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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, so it can be ‘transformed as private company’
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Posted on 04/14/2022 4:17:59 AM PDT by bryan999

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To: bryan999

This could be interesting. I hope Musk already has a solid transition plan in place. He needs to clean house in the key decision making positions and be alert to employee sabotage at all levels. He also needs to be prepared for substantial employee turnover, which will be a benefit if he can create a solid feeder system for new hires. If he indeed wants to transform the company culturally, there is a real opportunity, but he will need to get the right people in place, and quickly. Musk is not one of us politically and culturally, but he is independent and a free thinker. He probably understands the importance of real diversity in the key positions, which would include a fair representation of conservative and libertarian viewpoints to keep the Overton window open. I hope he also understands that he needs to purge the woke totalitarians.


21 posted on 04/14/2022 4:46:50 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: Wilhelm Tell

I wouldn’t doubt it.


22 posted on 04/14/2022 4:47:18 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: navymom1

Not sure if either Trump or Musk would be willing to give up control


23 posted on 04/14/2022 4:48:19 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: bryan999

If they reject, what are his options?


24 posted on 04/14/2022 4:56:01 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: bryan999
In a world of miserable news, this drama is proving to be some good entertainment   :-)
25 posted on 04/14/2022 4:58:54 AM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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To: xzins

> If they reject, what are his options?

Dump his 9.4% share of the stock and watch the company’s value plummet.


26 posted on 04/14/2022 4:59:43 AM PDT by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: janetjanet998

I hate to see him making those pos richer my monifying their stock. Guaranteed they refuse the offer so he can go direct to stockholders so the leftest institutions and funds can vote no till an offer gets to high. Not beyond logic that some other bunch of lefties like google buy them. Amazing a US company bars a former president while allowing guys like Putin to post. IMO the leadership of this firm should be hanging on its flag pole for that.


27 posted on 04/14/2022 5:00:44 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: SmokingJoe

Crisafulli was a longtime JPMorgan market opinion honcho:

https://www.infowars.com/posts/elon-musk-offers-to-buy-100-of-twitter-to-rescue-it-as-a-free-speech-platform/


28 posted on 04/14/2022 5:05:11 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Mouton

The issue isn’t allowing Putin to post...


29 posted on 04/14/2022 5:05:59 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan
Imagine the lake of tears pouring out of all the triggered staff!


30 posted on 04/14/2022 5:06:10 AM PDT by SpokeshaveReturns (Spokeshave Returns)
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To: 9YearLurker

OK, he’s taking it private. That makes sense. Not really a hostile takeover.


31 posted on 04/14/2022 5:07:27 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: noiseman

I’m not sure there would be any left to fire - I think they’d quit or commit suicide before they’d work for Musk. The rest will be quivering puddles of mental jello. The employees needed a day of rest at the mere possibility of Musk being on the Board. Regardless of how many are or are not left, I think he would clean house, big time - some will try to stay to be saboteurs & he’s not going to spend that much money to have nasty woke wienies sink the ship.


32 posted on 04/14/2022 5:07:40 AM PDT by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: bryan999

Musk only needs to acquire 51% of Twitter common stock to effectively own Twitter. Then he can do either clean house by firing the CEO, Board of Directors and the VP’s and/or make Twitter a private company and buy out the remaining shareholders. No one can stop him since he owns the majority of stock and has a majority of stockholder votes.


33 posted on 04/14/2022 5:08:47 AM PDT by dsm69 (Boycott News Media/Hollywood Advertisers )
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To: navymom1
What if the same policies used to ban conservative speak are instituted to ban even a scintilla of liberal thought? (I know it is an oxymoron)

Could you imagine a liberal being banned for life from his Twitter account? Suicide rates will skyrocket, mom and dad basements will fill up with Twits unable to Twitter, girls can be called girls, men can be called men, Democrats can be called Dementias, White can be Right once in a while, ALM can replace BLM, No Bail can be replaced with Jail and Jen Psaki can circle back right up her own Pooper.

Wow!!!!!! A NEW WORLD ORDER I can live with. GO BRANDON GO.l

34 posted on 04/14/2022 5:08:57 AM PDT by hflynn ( )
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

I would love to see the texts, email, etc. they are sending. When do the therapy dogs arrive, or, is it still too soon for in person work yet?


35 posted on 04/14/2022 5:09:21 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: bryan999

Right now He’s a saint in my book. Clean up that cess pool.


36 posted on 04/14/2022 5:10:23 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: bryan999

This is hilarious. Go get them, Elon.


37 posted on 04/14/2022 5:11:07 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Westbrook; Mouton

Mouton also has a good idea. Musk gets other lefties to start bidding. They drive the stock up. Musk exits with double his investment over the course of weeks.

He makes money. Like Simon Roth, he always makes money for his partners.


38 posted on 04/14/2022 5:15:44 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: xzins

He said he may sell


39 posted on 04/14/2022 5:16:32 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: bryan999

Take it private and shut it down.


40 posted on 04/14/2022 5:17:55 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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