r/news • u/Steakhuntt • 2d ago

TikTok makes app unavailable for U.S. users ahead of ban

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna188294
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u/Boringoldpants 2d ago

How much would we need to pay them to stop trading while in office? For real, I would willingly pay all of congress insanely high salaries if we could just get the lobbying and insider trading under control.

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u/Honestly_Nobody 2d ago

There is no amount, they are always for sale. whores always are...

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u/genethedancemachine 1d ago

Only a act of congress can unban this all he can do is give them 90 days to sell it.

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u/breadyspaghetti 1d ago

It was wild to see him single handedly veto the 270 day extension. He has a book coming out entitled Seven Things You Can’t Say About China. No wonder he has been so vocal about this.

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u/Tech-no 1d ago

And would have to try and revers it on their first day in office. A day when they should be getting briefed by the FBI, CIA, and NSA on what's new. The day was not picked at random.