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Start your morning with Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin - Monday through Friday from 6-9a ET on CNBC and streaming on CNBC+.

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Squawk Box is CNBC's buzzy morning bridge between Wall Street, Washington, and your coffee cup, hosted by Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin live weekdays 6, 9a ET. They mix breaking market news, big-name guests, and sharp takes to kick-start the business day. If it's headline-worthy before the opening bell, there's a good chance Squawk Box has already pinged the industry about it.

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You tweet more mornings than most people drink coffee, congratulations, you're single-handedly keeping alarm clocks in business. Seriously though, if vigor were a ticker symbol, Squawk Box would be at all-time highs and probably require a margin call.

Turning live coverage of market-moving stories (like the Melvin Capital/GameStop saga) into must-see breakout moments that drew millions of views and cemented Squawk Box as the morning destination for both headlines and insider reaction.

To inform and shape the morning conversation for investors, executives, and policymakers by surfacing timely market-moving news, expert perspectives, and interviews that connect ideas to action. Their aim is to make complex financial and political developments fast, accessible, and must-discuss for a large, influential audience.

They believe in the power of access, exclusive guests and on-the-record moments, plus speed, clarity, and a newsroom's duty to hold power to account. They value credibility, debate, and practical takeaways that help viewers and followers understand what moves markets and policy.

Massive reach and credibility thanks to network backing and star hosts; deep access to CEOs, policymakers, and dealmakers; fast, repeatable breaking-news format that drives high engagement across audiences.

High volume and broad guest mix can sometimes dilute a clear point of view, and the pursuit of the next scoop can drift into sensational soundbites or polarizing interviews that alienate parts of the audience. Reliance on big-name guests also means conversation quality can be uneven.

Post short, captioned video clips (15, 45s) of the sharpest 1, 2 lines from each segment to maximize X engagement; follow up big interviews with a concise thread summarizing key market takeaways and links; host weekly X Spaces for live audience Q&A with a rotating guest; use pinned daily agendas and market charts at 8:30a ET to become the go-to morning reference; and engage with replies selectively to amplify debate and build community.

Fun fact: Squawk Box has tweeted 46,424 times and commands a 602,198-strong following, and their biggest moments (like breaking the Melvin Capital/GameStop story) rack up millions of views; one top clip hit over 11 million impressions.

Top tweets of Squawk Box

.@JoeSquawk: Is @elonmusk still happy that he bought Twitter? Does he feel like he took one for the team? "Of course," says @PalantirTech Co-Founder @JTLonsdale. "He's fighting to save Western civilization."

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"[Harris] has no role in this process," says @GovRonDeSantis. "All the storms I've dealt with under this administration, she has never called in Florida or offered any support. She's trying to inject herself into this because of her political campaign."

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.@TheEconomist is endorsing Kamala Harris for president. "We have editorials every week advising politicians around the world on what to do," says Editor in Chief Zanny Beddoes. "So it would be weird for us not to put that together and offer our assessment of a candidate."

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"I look at it as a champion lion and a champion cheetah coming together," Tom Barrack says of @elonmusk's political involvement. "Elon is probably the most important innovator, creator, manufacturer, product creator. He single-handedly did more than NASA could do in 20 years."

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"Kamala Harris is pro-business," says @mcuban. "She's talked more about entrepreneurs and helping them have access to investment than any president that I've ever heard."

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"On Polymarket it looked like a done deal, and if you were just watching TV, you would think it's neck and neck," says Polymarket CEO @shayne_coplan during his first TV interview on the platform's early call for Trump. "It is an inflection point in news and politics," he says:

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TOMORROW: @realDonaldTrump joins Squawk Box at 8am ET. Tune in!

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.@BillAckman outlines the reasons why he's supporting @realDonaldTrump, ranging from foreign policy to leadership strength:

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Most engaged tweets of Squawk Box

"Kamala Harris is pro-business," says @mcuban. "She's talked more about entrepreneurs and helping them have access to investment than any president that I've ever heard."

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.@JoeSquawk: Is @elonmusk still happy that he bought Twitter? Does he feel like he took one for the team? "Of course," says @PalantirTech Co-Founder @JTLonsdale. "He's fighting to save Western civilization."

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TOMORROW: @realDonaldTrump joins Squawk Box at 8am ET. Tune in!

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.@mcuban said this weekend that @VP would not tax unrealized capital gains, and if she does, he would campaign against her. "I can pick out probably 10 things where you would say, yeah I'd campaign against her. So what do you like?" about Harris, asks @JoeSquawk:

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.@GovMurphy on why he supports VP Harris:

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"[Harris] has no role in this process," says @GovRonDeSantis. "All the storms I've dealt with under this administration, she has never called in Florida or offered any support. She's trying to inject herself into this because of her political campaign."

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"She's bringing out people who are not interested in voting for either Trump or Biden, so the entire electoral pool has changed," says @FrankLuntz of VP Harris. "She's got an intensity advantage, and I haven't seen anything like this happen in 30 days in my lifetime."

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.@BillAckman outlines the reasons why he's supporting @realDonaldTrump, ranging from foreign policy to leadership strength:

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"What he talked about was the fact there is a forgotten voter in Ohio, in Pennsylvania, in Michigan - and he spoke specifically to them," says @SenatorTimScott of JD Vance. "He struck the right chord that we, as Republicans, need to continue to attract them to our party."

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