He is the point person on all foreign relations.

While I love the idea, they’d never go for it. It would double their population instantly and completely upend their political system.

People who straight up avoid political news probably never knew in the first place.

The app stores have taken them off too. The thing is there’s pretty steep fines for not doing it. So while Biden said he’s not going to charge the fines, that doesn’t mean the government isn’t watching. Trump could easily walk in and charge TikTok, Google, and Apple the full fine for that day of operation.

Dams are actually really bad for the environment. They were sold as good because they don’t burn coal but it turns out that blocking rivers interferes with everything along it.

Why should they? Nobody else is hiding it.

It’s political genius. How many millions of Americans are going to see that? Politically apathetic Americans who will credit Trump…

There’s a geyser because of the underground heat.

A forced sale below market value is absolutely punishment. And being banned is 100% punitive.

Nothing boring about a fire that’s been burning for at least 62 years, possibly 86, and has caused the permanent evacuation of two towns.

No. It literally says TikTok in the text of the bill. It also has a super broad description of other covered companies. But then also bans TikTok by name. The law is Public Law 118-50. The stuff in Congress is not the end of a bill. It has to go through reconciliation, where it can change, and then it goes to the desk of the president.

Foreign adversary controlled application.—The term “foreign adversary controlled application” means a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application that is operated, directly or indirectly (including through a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate), by—

(A) any of—

(i) ByteDance, Ltd.;

(ii) TikTok; …

If you care to find it in the statutes at large or USC then have at it. But this is what Biden signed.

Ever seen what happens when a coal mine catches fire? Link

I guess we should just go back to water mills right?

Eh, I would class that under sickness.

Where evidence?

I didn’t say Immortal. Death by violence is certainly possible.

Sure. But they haven’t closed their US Offices. They haven’t done what X and Musk did with Brazil where they tried to just ignore the local government. TikTok clearly engaged with the system and has gotten a ban for purely political reasons.

To be fair preventing actual extremists from fondling the nukes is a good thing.

The entire series has some pretty heavy handed messaging. To be clear, I love the series.

Because you apparently missed the parts of Dragon Age 1, 2, and 3 where you are involved in heavily ethical government decisions? And that’s on top of the heavy messaging about abuse of power by mortal leaders that starts literally from the first few minutes of DA1.

Then they should be fired. The Constitution, in plain English, bans the practice of naming a person or group in a law specifically to punish them. That’s the domain of courts. These judges are either illiterate or corrupt.