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7:05 PM ET, April 14, 2022

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Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Weighs Poison Pill to Prevent Musk From Increasing Stake Significantly  —  Tesla CEO's $43 billion offer contains as many questions as answers  —  Twitter is weighing a poison pill that would prevent Elon Musk from increasing his stake in the company significantly, a person familiar with the situation said.
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Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private  —  Elon Musk has made a “best and final” offer to buy Twitter Inc., saying the company has extraordinary potential and he is the person to unlock it.  —  The world's richest person will offer $54.20 per share in cash …
Felix Salmon / Axios:
Elon Musk goes into full goblin mode  —  The goblin is serious. … - In a 138-word offer letter to Twitter board chair Bret Taylor that includes the words “I” or “my” 11 different times, Musk writes that “Twitter has extraordinary potential. … - You're going to hear much more about this bid …
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter CEO tells employees board still evaluating Elon Musk takeover  —  'Tell me why / Ain't nothin' but a heartache'  —  Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal told employees Thursday that the company was still evaluating a $43 billion offer by Elon Musk to buy the company and take it private …
PR Newswire:
Twitter Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited, Non-Binding Proposal from Elon Musk  —  Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today confirmed it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Elon Musk to acquire all of the Company's outstanding common stock for $54.20 per share in cash.
George Stahl / Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Offers to Buy Rest of Twitter at a Valuation of More Than $43 Billion
Eshe Nelson / New York Times:
Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter: Live Updates
San Francisco Chronicle:
Colleagues worry Dianne Feinstein is now mentally unfit to serve, citing recent interactions  —  WASHINGTON — When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they'd had with her many times over the last 15 years.
David Averre / Daily Mail:
Putin's defence minister Sergei Shoigu has had a ‘massive heart attack not from natural causes’ and TWENTY generals ‘have been arrested’ over bungled invasion  — Shoigu is thought to have suffered a heart attack possibly caused by foul play  — Russia's defence minister, 66, has been a close ally of Putin ever since 2012
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Cora Engelbrecht / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russian Warship ‘Seriously Damaged,’ in Setback to Moscow's Forces  —  Ukraine said it had struck the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet with missiles, while Russia claimed that the damage was caused by a fire.  As Moscow moves to escalate its offensive in the east and south …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
US says three Russians offered congressman a free trip as part of a propaganda and disinformation campaign  —  (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging a member of Russia's legislature and two of his staffers with orchestrating a propaganda and disinformation campaign targeting US lawmakers.
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:   Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine. CNN witnessed some of the horrors.
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO
Justice News:   Russian Legislator And Two Staff Members Charged With Conspiring To Have A U.S. Citizen Act As An Unregistered Agent Of The Russian Government In The United States
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
As two U.S. lawmakers visit Kyiv, the trip's organizer says he hopes more officials, and weapons, will follow.
Discussion: Insider
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
RNC to Require GOP Presidential Candidates to Sign Debate Pledge  —  Party has long complained about the Commission on Presidential Debates handling of general election debates  —  The Republican National Committee voted Thursday to require GOP presidential candidates to attest in writing …
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump plans J.D. Vance endorsement in crowded Ohio senate race, sources say  —  Former President Trump is planning to endorse J.D. Vance in Ohio's crowded senate GOP primary, according to three sources with knowledge of his decision.  —  In recent days, Trump began calling donors and advisers …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Does Trump's endorsement matter in Georgia? It depends, says UGA poll
Discussion: capitol-beat.org
CNN:
US Capitol rioter who said he believed he was following Trump's orders found guilty on all charges  —  (CNN)A January 6 rioter who claimed he was following “presidential orders” when he stormed the US Capitol and stole liquor and a coat rack was convicted Thursday on all charges by a jury in Washington, DC.
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Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:
GOP state senator, seven other women say Charles Herbster groped them; he denies allegations  —  Charles Herbster, a Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to a crowd Wednesday at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in North Platte.  Donald Trump Jr. was his guest at the event.
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Does the mainstream media want Trump to run again and win?  —  The obvious answer to the question in the headline is no. Reporters and editors at establishment news organizations are mostly reality-based, generally anti-totalitarian, quite fond of the First Amendment, reasonably tolerant …
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Washington Post:
Jared Kushner strikes a dubious deal with Saudi Arabia's dictator
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The Guardian:
Russian warship Moskva on fire but afloat, Pentagon says  —  US defence officials say it is unclear what caused blast which Ukraine claims to be result of missile strikes  —  Russia's flagship cruiser Moskva is on fire but still afloat and moving across the Black Sea, the Pentagon has confirmed …
Todd Bensman / CIS.org:
Texas Governor's Unprecedented Trade Disruption Strategy Yields First Fruit  —  Mexican State of Nuevo Leon will ‘prevent illegal immigration’ on its side of the border, but details are scant  —  AUSTIN, Texas - Gov. Greg Abbott's week-old “enhanced safety inspections” operation at border bridges …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Texas Gov. Abbott predicts Title 42 repeal will see more people enter state in one year than live in any of it
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Tennessee Lawmaker Praises Hitler's Work Ethic In Speech About Homeless People  —  State Sen. Frank Niceley (R) wishes Tennessee's unhoused population could be more like the genocidal German dictator.  —  A Tennessee Republican wants the state's unhoused population to draw inspiration from Adolf Hitler.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If Trump Was Still President, Ukraine Would Be So Screwed Right Now … Counterfactuals always involve guessing.  But one counterfactual proposition that seems increasingly obvious is that if Donald Trump had secured a second term in office, Ukraine would be losing the war right now.
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Mediaite and HuffPost
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy planning to step down -sources  —  White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy is planning to step down, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations, likely ending a tenure marked by ambitious emissions targets but failure in securing major U.S. carbon-cutting legislation.
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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