The Enduring Influence of Big Tech Amid Layoffs

Krystal and Saagar discuss how a retired FBI Agent formerly involved in the Trump Russia probe was arrested for ties to a Russian oligarch, Biden taps corporate fraud Jeff Zients as his new Chief of Staff, Microsoft invests 10 billion dollars into ChatGPT, MBA's are shocked to see ChatGPT pass the exam, Democrat Ruben Gallego challenges Krysten Sinema in her state of Arizona, Bezos to possibly sell Washington Post for the Commanders, Saagar takes a look at how we accumulate our Federal Debt historically, Krystal takes a look at how JP Morgan Chase was scammed by a fraud business for 175 million dollars, and Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) joins the show to talk about his new piece in The Atlantic on what's really going on behind the scenes of these massive media and tech layoffs.

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