Category: Elon Musk

Twitter’s Total Meltdown Over Musk Buyout | Larry Elder

Elon Musk bought Twitter, and Larry Elder hasn’t had this much fun since election night in 2016. The news headlines regarding Musk’s purchase of Twitter even look curiously similar to the media meltdown after Donald Trump became president. Twitter employees say they’re too “in shock to speak” and they feel like they’re “going to throw…


Wall Street Journal Claims ‘Shadow Crew’ of Billionaires Urged Musk to Buy Twitter

Elon Musk responded on May 1 to a report from The Wall Street Journal, based on anonymous sources, that stated the world’s richest man had been persuaded to buy Twitter by a “shadow crew.” Marc Andreessen, general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, shared a screenshot of the story on Twitter, prompting a…


Wall Street Journal Claims ‘Shadow Crew’ of Billionaires Urged Elon Musk to Buy Twitter

Elon Musk responded on May 1 to a report from The Wall Street Journal, based on anonymous sources, that stated the world’s richest man had been persuaded to buy Twitter by a “shadow crew.” Marc Andreessen, general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, shared a screenshot of the story on Twitter, prompting a…


DeSantis Says He Won’t Encourage Twitter to Move to Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not interested in Twitter moving to Florida because it would increase the cost of living for other Floridians, he told reporters on May 2. DeSantis said even though Florida has “done very well, over the last few years” he is only interested in attracting businesses that are “producing things.” “Importing some…


Elon Musk’s Twitter Gambit and What It Means to the ‘Clique in Power’

Commentary Elon Musk’s bid to take over Twitter and turn it into a private company has apparently been successful. Now the real action begins. Musk’s buyout exposes the Big Digital media complex to unwanted and unwonted competition, while threatening to loosen its near-total control of information and opinion. Twitter has represented a vital component in…


Questions for Elon Musk

Commentary The impending acquisition of Twitter by the world’s wealthiest person, Elon Musk, is one of the most improbable developments out of the business world—and, indeed, the political world—in decades. Though a fairly modest percentage of adult Americans use Twitter, at least when compared with more popular social media outlets like Facebook and Instagram, the…


Ignorance and Apathy

Commentary There’s an old joke about a fictitious poll taker who asked people what they thought about ignorance and apathy when it comes to politics and elections. One respondent said, “I don’t know, and I don’t care.” I thought of that joke after seeing a recent YouGov poll. It shows a vast gap between what people…


Tearing Down the Silicon Valley Wall

Commentary Elon Musk has finally managed to buy Twitter. And the moment he did, the enraged Left flipped out. Abruptly leftists began trashing their favorite electronic communications platform as the domain of the nation’s elite, professional classes. Had they just discovered that they had been racists and privileged users all this time? And what happened…


Elon Musk Tells Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ‘Stop Hitting on Me’ After She Takes Swipe at Billionaire on Twitter

Elon Musk told Democratic lawmaker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) to “stop hitting on me” on Friday after she took aim at what she called a “billionaire with an ego problem.” The representative for New York took to Twitter where she took a swipe at a billionaire who she said “controls a massive communication platform” but stopped short…


Facebook Whistleblower Optimistic About Musk’s Twitter Move, Says He Can Take Feedback Better Than Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms Inc Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who leaked Facebook documents last year, has said that she is “cautiously optimistic” about Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter Inc acquisition. During a recent interview, Haugen said that Musk’s plans to take Twitter private could give him the chance to change up the company’s business model and…