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This is about to be a giant cluster and my guess is TikTok doesn't return for a good while.

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So Trump v Cotton?

I will take Trump winning that

I suppose I should've caveated that post with, if true… Says a lot though that it is believable.

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This is about to be a giant cluster and my guess is TikTok doesn't return for a good while.

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So Trump v Cotton?

I will take Trump winning that

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It's Trump versus the law and SCOTUS. A law was passed, it was challenged in court , appealed to SCOTUS and SCOTUS upheld the law. Is Trump going to simply ignore the law?

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Remove the CCP data collection and other illegal access to the phones and TikTok is actually pretty fun and entertaining. You pick what you watch, so I was seeing only conservative things, history vids, college sports and boobies

Eta: they make hot chick vids with AI now... that's kinda awesome

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Remove the data collection and illegal access and tiktok isn't tiktok anymore. Their special sauce is their algorithm. They are better at serving people content they want to watch than just about anyone else. How do you think they do that?

Data collection and the success of tiktok are inextricably linked.

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He didn't say to remove the data collection. He said to remove the CCP being the ones doing it.

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This is about to be a giant cluster and my guess is TikTok doesn't return for a good while.

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I will take Trump winning that

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It's Trump versus the law and SCOTUS. A law was passed, it was challenged in court , appealed to SCOTUS and SCOTUS upheld the law. Is Trump going to simply ignore the law?

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Will be quite the hypocrite if so. He'd have spent years berating democrats for ignoring immigration laws only to turn around and ignore one relating to national security.

Yep

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This is about to be a giant cluster and my guess is TikTok doesn't return for a good while.

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I will take Trump winning that

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It's Trump versus the law and SCOTUS. A law was passed, it was challenged in court , appealed to SCOTUS and SCOTUS upheld the law. Is Trump going to simply ignore the law?

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Will be quite the hypocrite if so. He'd have spent years berating democrats for ignoring immigration laws only to turn around and ignore one relating to national security.

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Exactly.

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I am happy TikTok is banned.

I had banned my kids from using it years ago and did not allow it on their phones. My teen daughter is still not allowed.

Worthless app to hook kids especially young girls into getting addicted to likes and creepy comments from pedo adults.

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My kids are not allowed on it either. Absolutely foolish to let kids on TicToc

It's laughable to me that people go ape**** over a book in a high school library that 15 people will see while sending their kids to school with tic toc amd instagram. Fools.

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This is about to be a giant cluster and my guess is TikTok doesn't return for a good while.

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It's Trump versus the law and SCOTUS. A law was passed, it was challenged in court , appealed to SCOTUS and SCOTUS upheld the law. Is Trump going to simply ignore the law?

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Trump is not saying the law is invalid, so the SCOTUS decision does not change what he is empowered to do at this point.


The last specifically allows Trump to put in this 90 day delay

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It's Trump versus the law and SCOTUS. A law was passed, it was challenged in court , appealed to SCOTUS and SCOTUS upheld the law. Is Trump going to simply ignore the law?

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Trump is not saying the law is invalid, so the SCOTUS decision does not change what he is empowered to do at this point.


The last specifically allows Trump to put in this 90 day delay

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"President can delay the ban if he can certify to Congress that:
There is "evidence of significant progress" towards the divestiture of TikTok from ByteDance."

First off, the ban has already occurred. We are in post ban phase. Second, that progress has not happened.

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What's the reasoning behind trump wanting to save it? Just to appeal to young people?

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It is to appeal to Jeff Yass who's firm owns 15% of ByteDance/Tiktok

"Yass started funneling money into the 2024 election early; at one point in March he was the biggest donor to outside spending groups. He, alongside wife Janine Yass, were No. 6 in top contributors to the election, contributing in total more than $96 million to Republican causes"

Remember Trump wanted to ban the app in his first term but has totally reversed his stance after Yass donated money.

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Now, things are making a lot more sense in Trump and a lot of his supporters' current views of Tik Tok.

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Imagine how this board would have reacted if Yass donated to Biden and he had vetoed the bill. It would have been all about 10% to the Big Guy, etc.

Also go see how Trump has flipped on Crypto.
"Trump seemed to largely keep up this negative view of digital assets after losing the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden. In a June 2021 interview, roughly five months after leaving office, he said Bitcoin "just seems like a scam" and suggested the cryptocurrency was competing against the US dollar."

Trump highlights that he is transactional in nature and he is like the vast majority of politicians in doing what is in his best interest. I'm sure I will get he is better than Harris which I agree with but people that don't see through how he shapes his views aren't looking very hard.

https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:b527c474a094b:0-how-did-donald-trump-deal-with-crypto-during-his-first-term/

PS. Don't forget most of his life he was pro choice including third trimester abortions
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-in-1999-i-am-very-pro-choice-480297539914

TRUMP'S INCOMING NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SAYS INCOMING TRUMP TEAM DOESN'T RULE OUT CONTINUED CHINESE OWNERSHIP OF TIKTOK COUPLED WITH FIREWALLS - CNN

TRUMP TEAM WORKING WITH TECH FIRMS TO GET TIKTOK BACK ONLINE IN U.S. ON MONDAY, HIS INCOMING NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TELLS…

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 19, 2025

Welcome to the MAGA Agenda, TikTokers

🚨 NEW: Trump proposes his plan to save TikTok pic.twitter.com/goPhpjrQBE

— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) January 19, 2025

I just opened it and it started working again

Others are reporting this also.

Mine lets me open it , but I can't view any content.

STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK:

In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170…

— TikTok Policy (@TikTokPolicy) January 19, 2025

STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK:

In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170…

— TikTok Policy (@TikTokPolicy) January 19, 2025

Jinx

Biden is still president today. The law is still in effect. Tik Tok is in violation of the law.

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I just opened it and it started working again

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Mines working now (Sunday 11:55 AM CST)

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Biden is still president today. The law is still in effect. Tik Tok is in violation of the law.

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Trump should just say that he won't enforce it then promise a blanket pardon to everyone in 2029

Guaranteed the youth vote

lol at thanking Trump. TikTok knows how to flatter a president. South Park was so ahead of its time.

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Biden is still president today. The law is still in effect. Tik Tok is in violation of the law.

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But since Biden publicly stated he wasn't enforcing it the take down by TikTok was really voluntary.

No different than the Feds ignoring marijuana laws. It's a law but it's not enforced.

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Trump is in China's pocket. Plain and simple. He hates tiktok until it benefits him. Then he loves it.

If Biden or Obama blatantly acted that way this board would be coming unglued. "Impeach him!", "traitor!", "chicom spy", etc etc.

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Ok Jan.

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Biden is still president today. The law is still in effect. Tik Tok is in violation of the law.

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But since Biden publicly stated he wasn't enforcing it the take down by TikTok was really voluntary.

No different than the Feds ignoring marijuana laws. It's a law but it's not enforced.

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Lawlessness is lawlessness. This is the sad reality of where we are as a country.

Good lord.

This entire episode (going back to when Trump wanted it gone) has team red and team blue members all over the place. Team blue members pointing out any hypocrisy of course as always have zero shred of self reflection.
Yass didn't donate to Trump (did donate to Desantis and Christie and republican causes including in his home state of Pennsylvania).
Ccp shouldn't be in control of what gets sent to/viewed by to millions of Americans. (The fact that Trump talked to Xi about this is exhibit 1259 of control ccp has of TikTok).
Suck and Elon annd others including the mainstream media already have similar control (not good), but they aren't committed foreign adversaries. (Some just committed domestic enemies).
Sure as hell don't want the US govt to be in ownership and have that control even at 50%.
If Trump can ignore the law and the SCOTUS, that ain't good. But wouldn't be surprised if congress (yet again) relinquished power to the executive.

3x Trump voter.

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Trump is in China's pocket. Plain and simple. He hates tiktok until it benefits him. Then he loves it.

If Biden or Obama blatantly acted that way this board would be coming unglued. "Impeach him!", "traitor!", "chicom spy", etc etc.

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How is he wrong? Trump was anti TikTok and China until they helped him win an election and/or funneled money to his campaign.

And he's now promising to ignore laws, something he roasted his predecessor for.

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So when he presents his 90 day delay to congress he will hand a detailed report of significant progress for china's divestment?

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Not surprised. "But wouldn't be surprised if congress (yet again) relinquished power to the executive."

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He will be tomorrow. HTH