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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:28:04 AM EDT
[Last Edit: anothermisanthrope]
Big thanks to DaGoose for consolidating The Files so far:
Originally Posted By DaGoose: Originally Posted By DaGoose: Posting all the links again. THE TWITTER FILES - PART ONE TWITTER AND THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY
Recounting the internal drama at Twitter surrounding the decision to block access to a New York Post exposé on Hunter Biden in October, 2020. Key revelations: Twitter blocked the story on the basis of its “hacked materials” policy, but executives internally knew the decision was problematic. “Can we truthfully claim that this is part of the policy?” is how comms official Brandon Borrman put it. Also: when a Twitter contractor polls members of Congress about the decision, they hear Democratic members want more moderation, not less, and “the First Amendment isn’t absolute.” THE TWITTER FILES - PART ONE SUPPLEMENTAL THE “EXITING” OF TWITTER DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL JIM BAKER
A second round of Twitter Files releases was delayed, as new addition Bari Weiss discovers former FBI General Counsel and Twitter Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker was reviewing the first batches of Twitter Files documents, whose delivery to reporters had slowed. THE TWITTER FILES - PART TWO TWITTER’S SECRET BLACKLISTS.
Bari Weiss gives a long-awaited answer to the question, “Was Twitter shadow-banning people?” It did, only the company calls it “visibility filtering.” Twitter also had a separate, higher council called SIP-PES that decided cases for high-visibility, controversial accounts. Key revelations: Twitter had a huge toolbox for controlling the visibility of any user, including a “Search Blacklist” (for Dan Bongino), a “Trends Blacklist” for Stanford’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and a “Do Not Amplify” setting for conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Weiss quotes a Twitter employee: “Think about visibility filtering as being a way for us to suppress what people see to different levels. It’s a very powerful tool.” With help from @abigailshrier, @shellenbergermd, @nelliebowles, and @isaacgrafstein. THE TWITTER FILES - PART THREE THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP - October 2020 - January 6th
First in a three-part series looking at how Twitter came to the decision to suspend Donald Trump. The idea behind the series is to show how all of Twitter’s “visibility filtering” tools were on display and deployed after January 6th, 2021. Key Revelations: Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth not only met regularly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, but with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Also, Twitter was aggressively applying “visibility filtering” tools to Trump well before the election. THE TWITTER FILES - PART FOUR THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP - January 7
This thread by Michael Shellenberger looks at the key day after the J6 riots and before Trump would ultimately be banned from Twitter on January 8th, showing how Twitter internally reconfigured its rules to make a Trump ban fit their policies. Key revelations: at least one Twitter employee worried about a “slippery slope” in which “an online platform CEO with a global presence… can gatekeep speech for the entire world,” only to be shot down. Also, chief censor Roth argues for a ban on congressman Matt Gaetz even though it “doesn’t quite fit anywhere (duh),” and Twitter changed its “public interest policy” to clear a path for Trump’s removal. THE TWITTER FILES - PART FIVE THE REMOVAL OF TRUMP FROM TWITTER.
As angry as many inside Twitter were with Donald Trump after the January 6th Capitol riots, staffers struggled to suspend his account, saying things like, “I think we’d have a hard time saying this is incitement.” As documented by Weiss, they found a way to pull the trigger anyway. Key revelations: there were dissenters in the company (“Maybe because I am from China,” said one employee, “I deeply understand how censorship can destroy the public conversation”), but are overruled by senior executives like Vijaya Gadde and Roth, who noted many on Twitter’s staff were citing the “Banality of Evil,” and comparing those who favored sticking to a strict legalistic interpretation of Twitter’s rules — i.e. keep Trump, who had “no violation” — to “Nazis following orders.” THE TWITTER FILES - PART SIX THE FBI SUBSIDIARY
Twitter’s contact with the FBI was “constant and pervasive,” as FBI personnel, mainly in the San Francisco field office, regularly sent lists of “reports” to Twitter, often about Americans with low follower counts making joke tweets. Tweeters on both the left and the right were affected. Key revelations: A senior Twitter executive reports, “FBI was adamant no impediments to sharing” classified information exist. Twitter also agreed to “bounce” content on the recommendations of a wide array of governmental and quasi-governmental actors, from the FBI to the Homeland Security agency CISA to Stanford’s Election Integrity Project to state governments. The company one day received so many moderation requests from the FBI, an executive congratulated staffers at the end for completing the “monumental undertaking.” THE TWITTER FILES - PART SEVEN THE FBI AND TTHE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP
The Twitter Files story increases its focus on the company’s relationship to federal law enforcement and intelligence, and shows intense communication between the FBI and Twitter just before the release of the Post’s Hunter Biden story. Key Revelations: San Francisco agent Elvis Chan “sends 10 documents to Twitter’s then-Head of Site Integrity, Yoel Roth, through Teleporter, a one-way communications channel from the FBI to Twitter,” the evening before the release of the Post story. Also, Baker in an email explains Twitter was compensated for “processing requests” by the FBI, saying “I am happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since October 2019!” THE TWITTER FILES - PART EIGHT TWITTER AND PENTAGON'S COVERT ONLINE PSYOP CAMPAIGN
RELATED ARTICLE https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/twitter-dod-us-military-accounts Lee Fang takes a fascinating detour, looking at how Twitter for years approved and supported Pentagon-backed covert operations. Noting the company explicitly testified to Congress that it didn’t allow such behavior, the platform nonetheless was a clear partner in state-backed programs involving fake accounts. Key revelations: after the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) sent over a list of 52 Arab-language accounts “we use to amplify certain messages,” Twitter agreed to “whitelist” them. Ultimately the program would be outed in the Washington Post in 2022 — two years after Twitter and other platforms stopped assisting — but contrary to what came out in those reports, Twitter knew about and/or assisted in these programs for at least three years, from 2017-2020. THE TWITTER FILES TWITTER AND "OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES"
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/twitter-files-thread-the-spies-who The Christmas Eve thread (I should have waited a few days to publish!) further details how the channels of communication between the federal government and Twitter operated, and reveals that Twitter directly or indirectly received lists of flagged content from “Other Government Agencies,” i.e. the CIA. Key revelations: CIA officials attended at least one conference with Twitter in the summer of 2020, and companies like Twitter and Facebook received “OGA briefings,” at their regular “industry” meetings held in conjunction with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The FBI and the “Foreign Influence Task Force” met regularly “not just with Twitter, but with Yahoo!, Twitch, Cloudfare, LinkedIn, even Wikimedia.” THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER RIGGED THE COVID DEBATE
David Zweig drills down into how Twitter throttled down information about COVID that was true but perhaps inconvenient for public officials, “discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed.” Key Revelations: Zweig found memos from Twitter personnel who’d liaised with Biden administration officials who were “very angry” that Twitter had not deplatformed more accounts. White House officials for instance wanted attention on reporter Alex Berenson. Zweig also found “countless” instances of Twitter banning or labeling “misleading” accounts that were true or merely controversial. A Rhode Island physician named Andrew Bostom, for instance, was suspended for, among other things, referring to the results of a peer-reviewed study on mRNA vaccines. THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER LET THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN
THE TWITTER FILES: TWITTER AND THE FBI “BELLY BUTTON”
These two threads focus respectively on the second half of 2017, and a period stretching roughly from summer of 2020 through the present. The first describes how Twitter fell under pressure from Congress and the media to produce “material” showing a conspiracy of Russian accounts on their platform, and the second shows how Twitter tried to resist fulfilling moderation requests for the State Department, but ultimately agreed to let State and other agencies send requests through the FBI, which agent Chan calls “the belly button of the USG.” Revelations: at the close of 2017, Twitter makes a key internal decision. Outwardly, the company would claim independence and promise that content would only be removed at “our sole discretion.” The internal guidance says, in writing, that Twitter will remove accounts “identified by the U.S. intelligence community” as “identified by the U.S.. intelligence community as a state-sponsored entity conducting cyber-operations.” The second thread shows how Twitter took in requests from everyone — Treasury, HHS, NSA, FBI, DHS, etc. — and also received personal requests from politicians like Democratic congressman Adam Schiff, who asked to have journalist Paul Sperry suspended. THE TWITTER FILES #14 - THE RUSSIAGATE LIES
THE TWITTER FILES #15 - MOVE OVER, JAYSON BLAIR: TWITTER FILES EXPOSE NEXT GREAT MEDIA FRAUD
THE TWITTER FILES #16 - COMIC INTERLUDE: A MEDIA EXPERIMENT
THE TWITTER FILES #17 - NEW KNOWLEDGE, THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER, AND STATE-SPONSORED BLACKLISTS
THE TWITTER FILES #18 - STATEMENT TO CONGRESS THE CENSORSHIP-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
THE TWITTER FILES #19 - THE GREAT COVID-19 LIE MACHINE STANFORD, THE VIRALITY PROJECT, AND THE CENSORSHIP OF “TRUE STORIES”
THE TWITTER FILES - SUPPLEMENTAL
TWITTER FILES: SUPPLEMENTAL MORE ADAM SCHIFF BAN REQUESTS, AND "DEAMPLIFICATION"
TWITTER FILES: HOW THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY LOBBIED SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHAPE CONTENT AROUND VACCINE POLICY
RELATED: DAVE RUBIN ON SHADOWBANNING
RUBY FILES: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE TYPE OF CONTENT TWITTER FLAGGED FOR REVIEW
https://rubymediagroup.com/twitter-artificial-intelligence/ UNDER WHITE HOUSE PRESSURE, FACEBOOK CENSORED ACCURATE COVID VACCINE INFORMATION
https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/under-white-house-pressure-facebook FROM THE TWITTER FILES: PFIZER BOARD MEMBER SCOTT GOTTLIEB SECRETLY PRESSED TWITTER TO HIDE POSTS CHALLENGING HIS COMPANY'S MASSIVELY PROFITABLE COVID JABS
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/from-the-twitter-files-pfizer-board HOW THE FBI HACKED TWITTER https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-the-fbi-hacked-twitter-lee-smith MISSOURI AG TALKING ABOUT COLLUSION BETWEEN BIDEN WH AND SOCIAL MEDIA
DHS backed censorship program
US Political Misinfo Twitter Detection AI List
Former Twitter employee shares exclusive details with me on AI, Access to DMs, and more.
Whistleblower Report https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22186683/twitter-whistleblower-disclosure.pdf CDC Thread on secret Twitter partner portal
Feds at Facebook
Feds at Google
GLOSSARY OF “TWITTER FILES” TERMS Click To View Spoiler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now he wants to buy it! "Since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company," Musk said in a letter to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-offers-buy-twitter-101906337.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re-filed: Elon Musk refiled the disclosure of his stake in Twitter Inc. to classify himself as an active investor, making the change after taking a seat on the social media company’s board. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-refiles-twitter-disclosure-show-221958940.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tesla CEO Elon Musk is putting his enormous sums of money where his tweets are at. It was disclosed on Monday that the somewhat unpredictable Musk took a 9.2% stake in Twitter. The stake — valued at close to $3 billion as of Twitter's closing price on Friday — is defined as a passive one. While Musk's stake in Twitter is passive, it could turn on a dime, said Tesla bull and Elon watcher Dan Ives of Wedbush. "We would expect this passive stake as just the start of broader conversations with the Twitter board/management that could ultimately lead to an active stake and a potential more aggressive ownership role of Twitter," Ives said. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-just-took-a-92-stake-in-twitter-what-may-happen-next-111313363.html
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/twitter-stock-rockets-after-elon-musk-takes-stake-valued-at-more-than-3-billion-11649070782 |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:29:38 AM EDT
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Very interesting. I wonder what he has planned.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:30:43 AM EDT
[#2]
Crazy bastard actually did it.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:31:10 AM EDT
[#3]
  Suck it, Twitter. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:31:50 AM EDT
[#4]
lol, this is awesome
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:33:41 AM EDT
[#5]
A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:33:48 AM EDT
[#6]
Great news
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:34:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Keekleberrys: Crazy bastard actually did it. Read the rumor here, thought it was just Elon trolling again. How about that. Looking forward to seeing what comes of this. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:34:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. A warning shot. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:34:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. 9.2% is a lot of voting rights. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:35:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. Can’t do anything YET. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:35:18 AM EDT
[#11]
This should get interesting, take a few seats on the board of directors, give Trump his account back. Then sit back and watch heads explode
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:35:24 AM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:35:50 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BLKVooDoo]
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: 9.2% is a lot of voting rights. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. 9.2% is a lot of voting rights. Yep. How much does Dorsey have? Morgan Stanley owns 9.2% Making Musk the largest SOLE owner..... lol Musk just needs a bit more to have complete control. |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:38:13 AM EDT
[#14]
$3 billion for 9%
I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:38:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:38:42 AM EDT
[#16]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m glad Musk is the richest guy in the world.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:40:45 AM EDT
[#17]
He has "Fuck you" money and seemingly is more red-pilled by the day.
Imma going to watch and see where this goes... |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:42:50 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guyina4x4: $3 billion for 9% I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass I disagree. Musk appears to have taken the rights as laid out in the Bill of Rights to heart. He has grasped the American Dream and is doing what he thinks he needs to to preserve them. I applaud this African American immigrant. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:45:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guyina4x4: $3 billion for 9% I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guyina4x4: $3 billion for 9% I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass what's 25% of 3 billion again? Shares of Twitter exploded 25% in pre-market trading. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:45:59 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. There's no such thing as a 3 billion dollar passive stake. He will have power over them. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:46:16 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Yep. How much does Dorsey have? 13%? Musk just needs a bit more to have complete control. Was gonna ask how much the controlling party had |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:46:25 AM EDT
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He has fuck you money and says fuck you to a lot of things that piss him off or he sees as wrong. Still don't trust him due to past things said but even with some of his past statements his actions seem solid. Then again I don't follow him like a rock star so I have no idea what his real agenda is. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:47:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Yep. How much does Dorsey have? 13%? Musk just needs a bit more to have complete control. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. 9.2% is a lot of voting rights. Yep. How much does Dorsey have? 13%? Musk just needs a bit more to have complete control. Jack Dorsey owns about 2.25% |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:47:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: There's no such thing as a 3 billion dollar passive stake. He will have power over them. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. There's no such thing as a 3 billion dollar passive stake. He will have power over them. Especially when another $1.5 billion will give him a majority stake..... |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:47:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guyina4x4: $3 billion for 9% I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass That's why no one will remember your name. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:47:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guyina4x4: $3 billion for 9% I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass Where the fuck do they find you people? This is a power move and 3 billion is literally nothing to him. |
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TCA
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:48:09 AM EDT
[#27]
I hope he does a better job at managing their site resources.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:48:21 AM EDT
[#28]
His Twitter PNI
A public town square should not be banning anyone. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:49:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BLKVooDoo]
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kanin: Jack Dorsey owns about 2.25% Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kanin: Originally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. 9.2% is a lot of voting rights. Yep. How much does Dorsey have? 13%? Musk just needs a bit more to have complete control. Jack Dorsey owns about 2.25% Your are correct, Morgan Stanley is the majority stake holder... with ironically 9.2% the same as musk... https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/060916/top-3-twitter-shareholders-twtr.asp |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:49:55 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:51:23 AM EDT
[#31]
Ironically if he could somehow get the other 91%, or really the 25% or so more he needs for real control, he would notice the money about as much as a lot of people notice pulling out their wallet to pay for a pizza.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:53:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BladedRonin: His Twitter PNI A public town square should not be banning anyone. That was probably one of Trump's top five fuck ups, not going after the social media companies for acting like a publisher but claiming platform protections. They've used this to mercilessly go after conservatives and silence them including Trump, himself. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:53:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mucknuggle: It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:55:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Trump is Fuck You rich. Elon is Fuck You ALL rich. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:55:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: David0858]
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Trump needs to stay out of it. Musk can go in as a non partisan third party whereas Trump jumping in would just throw sand in the gears of Twitter reform. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:55:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: 9.2% is a lot of voting rights. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. 9.2% is a lot of voting rights. For only 3 billion. Dudes NET worth is 276 billion. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:56:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Elon would probably back him just to piss people off. He's a weird fuck but he has a devilish sense of humor. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 7:57:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By David0858: Trump needs to stay out of it. Musk can go in as a non partisan third party whereas Trump jumping in would just throw sand in the gears of Twitter reform. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By David0858: Originally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Trump needs to stay out of it. Musk can go in as a non partisan third party whereas Trump jumping in would just throw sand in the gears of Twitter reform. I didn't say Trump... I said Trump Inc. The company ran by Eric and Ivanka... |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:00:53 AM EDT
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He could get Joe Rogan as 'director of fact checking' there?
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:01:29 AM EDT
[#40]
I really thought he was joking. He sure is good at trolling!
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:01:49 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TaxPayer77: He could get Joe Rogan as 'director of fact checking' there? Ahem. DOCTOR Joe Rogan. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:01:51 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TaxPayer77: He could get Joe Rogan as 'director of fact checking' there? And Alex Jones as the Arbiter of Truth.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:02:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mucknuggle: Elon would probably back him just to piss people off. He's a weird fuck but he has a devilish sense of humor. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. It makes him a huge threat in any potential proxy fight. Also he has massive influence and could probably get a lot of shares on his side in a proxy fight of his own. And it may be the first step to a takeover. I think you need 35% or so to really have control or at least major influence of a board. In a publicly traded company it isn't as simple as 51%, if nobody has 51%. Now Trump Inc. Just needs to buy a billion worth. Watch heads explode. Elon would probably back him just to piss people off. He's a weird fuck but he has a devilish sense of humor. Yep. I like him. Don't completely trust him, but sure like him. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:05:56 AM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: A passive stake .. doesn't sound like he can do anything. How does one buy $9 billion of Twitter stock without pushing price up substantially. Maybe he bought from insiders. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:06:37 AM EDT
[#45]
That's awesome.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:06:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: And Alex Jones as the Arbiter of Truth. Sir the title is the prophet of truth so please apologize lol |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:08:55 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mucknuggle: Where the fuck do they find you people? This is a power move and 3 billion is literally nothing to him. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mucknuggle: Originally Posted By guyina4x4: $3 billion for 9% I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass Where the fuck do they find you people? This is a power move and 3 billion is literally nothing to him. Same place they find people who abuse the term "literally?"  |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:09:26 AM EDT
[Last Edit: nightstalker]
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BladedRonin: His Twitter PNI A public town square should not be banning anyone. Neither should Amazon be kicking folks off their servers for differences of opinion or selling legal firearms. |
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:10:24 AM EDT
[#49]
Twitters’ Twitter account will be suspended for “Hateful Conduct”.
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Posted: 4/4/2022 8:13:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guyina4x4: $3 billion for 9% I wouldn't give $3 for 100% Dumbass  I don't even know where to start. |
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