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“...some inside the White House cautioned about a political downside to blocking the deal. While TikTok has been used by Trump critics, some officials pointed out that many young Republicans also use the app, as well as the children of conservatives.” wsj.com/articles/micro…
“A prominent TikTok account that features young conservatives, called @ConservativeHypeHouse, posted to the platform pointing to seven billion views the hashtag #Trump2020 has received on TikTok, compared with the approximately 900,000 views #Biden2020 has received.”
“In addition to Messrs. Mnuchin and Pompeo, White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Matthew Pottinger, the deputy national security adviser, have been involved in trying to broker the deal...”
“ByteDance was valued at $100 billion in a March fundraising round. Some investors prepared a bid that valued TikTok as a stand-alone at more than $30 billion, according to one person briefed on the bid.”

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Jul 31, 2022
There is now growing chatter that the two strikes this morning in Kabul were drone strikes, likely against ISIS-K targets.
Now @SYSSFZ is quoting a Taliban security officer that the strikes (?) were drone strikes against ISIS-K leaders:
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Jul 29, 2022
Interesting and unusual interview of Chinese consul general in Karachi Li Bijian on Pakistan’s political situation, challenges facing Chinese investors and security situation. Some highlights: geo.tv/latest/430300-…
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Jul 19, 2022
[Thread] Highlights from the UN 1267 sanctions committee monitoring team’s latest report on Al-Qaeda and ISIS: documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
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