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The US government is considering a national security review of Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter acquisition, report says. If it happens, Biden could ultimately kill the deal.
President Biden has the ability to cancel the Twitter deal if it's subject to a national security review. Elon Musk has tried to back out of the deal.www.businessinsider.com
Biden calls for federal investigation of Elon Musk over ‘relationships with other countries’
“I think that Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at,” said answered.
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If successful I can't see this going down well with the freeze peach crowd. But if it's legal and justified, why shouldn't Biden's side get a win? Even Musk would be potentially happier as he could profit from his perceived victimhood by backing out of a deal he might've not really wanted in the first place without losing face among his devoted stans.Biden calls for federal investigation of Elon Musk over ‘relationships with other countries’
“I think that Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at,” said answered.
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As Schumer promised earlier, the votes for codifying same-sex marriage seem to be available now that the midterms are over. It looks like congress may act to codify gay marriage during the lame duck session.
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'We Have The Votes': The Senate Will Act This Week To Codify Same-Sex Marriage
With the midterm elections over, Democrats have found enough Republicans ready to join them in advancing basic LGBTQ rights.
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Baby steps I guess. How about Roe? That could be a real powder keg.As Schumer promised earlier, the votes for codifying same-sex marriage seem to be available now that the midterms are over. It looks like congress may act to codify gay marriage during the lame duck session.
'We Have The Votes': The Senate Will Act This Week To Codify Same-Sex Marriage
With the midterm elections over, Democrats have found enough Republicans ready to join them in advancing basic LGBTQ rights.
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They don't even have 50 votes for Roe. Manchin doesn't support codifying Roe. I suppose it's possible with the new Senate if the Democrats get 51 that they could have 50 votes, but they need 60 unless they suspend the filibuster.
Really they need what Biden said, 50 without Manchin and Sinema (so 52 total). In that case, they could suspend the filibuster and codify Roe. Only problem is that the House will likely be Republican and then it won't pass anyway. So they're 1-2 votes short in the senate, and maybe like, I dunno, 10ish votes short in the House.
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All highly skilled staff who don't want to work under a maniac on a site that appears to be CFITing and can get another job just about anywhere in under three months will tick "no".
The less skilled staff, remaining only because they can write more code in three months than others, and can't walk into other jobs and those who are serious stans for the guy who ditched 2FA callback functionality because he didn't know what it was for will tick "yes" and build "Twitter 2.0". Along with those who are not US nationals and whose visas are contingent on having a job.
In other news, Musk also fired an engineer who's been there for 12 years and rated at the very top of her profession because he didn't like her conduct on Slack...
Naturally...
All highly skilled staff who don't want to work under a maniac on a site that appears to be CFITing and can get another job just about anywhere in under three months will tick "no".
The less skilled staff, remaining only because they can write more code in three months than others, and can't walk into other jobs and those who are serious stans for the guy who ditched 2FA callback functionality because he didn't know what it was for will tick "yes" and build "Twitter 2.0". Along with those who are not US nationals and whose visas are contingent on having a job.
In other news, Musk also fired an engineer who's been there for 12 years and rated at the very top of her profession because he didn't like her conduct on Slack...
Naturally...
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"The fraud was already there so I thought I'd just let it ride. People are only blaming me because of the Medicare thing I was found totally guilty of" isn't going to fly as a defence in the upper house, I suspect.
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I wonder what the odds are that badge access wasn't suspended as much as it's a case of the people in charge of it are among those that said 🤬 it and now everyone is just locked out. Granted I'm sure that's not how it works, but I just love the image of Elon walking up to the door only to be denied entry to his own building.
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