i think if we had a policy which was firm, which armed ukraine with defensive and offensive weapons so they could defend themselves i think putin would make different calculations so i think oballa s policy of weakness is actually making a larger conflict more likely that was less than eight years ago, but now, desantis wants to appease putin, calling the brutal invasion of ukraine nothing more than a territorial dispute. the latest sign the party of desantis, trump, and tucker is seriously out of touch with the views of most americans. also tonight, how the failure of silicon valley bank is exposing the myths of regulation and the hypocrisy of libertarians who seem real pro government when it comes to federal assistance for them. and donald trump rolls out the melania defense with his lawyer claiming the payment made to the porn actress whom he was allegedly cheating with were made to protect melania. not to help him get elected president. but we begin the reidout
Business correspondent for npr its arer been too long, my former veteran of weekend shift. let s talk about this because let me read you this the atlantic wrote this piece, and that s is about silicon valley losing in luster. they say sam altman proposed to inveers just start sending out money, no questions asked. today is a good day to offer emergency cash to start-ups. just send money. here was the head of the industry s hottest company rumored to have a $29 billion valuation soberly proposing handouts as a way to prevent further contagion. silicon valley overlords were so certainly of their independence that they rallied behind a proposal to secede from the continental united states. is the message now that we re all in it together what happened to these liber libertarians the attitude has changed.
harris: democrats and liberals still throwing a tantrum. they re pitching all their toys out the crib over this. elon musk has brought twitter. the deal is not quite done but it is coming. twitter employees are also panicking of the future of the platform claiming his purchase will undermine democracy. the tesla ceo fired back at those critics with this tweet. the extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all. by free speech i simply mean that which matches the law. i am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. wall street journal op-ed pokes the far left with the headline more hilarious wailing at elon musk. as long as the usual silicon valley overlords controlled all of social media progressives didn t mind. elon musk buys twitter and free