Opening Arguments

OA645: We Badly Underestimated Just How Terrible Elon Musk Is At Business

Hooooo boy. Ok, Elon Musk officially owns Twitter. Does that mean a big "Andrew was wrong?" Well.... kinda but it's complicated. We really just did not fathom how irrational Elon is. His wealth has taken a perhaps unprecedented hit as a result of this terrible deal. Listen for the details! Then, <a href="https://twitter.com/5DollarFeminist">Liz Dye</a> joins us for an update on Jan 6! Links: <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000119312522244289/d403306d8k.htm"> Shareholder vote twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/10/28/how-elon-musk-financed-his-twitter-takeover"> How Elon Musk financed his $44bn Twitter takeover</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000119312522274034/d393652dsc13d.htm"> SC 13D</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000112329222000109/twitter13da.htm"> Prince Alwaleed bin Talal</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494730/000089924322015923/xslF345X03/doc4.xml"> SEC form 4 Elon</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000110465922105787/tm2227435d1_sc13da.htm"> SEC filing AMENDMENT NO. 12 to  SCHEDULE 13D</a>, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d1879d0c-c52e-4f48-82f0-09458add4aee">Banks prepare to hold $12.7bn Twitter debt on books until early 2023</a>, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/11/01/musk-twitter-treasury-department-review/"> U.S. exploring whether it has authority to review Musk’s Twitter deal - The Washington Post</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000095017022019867/tsla-20220930.htm"> Tesla latest 10-Q</a>, <a href="https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022.11.01-DOJ-brief-9th-Cir-Eastman.pdf"> Eastman 9th cir brief</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/5DollarFeminist/status/1587974388548255753">Liz Dye Trump coverage</a>

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