Elon Musk Fires Twitter Employee Who Called Him Out Publicly

Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Monday that he had fired an employee at the company after the employee called him out publicly. The incident happened after Musk tweeted out an apology on Sunday for Twitter running slowly in some countries. “I’d like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries,” Musk tweeted. “App is doing >1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline!” Eric Frohnhoefer, a Twitter employee (at the time), responded to Musk, writing, “I have spent ~6yrs working on Twitter for Android and can say this is wrong.” Shortly afterwards, Musk responded directly

White House Uses Virginia Shooting Tragedy To Push Unrelated Gun Policy

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Joe Biden

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to Sunday night’s shooting at the University of Virginia that killed three people by using the tragedy as an opportunity to push unrelated gun legislation. As reported by ESPN, “University of Virginia president Jim Ryan said three Cavaliers football players were shot and killed: junior receiver Lavel Davis Jr. of Dorchester, South Carolina; junior receiver Devin Chandler of Huntersville, North Carolina; and junior defensive end/linebacker D’Sean Perry of Miami.” The suspect in the shooting was apprehended “without incident” just before 11 a.m. in Henrico County, Virginia and was charged with three counts of second-degree murder and

Unemployment Rate Grew Last Month, U.S. Job Levels Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

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The unemployment rate increased last month as the economy under President Biden struggles to return to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage point to 3.7 percent in October, and the number of unemployed persons rose by 306,000 to 6.1 million,” the report said. “The unemployment rate has been in a narrow range of 3.5 percent to 3.7 percent since March.” “The number of persons not in the labor force who currently want a job was little changed at 5.7 million in October and remains above its February

President Biden Wishes Republicans ‘Lots Of Luck’ If They Try To Investigate Hunter

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During a press conference on Wednesday, President Biden was asked about the Republicans potentially investigating his son Hunter if they gain control of the House over Hunter’s foreign business dealings while his father was vice president during the Obama administration. Biden responded by wishing Republicans “lots of luck,” and referred to calls for his impeachment as “almost comedy.” “Republicans have made it clear that if they do take control of the House, that they want to launch rapid investigations on day one into your handling of Afghanistan, the border; they want to look into some of your cabinet officials, they want to investigate you, they

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