Monthly Archives: October 2022

Roger Stone cautioned Ron DeSantis that it would be ‘ingratitude and treachery’ to run against Trump in 2024

Former President Donald Trump, left, and Governor Ron DeSantis, right, in a composite image. Getty Images Roger Stone told Ron DeSantis that it would be “ingratitude and treachery” to run against Trump. He also hit out at DeSantis’ wife, comparing her to Lady Macbeth. Trump and DeSantis are both viewed as GOP frontrunners, though neither…

Amazon just flashed the holiday warning retailers were hoping to avoid

Higher energy prices and inflation are hitting e-commerce giant Amazon. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Amazon sees a 2% to 8% growth in sales for the fourth quarter of the year, way below the previous two years. Amazon sales are slowing globally — particularly in Europe, amid the Ukraine war. Amazon’s…

Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, immediately fires CEO and other execs

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Elon Musk completed the $44 billion purchase of Twitter today, capping a months-long saga that resulted in Twitter suing Musk to force him to honor their merger agreement. Musk’s first course of business was to fire top executives. “Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after…

Elon Musk is reportedly now officially in charge at Twitter, fires top execs

Elon Musk is reportedly now officially in charge of Twitter, setting the scene for the platform’s looming descent into a microblogged reenactment of Lord of the Flies. And apparently he’s already started cleaning house. According to CNBC’s David Faber, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal have left the company’s headquarters in San Francisco…

The Trump Organization tax-fraud trial jury has been chosen, and it’s mostly minority and mostly male

Former President Donald Trump, left, and the exterior of Trump Tower, where the Trump Organization is headquartered. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, left. Nicolas Economou/Getty Images, right. It took three days to seat the jury for the Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial in Manhattan. The mostly male, mostly minority jury has 2 men the defense tried…