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Hobbs wins; Trump ’24 announcement; world population to top 8B

November 15, 2022

Katie Hobbs is projected to win the state’s gubernatorial election; Donald Trump is expected to announce his bid to run for president in 2024; and the world population is expected to surpass 8 billion. These stories highlight the Daily Rundown for Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

Hobbs wins Arizona gubernatorial race: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, D, secured victory in the race to be the state’s next governor, with the Associated Press calling the race Monday night. As of 7:00 a.m. EST Tuesday, Hobbs held a lead of about 20,000 votes over her Republican opponent Kari Lake with about 98% of the vote counted since last Tuesday’s midterm elections.

“Democracy is worth the wait,” Hobbs tweeted Monday night. “Thank you, Arizona. I am so honored and so proud to be your next governor.”

Monday’s result marked the last of the notable gubernatorial races, with only Alaska’s to be decided. Hobbs’ win comes after Democrats maintained control of the Senate over the weekend, and before Republicans are expected to take the House, which could happen as soon as later Tuesday.

Trump to announce 2024 bid: Former President Donald Trump is expected to announce his third campaign for president Tuesday night. An announcement was expected at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday from his club in Palm Beach.

“Hopefully, tomorrow will turn out to be one of the most important days in the history of our Country!” former President Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday night.

The expected announcement comes despite Trump being urged to delay the announcement until after next month’s Georgia Senate runoff election. Trump has also received blame from some conservatives and Republicans over a disappointing midterms performance.

World population to reach 8 billion – According to the United Nations, the world’s population is expected pass 8 billion at 10:00 a.m. EST Tuesday. Much of the growth over the last 12 years since the world population hit 7 billion came from developing nations in Africa.

“This unprecedented growth is due to the gradual increase in human lifespan owing to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine,” the U.N. said. “It is also the result of high and persistent levels of fertility in some countries.”

The U.N. expects it to take 15 years for the world population to reach 9 billion, calling their projection “a sign that the overall growth rate of the global population is slowing.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump attacks former allies DeSantis, Youngkin

November 11, 2022

Former President Donald Trump is taking aim at two of his onetime Republican allies. In separate statements, Trump attacked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glen Youngkin.

On Friday, Trump posted to Truth Social: “Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me. I endorsed him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him-or he couldn’t have come close to winning. But he knows that, and admits it. Besides, having a hard time with the Dems in Virginia-But he’ll get it done!”

Trump now attacking Glenn Youngkin .. pic.twitter.com/eEEPcAMplX

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) November 11, 2022

Reporters asked Youngkin asked about Trump’s comments Friday.

“I didn’t see it. I have to be honest, I’ve been busy all morning,” the governor responded. “Listen, you all know me. I do not call people names. I really work hard to bring people together.”

“That’s not the way I roll and not the way I behave,” he added.

Asked about former President Trump saying Gov. Youngkin’s name “sounds Chinese” and that he couldn’t have won without him, @GovernorVA says he didn’t see the comments. He said he does not call people names and he is focused on bringing people together @8NEWS pic.twitter.com/PlZ9aFXTWv

— Jackie DeFusco (@Jackie8News) November 11, 2022

The day before Trump posted on Truth Social about Youngkin, Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears said she “couldn’t support” Trump in 2024.

“A true leader understands when they have become a liability,” Sears said. “A true leader understands that it’s time to step off the stage, and the voters have given us that very clear message.”

Trump’s attack on Youngkin came one day after the former president released a statement about Ron DeSantis. In that statement, Trump began by saying, “NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations.”

In the statement, which Trump also excerpted to Truth Social, the former president said his endorsement of Ron DeSantis in 2017 was like a “nuclear bomb”, and that Trump had “fixed” DeSantis’ campaign which Trump said had “completely fallen apart.”

NEW: Trump goes postal on DeSantis 👇 pic.twitter.com/WoXM0AEY2S

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 10, 2022

Gov. DeSantis won reelection by a wide margin on Tuesday, and Republicans now have a supermajority in both the Florida House and Senate. DeSantis has not officially announced a presidential run for 2024, but both he and Youngkin are seen as possible candidates.

Former President Trump has taken several jabs at DeSantis over the last few weeks. The Florida Governor has not publicly responded to the criticisms.

This story has been updated to include Gov. Youngkin’s response.
Free bird: Elon Musk owns Twitter after 6 long months. Here’s what’s next.

October 28, 2022

Elon Musk wasted no time putting his stamp on his new social media company this week, moving in everything including the kitchen sink and firing top executives at Twitter. Thursday was Twitter’s last day as a publicly traded company; on Friday, Twitter’s stock went dark.

As the $44 billion transaction closed Thursday, Musk fired Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde, according to AP and others. Segal was the first to confirm his departure on Twitter. The three executives are reportedly owed around $100 million in exit payouts, according to calculations by Bloomberg News.

Musk changed his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit” and assumed the role as CEO.

the bird is freed

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022

Tweeting, “the bird is freed,” Musk drew swift rebuke from EU commissioner Thierry Breton, who responded, “In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules.” Regulators, advertisers and users alike are wondering what a Musk-controlled Twitter will mean.

Advertiser angst

The eccentric billionaire, who is also CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and The Boring Company, attempted to assuage Twitter advertisers in an open letter, claiming that “much speculation about why I bought Twitter and what I think about advertising” has been wrong.

“I didn’t [buy Twitter] because it would be easy,” he wrote. “I didn’t do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love. And I do so with humility, recognizing that failure in pursuing this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility.

“That said, Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!” Musk continued.

But analysts do expect the landscape of Twitter to change under Musk, who has previously said he would reverse lifetime bans on the platform, most notably of former President Donald Trump. Trump reacted to the change in ownership on his own social media platform, Truth Social.

“I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands,” Trump wrote.

But according to a Wall Street Journal report, major advertisers would think twice if Trump starts tweeting again. The Journal reports that a dozen GroupM clients – a lead ad-buying agency – have told the agency to pause all of their ads on Twitter if Trump is reinstated on the platform.

An end to the 6-month saga

Musk finalized his Twitter acquisition a day before the court-ordered deadline and six months after Twitter accepted his buyout bid of $54.20 per share. But the road to this point was full of twists and turns, as our Straight Arrow News coverage reveals.

April 4: Elon Musk becomes top Twitter stakeholder

April 5: Twitter gives Elon Musk board seat. Is an edit button next?

April 9: Elon Musk will not join Twitter’s board. Now what?

April 14: Elon Musk bear hugs Twitter with $43 billion buyout bid

April 25: Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s ‘best and final’ offer to buy

April 26: 3 ways Elon Musk hopes to change Twitter

April 27: Twitter: Follower fluctuations after Musk sale were ‘organic’

May 13: Musk: Twitter deal on hold pending investigation into spam, fake accounts

July 11: Twitter shares sink ahead of legal fight after Elon Musk abandons buyout

July 18: Musk and Twitter will face off at the Delaware Court of Chancery

Aug. 10: Elon Musk sells $6.9 billion of Tesla shares in preparation for Twitter trial

Aug. 23: Whistleblower: Twitter riddled with security problems, execs lying to board

Aug. 30: Elon Musk uses Twitter whistleblower in legal battle over buyout

Oct. 4: Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter at original $44 billion price

Oct. 28: Free bird: Elon Musk owns Twitter after 6 long months. Here’s what’s next.
Kanye West offers to buy Parler after getting kicked off Twitter, Instagram

October 17, 2022

A week after Ye, more commonly known as the former Kanye West, was kicked off of Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts, the rapper is offering to buy conservative social media network Parler. The network tweeted the news Monday morning, saying the deal “ensures Parler a future role in creating an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome.”

“This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech,” Parler quoted its CEO George Farmer as saying in a reply to the initial tweet. “Ye is making a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again.”

Parler, which launched in August 2018, was kicked offline following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A month after the attack, Parler announced a relaunch.

The app returned to Google Play last month. However, it has since struggled amid competition from other conservative platforms like Truth Social.

Parlement Technologies, which owns the platform, and West said the acquisition should be completed in the fourth quarter. More details, including the price tag on the deal, were not initially disclosed. Parlement Technologies said the agreement includes the use of private cloud services via Parlement’s private cloud and data center infrastructure.

West’s Parler purchase comes just days after Twitter and Instagram booted him from their platforms over posts the social networks said violated their policies. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records. The quote, an apparent reference to the U.S. defense readiness condition scale known as DEFCON.

“You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” West said in the “death con” tweet. It drew a sharp rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which called the tweet “deeply troubling, dangerous, and antisemitic, period.”

“While Ye has been no stranger to controversy and antisemitism in recent years, this dangerous rhetoric may help advance the spread of existing false and antisemitic narratives shared by extremist groups,” the ADL said in a blog post Friday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Hobbs wins; Trump ’24 announcement; world population to top 8B

Trump attacks former allies DeSantis, Youngkin

Free bird: Elon Musk owns Twitter after 6 long months. Here’s what’s next.

Kanye West offers to buy Parler after getting kicked off Twitter, Instagram