Tuesday, June 7th, 2022

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today, we start with Elon Musk threatening to end his $44 billion dollar agreement to buy Twitter, while Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating the platform over reports of how many bots it has. Then, the leader of the Proud Boys and four top lieutenants were indicted for seditious conspiracy, a retired Wisconsin judge was shot and killed in his home last Friday, and President Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act for clean energy. Finally, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived his vote of no confidence in parliament yesterday. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Daily Beast: Elon Musk Threatens to Call Off Twitter Deal, Citing Spam and Bots Texas Tribune: Texas AG Ken Paxton to investigate whether Twitter is understating the number of fake accounts on the platform Washington Post: Proud Boys leader Tarrio, 4 lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy Washington Post: Ex-judge killed in ‘targeted act’ against judicial system, state says Axios: Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for clean energy Washington Post: Boris Johnson survives but is weakened by no-confidence vote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, June 7th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by
0:06.1	Vetch's media.
0:07.1	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Credit Karma.
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0:19.2	We're going to start a little bit on the lighter side today before moving on to
0:29.8	everything else.
0:31.6	Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter after continuing
0:37.4	to accuse the company of refusing to give him information about spam and bought accounts.
0:42.7	His lawyer filed a notice with the SEC that Twitter is in breach of its obligations under
0:47.4	the merger agreement.
0:48.6	However, they conveniently left out that Musk waived his right to do diligence in the
0:53.5	merger agreement, and that this information is exactly what he could have asked for as
0:58.2	part of a very standard due diligence process, which would honestly be more relevant if this
1:03.6	entire thing weren't just like a weird Silicon Valley cry for attention.
1:11.6	Meanwhile, in a situation which I trust is entirely unrelated, Texas Attorney General
1:17.0	Ken Paxton announced yesterday that he is investigating Twitter over their reporting
1:21.8	of how many accounts on the platform are from bots and fake users, saying that the company
1:26.7	is using those numbers to inflate their value and revenue.
1:31.0	Twitter has claimed that bots and fake users comprise less than 5% of their daily active
1:35.3	users, though Paxton is alleging that number is closer to 20%.
1:40.2	A really Ken Paxton may be bringing this energy around to accurately reported numbers when
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