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“Kiss ass” was the correct response. Lol

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Absolutely the correct response

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I noticed that too 😂

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Yes, yes it was 😂.

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Freudian slip

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That made my day 💯

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I died and was so happy he left it in with the little smile to whoever was in the background. I love his journalism!

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Haha yes I noticed that too

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Sure was.

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Yes it was!!!

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Thank for these updates! As AOC pointed out today it feels like private agreements were made over the last 24 hours between trump and TikTok. It totally seems like a stunt and I feel like it’s message heard loud and clear.

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Yeah I agree with AOC. There is some behind the scenes deal with Shou and Trump. Feels incredibly sketchy.

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Enjoy your stuff … but PLEASE consider captions for us hearing impaired.

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Hi David, you can enable captioning yourself. In the bottom 3rd of the video there is a CC button. Not the same as custom captions, but it helps nonetheless 😀

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I looked again—I didn’t have those options. Perhaps not available to my iPhone 8.

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I don’t have that option either.

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A Dixie Cup and a string—always worked for me

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I can only access cc when the video is full screen, maybe that's worth trying? Hope it helps

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You can try using the accessibility live captions feature on your iPhone if you are running one of the more recent ios versions. To turn on Live Captions, go to Settings on your iPhone > Accessibility > Live Captions. This will give you the option to have captions for any audio that comes out of your phone and can also be used for in person conversations using your iPhone microphone.

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Don’t have Live Captions on my phone. Lip reading helps, my iPhone 8 does not.

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Mine has captions!

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Mine has captions also

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Click the 3 dots in a circle on the bottom right corner. At least for me that’s where it is. It’ll allow you to turn on subtitles there.

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I looked, my three dots provided no such options. No CC button either.

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Yes, I am going to try that next

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You can also read the transcript if the option for captions doesn't come up. That's what I do. Just a heads up.

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Mine also has captions

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I can see captions on his video. Do you see the caption button on your device?

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I have CC. I think you need to just hit the CC button? We're all just learning here 😆!

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I second this!

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Mine had no such options … tried them all

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Same 🤷 Don't know why mine isn't letting me CC

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Rise up, old farts with antiquated phones!

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I deleted TT. It just doesn’t sit right with me.

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Me too! Sure felt fishy when Meta joined.

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Same. Deleted it last nite before it went dark. I’m not playing their games

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Deleted mine

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It was strange that there were no ads in its "last" 24 hours, and then the ads seemed different when it came back.

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Me too

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Same here

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I'm having a good time over on RedBook. I have no desire to go back to what will most certainly become another right wing echo chamber.

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I heard that “kiss *ss” Aaron. It truly described what Shou is doing. Keep up the good reporting!

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I use tiktok for like 5 minutes and i just feel gross using it. Thats the only thing I’m waiting for is to see what executive orders he does sign.

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same, it feels weird going on, I do NOT like it.

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The smirk at the "kiss @" sent me. 🤣 Thank you, Aaron, I needed a human moment and a good laugh amidst all the ugliness surrounding these deportation roundups and plans coming. Thank you for keeping us informed and focused on what matters.

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You know his wife laughed

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I would have too. She did better than me. You probably would have heard me giggling on camera. It was a cute moment. Aaron works hard to bring us challenging news with the serious tone most of these sobering reports deserve, but I appreciate the unexpected moments of levity too. 😁

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What I hate the most about this is that it appears as though Trump can just go above our laws and procedures. With a wave of his hand he can ignore a ban made by our officials. It portrays him as a king or a savior. Screw you DJT.

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Also…. How is it legal or ok or sane that Trump was allowed to release a meme coin yesterday? He’s literally planning on running some crypto scam while president?!

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And now he's released a second one called $MELANIA. 🤮

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Smellania as I heard someone call it today! 😆

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Your 100 % correct

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Definitely a stunt and at the very least for the next 90 days I will not be logging back on to TikTok.

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Please keep updating here. I will not go back to TikTok.

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TikTok is no bueno

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Same

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Tik Tok is compromised. I think if we give Substack some time it will turn out to be a reliable place to gather and exchange information.

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Substack has been excellent for my media needs for months. Parnas looks like an excellent addition.

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Thank you for all the work you do! We appreciate you

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Had to stop using TT it feels slimy

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definitely a stunt! hopefully young people don’t fall for this trick and realize that if it could happen that fast, anything is possible.

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Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz)= Executive Orders 👀grant him the authority to rule by decree, bypassing Congress🍊 (Hitler-parliament)and effectively ending democracy. It isn’t rule of law and can be disbanded:Executive branch,Congress,Legislative oversight,INDEPENDENT MEDIA/WHISTLEBLOWERS &Public pressure/state resistance &impeachment💀Going to be a long 4 years but must read is Atlantic-How Hitler Rose To Power in 53 Days

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Here’s an archive link to the Atlantic article http://archive.today/y7JVE

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