Twitter's board of directors owns essentially no stock, except for jack darcy who owns like two point five %. A egon durban a, you know, he's a private equity guy. He'll take this money and run so quickly and and say that he's got this wind. So did why did he go along with it? This is easy. This sleeves off the vest. This is nothing. I don't think there's ever been a case where an actual poison pill that was put in place was actually invoked. Another was giving shareholders a chance to buy stock at a discount. Is just a way fora the board to get a this guy's attention and to slow
Kara and Scott discuss the Twitter board's “poison pill” approach to fend of Elon’s bid. Friend of Pivot William D. Cohan joins to discuss whether or not Elon has the cash. Also, Alex Jones’ Info Wars has declared bankruptcy, and Tucker Carlson’s new documentary trailer is raising eyebrows... and other things, too.
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