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Ron Filipkowski

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Ah yes. All the angles being played by the oligarchs on this are coming into focus. How about the fact that TIKTOK isn’t allowed to operate in China? What about that?

January 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸

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The effort to ban TikTok was started by Trump in 2020.

If Trump “saves” TikTok, he will just be undoing the problem he created.

January 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis

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A key mark of totalitarianism is government and party ownership and control of the means of speech and information. The party, through its main apparatchik, owns Twitter. The government wants to own TikTok. The only free speech is the fascists' speech.

I’m asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark! I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security. The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.

Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations.

I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture. By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to say up. Without U.S. approval, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions.

Therefore, my initial thought is a joint venture between the current owners and/or new owners whereby the U.S. gets a 50% ownership in a joint venture set up between the U.S. and whichever purchase we so choose.

January 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Joe Walsh

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At first, their dear leader demanded we ban TikTok. So Republicans voted to ban TikTok. Now their dear leader, realizing he’ll benefit from TikTok, wants to save TikTok. So Republicans scream “save TikTok!” Proving yet again, Republicans believe in nothing but serving their dear leader.👇