Elon Musk is 'talking to private equity
investors to partner with him on an increased
bid for Twitter' after board adopted a
dramatic 'poison pill' defense to thwart
his $43B hostile takeover
Posted By: Imright, 4/15/2022 9:45:30 PM
Elon Musk is talking with potential partners about joining him in a bid to wrestle control of Twitter, after the board poured cold water on his $43 billion offer and instead opted to take 'a poison pill'.Musk, 50, told the board on Wednesday he wanted to buy the social media company, in which he has a 9.1 percent share.On Thursday, the CEO, Parag Agrawal, told staff that they were still weighing up Musk's offer.But on Friday, Twitter's board announced the dramatic 'poison pill plan' to prevent Musk from increasing his stake in the company further.
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On April 8, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed two bills into law that caught the attention of the Biden White House.The first bill she signed requires students to use bathrooms appropriate for their biological sex, and the second bill makes it a felony for doctors to perform “gender reassignment” therapy or surgery on minors. In her signing statement, Ivey affirmed: I believe very strongly that if the Good Lord made you a boy, you are a boy, and if he made you a girl, you are a girl. We should especially protect our children from these radical, life-altering drugs and surgeries when they are at such a vulnerable
Twitter announced that they would be pulling a “poison pill” effort to defend against Elon Musk’s effort to buy Twitter. That move wasn’t in the best interests of the shareholders and could subject them to lawsuits.Musk said he had a “Plan B,” if Twitter tried to cut off his effort.According to reports, Musk is now securing partners to go in with him on the buy. So if he is limited in the percentages he can buy, he can try to circumvent that limitation by having partners buy up to the maximum as well At the same time, there was a report that the SEC and the DOJ were looking into
The CryptoTRUMP Club has officially announced its second line of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that has the support of former First Lady Melania Trump, and will provide exclusive access to a list of MAGA influencers.The tokens, which will feature former President Donald Trump in a variety of different outfits are “rare, one-of-a-kind images” that will be “found exclusively on DeepRedSky, the premium free-speech focused NFT marketplace.”According to information released on the launch, purchasing one of the NFTs will come with additional benefits, such as the ability to talk with popular MAGA influencers Rogan O’Handley, Grant Godwin, David Harris Jr., and Erin Elmore via Discord.
Here’s What Happened Yesterday When
J6 Defendant Dustin Thompson Was Found
Guilty in a DC Court 4 replies
J6 Defendant Dustin Thompson Was Found
Guilty in a DC Court 4 replies
January 6 protester Dustin Thompson was found guilty on Thursday of a felony and several misdemeanors.After Dustin Thompson’s guilty verdict was read, he was removed from the courtroom in shackles, with little objection from his attorney. It wasn’t expected that he’d be ordered detained like this before sentencing.As two older security guards removed his belt, ring, and personal items from his pockets, Judge Reggie Walton said in a harsh tone that Thompson was “weak-minded.”
Russia is willing to use nuclear weapons to bring a catastrophic end to its invasion of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky warned tonight - as he urged the world to 'prepare' for the worst by stocking up on anti-radiation medicine and building air raid shelters. The comedian-turned-war time leader made the doomsday warning during an interview with national media, before sharing the clip via his Telegram channel.He made a similar announcement on Friday, when he said it could not be ruled out that desperate Russian dictator Vladimir Putin would use tactical nukes, as his war against Ukraine continues to stall.
The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 math textbooks from its curriculum on Friday, saying the books were an attempt to 'indoctrinate' students - with more than half of them banned for referencing Critical Race Theory (CRT).
The agency tossed out 41 percent of the 132 math textbooks submitted for next year's curriculum because they were not 'aligned with Florida standards or included prohibited topics and unsolicited strategies,' the DOE said in a statement on Friday. 'Reasons for rejecting textbooks included references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics,'
A New Jersey city employee, 23, who was run over in a road rage attack while attempting to record a car's license plate after a crash, is slowly recovering from severe injuries including a broken spine.Morgan Scott was also left with a broken leg and ribs, and severed liver after Vincent Jean allegedly mowed her down three times in Elizabeth, New Jersey on Tuesday.Jean, 56, was arrested after his Mitsubishi SUV was caught on camera ramming into Scott several times. He is charged with first-degree attempted murder and third-degree assault by auto.Scott's family has since set up a GoFundMe
The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, who on Wednesday launched a bid to buy Twitter, has responded to a tweet of his own that itself is more than four years old in which he shared his passion for the social media platform.'I love Twitter', Musk declared in a December 2017 tweet.'How much is it?', he responded minutes later. The tweet, almost certainly forgotten about by all except Musk, received a follow-up response from the billionaire on Friday night with an upside down smiley emoji. (Tweets)
A Professor Was Punished For Refusing
To Use Preferred Pronouns. He Sued And
Just Settled For $400K. 13 replies
To Use Preferred Pronouns. He Sued And
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A Shawnee State University professor who refused to use the preferred pronouns of a male student who identifies as female has settled with his employer for $400,000 and an agreement that he will never be forced to use pronouns.Shawnee philosophy professor Nicholas Meriwether refused to address a male student who identifies as female by the student’s preferred pronouns, instead referring to the student as “sir,” saying that his evangelical Christian beliefs were behind his actions.“To accede to these demands would have required Dr. Meriwether to communicate views regarding gender identity that he does not hold, that he does not wish to communicate,
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Pays Middle School Students $2,000 to
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ROME, Italy — Pope Francis accused the West of racism Friday, insisting migrants are “subdivided” by skin color and country of origin.“Refugees are subdivided,” the pontiff declared during a lengthy Good Friday interview on Italian television. “There’s first class, second class, skin color, [whether] they come from a developed country [or] one that is not developed.”“We are racists, we are racists. And this is bad,” the pope stated. As he has done on other occasions, Francis compared the current problem of migrants and refugees to the flight into Egypt of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus when King Herod was seeking to kill him.
Abigail Disney inherited her fortune from her famous family, which built an empire on selling the public an idealized version of Main Street, USA. Now the left-wing heiress is trashing the same ideal in a new documentary in which she calls the American Dream a “nightmare” for most people.The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, which premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival, examines the pay gap of Disney employees — focusing on wage earners, or “cast members,” at Disneyland, some of whom say they are unable to afford sufficient food on their pay.
The New York Times published an op-ed Friday that proposes eliminating belief in God — as one of the holiest weekends of the year begins. Titled “In This Time of War, I Propose We Give Up God,” the article claims that God is responsible for “war and violence” and for “oppression and suffering,” and suggests that people stop teaching children about Him. Author Shalom Auslander, who is disillusioned about his upbringing in a religious Jewish community in New York, argues (original emphasis): God, it seems, paints with a wide brush. He paints with a roller. In Egypt, said our rabbi, he even killed first-born cattle.
The Biden administration announced Friday that it would resume selling new oil and gas leases on federal lands – while hiking royalties that go the public when selling leases for extracting fossil fuel reserves in nine states.The Interior Department announced the news Friday afternoon – Good Friday and the start of Passover while Biden is away at Camp David, in a sign of the political sensitivity of the issue. It comes amid successive reports of soaring inflation, although the administration has stressed repeatedly that decisions on leasing primarily impact long-term, rather than short-term supply, and has called on companies to explore for oil and gas on existing leases.
During an interview with “Pod Save America” on Thursday released on Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that canceling student loan debt is “on the table” and high costs are “an important thing to consider. That’s a big part of the consideration.”Psaki responded to a question [relevant exchange begins around 1:00:55] on whether taking executive action on student loan debt cancelation is still on the table by stating, “Yes, still on the table. … So, as you said, it ends August 31. We have to then decide whether it’s extended and what you look at is, even though the economy’s very strong, we created
Sean Penn: ‘I’m Now Thinking About Taking Up Arms Against Russia’
Actor Sean Penn may go to Ukraine to fight Russian forces.
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[Video] Biden Does It Again – Falsely
Claims He Was A ‘Full Professor’ At
Ivy League University 25 replies
Claims He Was A ‘Full Professor’ At
Ivy League University 25 replies
Another day, another instance of President Joe Biden making stuff up, and another reason for Americans to be mortified. No, folks, this isn’t some sort of nightmare you’re in, one that you can’t wake up from. This is really happening.
During an appearance yesterday at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University in Greensboro, Biden gave a speech about the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). As is so often the case with the president, he went off-script again and just totally lied about his past.
New York Times columnist and – we’re constantly reminded – Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman says that inflation, which hit another new high this month, will soon abate. Why? Because, he wrote on Tuesday, “Lumber prices have plunged in recent weeks. Prices of industrial metals such as copper are coming down. Prices of used cars are still very high, but their surge has stalled and they may have peaked.”
Oh, wait. That was from a column that Krugman wrote in June 2021. [snip] What Krugman actually wrote this Tuesday was that “inflation will probably fall significantly over the next few months.”
Why? Because, he now says, oil prices have moderated and retailers are
Houston, we have a problem. Let me rephrase that: America, the left-wing sockpuppet media has a problem — a problem that has now reached Planet Looney Tunes levels of panicked hysteria.
The best part of all? The histrionics have also reached pay-per-view quality level, but it’s all free!
The latest unintentional comedian was none other than MSNBC anchor Katy Tur, who has been making a fool out of herself for years. Tur’s effort came on Thursday, as the left’s meltdown continued, first over Elon Musk acquiring 9.2 percent of Twitter, then reaching cataclysmic proportions when Musk announced a hostile takeover bid of the social media giant known for censoring conservative content
There’s a new Kennedy in town!
Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, is celebrating after the birth of her first grandchild, The Post can reveal.Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg — Caroline’s daughter with designer Edwin Schlossberg — was spotted Thursday carrying her newborn in Manhattan.(Photos) Tatiana, 31, wed her Yale sweetheart Dr. George Moran, 32, in September 2017. The ceremony was held in the garden of her late grandmother Jackie’s summer home on Martha’s Vineyard.Tatiana is the middle of three children: Her sister Rose, 33, is a filmmaker, and brother Jack, 29, recently graduated from Harvard Law and Harvard Business School.
Charles Murray just can’t help himself; he’s been a social scientist and prolific author for almost 40 years, writing books on the American experience and societal issues. Now he is back in the mix with a book, Facing Reality: Two Truths About Race in America (Encounter Books 2021), that follows up on the book he wrote with Richard Hernnstein, The Bell Curve (1994). That magnificent work blew the top off of racial debates in America by its in-depth analysis of racial cognitive ability (IQ) differences and socio-economic mobility of Americans and factors that are associated with success in life.
Former Atlanta mayor Bottoms says she
was turned away from steakhouse for wearing leggings 22 replies
was turned away from steakhouse for wearing leggings 22 replies
Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she was denied entry to an upscale steakhouse due to her attire Friday. Ms. Bottoms tweeted that she should be able to wear “mall” attire because the Capital Grille restaurant she visited is located at the Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, Georgia. “Asked if I could sit in the bar area and was told, ‘No.’. Rules are the rules, just wonder if the woman who came in immediately after me, who I did not see come back out, was also denied service,” she wrote. Ms. Bottoms’ clothing violated the restaurant’s dress code, according to its website. “For the comfort of all guests