Tag: Twitter

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…


MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Rejoins Twitter, Suspended Again Hours Later

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announced that he rejoined Twitter Sunday after his account was banned last year, but he was quickly reported and banned from the platform. “Hello, everyone at Twitter. This is Mike Lindell,” Lindell said in a Twitter video published on Sunday. “I’m here to tell you about my new account here, @MikeJLindell. That’s…


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…


Jack Dorsey Says This Was His ‘Biggest Failing’ at Twitter

Twitter, Inc.’s co-founder Jack Dorsey, who gave up his chief executive officer role at the social media platform late last year, shared his insights into what it would take to reinvigorate the platform. Owning Up Responsibility: Twitter has always tried to do its best, given the information it had, Dorsey said in a series of…


Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase and the Liberal Meltdown

Elon Musk has successfully purchased Twitter for $44 billion with the intent of unlocking its free speech potential. Rather than celebrating the free market and capitalism for a transaction that may preserve free speech, many on the Left had a total meltdown, from MSNBC to CNN to The View, who paint Musk to be the…