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I have about 100 frozen ore ida brand hash brown patties in my freezer, and while they’re delicious in the air fryer by themselves, I was wondering what else I could do with them. Hit me with your ideas, thank you!
Edit: I live in a gluten free household by the way
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I want to try the one dish bake method for Mac and cheese. I usually just use sharp cheddar and Monterrey when I make it in my crockpot, but I want to include more cheese. I have some hickory smoked cheddar, feta, and Parmesan. I was originally going to add all the cheese into the dish, but now I’m second guessing whether the taste of smoked cheddar, Parmesan, and feta will work together. What combination of flavors would work best?
Edit: Thanks for the feedback, but I was wondering about a good combination of the cheeses I currently have.
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Several would-be Republican lawmakers are riding 2020 election falsehoods all the way to the ballot box this November, where at least seven people who say they were at or near the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, are seeking to join the very institution that was attacked by a mob of Trump supporters nearly two years ago.
All seven Congressional candidates have propagated doubts or conspiracy theories about the 2020 election results, according to CBS News — a strategy that ultimately seems to have won them favor with Republican voters. ABC News Political Director Rick Klein earlier this month suggested that the results of statewide primaries heading into the November midterms indicate that a GOP candidate's connections to January 6 now represent a badge of honor among Republican voters instead of a career-ending scandal.
Three such candidates have a real shot at winning their Congressional races next week, forcing current members of Congress to start considering the impending possibility of being forced to welcome new colleagues into the fold who were present on the grounds as the Capitol was attacked.
Multiple Democratic members told Axios earlier this month that they aren't ready to forgive and expressed lingering concerns about their own safety as well as the implications for democracy if these candidates ultimately win their elections.
"It's terrifying, personally, because these were people who were with violent insurrectionists," Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington told the outlet. "It's also terrifying from the perspective of our country ... to have [members of Congress] who are so actively part of denying the elections."
None of the candidates have been arrested or charged in relation to the Jan. 6 attack, but several have continued to defend their presence near the Capitol that day.
Derrick Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL running for an open seat in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, identified himself as one of the demonstrators outside the Capitol on January 6 in a local op-ed soon after the attack.
Van Orden at the time wrote that he had been in Washington, DC, for "meetings and to stand for the integrity of our electoral system as a citizen." He said he left the area as soon as he observed the protest descending into a riot, but The Daily Beast reported in June that Van Orden was photographed behind police barricades after the riot began — an allegation he rejected.
All three top House Republicans, as well as former President Donald Trump, have given Van Orden their endorsement and projections suggest the Republican candidate has the edge against Democratic state Sen. Brad Pfaff who is also hoping to succeed longtime Democrat Rep. Ron Kind in the seat.
A representative for Van Orden did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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Sandy Smith, a self-described "military mom" and business owner who is running in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, tweeted two pictures on January 6, 2021, of the crowd marching toward the Capitol, captioning the photos: "In DC fighting for Trump! Just marched from the Monument to the Capitol!"
The post, which included the hashtag #StopTheSteal, remains on Twitter.
Smith won a crowded primary against seven other Republican candidates in May and secured Trump's endorsement in September. This race marks her second shot at Congress after she lost to Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfield in 2020. Following her defeat, she espoused unfounded conspiracy theories about the legitimacy of the election results.
The North Carolina district in which she is running tends to lean slightly Republican, but Smith's hardline, extremist views have political forecasters predicting that Democrat Donald Davis may take the edge in the race.
A representative for Smith did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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JR Majewski is challenging Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Ohio's 9th Congressional district, looking to unseat the longest-tenured woman in the House after a redrawn district put Kaptur's seat in danger.
On January 6, 2021, Majewski was at the Capitol with a QAnon live-streamer, and said in a local interview that he had been "responsible for 60-70 people at the Capitol," but left when "everything started to happen."
Majewski maintains that he broke no laws on January 6, 2021, and tweeted that he was "cleared by the FBI."
Majewski won his Republican primary in May and garnered former President Donald Trump's endorsement the following month. But a financial disclosure violation first reported by Insider, as well as a September Associated Press report revealing that Majewski misrepresented aspects of his service in the Air Force, have given Kaptur a slight lead.
Throughout his campaign, Majewski has continued to downplay the insurrection, suggesting in one tweet that Capitol police contributed to the violence.
A representative for Majewski did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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CBS News this week highlighted four other candidates who were in DC on Jan. 6 and have since launched longshot campaigns for a Congressional seat. But polling suggests none are likely to make it to Washington.
Leon Benjamin Sr. is running as the Republican nominee in Virginia's 4th Congressional District, where Democratic incumbent Rep. Donald McEachin beat him by more than 22 points in 2020, despite his protestations that the election was compromised.
Benjamin posted photos and video of himself outside the Capitol on January 6 to his Facebook, including a shot with Mike Lindell.
Tine Forte is running against wunderkind incumbent Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez in New York's 14th Congressional District for a second time following an overwhelming 2020 defeat.
Forte live-streamed video from near the Capitol with other Trump supporters on January 6 and told NY1 that she doesn't "regret" having been on the grounds that day.
Jo Rae Perkins is once again seeking a US Senate seat to represent Oregon after failing to secure the spot in 2020. She's challenging Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden who has been in Congress since 1996.
One day after the insurrection, Perkins told KOIN that she approached the outside exterior of the Capitol on January 6, but did not enter the building.
Jeff Zink is up against Democratic incumbent Rep. Ruben Gallego in Arizona's 3rd Congressional District. Zink told local Texas news that he did not enter the Capitol or engage in violence on January 6, according to CBS. His son, Ryan Zink, however, was arrested in February 2021 on Capitol riot charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.
None of the four additional candidates immediately responded to Insider's requests for comment.
I've used 2 T cumin, 2 T coriander, 2 T paprika, 1 t snp, 1 t garlic, 1 t oregano, 1/2 t cayenne. I've added and subtracted each and it never comes out quite what I want. I've got to be missing something. Is there another spice I'm missing?
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Weeks after comedian John Oliver called Republicans "heartbreakingly stupid" for perpetuating a lie about children using litter boxes at school, a GOP Senate nominee candidate repeated the hoax at an event in New Hampshire on Thursday, according to audio obtained by CNN.
While speaking to supporters in North Hampton, Don Bolduc — who is facing Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan — claimed that children are being told they can use litter boxes in school and are allowed to identify as cats or furries, the news outlet reported.
"Guess what? We have furries and fuzzies in classrooms," Bolduc said as the crowd laughed. "They lick themselves, they're cats. When they don't like something, they hiss. People walk down the hallway and jump out."
"They're putting litter boxes, right? Litter boxes for this," he added. "These are the same people that are concerned about spreading germs. Yet they let children lick themselves and then touch everything. And they're starting to lick each other."
CNN reported that Bolduc made similar comments earlier that day on a radio show.
On the October 16 episode of "Last Week Tonight," host John Oliver delved into Republicans' attacks on transgender rights, including GOP candidates who claim schools are allowing students who identify as furries — people interested in anthropomorphic animals, and often adopt fictitious "fursonas" — to use litterboxes at schools.
"If kids were using litter boxes in class, a state representative from Minnesota would not be the one breaking that news to you," Oliver said. "If a kid sh*t in a litterbox in first period, it would be the only thing anyone in that state was talking about by lunch. Minnesota would change its state motto to 'Minnesota: Y'know, the state where that kid sh*t in a litterbox.'"
Bolduc isn't the only Republican candidate to repeat the hoax, which has been disproven since 2021. In March, Sen. Bruce Bostelman, a Nebraskan Republican, apologized after claiming schools were accommodating children with litter boxes during a public, televised debate, according to The Associated Press.
The litter box conspiracy theory has become so pervasive that it has its own Wikipedia page. The claim reportedly originated in October 2021 in Prince Edward Island, Canada when rumors began circulating within the public school system about students identifying as cats and litter boxes placed in schools.
Bolduc is an Army veteran and a one-time election denier. Insider's Madison Hall reviewed congressional financial filings and found that Bolduc flouted a federal conflict-of-interest and transparency law by failing to submit details about his own finances in 2022.
Despite Bolduc winning his primary, polling from October 30 shows Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan favored to win the New Hampshire Senate race.
Representatives for Bolduc did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
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For more than 150 years a demon cat — some say the size of an elephant — is said to appear near the grounds of the US Capitol before national emergencies, according to the White House Historical Association.
"It's probably the most common of all the ghost stories in the Capitol," Steve Livengood, the chief tour guide of the US Capitol Historical Society told Atlas Obscura about the apparition. "Partly because of the physical evidence."
In 1898, after the Capitol Building was damaged by a gas explosion, paw prints and the initials "DC" — speculated to mean "demon cat" — appeared in the concrete poured to repair the Small Senate Rotunda. While Livengood told Atlas Obscura it was "quite possible" a cat simply walked across the wet concrete, visitors to the Capitol have seen the prints, and news reports of sightings, as evidence of the legend's veracity.
The ghostly cat, described at times as all black and sometimes with tabby stripes, is said to appear most often to guards of the US Capitol, with sightings reported before the assassination of JFK and just before the stock market crash in 1929, according to the White House Historical Association.
An 1898 Washington Post report about the cat said the creature "swells up to the size of an elephant before the eyes of the terrified observer," while in 1935 the Post reported after another sighting that the cat's eyes "glow with the all the hue and ferocity of the headlights of a fire engine."
Long considered a prophecy of coming tragedy, the first reported sighting of the demon cat was in the United States Capitol in 1862, during the Civil War. A guard was said to have fired his gun at the cat, causing it to disappear. From then on, it was seen in the Capitol building basement before national emergencies, according to the White House Historical Association.
"I can put enough pieces together to know where the legend came from," Livengood told Atlas Obscura. "The night watchmen were not professionals. They would often be some senator's ne'er-do-well brother-in-law that had a drinking problem."
The night watchmen who reported spotting the demonic creature, Livengood said, would often leverage their political connections to avoid trouble for drinking on the job, making up stories of being attacked by the fearsome creature.
"Then the other guards realize that if they see the cat and get attacked, then they get a day off," Livengood told Atlas Obscura. "And that's how history gets written."
The Capitol region has long been rumored to be home to many mythic creatures and ghostly happenings, though the demon cat remains one of the longest-standing legends of the grounds.
Its last notable sighting was in 1963, just before the assassination of JFK — there were no reports of it being seen prior to more recent national crises like the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
The White House Historical Association did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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I found what looks to be like floating white bacteria in my six day old beet kvass. I used enough salt and followed a recipe in a clean jar with two layers of sealed paper towels over it. Is it safe to drink?
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In the wake of a deadly crowd surge at a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, photos and witness accounts provided devastating details about how the chaos unfolded.
At least 151 people died and 82 more were injured, according to the BBC. Officials told the news outlet that the death toll included 19 foreigners and that the incident occurred after a large crowd celebrating Halloween surged into a narrow alley in the Itaewon nightlife area.
Photos from the tragedy showed a chaotic scene of remnants of victims' costumes and emergency responders trying to attend to the crowd, while witnesses described mayhem.
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Approximately 100,000 people were in the area, marking the first large gathering with no masks since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the BBC.
Officials told the news outlet that most of the victims were teenagers and adults in their 20s.
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A high school student who became stuck in the crowd with her friend told The New York Times how she narrowly escaped after falling.
"There were people beneath me and people falling on top of me. I could hardly breathe. We shouted and screamed for help, but the music was so loud in the alley our shouts were drowned," Kim Seo-jeong said.
Kim and her friend were eventually able to crawl away from the mass of people and adults pulled them into a tavern.
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Two witnesses told the BBC that what happened in the alley looked like it was a scene out of a movie as first responders attempted to treat people.
"It was completely out of control," one of the witnesses said.
"There were way too many people and it was too crowded," said the other witness.
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South Korea's president Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning that will last until the disaster has been brought under control, according to the BBC.
"My heart is heavy and I struggle to cope with my grief," he said. The President added that he felt "responsible for people's lives and safety".
Following the incident, officials have been advised to conduct an emergency review of all Halloween celebrations and other festivities, per the BBC.
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I recently learned about letting cookie dough rest overnight. Does it make sense to do the same thing with blondies?
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I feel like cooking venison jerky to 165 makes it to dry. Is it safe to cook it to 135-145 as long as it stays there for ~10min?
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Elon Musk on Thursday completed his long-awaited $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, immediately firing top executives and prompting concern among critics who worry the self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" will usher in more extremism and hate speech onto the platform.
"Elon Musk's acquisition and subsequent running of Twitter will radically transform the current information landscape in much the same way that the emergence of Fox News changed the information landscape back in the late '90s — and we will all be worse off for it," Angelo Carusone, president of the left-leaning nonprofit media watchdog Media Matters for America, said in a statement, predicting the rise of right-wing extremism as a direct result of Musk's leadership.
Musk, who has maintained he is a "free speech absolutist" despite a professional reputation of silencing critics with retaliation and threats of lawsuits, has long denounced Twitter's content moderation policies. The new "Chief Twit" has publicly lambasted what he has suggested is partisan censorship on the platform, including the decision to ban former president Donald Trump — which Musk said in May he would reverse.
Lawmakers, media watchdogs, and advocacy groups have said for months that Musk's purchase of the platform would have immense consequences for data privacy, in addition to a rise in harassment, extremism, and hyperpartisanship, and have renewed their calls following Thursday's completion of the deal.
"Despite his claim that he wanted to buy Twitter to 'help humanity,' Elon Musk has a record of posting and defending harmful anti-LGBTQ content as well as content that harms other marginalized communities," read a statement by the nonprofit Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "GLAAD remains deeply concerned about the safety of LGBTQ people on Twitter and we join other organizations that are now questioning Twitter's future policies and actions against extremist content."
Jesse Lehrich, the co-founder of watchdog nonprofit Accountable Tech, said Musk's firing of Vijaya Gadde — a top Twitter legal and policy executive who headed the team that decided to remove Trump from the platform — was a "long-term catastrophe," calling Gadde the company's "moral compass," Politico reported.
While Musk did not respond to a request for comment for this story, a spokesperson for Twitter referred to two tweets posted by the new owner of the social platform about the future of content moderation.
On Thursday, Musk posted that most of the speculation surrounding his motivation to buy Twitter has been wrong and said the platform "obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences." Instead, he said, Twitter must follow "the laws of the land" and "be warm and welcoming to all," without specifying how to accomplish that goal.
Musk has not yet detailed any potential policy changes but, on Friday, tweeted that no content moderation policies have yet changed on the platform. In a separate tweet, he said a "content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints" will be convened before policy changes or account reinstatements are made.
In the meantime, a social media research group told The Washington Post that use of the N-word on Twitter jumped by almost 500% after the Musk takeover. Researchers from Memetica, a digital investigations company, also found a surge in Twitter accounts that followed right-wing media accounts like Tucker Carlon and One America News Network in the first 24 hours following the completed deal, The New York Times reported.
"Simply put: Twitter is now on a glide path to becoming a supercharged engine of radicalization," Carusone of Media Matters' statement added. "Under Musk's leadership, Twitter will become a fever swamp of dangerous conspiracy theories, partisan chicanery, and operationalized harassment."
Has any one done it? And do you have any advice??? Is it possible?
This is what I’m thinking
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I do whole chickens for about 4 hours on 225
And a rack of ribs 225 for 5.5 hours
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Veteran prosecutor David Raskin, who recently oversaw the case of an FBI analyst who pleaded guilty to keeping classified materials at home, has joined the team investigating the documents found at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, The Washington Post reported.
Raskin previously served as a senior federal prosecutor in New York, known for his work on the case of a co-conspirator in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as well as the 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa. More recently, Raskin served as a prosecutor in Missouri, where he investigated the case of FBI analyst Kendra Kingsbury, who on October 13 pleaded guilty to keeping national defense documents in her home. Kingsbury faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
His work on such high profile cases has earned Raskin the reputation of being one of the nation's most successful terrorism prosecutors, the Post reported. Sources familiar with the Mar-A-Lago investigation told the outlet Raskin has been assisting with the investigation after originally having been called upon by the Department of Justice to consult on the criminal investigation resulting from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
National security law experts told the Post that prosecutors appear to have gathered enough evidence to meet at least some of the criteria for bringing charges against Trump.
Raskin's involvement with the investigation is an indicator that the case is headed toward prosecution, according to several legal scholars and former US attorneys.
"This move suggests DOJ is seriously considering criminal charges," Barb McQuade, a former US Attorney and Michigan Law School professor, tweeted about the news of Raskin's participation. "In light of apparent aggravating factors, it would be hard to decline charging this case when ordinary government employees get charged for less egregious conduct."
Legal scholars told Insider in August that they believed the former president could soon be indicted.
Raskin did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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This is probably the DUMBEST question. But! I have a pack of better cheddar sausages. They’ve been in the freezer. I pulled them out last Saturday. The expiration is Nov 4, 2022. It’s still good til that date, right? Or should I have cooked them right away?
Anyone have any ideas for using up leftover candied peanuts?
I messed up a recipe for candying peanuts with coconut milk, cocoa powder, & coffee and ended up getting some tough/hard candy-coated nuts. I used this recipe: https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/candied-peanuts/ , scaled up about 7 times (I got over-excited). I may have overheaped my teaspoons when adding the cocoa/chocolate powders, since there was much more stuff coating the nuts at the end then in the video. The coating also never ended up crystallizing before getting too sticky to stir. The coating cooled into a patchy coating that resembled chocolate in appearance. The nuts are still tasty, but a bit too tough to comfortably eat. The coating isn't sticky itself, but sticks unpleasantly to the teeth when chewing.
I thought about processing them in a food processor and using them as some sort of crunchy topping, but I'm pretty sure they'd turn out too tough given the state of the candy coating.
I have tried adding water to a few and re-boiling them, and the nuts were tender. The liquid was pretty tasty too; kinda like a nutty, caramelly, hot chocolate. So my other ideas were liquid-based recipes like a curry or an African peanut stew. My only worry is that it'd be too sweet if I put more than a couple of nuts.
I made meringue (the one where you add hot syrup while beating the whites) to pipe on top on lemon bars I’m making. While waiting for the lemon curd to set, the meringue mixture (in the piping bag) started leaking clear liquid :( what caused that? Can I still use the meringue?
I whipped to just almost stiff white peaks before putting into a piping bag. About 30 min ago ..
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I made a variation of lentil soup and I was a bit heavy handed with the pepper. I used ground pepper instead of peppercorns. Corn was not added, and I used bok choy instead of celery. Is there a way to make this lentil soup less spicy?
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Former Trump adviser Roger Stone told Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that it would be treacherous for him to run against Trump in 2024.
Stone posted his cautionary message to DeSantis on Telegram on Wednesday, calling the governor "Ron DeSanctimonius."
"If Governor Ron DeSantis challenges @realDonaldTrump who has made it clear that he will be a candidate in 2024 it would be the most stunning act of ingratitude and treachery in the history of American politics," Stone wrote.
He also parroted the former president's claim that a Trump endorsement helped DeSantis win the governorship back in 2019.
In the post, Stone also hit out at DeSantis' wife, Casey DeSantis.
"Have you ever noticed how much Ron DeSantis' wife Casey is like Lady Macbeth?" Stone wrote, referencing the Shakespearean character who encourages Macbeth to commit regicide and is later driven to madness herself. Casey DeSantis did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
In another Telegram post on Thursday, Stone noted that DeSantis "wasn't invited" to Trump's November rally in Miami. Stone warned DeSantis that it would be a "big mistake" to compete head-on with Trump and schedule any events on the same day.
Neither Trump nor DeSantis has announced a run for the presidency. They are currently the leading contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential ticket.
Much intrigue has swirled around Trump and his reactions towards DeSantis being a potential 2024 rival. In October, Maggie Haberman, a reporter for The New York Times, told CNN that Trump talks about DeSantis a lot behind the scenes, more so than any other GOP contender. And in September, Rolling Stone reported that Trump was nervous about how much attention DeSantis got from a political stunt that involved chartering two planes to transport 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
In July, the former president also lashed out at "Fox & Friends" for mentioning a poll that showed DeSantis ahead of him, accusing the show's hosts of going "to the dark side."
While Trump has not announced his candidacy, Trump aide and advisor Kellyanne Conway said in September that the former president is eager to announce his 2024 run soon.
As for DeSantis, in a debate on Monday, he did not commit to serving four full years as governor. A DeSantis representative told Insider in July that the governor is "focused on Florida and running for reelection as governor this year."
Representatives for DeSantis did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
accidently left a giant jug of unagi sauce out for a few hours ?? Is it still safe to consume ?
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The chaotic saga between Elon Musk and Twitter came to end on Thursday.
Just a day before his deadline to close a deal, Musk purchased the social media company for a staggering $44 billion — one of the largest acquisitions of a tech company in history.
Musk recently changed his Twitter bio to "Chief Twit" and marked his location as "Twitter HQ."
The deal comes ten months after a dizzying series of events, which first began in January when Musk bought up Twitter shares.
If you're hazy on some of the events within that time period, we've compiled a full timeline of developments, from Musk tweeting a poop emoji at CEO Parag Agrawal to Twitter and Musk suing each other.
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By March 14, Musk had a 5% stake in the social media company — a threshold that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deems large enough to require a public disclosure.
The Washington Post estimates that the Tesla CEO saved about $156 million, or 30%, by delaying disclosure until after the SEC's March 25 deadline and buying the stock at a lower price.
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The next day, Twitter told the SEC it intended to appoint Musk to its board of directors.
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced on Twitter that the billionaire had decided not to join the board after the Tesla CEO had spent weeks tweeting about his ideas for Twitter, including discussing turning the company's headquarters into a homeless shelter or adding an edit button.
"I believe this is for the best," Agrawal said.
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The deal valued the company at $44 billion.
Twitter threw up a corporate defensive measure called a poison pill designed to stop Musk's hostile-takeover attempt.
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In accepting the deal, Musk waived all due diligence — relinquishing his right as a buyer to further investigate the state of the company ahead of acquiring it.
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He posted that tweet as his team investigated the company's claim that less than 5% of its accounts are fake and spam.
Agrawal posted a thread on Twitter explaining how the company settled on that 5% figure. Musk responded to the thread with a poop emoji.
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He claimed that Twitter was "actively resisting and thwarting [Musk's] information rights." In the letter, he threatened to abandon the purchase agreement and said he had the right not to see the deal through.
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The billionaire also attended his first all-hands meeting with the company's staff.
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Twitter's board said it would take legal action to enforce the original agreement.
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In the first pretrial hearing, on July 19, Twitter scored its first win against Musk after the judge agreed to an expedited five-day trial in October.
"The longer the merger transaction remains in limbo, the larger a cloud of uncertainty is cast over the company," Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick said.
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Musk alleged the company is operating a "scheme to mislead investors about the company's prospects."
In the countersuit, Musk's team argues he is entitled to drop the deal because he claims Twitter is intentionally "miscounting" the number of spam accounts on its platform.
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Some of Musk's closest associates, as well as Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, were included.
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On August 23, The Washington Post published an explosive 84-page whistleblower complaint from renowned hacker and former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko.
In the complaint, the security chief — better known as "Mudge" — accused the company of "lying" to Elon Musk about spam accounts on its site, and having poor security practices that could violate a previous FTC settlement agreement.
A Twitter spokesperson said the claims are "riddled with inaccuracies" and that Zatko was fired for "ineffective leadership and poor performance."
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His team also filed a motion to amend its countersuit to include the whistleblower's allegations.
In the second pre-trial hearing, in August, Musk's team scored a small win when the judge partially granted Musk's demand for Twitter to produce more data on scam accounts.
However, the judge called the billionaire's original request for "trillions upon trillions" of data points "absurdly broad."
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The judge allowed the billionaire to amend his countersuit to include allegations from Twitter's whistleblower, but she had some harsh words for his legal team — calling their efforts to cooperate with Twitter's discovery process "suboptimal."
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That happened well before he officially said he planned to back out of the purchase. The billionaire said he wouldn't want to buy the company "if we're heading into World War 3" with Russia.
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In a letter to the social media company, Musk's legal team argued that Twitter had breached its agreement with Musk in allegedly offering Zatko a $7.75 million severance package.
Source: Insider
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That put the fate of the deal entirely in the hands of the court case, which was set for a five-day trial in October.
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Choosing to close a deal with Twitter would avoid what could have been a lengthy legal battle in a Delaware court.
Twitter at the time said in a statement to Insider that it would continue to seek to close a transaction at $54.20 per share, Musk's original offer.
A Delaware judge gave Musk a deadline of October 28 to complete the deal.
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On Wednesday, two days before the Friday deadline to close the deal, Musk posted a video on Twitter of him visiting the company's headquarters in San Francisco.
"Entering Twitter HQ — let that sink in," he wrote.
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2022
He has also since changed his Twitter bio to read "Chief Twit," with a location marked "Twitter HQ," suggesting a deal is near completion.
Anonymous Twitter employees told The New York Times that Musk has plans to attend several meetings this week and will address the company's employees on Friday.
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Sources told Insider that Twitter and Musk formally closed a deal on Thursday for $44 billion or $54.20 per share.
The same evening, sources said Musk fired at least two top executives: CEO Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal.
The New York Times reported that Vijaya Gadde, a legal and policy executive, and Sean Edgett, the general counsel, were also ousted.
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