warns of impeachment for Biden border official — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) warned that impeachment could be on the table for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a trip to the southern border with other GOP lawmakers.
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Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders Remain Shackled to Donald Trump — In private, they say they know the 2020 election wasn't stolen. But they refuse to say it in public. — 1x — If the revelation that an ambitious politician says one thing to one audience and another to somebody else comes as a shock to you, you might want to get out more.
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
McCarthy dodges questions about audio, Trump and Jan. 6
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Exhilarated’ McConnell said Jan. 6 ‘discredited’ Trump, book says — Hours after a mob ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in a bid to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described himself as “exhilarated” about the potential damage to then-president Donald Trump.
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Pelosi said Obama is ‘jealous’ of Biden, new book reveals — Biden told adviser his administration is ‘more transformative’ than Obama's
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Fox News:
Biden's White House senior adviser called ‘Squad’ members ‘f—ing idiots’: book
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Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Trump pushed Lindsey Graham to tell reporters about how good he is at golf: book
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Mark Meadows' 2,319 text messages reveal Trump's inner circle communications before and after January 6 — Washington (CNN)CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments in since-deleted videos contradict testimony on close ties to Capitol rioter — 'I'm not answering that': Marjorie Taylor Greene testifies at hearing challenging her congressional candidacy — (CNN)Since-deleted videos from Georgia …
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Washington Post:
U.S. restarts diplomatic activity inside Ukraine and pledges more aid — The nomination of Ambassador Bridget Brink follows a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin — President Biden named a new ambassador to Ukraine on Monday after his top diplomat …
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
How US military aid will help Ukrainians during Donbas phase
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Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
Durham's latest: He has hundreds of e-mails between Fusion GPS and reporters — Special Counsel John Durham just filed this motion in response to the efforts of Hillary for America, Fusion GPS, et al. to keep secret (by use of the attorney-client and work product privileges) communications involving Fusion GPS.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Awful Advent of Reactionary Chic — David Brock, the conservative journalistic hit man turned Hillary Clinton acolyte, described how he first became a reactionary in his 2002 book “Blinded by the Right.” He'd arrived at the University of California, Berkeley, at the dawn of the Reagan era …
Washington Post:
Supreme Court lets Thomas Jefferson High School admissions policy stand — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place an admissions system for a prestigious Northern Virginia science and technology high school that administrators said opened the magnet program to a wider socioeconomic range …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Dr. Oz: ‘We cannot move on’ from the 2020 election — Mehmet Oz used former President Donald Trump as a human shield at a Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary debate Monday night. — At the event hosted by ABC27 in Harrisburg, Oz was attacked by his Republican opponents as insufficiently conservative …
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Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Post:
Russia appears to confuse ‘The Sims’ for SIM cards in possible staged assassination attempt — Russian security services on Monday have been accused of staging a Ukrainian assassination attempt by releasing photos of confiscated copies of “The Sims” video games that some speculate were mistaken by Kremlin officers for SIM cards.
New York Times:
Judge Holds Trump in Contempt Over Documents in New York A.G.'s Inquiry — Former President Donald J. Trump was ordered to turn over materials sought by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and will be fined $10,000 per day until he does so. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jolie McCullough / The Texas Tribune:
Melissa Lucio's execution halted by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio's guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated. — Copy link
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Rose L. Thayer / Stars & Stripes:
Body of missing Texas National Guard soldier recovered — AUSTIN, Texas — The body of Spc. Bishop E. Evans was found Monday, three days after the Texas National Guard soldier jumped into the Rio Grande to rescue two migrants trying to cross from Mexico into the Texas city of Eagle Pass, the state's military department reported.
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