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Article seems to suggest that the government might be trying to make these plans without ByteDance's knowledge

It’s unclear whether ByteDance knows about the Chinese government’s plans and TikTok and Musk’s involvement in the discussions, the report said. Senior Chinese officials are debating contingency plans involving TikTok’s future in the U.S. as part of larger discussions about working with President-elect Donald Trump, the report added.

A TikTok spokesperson said in an email to CNBC, “We can’t be expected to comment on pure fiction.” X didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Some platforms might be redeemable and worth that fight, others I fear are beyond saving in their current form

There's an algorithmic component here though that is going to make anything like that extremely uphill

Meta has to want to follow Musks as example explicitly. If he look at Musk, that's a worrying trajectory. Elon Musk specifically boosts his own posts on Twitter over others even if you don't follow him. He downranks anything with the word cisgender. He boosts accounts that pay him for checkmarks and has taken those checkmarks away from people who criticize him

Helpful links on how to delete stuff that's meta owned

Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account

Permanently delete or deactivate your Instagram account

Deleting your WhatsApp account

He already was found guilty on 34 counts by a jury in May. This is about his sentencing

That's not what the article said. Read the next paragraph. They vote to let it go to the floor where they plan to vote against it there

Voting to print the bill means we have the chance to debate it, challenge it, and vote against it on the record with our colleagues

States laws will matter a hell of a lot. When roe was overturned things immediately fell to the states. That's the most likely way the court would overturn gay marriage should they go for it

In terms of trans rights that is unfortunately more true lately, yes, though historically any transphobic dems have lost their primaries. We can and should challenge there again

Democrats have made serious effort to codify a lot of marriage equality at state and federal level specifically to try to push back against this kind of stuff

For instance, the federal resepct for marriage act

RFMA officially repealed DOMA and requires the federal government to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying parts of Obergefell, the 2013 ruling in United States v. Windsor, and the 1967 ruling in Loving v. Virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act

State level intatives have removed bans from many state laws and constitutions such as California

Democrats in Virginia are trying to pass constitutional ammendments to remove it right now that they have a majority in both chambers. They removed bans from the state law already

And so on

Stop with the "both sides" here

Edit: and to clarify if you were reading only the pull quote, the very next paragraph is about how they are voting against this resolution when it gets to the floor

Nope, they are already talking about finding a dem to fill the seat

https://xcancel.com/wvdemocrats/status/1877091928430219490

Story's main headline doesn't really capture the gist very well, and this post gave a much better summary

I added the direct link of the story to the body

They are already pointing out how it's a distraction. The media just gives all the preference towards hearing Trump, so you didn't hear them calling him out

Everyday Americans are fed up with the high cost of living.

Stop the foolishness about Greenland, Panama or the Gulf of Mexico.

Let’s solve the problems that matter.

https://bsky.app/profile/hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social/post/3lfasm4akss2c

What does renaming the Gulf of Mexico have to do with lowering the cost of living in America?

Absolutely nothing.

https://bsky.app/profile/hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social/post/3lf66dkh2uc24

5% isn't often but it does happen - even if it has to take a lot of pushback to happen. For one example of a plan modified to be a bit less bad after pushback

U.S. Senator Rick Scott on Friday revised his plan to end all federal programs after five years to exclude the popular Social Security and Medicare programs, after enduring weeks of mounting criticism from Democrats and his fellow Republicans.

[...]

While Scott's plan did not directly call for an end to the Social Security and Medicare plans for older Americans, it had not specifically excluded them until he changed his position on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-us-senator-rick-scott-drops-plan-cut-social-security-medicare-2023-02-17/

No, people didn't vote for policy here. They voted for a person

I mean Project 2025 only had a 4% approval (and a 57% disapproval rating) but obviously that wasn't reflected in how people voted

People really did believe his lies that he wouldn't do that kind of stuff

Don't assume it's universally true on all issues. Horrible people can randomly turn out to care on random issues you'd never think they would even if they're horrible 95% of the time. Or maybe can be convinced because of selfish reasons