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Russia is open to a proposal for President Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk to have an open conversation via the new social media app Clubhouse, the Kremlin announced Monday. On Saturday, Musk , the richest man in the world, tagged Putin’s office on Twitter, asking, “would you like join me for a conversation on Clubhouse?” In Russian, the Tesla CEO added, “It would be a great honor to speak with you.” “In general, this is of course a very interesting proposal, but we need to understand what is meant, what is being proposed… first we need to check, then we will react,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Monday, according to Reuters . “We want to figure it out first. President Putin does not personally use social networks directly, he doesn’t have them,” Peskov added. . @KremlinRussia_E would you like join me for a conversation on Clubhouse? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 13, 2021 Clubhouse is a drop-in, audio-only social media platform that … [Read more...] about Kremlin Open To Potential Social Media Collaboration Between Putin And Elon Musk

Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We're looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN) "There are men of character in the U.S. Congress, both House and Senate. There are women of character, too. But the evidence for 'character' needs to be something other than the iteration of the word itself," writes Marjorie Garber in her book "Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession." That is a useful frame for trying to make sense of the dramas that proliferated on Capitol Hill this week as Congress took up multiple nominations to President Joe Biden's Cabinet and held its first hearing on the January 6 insurrection. As Garber notes, the translation of individual traits into a "national character" most often occurs at "times of stress, as a marker not so much of social progress as of social and cultural anxiety." We saw this. Conviction and commitment (and the lack of same), and in darker terms, … [Read more...] about Biden’s tricky tango with Congress