Guest host Addisu Demissie joins Lovett, Tommy, and Dan live in San Jose! Who needs details?! House Republicans unanimously vote to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden but have yet to state the official charges or prove any allegations, while Hunter Biden refuses to sit for a closed-door deposition demanded by the GOP. Then California’s youngest assembly member, Alex Lee, talks about his battles against tax evasion and unaffordable housing. Plaformer’s Zoë Schiffer joins to talk about Elon Musk letting Alex Jones back on Twitter, Silicon Valley giving up on content moderation, and whether the tech bubble is back. Finally we play a round of Silicon Valley trivia and take questions from the audience.

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SHOW NOTES

• NYT: House Set to Approve Biden Impeachment Inquiry as It Hunts for an Offense
• NYT: Urged on by Trump, House Republicans Embrace Biden Impeachment Inquiry
• Axios: GOP locks down votes for Biden impeachment inquiry
• WaPo op-ed by Ken Buck: My fellow Republicans: One disgraceful impeachment doesn’t deserve another
• MSNBC: Why the GOP will likely rubber-stamp its fact-free Biden impeachment inquiry
• NBC: Chuck Todd: Why this impeachment may be meaningless to voters
• WaPo: McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry will go nowhere. But it’s still a crisis.
• ABC: What to know about the House vote to formalize the Biden impeachment inquiry
• WaPo: Ahead of House GOP vote on impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden defies subpoena
• Playbook PM: Hunter on the Hill as impeachment vote nears
• CNN: Top GOP investigators say they will initiate contempt proceedings against Hunter Biden
• ABC News: Is Biden impeachment inquiry risky or smart for Republicans, politically? Strategists debate 
•  NPR: Past impeachments, products of their times, often produced unintended consequences 

• CNBC: Elon Musk reactivates Alex Jones’ X account after a five-year ban 
• REUTERS: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reinstated on X after Musk poll
• Bloomberg: Musk’s X 2023 Ad Sales Projected to Slump to About $2.5 Billion
• NYT: Tesla Recalls Autopilot Software in 2 Million Vehicles
• GUARDIAN: Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged
• Platformer: The platforms give up on 2020 lies
• REUTERS: X will allow political ads from candidates, parties ahead of US election 
• Atlantic: PETER THIEL IS TAKING A BREAK FROM DEMOCRACY
• Guardian: Peter Thiel won’t fund any 2024 races after backing Trump in 2016: ‘It was crazier than I thought’
• NYT: Why Silicon Valley Moguls Are Backing Kennedy’s Presidential Run (6/29/23)
• NYT OP-ED: The Rich Are Crazier Than You and Me (7/6/23)
• Verge: Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
• NYT: Google’s Antitrust Loss to Epic Could Preview Its Legal Fate in 2024
• Bloomberg: Apple Set to Be Hit by EU Antitrust Order in App Store Fight With Spotify
• Reuters: US regulators unveil antitrust roadmap with Big Tech in crosshairs (7/19/23)
• Axios: Axel Springer, OpenAI strike “real-time news” deal for ChatGPT