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Elon Musk is trolling liberals on Twitter and they are going insane.
The new Twitter CEO took a swipe at Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez when she said “Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually an $8/mo subscription plan”.
The CEO gave her a simple response: “Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8.”
Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
Yahoo Finance reported:
Elon Musk has doubled down on Twitter’s proposed new $8-per-month fee for users who want to keep their blue verified checkmark.
The billionaire, who closed the $44 billion deal for the social media platform last week, announced on Tuesday that Twitter’s new verification system would cost $8 per month. This sparked controversy among some verified Twitter users who were unhappy at the news that they’d have to start paying for the blue tick.
Despite the criticism, Musk reiterated his plans later in the day.
“To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8,” he tweeted.
To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
Included in the price would not only be the blue checkmark, but also a priority in search, fewer ads, and the ability to post long-form videos, Musk has said in various tweets. Musk is planning to overhaul Twitter Blue, the site’s premium subscription service, with these features.
Musk has been very busy following his acquisition of social media giant Twitter.
The New York Times published a hit piece over the weekend attacking Musk for firing several high-level Twitter executives “for cause” to avoid paying them “part of their year-end compensation.” NYT tech editor Mike Isaac claimed that Musk was trying to avoid paying severances to several of the senior officials he let go last week.
“Mr. Musk also appears unlikely to pay the golden parachutes that the fired top executives of Twitter were set to receive. Under the merger agreement, those executives — including Parag Agrawal, the chief executive — had been set to receive compensation of $20 million to $60 million if they were fired,” the report complains. “But Mr. Musk terminated the executives ‘for cause,’ meaning he did it because he alleged he had justification, which may void that agreement, two people with knowledge of the matter said.”
“Elon Musk planned to begin laying off workers at Twitter as soon as Saturday, four people with knowledge of the matter said, with some managers being asked to draw up lists of employees to cut,” the Times reported.
Saturday Night News: Musk fired the company’s entire senior staff “for cause,” an attempt to avoid paying out tens of millions of dollars in severance packages to the former CEO, CFO, GC and head of legalhttps://t.co/vUF4PheK29 pic.twitter.com/KhhCvDOX03
— rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac) October 30, 2022
Issac continued to levy accusations against Musk.
“Mr. Musk, who completed a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on Thursday, has ordered the cuts across the company, with some teams to be trimmed more than others, said three of the people, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation,” the Times reported. “The scale of the layoffs could not be determined. Twitter has around 7,500 employees.”
What a guy. @elonmusk is making sure to fire people at Twitter before part of their year-end compensation *kicks in on Tuesday.* https://t.co/sEclZozKV5 pic.twitter.com/inw3vF0kIL
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) October 29, 2022
“The layoffs at Twitter would take place before a Nov. 1 date when employees were scheduled to receive stock grants as part of their compensation. Such grants typically represent a significant portion of employees’ pay. By laying off workers before that date, Mr. Musk may avoid paying the grants, though he is supposed to pay the employees cash in place of their stock under the terms of the merger agreement.”
Umansky added a tweet: “What a guy. @elonmusk is making sure to fire people at Twitter before part of their year-end compensation *kicks in on Tuesday.*”
This is false
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 30, 2022
“This is false,” Musk simply responded, smacking down the accusations being levied against him.
Democrats and the mainstream media also attacked Musk for getting into a spat with Hillary Clinton on Twitter after she tweeted out a report from the Los Angeles Times, which appeared to blame Republicans following the attack on Paul Pelosi last Friday.
The Republican Party and its mouthpieces now regularly spread hate and deranged conspiracy theories. It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result. As citizens, we must hold them accountable for their words and the actions that follow.https://t.co/MQor4NDFeE
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 29, 2022
The LA Times story that Clinton shared was headlined: “Accused Pelosi attacker David DePape spread QAnon, other far-right, bigoted conspiracies.”
Musk responded to Clinton: “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye.”
Musk has since deleted the tweet, but he also shared a link to an article from the unreliable Santa Monica Observer titled: “The Awful Truth: Paul Pelosi Was Drunk Again, And In a Dispute With a Male Prostitute Early Friday Morning.”
