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2 years agoIt’s Trump, the Republicans, Musk, and other billionaires using the power of the government to coerce Bytedance into actions that will be favorable to them. It’s kind of Trump’s MO; threaten people/corporations to enrich his family or otherwise benefit him in some way. They will likely force Bytedance to sell TikTok at a large discount to the government and Trump’s friends.

Jesse Welles is a folk singer I found out about recently. Also liked Tom Morello’s The Nightwatchman (also folk).