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Twitter Shareholders Approve Musk Deal Amid Privacy Scandal
Despite contentious legal battles, Twitter’s shareholders approved Elon Musk’s deal to purchase the platform for $44 billion.

Oh Boy: Twitter Is Testing Out an ‘Edit’ Button
Twitter announced Thursday that it is testing an “edit” button feature in the U.S. The company released a statement noting the feature would be available to the platform’s team first and then to “Twitter Blue” subscribers. “Twitter Blue” is a subscription service a user can purchase in exchange for early access to new features.
The Babylon Bee’s Kyle Mann Says His Site Won’t ‘Bow Before Twitter’
The Babylon Bee Editor-in-Chief Kyle Mann told Reason Editor-at-Large Nick Gillespie why his company has refused to delete the infamous tweet that got it kicked off Twitter.

NEW: Truth Social Is Rumble’s First Publisher
Truth Social will be Rumble’s first publisher.

Whistleblower Exposes Twitter for ‘Lying’ About Spam Bots to Elon Musk
A former Twitter executive just blew the whistle against the Big Tech platform for allegedly ignoring serious cybersecurity problems and apparently misleading prospective owner Elon Musk on spam bots.

MRC’s Brent Bozell Slams ‘Enormous’ Effect of Big Tech Censorship
Appearing late Wednesday/early Thursday on the Fox News Channel’s Fox News @ Night, MRC Founder and President Brent Bozell shared the findings of Free Speech America’s (FSA) blockbuster study on secondhand censorship by Big Tech, saying the efforts to censor information have had “enormous” impact on our public discourse to the point that it’s “never happened in human history.”

Joe Burrow Lobs Hail Mary In Support Of Abortion
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow hasn't been the most politically vocal athlete on the scene, but that all changed Monday when he added a pro-abortion post on his Instagram story.

Musk Legal Team: Twitter ‘Thwarting’ Spam Account Investigation
As Tesla CEO and free speech advocate Elon Musk has fought to acquire Twitter, he demanded the platform reveal how many of its users may be spam or fake accounts. His legal team accused the platform of deliberately hiding information amid Musk’s investigation.

Pro-Abort Facebook COO Sandberg to Leave, Citing ‘Moment for Women’
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg spent her tenure at Facebook (now Meta) supporting radical pro-abortion policy and overseeing Facebook’s plunge into censorship-obsessed cesspool. Now that Roe v. Wade may be meeting its end, she announced her imminent departure from the company.

Sen. Crapo Declares War on Biden Disinfo Board, Vows to Impede Return
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) torched the Biden administration for creating the Disinformation Governance Board, vowing to work with fellow politicians to curb its influence.

CNN Says a Shareholder Proposal Demands Twitter Curb Woke ‘Mind Virus’
A Twitter shareholder reportedly blasted radical woke ideology as a “mind virus” during the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday, echoing a sentiment previously expressed by hopeful owner billionaire Elon Musk.

Editor’s Pick: Twitchy on Libs Mocking an EASY Way to Fortify Schools
Twitchy’s Greg Pollowitz posted an item Thursday on the maddening strategy from liberals to denounce and mock conservatives or anyone who suggests hardening schools to better protect them against deranged individuals (like the one in Uvalde, Texas) by employing a single point of entry. Simply put, liberals have concluded that the right not only doesn’t care about dead kids, but they oppose…

WashPost Deletes Tweet Claiming George Floyd Was ‘Shot and Killed’
On Monday night, The Washington Post posted a tweet asking its left-wing audience to share how the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 affected their lives and “what has — or hasn’t changed” in regards to policing, protests, and other far-left priorities. Besides the eye-roll-inducing premise, there was one problem with this part of the tweet: “George Floyd was shot and killed in…

‘Out for Blood’: Elon Musk Condemns Those Who Pushed Russia Hoax
Billionaire industrialist and free speech warrior Elon Musk threw down the gauntlet. The world’s richest man called out political disinformation when he condemned those who pushed the Steele dossier falsely claiming former President Donald Trump was tied to Russia.