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Vice President JD Vance is not convinced.

Citing claims that the religious group gets millions to help immigrants stay stateside, the Catholic VP asks, "Are they worried about humanitarian concerns? Or are they actually worried about their bottom line?"

Perhaps for Trump, saving TikTok is about personal popularity over politics.

The Guardian claims that “money, votes and vengeance appear to have supplanted national interest” with Trump citing “a warm spot in my heart for TikTok because I won youth by 34 points.”

Republican Senator Tom Cotton echoed these sentiments, stating that since the law has taken effect, “there’s no legal basis for any kind of ‘extension’ of its effective date.”

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While the internet has fueled rumors that OpenAI is about to deploy artificial general intelligence (AGI), Sam Altman negated these claims as “twitter hype” on X.

“We are not gonna deploy AGI next month, nor have we built it,” the CEO tweeted definitively

While figures like Elon Musk tweeted support, having “been against a TikTok ban for a long time,” some political figures like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez expressed serious concerns that “every social media platform” is being “taken over by the right wing.”

TikTok Faces Imminent U.S. Ban as Legal and Political Maneuvers Continue 🧵

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