April 26, 2022, edition of Views on the News from the Couch

Send us Fan MailToday’s episode of Views on the News from the Couch starts with the following QUICKHITTERS.·       Twitter board approves Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter.  By the way, follow me on Twitter at JeffCross@ViewsNewsCouch.·       A New York Judge found Donald Trump to be in contempt for failure to turn over requested financial documents to the NY Attorney General.  Trump’s lawyers said they did turn over what was requested.  ·       Ukraine is getting military aid from a number of countries and that is pissing Russia off.  The military aid seems to be increasing.·       Comments on the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial. ·       The linked Reuters articles suggests finance professionals will try to bail for non-Chinese finance centers when the lockdown is over.Next, we review Europe’s Digital Services Act followed by a deep dive into former Chief of Staff Mark Meadow’s texts related to January 6. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/fed-up-with-covid-lockdown-bankers-fund-managers-looking-leave-shanghai-2022-04-26/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/mark-meadows-texts-2319/index.html