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

[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.