E107: The Twitter Files Parts 1-2: shadow banning, story suppression, interference & more

**David Sacks** (0:00)
You were bloated last night. What else is new?

**Jason Calacanis** (0:03)
I said not bloated. My God, you really are though.

**David Sacks** (0:06)
You look bloated.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:07)
Listen, that's coming from you. You started to look like Bert, and now you're back to Ernie. Your face is getting round again.
All I have to say is, hold on a second, guys, I got to get a drink. Is it okay? You guys got a minute for me to get a drink?

**David Friedberg** (0:17)
Yeah, yeah, I definitely do. I definitely do.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:19)
Go ahead. Hold on a second.
No, no. I'm actually, I've been working on my weight, so I'm just going to pick here. I think I have the mocha latte from Supergut, and I also have the chocolate shake. Do you have a recommendation here for me, Friedberg, because I'm going to put it in my coffee. Is mocha on a mocha?

**David Friedberg** (0:36)
You can't go wrong.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:37)
Thank you.

**David Friedberg** (0:37)
Double mocha is a win.

**David Sacks** (0:38)
Just on a completely unrelated topic, did you happen to invest in Supergut, Jake Howe?

**Jason Calacanis** (0:43)
No, no, no, I haven't invested yet, but use the promo code.
It's been a big part of my weight loss journey. It's also been a big part of me and Friedberg becoming besties and creating a unified block for All-In Summit 2023 So I've got two solid votes.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:00)
I'll be very honest with you. You guys gave me a credible plan where we can maintain the integrity.

**David Friedberg** (1:06)
I was joking.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:09)
Hold on.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:12)
Continue. Listen to me.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:13)
Listen to me.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:14)
If you two idiots.

**David Friedberg** (1:16)
I'm not involved.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:17)
Yes, you are. You clearly are involved with this fucking grip.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:20)
You're an important vote. Hold on.
No, I'm writing this and I'm writing it down.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:24)
If you two idiots. The two of you have to do this together because otherwise I'm with David and there's absolutely got it. You two idiots need to come up with a plan where we can each make.
Make four million bucks each net, then I'll do it.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:42)
Four million net. OK, great.

**David Sacks** (1:44)
Look at J. Cal writing that down as if he respects a contract.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:48)
OK, got this.

**David Friedberg** (1:49)
Got this.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:49)
I signed the fucking car. I signed the contract.

**David Sacks** (1:52)
For J. Cal, the negotiation begins at the point where there's a signed contract.

**David Friedberg** (1:56)
Yeah, exactly.

**David Sacks** (1:56)
It's like, OK, now I'll negotiate with you.

**David Friedberg** (2:00)
Hahaha!

**Jason Calacanis** (2:17)
All right, everybody, the show has started. The four of us are still here by some miracle. We're still going after 107 episodes, and it's better than ever. Last week, we were number 12 So mainstream media.
We'll see you in the top 10

**David Friedberg** (2:31)
Mainstream media.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:32)
Here we go. Twitter files, part one and part two dropped.

**David Sacks** (2:35)
Despite your oppressive conditions.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:37)
Yes, J.

**David Sacks** (2:38)
Cal, we're not on strike.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:39)
Impressive conditions of making you show up on time.

**David Friedberg** (2:42)
If I was getting paid five bucks for this, I'd be on strike right now.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:48)
Guys, not only are you getting five bucks, you're getting a bill for the production. Okay, here we go.

**David Sacks** (2:51)
By the way, how beautiful is it that the same reporters who couldn't stop writing about the oppressive working conditions that Elon Musk was supposedly creating, because he simply wanted the employees to go back to the office and work hard. If they didn't, he'd give them a generous three months severance package.

**David Friedberg** (3:08)
Yeah.

**David Sacks** (3:08)
Those same reporters are now on strike because the Solsburgers are running a clickbait farm over there with oppressive working conditions.

**Jason Calacanis** (3:15)
The intellectual dishonesty has never been higher in the world.

**David Sacks** (3:18)
Yeah.

**Jason Calacanis** (3:18)
I would like to ask. I'm looking for intellectual honesty.

**David Sacks** (3:21)
Yes. Will the publisher of the New York Times agree that anybody who isn't happy there can have a voluntary three months severance package?

**Jason Calacanis** (3:29)
Yeah. Click this link. And do you want to work hard or do you want three months severance? If the New York Times publisher did that, you know what would happen? 800 of 1200 people would take the severance.