Tuesday, April 26, 2022

We kick off today with Elon Musk buying Twitter yesterday for roughly 44 billion dollars and Donald Trump being fined $10,000 a day for failing to respond to a subpoena. Meanwhile, the EU announced a new set of digital regulations that will affect the US and other countries. Finland and Sweden have agreed to submit membership applications to NATO while the United States has named an ambassador to Ukraine. Finally, Mark Meadows has released 2319 text messages to the January 6th committee. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: AP News: Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44B and take it private Axios: Trump held in contempt over documents in New York AG probe Mashable: New EU law would make Meta and Google reveal their algorithms secrets The Guardian: Sweden and Finland agree to submit Nato applications, say reports Axios: U.S. diplomats to begin returning to Ukraine this week CNN: CNN Exclusive: Mark Meadows' 2,319 text messages reveal Trump's inner circle communications before and after January 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices