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Deep-pocketed Republicans donors also tried to close the gap by boosting a GOP super PAC working to seize the Senate majority. America PAC has taken on a critical supporting role for the Trump campaign, according to its independent expenditure filings, which cover some spending beyond September 30. Tuesday’s filings show other conservative billionaires also plowing extraordinary sums into the effort to reelect Trump. Another leading pro-Trump super PAC, Restoration PAC, also reported a huge haul from a single major donor. Meanwhile, the Congressional Leadership Fund – the main super PAC supporting House Republicans – hauled in more than $81 million in the third quarter.

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☆ Elon Musk says Tesla shareholders have re-approved his pay package worth billions that a judge struck down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk said late on Wednesday that Tesla shareholders have re-approved a pay package worth billions that was already thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year in a vote that also approved moving Tesla to Texas. “Both Tesla shareholder resolutions are currently passing by wide margins! He famously bought social media platform Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, selling $22.9 billion of his Tesla shares to help fund that purchase. But perhaps a more serious concern among Tesla shareholders is the pioneering electric car company itself. Even with Musk’s pay package again endorsed by shareholders, the Delaware court could still have the final say.

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☆ Here’s what Donald Trump’s return to X could mean for the platform’s business
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Trump’s return appeared to be welcomed by X owner Musk, who has been encouraging politicians and public figures to post on the site in a bid to improve user numbers. If Trump decides to return to regularly posting on X, it could be a major boon to the platform’s effort to attract an audience as it faces increased competition. Trump’s return “should have a positive impact on [X’s] engagement at a time when it needs it,” D.A. What’s more, after making his return to X, Trump appeared to try to clarify where his loyalty lies. !” Trump posted on the X competitor platform.

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☆ The former Twitter exec who went viral for sleeping on the office floor said she had no choice but to do so because of Elon Musk's 'nearly impossible deadline'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Esther Crawford said she slept at Twitter's office because Elon Musk gave her a "nearly impossible deadline." The ex-Twitter exec went viral for sleeping on the floor in the office shortly after Musk took over. Former Twitter exec Esther Crawford said she slept on the office floor because Elon Musk gave her a "nearly impossible deadline." Musk himself is no stranger to sleeping in the office, and some other Twitter workers did the same as they scrambled to keep their jobs. Working at Twitter after the acquisition "was like playing life at Level 10 on Hard Mode," Crawford said in Wednesday's post.

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☆ Elon Musk says Twitter was 'absurdly overstaffed' and run like a 'glorified activist organization' before his takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk told Fox News that Twitter was previously "absurdly overstaffed." Elon Musk said that Twitter was "absurdly overstaffed" before he took over the company in October and laid off thousands of workers. "If you're not trying to run some sort of glorified activist organization ... then you can really let go of a lot of people, it turns out," Musk told Carlson. It also saw a partial outage during the Super Bowl halftime show, despite Musk telling staff to maximize stability for the big event. One unnamed current Twitter employee told Platformer last month that outages have become so frequent that: "I think we're all numb to it," they said.

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