"Obviously this entire TikTok fiasco is something the Republicans concocted a long time ago.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Obviously this entire TikTok fiasco is something the Republicans concocted a long time ago. The timing is so precise! TikTok gets banned on January 19, Donold swoops in on January 20, and suddenly he’s the “hero” to a new generation of idiots, or so he thinks. He thinks we’re all just that stupid."

~ God

But surely the Supreme Court couldn't let itself be used in a cheap Republican stunt? Tell me it's not so!

#Trump #Musk #Biden #TikTok
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https://www.thegodpodcast.com/p/why-donolds-tiktok-stunt-will-backfire

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The CEO of TikTok is expected to be at Trump’s inauguration. And Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. And X’s Elon Musk. And Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. And Google's Sundar Pichai. The last four have already kissed the ring — they have already shown deference to Trump.

TikTok just needed to fall in line."

~ Jess Piper

#Trump #Musk #Biden #TikTok
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https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/reagan-had-hostages-trump-has-tiktok

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The timing of the ban is perfect. It went into effect under Biden. Trump can be the savior to millions of users when he gives the company a 90-day stay and then finagles an agreement to allow the app on American phones. Millions will credit Trump right around the inauguration.

Reagan had hostages. Trump has TikTok."

#Trump #Musk #Biden #TikTok
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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Never before in American history has a U.S. president spent the 48 hours before he takes office (1) executing a vile memecoin scam, then (2) scamming and deliberately traumatizing 150+ million Americans out of a service they rely on simply to create for himself a political 'win.'”

~ Seth Abramson

#Trump #Musk #Biden #TikTok #crypto #cryptocurrency #memecoin #bitcoin
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https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/explaining-in-five-paragraphs-the

[greenroc@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy If that's true, then he is at his core, a bully. Leader of the playground Bully.

[greenroc@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Somewhere I remember some movie scene where corporations will rule the planet in the future.

Seems like that future is here.

[shriketron@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy The US voters are that stupid, by explicit fact there's an inauguration of a multiple felon.

And they're celebrating solving a problem TFG created. Open visible scam.

[kraemer_hb@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
So I predict:
- The TikTok saga will continue for nearly 90 days.
- The price for 50% of TikTok will sink in the process.
- It's an auction by counting down now: Who will buy at the first newest price?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Kraemer_HB I suspect you're right.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ShrikeTron Precisely. Well-stated.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@GreenRoc I remember that in plots of some science fiction I read years ago, too.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@GreenRoc Yes.