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For your time? i havent seen any tweets from your site. are you allowed now and back on or have you chosen not to launch yet? >> were still locked down. twitter has been required that we delete a tweet that they didnt like in order for us to get back on the account. at this point i wouldnt really have expectation that wed be unlocked. they have just accepted musks bid. he isnt in control of the company at this point. were waiting to see what happens. >> dana: how has it affected your business to...

It takes a few months to -- for the whole thing to close. listen, here is the thing. the bottom line is elon taking over twitter from the financial aspect was pretty easy. i knew it, a lot of people didnt believe it. i knew it. this is a problematic company and the shareholders had to except it. it was this or nothing and a 38% premium over the stock price. now the cultural aspect will be interesting. the biggest cultural hurdle, i believe, will be changing exactly what type of content goes on t...

Today that said of americans on social media, 2/3 are on facebook but less than a quarter are on twitter. and i just wonder if the outsize attention given to twitter is more of a media fascination than it is for everyday americans? what do you think about that? >> well, i mean, musk has called it the defacto town square. twitter is a great place to go to listen. not a good place to interact with friends and family but to interact with people in the media, personalities. celebrities, hearing from...

Of that backlog at chinese ports. the lockdown in china that started in mid-march have doubled the number of ships stacked up at chinas largest port waiting for a spot to load. all of this signals more supply chain issues for the u.s. coming over the next few months. in 2020 china actually accounted for the single largest supplier of goods into the u.s. 20% of the imports came from china according to the u.s. trade representatives office. >> dana: a story to watch. thank you, edward. >> bill: we...

Ways. >> dana: this week theyll be on the hill demanding that build back better gets passed. well see how that goes. mark penn and kellyanne conway. good stuff. >> bill: the worlds richest man to the owner of the social media company. elon musk at the helm of twitter in the fall. how it could revive the fight for free speech. the suspect in the murder of a new york mother of two shared a lot of violent videos online. d . digital tools so impressive, you just cant stop. what would you like the po...

Island. that is an aside. listen, there are a lot of people out there who have it in for musk right now. elizabeth warren is one of them. the deal is dangerous for democracy. billionaires like musk play by a different set of rules accumulating power for their own gain. we need a wealth tax and strong rules to hold big tech accountable. aacp and it is a site that banned you and for a site that banned the story on hunter biden being investigated by a federal grand jury. that canceled a former u.s....

Holes in the popular narrative. the way things running up to this point twitter rigged the system that you can only promote the popular narrative. if you try to make jokes about it you are accused of hate speech or misinformation or nefarious for whats really censorship. content moderation is censorship of views and opinions they dont like. musk wants to open that up and say people are allowed to have differences of opinion. its necessary for people to have differences of opinion and be able to ...

Out there and my guess is if they dont want -- if they dont want to work at twitter, he will probably just move to texas and he will find programmers from the university of texas-austin to do what needs to be done with twitter. i dont think they have much of a choice in this to be honest with you. >> dana: do you think youll see any policy change in the next couple weeks like how it will look different in the next month or so? >> technically or legally he does not have that type of authority rig...

>> bill: good luck, sheriff. a resurgence of covid prompting new lockdowns in shanghai and why it could cause major repercussions at home. elon musk twitter takeover drawing intense backlash from the left. whats behind that you ask and what it says about the future of our political discourse. >> the left doesnt want you to speak. if you dont agree with them you arent allowed to talk. if you try theyll attack you and try to cancel you. that all changes today with elon musk now owning twitter. see...

Morning. thanks for joining us. >> any time. >> dana: much moreon elon musks takeover on twitter with the babylonby ceo. their locked out account over a controversial tweet was the impetus for musks buy-out. >> bill: we have this. inflation out of control under president biden. experts fear new developments overseas could make things even worse. >> dana: crews have recovered the body of a national guard soldier who died saving migrants from drowning. how his family is remembering him. >> the eve...