Tuesday, June 7th, 2022

Today, we start with Elon Musk threatening to end his $44 billion dollar agreement to buy Twitter, while Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating the platform over reports of how many bots it has. Then, the leader of the Proud Boys and four top lieutenants were indicted for seditious conspiracy, a retired Wisconsin judge was shot and killed in his home last Friday, and President Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act for clean energy. Finally, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived his vote of no confidence in parliament yesterday. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Daily Beast: Elon Musk Threatens to Call Off Twitter Deal, Citing Spam and Bots Texas Tribune: Texas AG Ken Paxton to investigate whether Twitter is understating the number of fake accounts on the platform Washington Post: Proud Boys leader Tarrio, 4 lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy Washington Post: Ex-judge killed in ‘targeted act’ against judicial system, state says Axios: Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for clean energy Washington Post: Boris Johnson survives but is weakened by no-confidence vote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices