I just got this feeling that maybe he's creating a media company so that he will sort of supplant others. They want to own media, David Sax is talking about that. That's why they brought in some of these, I'm going to use the term reporters very loosely for many of them. But I think they're doing that. They're creating their own journalism. So I'm wondering if that's, he's trying to out, speaking of another famous toxic immigrant, Robert Murdoch. It feels like performative in that regard. He could have bought it for $45 million, not $45 million. If he'd wanted to do that, what he should have done was buy
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The Respect for Marriage Act is headed to President Biden’s desk, and Sam Bankman-Fried will appear before the House Committee on Financial Services... actually, maybe not. Also, Twitter Blue is making a return, and the FTC has sued to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. Then, a spirited listener voicemail on Kara and Scott’s discussions about Twitter.
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