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Political writer, covering Congress Vincit Omnia Veritas "Freedom is not just an absence of evil, but a presence of good" _Timothy Snyder

Aug 24, 2020, 5 tweets

Oh LOOK:
It appears that Zuckerberg worked the Trump admin over, stoking their fears about Tik Tok till Trump acted..
Zuckerberg is such a tool, but even he is smarter than Trump & Kushner
#DeleteFacebook
wsj.com/articles/faceb…

2-"In a private dinner at the White House in late October, Mr. Zuckerberg made the case to President Trump that the rise of Chinese internet companies threatens American business, and should be a bigger concern than reining in Facebook, some of the people said.

3-"Mr. Zuckerberg discussed TikTok specifically in meetings with several senators, according to people familiar with the meetings. In late October, Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) -- who met with Mr. Zuckerberg in September -- and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) wrote a letter to

4-"intelligence officials demanding an inquiry into TikTok. The government began a national-security review of the company soon after, and by the spring, Mr. Trump began threatening to ban the app entirely.

5-"This month he signed an executive order demanding that TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance Ltd., divest itself of its U.S. operations.” ~WSJ
PERFECT example of big $, special interest gps in DC affecting what happens to YOU (& in this case, your kids)

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