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Even though President Biden signed legislation earlier this year that will effectively ban TikTok next year, politicians are flocking to the app to get their messages out. Right now, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as their campaigns, are actively using the social media app to communicate political messages to potential voters. This is an understandable and appropriate use of social media to conduct First Amendment-protected political speech. Blocking this speech by banning TikTok would be a clear violation of Constitutional rights and will hopefully be rejected by the courts or reversed by the...

Young women are more liberal than they have been in decades, according to a Gallup analysis of more than 20 years of polling data. Over the past few years, about 4 in 10 young women between the ages of 18 and 29 have described their political views as liberal, compared with two decades ago when about 3 in 10 identified that way. For many young women, their liberal identity is not just a new label. The share of young women who hold liberal views on the environment, abortion, race relations and gun laws has also jumped by double digits, Gallup...

A new remix song about one brief comment from former President Donald Trump during the debate against Kamala Harris has taken social media platforms by storm. On Tuesday night, Trump drew attention to problems in Springfield, Ohio, wrought by an influx of Haitian immigrants who have allegedly defied local laws and customs regarding animals. "In Springfield, they’re eating dogs," Trump said, referring to the Haitian immigrants. "They’re eating the cats. They’re eating ... the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame." At the time, Harris snickered with condescension...

The number of liberal young women has skyrocketed over the past two decades and their views on key issues have swayed further to the left, according to an analysis of more than 20 years of polling data. An average of 40% of women 18 to 29 years old identified themselves as liberal over the past seven years — up from 32% in the prior eight years (the President Obama era) and 28% in the eight years before that (the President Bush era), according to a Gallup study. The demographic has always had the largest number of liberals throughout the analysis,...

Covid lockdowns, such as school closures, canceled sports activities and stay-at-home orders, prematurely aged teen brains by as much as four years, researchers from the University of Washington found. The new study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is more evidence of how disruptions to daily routines may have contributed to behavioral problems, an increase in eating disorders, anxiety and depression in adolescent girls and boys. Scientists at the university's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) began the study using MRIs in 2018 to see how the brain structure of 160 teens from the...

TikTok and a group of creators on the popular short video app have tapped a pair of leading U.S. Supreme Court lawyers to battle the U.S. government over a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban. Andrew Pincus of law firm Mayer Brown will argue against the controversial U.S. law for TikTok and ByteDance when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit hears arguments in their case on Sept 16. Jeffrey Fisher of Stanford Law School will advocate for content creators. They will face longtime appellate lawyer Daniel Tenny of the Justice...

Former President Donald Trump is facing backlash for holding rallies in places described as "sundown towns." A TikTok user pointed out a "troubling pattern" in the locations of Trump's recent rallies in a video that has gone viral on social media. It was also shared on X, formerly Twitter, where it amassed millions of views. "Howell, Michigan; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Johnstown, Pennsylvania," the man said in the video. "What do these places have in common? They're all sundown towns." He added: "This is where Donald Trump is choosing to hold his rallies... You got a presidential candidate for the GOP...

VIDEOI used the TikTok Tell to determine just how much of a disaster the Kamala interview on CNN was. I went to TikTok and entered these three words into their search: "Kamala CNN Interview".Try it for yourselves. You will see almost NO favorable impressions of Kamala Harris' performance (along with Tim Walz) on that interview. In fact the very few pro-Kamala videos that you will see concerning that interview will also reveal what a disaster it was. In this video I present one of those pro-Kamala TikTok videos made by Zerlina Maxwell who hosts a show on SiriusXM and she...

A new TikTok trend has people posting their attempts to exploit a “glitch” in Chase bank ATMs that offers “infinite free money” — but quickly learning that a bank and its money are not so easily parted. Experts say the “glitch” videos look an awful lot like check fraud — one of the oldest scams in the book. Videos urging customers at the bank to take advantage of the “glitch” quickly took off online, prompting people to deposit fake checks for large sums of money. The glitch would credit some of the sham deposits to the customers’ accounts before the...

The US Army issued a stark rebuke of former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign over the incident on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, saying in a statement on Thursday that participants in the ceremony “were made aware of federal laws” regarding political activity at the cemetery, and “abruptly pushed aside” an employee of the cemetery.“Participants in the August 26th ceremony and the subsequent Section 60 visit were made aware of federal laws, Army regulations and DoD policies, which clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds. An ANC employee who attempted to ensure adherence to these rules was abruptly pushed aside,”...

Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz have yet to do a formal interview, though one is in the works, but the Minnesota governor did give his biggest sit-down to date this week with a TikTok star. Walz joined host Kareem Rahma on 'SubwayTakes' to talk about his 'take' involving home gutters. 'My take is the most neglected part of home ownership is the gutters,' Walz told Rahma. 'It's personal for me.' The Democratic vice presidential nominee has been known to dole out home and car improvement advice on social media, and the interview posted on Tuesday was no different....

TikTok is fighting back in its latest court filing in the battle over its future in the U.S., arguing that the law that could ban the app represents "the most sweeping speech restriction in the country's history." The court filing on Thursday is the latest salvo in TikTok’s lawsuit seeking to block a law from taking effect that would shutter the app’s American operations unless it divests from ByteDance, its China-based parent company. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for Sept. 16 before a federal appeals court in Washington where lawyers for TikTok will ask the court to halt...

https://www.tiktok.com/@realdonaldtrump?lang=en I'm not using TikTok. But it's interesting to know.

A brazen US Postal Service worker in Tennessee was caught red-handed hurling multiple boxes of what appeared to be mail into a dumpster in a viral video posted to social media. TikTok user @Mrs_Denton19 was dumbfounded as she watched the unidentified USPS worker in uniform go back and forth from his mail van and dump the boxes in the Nashville neighborhood of Antioch on Saturday morning. “I can’t make this up,” she said in bewilderment. “He is dumping mail — federal mail — in the dumpster. And looking around while he’s doing it! This gotta be a crime of some...

Hot August Nights announced Sunday it has revoked registrations for people shown in a Friday confrontation in a Virginia City viral video. The Storey County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday the incident is also being investigated. In it, TikTok user unclerickd1 protests what he described as comments by at least one person in Virginia City that there was a “hanging tree” for people like him. The sheriff’s office said it does not “condone or support racism, inequality, or hate speech.” Hot August Nights said those in the video have been identified. “We want to clarify that there were no Hot August...

VIDEONo Tax On Tips is a BRILLIANT idea proposed by President Trump. And it is something the Democrats fear will cost them votes in November. That is why a know-it-all TikToker Weirdo is badmouthing it as a "conspiracy theory." This week I plan to go to IHOP for their their All You Can Eat $5 pancake deal and leave a note on my receipt that says "Vote For Trump For NO Taxes On Tips!"

VIDEOThe film "Twisters" was released on July 19 and it has been a box office hit which has already easily earned back its yuuuge budget. Why? Well, one reason is that this film about tornados did NOT go woke by preaching about climate change. Apparently audiences appreciated that the director did not once include a mention of climate change in "Twisters" and word has gotten out that you can be entertained by this movie WITHOUT being preached to. A rational formula for the rest of Hollywood to pay attention to after a long string of "Get Woke, Go Broke" flops....

TikTok and other platforms owned by the China-based company ByteDance will be removed from all House-managed phones on Aug. 15, the chief administrative officer (CAO) of the chamber announced on Tuesday. The news marks the latest example of Congress cracking down on the popular app amid national security concerns sparked by its parent company. “Starting August 15, 2024, the CAO Office of Cybersecurity will initiate the block and removal of all ByteDance products from all House-managed devices and app stores,” Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor wrote in a memo to House staffers that was obtained by The Hill. “ByteDance applications...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday launched her own TikTok account, just months after President Joe Biden backed a potential ban of the app. Harris appears to be off to a strong start in popularity with young voters following a proliferation of memes poking fun at her infamous “coconut tree” remark and her affinity for popular singer Charli XCX. In a short clip shared to her new TikTok profile, Harris explained her decision to join the app is due in part to this popularity. "Madam Vice President, are you on TikTok?” a voice asks in the clip. "Well, I’ve heard...

CNN commentator Van Jones said Vice President Harris went from “cringe to cool” in 24 hours, as videos of her continue to go viral on TikTok. “There’s something happening that’s hard to quantify, because what’s happening on TikTok right now, is extraordinary,” Jones said Monday on CNN. “All the things that were cringey about Kamala, her laugh, the coconut tree comment, being unburdened by what — all those weird things she’s said.” She’s gone from cringe to cool in 24 hours as a whole generation has taken all that content and remixed it in all these incredible TikTok videos,” he...