Did Donald Trump and MTG Save TikTok?
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Justin Robert Young
4.6 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Joe Biden's new $30 million ad campaign begins his re-election campaign. We break down every second.
The Hur Report performs live as Robert Hur testifies before congress. Are the Democrats ready to take the win?
Tom Merritt (Daily Tech News Show) joins the program to discuss the potential forced sale (and potential ban) of TikTok.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Joe Biden's Age
01:20 Robert Herr's Investigation
03:36 Republicans' Response
06:52 Joe Biden's Memory
07:19 State of the Union
08:42 Joe Biden's Controversial Comments
09:12 Public Perception of the State of the Union
09:40 Joe Biden's Campaign Ad
09:56 Transcript of Interview with Robert Herr
10:26 Highlights from the Interview
11:59 Joe Biden's Car Noises
12:02 Joe Biden's Playful Tone in Campaign Ad
13:27 Comparison with Donald Trump
21:12 Updates on TikTok Ban
25:40 Donald Trump's Endorsement in Michigan Senate Race
26:57 Restructuring of the Republican National Committee
30:37 Tom Merritt's New Book
33:13 Bipartisan Bill to Ban or Divest TikTok
35:06 Divestment of TikTok
36:06 Negotiations with Oracle
37:34 Data leaks and shortcuts
38:31 The algorithm and user preferences
39:27 Politics and personal behavior
40:24 How Chinese is TikTok?
43:14 TikTok's presence in China
43:44 Changing opinions and bipartisan efforts
44:39 The future of TikTok
45:39 Popularity and mind share
46:36 Security concerns and data brokers
48:55 Potential sale of TikTok
53:29 Political motivations and influence
56:16 Concerns about TikTok's security threat
57:41 Likelihood of ByteDance selling TikTok
01:00:26 Influence of the Chinese government
01:02:12 Challenges of replicating TikTok's algorithm
01:05:29 Potential ban and alternatives
01:06:54 Lack of panic in the TikTok community
01:08:50 Senate's stance on TikTok
01:10:37 The future of TikTok and potential buyers
01:13:22 Ways to support the show
01:15:09 Upcoming episode topics
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| 0:00.0 | on this edition of the program. |
| 0:03.0 | Biden's age back in the news in good and bad ways. |
| 0:07.0 | On one hand, he's got a new commercial, |
| 0:09.0 | $30 million behind it, we're going to break down every second of it and I'm with her |
| 0:15.6 | Special prosecutor talks to Congress. Tom Merritt joins the program to talk |
| 0:20.2 | tick-talk will it get banned? Find out. |
| 0:23.6 | We begin now. |
| 0:25.3 | This is made possible by Ow Them Bones, |
| 0:28.3 | Daily Tech News Show, V and Craig Hello and welcome everybody to the politics politics program for March 13th |
| 0:58.4 | 2024 year old palest and Robert Young joining you on the program here in Central Texas. |
| 1:07.0 | It's a little rainy here. |
| 1:10.0 | You know, April showers starting a little bit early as it is want to do in Austin and trust me we need it. |
| 1:20.4 | We've had some really really brutal summers and hopefully they can be a little a little |
| 1:26.9 | a little more moist. Sorry to say that depending on when you're listening to this. |
| 1:33.0 | Probably ever. People really don't like that term. |
| 1:36.0 | Let's go ahead and get on in to the meat of what we want to talk about and that is |
| 1:42.0 | Joe Biden's age. |
| 1:46.0 | He's old friends. |
| 1:47.6 | He is the oldest person to win election to the presidency |
| 1:50.8 | and he hopes to beat his own record this November. |
| 1:54.0 | So we're gonna start with the bad and then we're gonna get to the good, |
| 1:58.7 | although both are, you know, up to you, salt to taste first is Robert Herr. |
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