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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by NickC25 on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:33PM (#42742961)
He also has a major donor who owns Meta, and a major donor who owns Twitter/X.

He also has a daughter who is the only American to hold patents in China without having to license IP to a Chinese company.

We are about to see some strange mental gymnastics out of 1600 Penn.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by throwawayq3423 on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:54PM (#42743123)
Anyone with significant financial interests in China should not be able to represent the US in confronting China.

And yet..

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by wqaatwt on Saturday January 18, 2025 @03:04AM (#42746700)
I don’t think Zuckerberg is a major donor. He gave some pocket change to Trump’s inauguration but was there anything more?

He kind of sat out this election cycle (despite being a major Democrat donor previously) because I guess he saw where the wind is blowing…

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