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Itโ€™s crucial that we allocate blame for shutting down TikTok

1 year 2 months ago
Democrats voted last year to shut down TikTok, but when the deadline became imminent they got cold feet and tried to backtrack. On the other hand, Democrat Joe Biden let it die. It's Republican Donald Trump promising to keep it open. On the third hand, Republicans in Congress are still gung ho to shut it ...continue reading "It’s crucial that we allocate blame for shutting down TikTok"
Kevin Drum

TikTok restores service for US users based on Trump's promised executive order

1 year 2 months ago
TikTok restored service to users in the United States on Sunday just hours after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban, which President-elect Donald Trump said he would try to pause by executive order on his first day in office. Trump said he planned to issue the order to give [...]
HALELUYA HADERO, Associated Press

Obamacare keeps on getting more popular

1 year 2 months ago
I've been wondering for a while how Obamacare is doing, and KFF has finally produced new favorable/unfavorable numbers from its tracking poll: Favorability is up among Democrats and Independents, but after years of rising it's down among Republicans—from 33% last April to 28% now: That 64% overall approval number is close the level that would ...continue reading "Obamacare keeps on getting more popular"
Kevin Drum