Alex Castellanos: William Shatner's trip to space was a slap in the face to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. He says they're both obsessed with him, but he didn't get his check mark for free because Stephen King wasn't happy about it.Castellanos: There should be an takeaway that we should all take from this story. But of course, that wouldn't be the best advertisement for space vacations?
Paris Marx is joined by Matt Binder to discuss Elon Musk’s first six months at Twitter and how his obsession with blue checks has decimated the company’s finances.
Matt Binder is a reporter at Mashable and the host of Scam Economy and Doomed. Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattBinder.
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