Noam and Jen continue to discuss As The Tweets Turn aka Elon’s acquisition of Twitter and the moves he’s made. But more importantly, there’s a fight brewing in the GOP - Don vs Ron, the title matchup for who is going to be the face of the party (and the nominee in 2024). 

Get ready to pick your fighter, because it’s getting nasty!

No Callin this week as Jen will be in the middle of her big transition to DC but maaaaaybe she’ll make her debut appearance on another platform…

https://www.callin.com/show/all-crossed-out-jVWglWcHxW 

Show notes:

Eli Lilly gets impersonated on Twitter, and their stock takes a plunge  :

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/lly-stock-dives-taking-novo-sanofi-with-it-after-fake-twitter-account-promises-free-insulin/

Remember that time someone hacked a bunch of high profile Twitter accounts to push a crypto scheme and it kinda worked?:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Twitter_account_hijacking

Twitter Blue has been stopped until we can figure out what the hell is going on:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/11/twitter-blue-subscription-disappears-from-app.html

Back in my day, you had to toil in the content mines to get a bluecheck!:

https://twitter.com/RayKump/status/1590553793821016064

Yglesias’ thread on the bluecheck, again:

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588192811664478209

Brigite Gabriel thinks Trump is playing 26D chess to see who his REAL supporters are:

https://twitter.com/ACTBrigitte/status/1591155760251404288

Trump tees off on DeSantis because he is a manchild who cannot share the spotlight:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109322017568994719

Trump also tees off on Youngkin or Young Kin (sounds very Chinese, you know):

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109325150085362681

Young Kim, a real person and newly elected Republican member of the House, weighs in on Kin-gate:

https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1591082935570288640

Trump is still insulting McConnell’s wife, has apparently forgotten he once gave her a Cabinet position:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/trump-calls-elaine-chao-coco-183029455.html

Rebekah Jones lost her congressional race, is facing a felony charge, but is still grifting nonetheless:

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/rebekah-jones-loses-congressional-race-moves-to-felony-trial/

Stop trying to make Glass Jaw Ron happen:

https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1591069956023922688