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[Clobber3]

https://ground.news/article/doj-releases-special-counsel-david-weiss-report-on-hunter-biden

DOJ rushed the Weiss Hunter Biden Report before there’s a new sheriff in town. Looks like Weiss disagrees with the president on the pardon. This probe did start in 2018 under Trumps doj fyi.

 

[GettrGriftr]

This video from the main page is going to raise anti-semitism levels

Two Jews walk into a bar....

 

[Clobber3]

An Imam who supports hezbollah/the Houthi/Iran and who worked closely with the DNC will be speaking at Trump's inauguration

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Imam Husaham al-Husainy is pretty infamous lol, really strange choice for an Imam.
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Do you know if it’s the same imam from that rally in Minnesota around e day? Wonder if they’re just buddies or quid pro quo.

 

[Betonhaus]

At what point does California's mismanagement become treason?

If it wasn't because politicians are squeamish about accusing people of treason, a LOT of stuff would be grounds for treason charges.

I don't think they even legitimately accused Trump of treason because they are too afraid of the treason snowball gaining momentum. Also because they would get a smack down for false treason charges i guess.

 

[Rudolf's Friend]

Zul Mohamed, Texas Democrat Mayoral candidate in 2018 and the man charged with 109 counts for mail-in ballot fraud scheme in 2020, was recently charged with sending fake jury summons for people to appear in court on December 9th, 2024, the day of his trial on vote fraud charges.

>Denton County
That's where BT from the oddkast podcast lives and where he grew up doing crime and having 3 abortions.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Just about 1 week left to Orange Man taking office.

That cult have been failing trying to keep him out.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Two Jews walk into a bar....

No, not, you can't do things like that.

 

[Quarterback Rex Grossman]

This is an Israeli surrender and they're already screaming that they're being pressured into this

Don't do it then?

 

[The Last Stand]

Two Jews walk into a bar....

I don't get it.

 

[Tanuki Mixed Nuts]

Two Jews walk into a bar....

They sue the man who installed the bar

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

Israel is releasing 1,000 prisoners in exchange for 33 hostages, many of those just dead bodies. This is an Israeli surrender and they're already screaming that they're being pressured into this. Trump isn't President, this is another defeat for the Biden admin.

This is sadly all on Trump

https://x.com/Osint613/status/1878916568060707025

Also turns out that Imam hates christians

In this clip, Imam Husham Al-Husainy, who is scheduled to recite a prayer at Trump's inauguration, appears to warn Christians away from believing in Jesus (Isa in Arabic) "stay away from this infidelity" and tells them to become slaves to Allah.

https://x.com/Sultanknish/status/1878938232186184084

 

[Terrifik]

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Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.
Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok remains under the ownership of parent ByteDance Ltd., the people say, and the company is contesting the impending ban with an appeal to the US Supreme Court. But the justices signaled during arguments on Jan. 10 that they are likely to uphold the law. Senior Chinese officials had already begun to debate contingency plans for TikTok as part of an expansive discussion on how to work with Donald Trump’s administration, one of which involves Musk, said the people, asking not to be identified revealing confidential discussions.


A potential high-profile deal with one of Trump’s closest allies holds some appeal for the Chinese government, which is expected to have some say over whether TikTok is ultimately sold, said the people. Musk spent more than $250 million supporting Trump’s re-election, and has been tapped for a prominent role in improving government efficiency after the Republican takes office.
Under one scenario that’s been discussed by the Chinese government, Musk’s X — the former Twitter — would take control of TikTok US and run the businesses together, the people said. With more than 170 million users in the US, TikTok could bolster X’s efforts to attract advertisers. Musk also founded a separate artificial intelligence company, xAI, that could benefit from the huge amounts of data generated from TikTok.
Chinese officials have yet to reach any firm consensus about how to proceed and their deliberations are still preliminary, the people said. It’s not clear how much ByteDance knows about the Chinese government discussions or whether TikTok and Musk have been involved. It’s also unclear whether Musk, TikTok and ByteDance have held any talks about the terms of any possible deal.
Musk and his representatives did not respond to a request for comment. Musk posted in April that he thinks TikTok should remain available in the US. “In my opinion, TikTok should not be banned in the USA, even though such a ban may benefit the X platform,” he wrote on X. “Doing so would be contrary to freedom of speech and expression. It is not what America stands for.”
ByteDance and TikTok representatives didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. The Cyberspace Administration of China and China’s Ministry of Commerce, government agencies that could be involved in decisions about TikTok’s future, also didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Listen: Time Runs Short on TikTok in the US
The talks in Beijing suggest that TikTok’s fate may no longer be in ByteDance’s sole control, said the people. Chinese officials recognize they will face tough negotiations with the Trump administration over tariffs, export controls and other issues, and they see the TikTok negotiations as a potential area for reconciliation, they said.
The Chinese government holds a so-called golden share in a ByteDance affiliate that gives it influence over the company’s strategy and operations. TikTok maintains that the control only applies to the China-based subsidiary Douyin Information Service Co., and has no bearing on ByteDance operations outside China. Still, Beijing’s export rules prevent Chinese companies from selling their software algorithms, like the one integral to TikTok. Because the Chinese government would have to approve of a sale that includes TikTok’s valuable recommendation engine, it has a significant voice in any possible deal.
TikTok’s US operations could be valued at around $40 billion to $50 billion, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Mandeep Singh and Damian Reimertz estimated last year. That’s a substantial sum even for the world’s richest person. It’s not clear how Musk could pull off such a transaction, whether it would require the sale of other holdings, or whether the US government would approve. He paid $44 billion for Twitter in 2022, and is still paying off sizable loans.
Musk has a positive reputation among many ByteDance employees in China, according to a person familiar with the matter. He is seen as a very successful entrepreneur, who has experience engaging with the Chinese government through his Tesla Inc. business, the person added.
A deep dive into the impact of TikTok’s potential US ban.
ByteDance’s leaders have repeatedly said their priority is to fight US legislation that requires the Beijing-based company sell or shut down the US operations because of national security concerns. TikTok’s lawyers have argued the legislation violates free speech laws under the Constitution’s First Amendment.
A majority of the Supreme Court justices suggested the security concerns take priority over free speech, although they have yet to issue a formal decision. President-elect Trump, who takes office Jan. 20, has sought to delay the TikTok ban — which takes effect Jan. 19 — so he can work on the negotiations. He has said he wants to “save” the app and there’s been speculation he could take last-minute action to sidestep the ban.
On a practical level, spinning off TikTok’s US business would be highly complex, affecting shareholders in China as well as the US. Lawyers for TikTok argued before the Supreme Court that separating the US portions of the product would be “extraordinarily difficult.”
It’s unclear if US TikTok would be sold off in a competitive process, or if a sale would be arranged by the government. Billionaire Frank McCourt and “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary are part of a bid through Project Liberty to acquire TikTok, which O’Leary has said he discussed with Trump. In the past, Microsoft Corp. had sought to acquire the business, and Oracle Corp. has a deep technology partnership with the company.
One alternative for TikTok would be to move its existing US customers over to a similar app — with different branding — to potentially sidestep the ban, one of the people said. It’s not clear how effective such a move would be.
One person close to the company, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the strategy, said before the Supreme Court hearing that the legal battle is still the focus of top executives and they would prefer to keep fighting in the US rather than sell TikTok US and cede control for good.
Musk is in a position to influence the China-US relationship as the world’s richest person with businesses that straddle the world’s two largest economies. Tesla, where Musk is chief executive officer, erected a sprawling factory in Shanghai in 2019 and has since expanded the facility into the company’s largest production base. The effort helped Tesla expand its market share in China despite tough local competition, and build goodwill with government officials.
While Trump is staffing his incoming administration with China hawks like Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio, Musk has spoken out against some recent China trade policies, including the Biden administration’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

 

[SaidNoOneEver]

This is sadly all on Trump

Oh fuck off. "It's Trump's fault for telling all the animals to clean up their shit before he's sworn in!!!"

Who is the President right now?

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

Oh fuck off. "It's Trump's fault for telling all the animals to clean up their shit before he's sworn in!!!"

Who is the President right now?

Witkoff is Trump's guy dealing with the Qataris and Israelis.

 

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Oh god, the Salt from the shitlibs would make this so epic.

This is sadly all on Trump

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https://x.com/Osint613/status/1878916568060707025

Also turns out that Imam hates christians

In this clip, Imam Husham Al-Husainy, who is scheduled to recite a prayer at Trump's inauguration, appears to warn Christians away from believing in Jesus (Isa in Arabic) "stay away from this infidelity" and tells them to become slaves to Allah.

https://x.com/Sultanknish/status/1878938232186184084

How could trump do this to our greatest ally!!!!????
Wish I had voted for Kamala now.

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid]

Oh, I'm not Black Pilling here

You have a funny way of showing it.

sperging on the Internet isn't actually doing anything

I think it does do something. The fact the oligarchs fight to control social media shows that it "does something".

You can make difference on a local level, so you'd be better off going to a local town council meeting or running for school board if you want to make change instead yelling at clouds on the internet.

I perceive this as a blackpill/dooming. It sounds similar to "posting online is hopeless, so don't bother".

Your local town council can just ignore your complaints. A more effective strategy would be recording that meeting and posting a clip online. The Internet has a wider reach than the town council meeting room.

You know, the boring stuff that Team Blue shows up to do, in American terms.

This is a shaming tactic. It sounds like "you aren't trying as hard as those people on Team Blue". I perceive this as a blackpill.

Additionaly, Team Blue is generally thought to be lazy, and only does things when paid or prodded into action. When the money dries up Team Blue does very little.

Randos very rarely change the course of history,

I think randos constantly change the course of history. The rando that missed shooting Trump in the head greatly changed the course of history. The Tiananmen Square "tank man". Randos have killed kings in battle. Edward Snowden is a rando. Seth Rich was a rando. Null is a rando.

Hitler wasn't a rando

You must have a strange definition of rando.

the Founding Fathers weren't randos.

Thomas Paine was.

Big changes almost always come from a counter-elite.

"Big changes" and "come from" are doing some heavy lifting in that sentence.

What did the Left do to take over everything?

I don't think the Left took over everything. That is a blackpilled way of looking at things.

Part of what the Left did was loudly advocate for their causes and push there ideas everywhere. That is something they are quite famous for. You will know if they are a tranny vegan who believes in global warming and "diversity".

Start doing that, it wasn't just handed to them.

Start pushing ideas everywhere? I agree. No corner of the Internet is too small to not know about your cause.

Shitposting is fine, shitposters got Trump and Vance talking about cat eating Haitians

Great!

I'm just saying

Here comes the blackpill...

we're not in the big chairs shaping policy.

Only those in big chairs can shape policy? Immigration policy wasn't shaped by Haitians eating cat memes? Immigration policy isn't shaped by calling Elon a faggot on H1Bs?

We just need to move the shitposting into real life and deal with local politics.

Oh no we justn't. "sperging on the Internet isn't actually doing anything" + "need to move shitposting into real life" = stop posting your ideas here, it's pointless; you are an insignificant rando, you will make no "Big changes"; if you weren't lazy, maybe you could run for your local school board.

Blackpill doomer. You could follow your own advice and stop sperging on the Internet and move your shitposting into real life (away from here).

This post I am typing right now will be read by more people than would hear me at a local council meeting. I don't know who will read this, and all the butterfly effects it might have. I think it was worth my time.

P.S. Shitposting online and doing local politics aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, they benefit each other.

 

[sadrefrigerator]

DEI just destroyed several of America's most important companies, including Intel, IBM, and Boeing. It wasn't a mere distraction tactic.

DEI wasn't the cause of IBM or Boeing's failure. IBM is an ancient corp that has been declining for decades.
Boeing is a very interesting case. The root of their issues stems from when they took over Mcdonnell Douglas. Despite being the larger and more successful company, McDonnell Douglas executives were sociopathic MBAs given positions high in Boeing. They changed the engineering led culture of Boeing to one of bean counters and cost cutting. The whole MAX 787 8 saga is very interesting. Bean counters ruining companies is a very common occurrence, only this time, it was a product that was responsive for the safety of hundreds of passengers.

Both of these companies went to shit before DEI

 

[JustSomeDong]

DEI wasn't the cause of IBM or Boeing's failure. IBM is an ancient corp that has been declining for decades.
Boeing is a very interesting case. The root of their issues stems from when they took over Mcdonnell Douglas. Despite being the larger and more successful company, McDonnell Douglas executives were sociopathic MBAs given positions high in Boeing. They changed the engineering led culture of Boeing to one of bean counters and cost cutting. The whole MAX 787 8 saga is very interesting. Bean counters ruining companies is a very common occurrence, only this time, it was a product that was responsive for the safety of hundreds of passengers.

Both of these companies went to shit before DEI

Yeah, I don't think anybody is going to argue against that. But, then they ADD a healthy dose of DEI into that mix, which we have seen them enthusiastically pursue as corporate policy.

 

[The Ugly One]

DEI wasn't the cause of IBM or Boeing's failure. IBM is an ancient corp that has been declining for decades.

"Declined for decades" my ass. IBM grew steadily from the time Louis Gerstner took over and turned it around. Then they figured they were too big to fail, so they put a woman in charge who sold off everything and put in DEI programs. They are now undergoing full pajeetification under a new pajeet CEO and now have more employees in India than the USA. 2011 was not that long ago.



You can recover from money dorks mismanaging things. Both IBM and Apple did. But DEI? Once you've replaced everyone who gets things done with pajeets and dykes, you're done. It's over. There's no way back.

That's why I say DEI destroyed those companies. Other shit did its damage, but DEI ran all the talent out. Can't recover from that.

 

[John.Doe]

It was an excellent criticism and discussion wrt the games industry and shooters in general, but yeah otherwise I'd have to agree. I won't go into it since this post is old and I don't want to bring the topic back but just wanted to give it a slight defense.

No, it was badly made and completely retarded, trying to come in and claim it was retarded ironically and just a 'critique' of the games industry is cope.