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Of course Musk will buy TikTok…saw this coming no doubt and ew. Happy to leave it behind 😉 he’s so annoying 😐
They’ll be a mass exodus just like Twitter
I already left when trump pulled that bullshit stunt and tik tok went along with it. Not doing it.
Same. I knew this was his way of “saving” TikTok I think most of us can pretty much read the room by now 😐
Same. I went dark before they went dark. Not playing their games!
I removed the app after signing out but assumed I might log back in after the dust settles. Guess I’m done. It was a fun app while it lasted.
Me too.
Same.
Same for me.
Yep…absolutely no one wants to be a part of anything they are doing. It’s so hard sitting back and just watching this unfold…
Even from Canada it’s painful to watch what trump has done so far. 🤯
I wish I was in Canada…we thank you for supporting us here in strange America 🫶🏼
Canada has free immigration so you can go and get all that free stuff..but you better hurry because there will be no more US subsidies going there within a month or two.
Like the mass exodus from Meta that didn’t happen this week?
Only needy people that need attention and likes to feel worthy will stay on the Meta apps. Sad!
I deleted all of my Meta accounts and I think a lot of other people did too. Not sure if it was a significant amount of people though.
No like the mass exodus from Twitter.
I exited…years ago tho. Next thing I’m questioning I hear Gmail links back to these rich ass guys..saw a creator talking about this. I have everything tied to my gmail… wonder if someone can confirm this?
Same. All shared doc for work are intermingled smh. Can you message me if you find out? Please 🙏🏾 My profile is on Substack.
Google was never your friend. Never had your best interest to begin with since they were owned by Alphabet.
So glad I deleted it.
It would be cool if we can get the people who are still on it stay until the sale is confirmed. Once it’s a done deal then we all get off it and tank the app.
So saw this coming. They want to control all the media. That happens and I am gone. Will stay on Rednote
Correct, 💯
We're not even an oligarchy now, we've become a dictatorship. Anything Humpty wants he gets-he's suppressing free speech etc-that's a dictatorship
And saying he is giving back free speech is so messed up.
It’s free speech as long as you’re saying what they want to hear. This is BS.
His gullible followers follow his every word as absolute truth because they really don't understand what they are concurring with and repeating as he says it! It's horrifying to see the lack of knowledge and comprehension of what they are espousing.
Especially when it's your own family. It's very upsetting. 😕😞
You mean like when he said “fine people on both sides” but the news edited out the part before he said that? Way to be manipulated! I would recheck your news and demand to see full unedited clips…and think that was one of a thousand things they lied about it to us! I’m done with CNN and MSNBC..they manipulated and lied about polls too!
Him saying he’s giving back free speech is like pushing someone down and helping them stand up after.
There was plenty of censorship of independent thinkers and conservatives in multiple platforms. Just because news didn’t report it…didn’t mean it didn’t happen. But yeah..that was happening.
That is awful of ICE AGENTS do this to teachers or children in front of everyone
I work in a title 1 school and if ICE were to come here I would be livid. It’s one thing to detain parents of children but to come into a school with weapons, just is so ethically wrong.
...and these are our fellow Americans!
Are the agents armed??!!
Yes. They are law enforcement officers, and are armed.
In front of our children and grandchildren. This is beyond sickening.
Heartbreaking and infuriating. :(
Well it hasn't happened yet...but if they start to get heavy-handed I'm sure there will be protest and outrage across the country.
Equivalent to the protests and rage when the children are gunned down? Doesn’t seem to me as if anyone objects to anything - and the GOP is counting on that.
You know the likely deal: One of the agents will unalive an innocent person or child, and the *good* U.S. citizens will collectively "snap" and lose our sht.
I like this format. I’m trying to avoid watching mainstream media news because they’re kissing Trump’s ass. Thank you for your work!!
Same! I've been trying to figure out a way to both stay informed and minimize my doomscrolling. This format gives me specific times of day I can get caught up via a reliable source and in between I can attend to the other things in my life that need attention without worrying that I'm missing something important
I have yet to get to a place where I can stop doom scrolling 😔 But maybe what you’re doing is a good place for me to start!
It took 7 hours to undue all the notifications, apps and crap on my phone after years of overestimating myself. Remove all and start over and add...it is blissful.
I just deleted FB & 90% of my shopping apps. Working on deleting IG. But WOW I feel like a weight was lifted off my shoulders!! This feels good!
Thank you for the updates! This format is great and I feel like I'm getting the critical information needed. I appreciate your calm demeanor in these exhausting times.
Same!!
Now that TikTok has been taken over by Facebook and Amazon advertising styles. The algorithm has changed. It’s better that you’re here. We can find you and get this information.
As far as releasing Jan 6 convicted felons, I disagree!! It just shows you that Trump has no empathy for the officers and the people who have DIED!!! DISGRACEFUL FOR A PRESIDENT !!!!!!
Right? He releases criminals back into society, but then says immigrants are the criminals & wants to deport them? Make it make sense!! I’ve been so sick to my stomach since Monday.
I think a lot of us are sick over it all. 😩
This is his future militia when he decides protests are not acceptable and he wants them cleared out. These guys will now do anything for him - he has their backs! And this is the party of law and order!
Not good at all
the woman known as the grandma refused Trump's pardon. She did at and she accepts it. Good for her.
You’re awesome Aaron! Love your videos!!! Keep it up :)
Thanks for doing this and providing free, critical content. <3
No human being deserves this treatment.
I have no words this morning. It’s going to be an exhausting 4 years. Thank you for everything you’re doing.
Love the format, so glad I found you! We are going to need you Aaron!!
How sure did they have to be that 47 would be Trump that they are already poised to execute these raids? The amount of planning that goes into an effort like this didn't start last month
Trump has been developing this plan from Mar-a-lago for the past 4 years.
Had a friend who was in Chicago this weekend and said they witnessed multiple people being pulled out of workplaces by ice. I can’t believe this is where we are.
I hope people start recording these incidents and posting them widely.
That’s so scary and very sad :(
This is heartbreaking! 😭
I appreciate this format - I know I'm not missing anything due to algorithms. And I appreciate the work you're doing to put all of this together.
As always, thank you Aaron.
What’s to stop him from saying “F- IT” with all policies and decisions?
Nothing to stop that from happening and I expect it will
If he buys TikTok I’m out for good. Already been considering it but that would def push me over the edge on it.
It's already compromised and they've caved to Trump. Get out now!
I stayed out after if wasn't available for 15 hours. Who knows what they did.
If Elon buys Tik Tok, I’m off. He ruined Twitter, Tik Tok will be unrecognizable if he buys it.
I am absolutely sick about ICE raiding churches and schools! This will terrify a generation of children that already were affected by the pandemic. They will learn to hate law enforcement and our governments. This administration is destroying our country. We can rebuild it better though.
As Americans, we are literally living through what Nazi Germany went through. I’ve been living in fear the past 3 days, I can’t be the only one.
Watch or read the transcript of,
Despair is not an option, on The.Ink
#Removetheswampcracker
I say this with so much respect, please get some rest, and hire some people to help you. It's going to be a long, long, long four years.
Love this!!!! Wish I could afford a paid subscription..... money's tight tight now.... but will if things turn around
I beg you to stop calling the 1/6 criminals “hostages”. Even in jest.
They aren't hostages. He called them that and I was quoting him.
They are criminals.
Appreciate the clarification since it didn’t come across that way. It is especially confusing & disconcerting because you chose to not speak about the actual hostages being released.
We need to ask our House reps and Senators if they support Trump’s pardon of J6 terrorists. Call them. Email them. Make it the “ but her emails” or “inflation” of his tenure. Releasing violent felons vs deporting immigrants for minor traffic infractions is hypocritical. We are all less safe in our communities now.
That's his desired effect - this is his own personal militia to do his bidding outside of the law....
Thank you for your diligent reporting. I did want to mention that there is a very low likelihood of a teacher being undocumented. The background checks and certifications are extensive (for public school at least). Family members picking up their children after school seem the liekly target. Still very traumatizing. Still unethical.
this morning and evening news saves my sanity and keeps me from refreshing the news all day. thank you
So, the 500 billion dollars for AI is supposed to benefit us how? Will this lower groceries or gas?🤣
They said it was to develop a cancer curing vaccine with AI. They truly have no idea what they’re talking about. It’s all BS.
As someone who just graduated with a degree in Biology. This has to be the most comical thing I’ve read today!!
Aaron your work is so important and so appreciated. At the risk of sounding like your mother, please take good care of yourself as best you can during this push!
Donate 250 million dollars to help Trump get elected, and the Space agency overseeing SpaceX will now go away. Nothing to see here.
Also Musk would be allowed to buy TikTok. No conflict here either .
And TikTok was declared a National Security Threat and banned by Congress, but now Trump says it okay. And he even said he may even load the app on his own phone. So what changed that TikTok is no longer a National Security threat?
Answer: Money
Honestly I hope Elon tries to go to space and it goes wrong 😶
Thank you for doing these! I want to stay informed but I don’t want my every minute to be consumed with giving this administration attention. This has been so helpful. Thank you for all you do - and I hope that you’re able to take time for you in the midst of all of this. We have your back!
I am getting off of most social media now because all about giving Trump the attention that he seeks. After I close out this app today, I’m done for a long time.
No one should be surprised by any of this. They told us this is what they would do. No shit Elon wants it 🙄
Thank you Aaron…please get some rest. We need you!
All of my social media platforms was stripped of anything negative of Donald Trump. We live in a totalitarian Christian nationalist nation now prepare yourselves. 😫😫😭😭🤯🤯🤬🤬
Are they being deported or ARE they been taken to places to ‘hold’ them because if it’s to hold them it isn’t deportation and people need to be warned about when this happened last time in history.
They’re not going to deport them immediately. They will be sent to detention centers or prison until they can be deported. These are modern day concentration camps for free labor. We have to call it what it is. The presidents and CEOs of these prison industrial complexes have already begun to ask for additional federal funding to “hold” the deportees. Could be months or years. It’s another money scheme to funnel more money into the private owners of the prisons.
If anyone else has recently watched a Netflix series called “Hitler and the Nazi’s Evil on Trial” PLEASE tell me I’m not crazy. And if you haven’t watched this, I highly suggest watching it. It shows how the people of Germany fell into believing Adolf and thinking he could “make it great again”
I feel sick to my stomach with all of this news and also very grateful to you, Aaron. Thank you.
Maybe you could write a transcript for these videos updates? I personally prefer reading lol
Love the format. Thank you for the information!
Love this platform! You are my news and I am so grateful for all of your work.
I love this format. Straight, to the point, no fluff.
Elon Musk buying TikTok. Gee, what a surprise. I deleted it. I’m having nothing to do with it.
Trump is nothing but a liar.
He's a felon who is now running our country. What more can we expect? 😫
They are making America great all over the place! Sarcasm!!!
As always Aaron, thank you for your excellent reporting. Very nice to have a short and to the point updates on the news .
With ICE being allowed to enter schools, are they allowed to take children? I’m more worried this change will make children more vulnerable 😢
I really like this format, to be honest with you though I'm not a fan of your background, but that won't deter me from following you. Now that I'm off Meta and using Substack and Bluesky exclusive, there are format concerns with Substack lack of abilities, but that should be addressed with the owner and Tech support.
I'm liking the current set up 👍
Is that that illegal for Congresswomen Boebert to have tours for the felon that were jailed for Jan6th??? Something in the Congressional acts????
Yes in the 14th amendment
Thank you
Thank you, Aaron.
So glad I left all those platforms.
Thank you for bringing us the news I appreciate you! 🗞️
Look at state governments who are attempting to set up militias. Oklahoma has asked for 2.4 million to create a militia - perfect opportunity for pardoned insurrectionists. 🙄
I have already jumped off Tiktok but so glad I found you before then. Just got my subscription to support your work and Iook forward to your updates.
Love the format you've got going here! Quick, informative, digestible. Keep up the great work 💚💙
Thank for providing us updates please take some time for self-care
How does he define DEI Hire? Are they just laying off all people of color, women and LGBTQ+? I'm guessing there isn't a note in anyone's HR file saying "DEI".
Corruption out there and personal. They don’t even hide it anymore
So far, I like Substack. I hope you will continue to provide updates here. Even when I was on TikTok I had to seek out your page. So, I think being here is as nice, if not better. Thank you! But please do whatever makes the most sense for you.
you are my most (only?) trusted source for news as we navigate this insanity
💯
I like this format. I don’t have to go to social media to get your content!
Aaron... Recently a paid subscriber and I really enjoy your morning/evening news updates. This is a stretch but I would love if Substack was added to the News source on Amazon's Echo and then be able to select you in the settings. I could simply ask Alexa for your morning/evening news update. I know its a stretch.... but just an idea.
I’m curious to know if felon47 would have any say in the company I work for DEI programs since we have federal contracts? We already have to adhere to certain rules to stay in good standing with them so we don’t lose our contracts.
Sadly it seems leaving TikTok won’t be terribly effective. Allegedly everyone was deactivating / deleting Meta apps for this week as a “trial” and Meta stock has done nothing but go up this week.
When #45, people were digging ditches for others, they forgot that that one of those ditches would be for them 😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you so much. I appreciate the quick updates.
I've heard that anywhere within 100 miles of the border (all around the US, not just Mexico) they can search a property without a warrant. Do you know anything about that?
Aaron please delete Tiktok, Facebook and Instagram. We cannot support this!
He has said before something along the lines the he continues to post there to make sure his message reaches more people. Not great, but I can see the logic.
Thank you for your updates 🙏
Thank you!!
Why didn't you mention the new fire in LA?
Oh good, they can just traumatize kids. Trump has no common sense.
He said they should have common sense, he doesn't have common sense!!
While I have utter faith in SubStack as a future platform please do not stop posting to TikTok for as long as possible. Your insight is desperately needed to the huge audience there.
When you have info can you update us on the tax plan 🫶🏽
Elon musk is already on TikTok. He was following me when I deleted the app
I feel so awful for all the wonderful people I follow on TikTok who support themselves and their families with income from TikTok. I really hope we can find a common place like it again soon.
Fyi I am really enjoying Sub-stack . Thank you for blazing the trail . I am moving away from TikTok .
Yours is the only news I'm getting, as I am no longer logging into Facebook.
Um I can’t see the video
What exactly does ‘AI infrastructure’ mean? What does that look like?
Love this format! Keep up the good work!
Tiktok is already off the App Store!! I deleted it the other day and went to try to redownload it. It’s unavailable.
I prefer text format to video. How are/were the Jan 6 felons hostages?! Misspeaking is one reason I prefer writing - allows proofreading, and adding references. What are your sources? Please add source references to your videos (newish to Substack, did not find sources) thanks for your work!
Wait! I thought TikTok was a threat to our security?! Now he’s downloading it on his phone?! Also isn’t it removed from the app stores??
Thank you for keeping us updated, Aaron! We appreciate your dedication and hard work!
Love this quick video format. Perhaps add brief ‘topics’ list in the description for each one? Thanks for your hard work.
I'm relieved that you were quoting; it wasn't 100% clear as it all went by so quickly. Thank you for taking the time to respond!
Really appreciate the video updates. I absorb the information better. Thank you!
Thoughts on the format-
-it's better for me to do this than seeing various news throughout the day.
-I find myself zoning out. Maybe it would help if you included some videos and graphics?
Love this format!
Aaron, I admire your resilience in bringing us this information. I find I can only take news about the Pricktator in small doses and I appreciate how your videos are short and concise. Someone else said yesterday you're literally all the news they watch and I agree. Thank you for all you're doing.
Keep it coming . Good on you
Wow
I liked the format for this vid. The morning Joe and then follow up in the evening w longer form.
Take care of you too! Get some rest. Trump is always going to be Trump’n.
What about drug prices???
How does Trump think he will download the app, when Apple & Google still have downloads paused? 🤦🏻♀️😂
Has anybody here had one or both #45 and #45B show up on their Instagram without being invited? I know two people who discovered yesterday both had not only been added to their list as being followed but also as following them. The names were deleted but were added again today. I thought you had to invite people to follow you and send a request to follow them. I checked my Instagram account and discovered I had the option to follow #45B so I erased that. Something is really fishy here.
Hostages?
Veterans get a quantifiable DEI hiring bonus….5-15 points out of 100 total. Are all veteran federal workers being put on paid leave?!
But how did we get here? https://substack.com/@taylorjones0125/p-155385460
“Teachers could get arrested in front of students”…this eerily reminds me of the scene in Wicked where Dr. Dillamond gets arrested in front of the class 😬
Totally worse than despicable..
I appreciate all you are doing. It is going to be a LONG 4 years and I'm worried you are not taking care of yourself. You can't keep us informed if you aren't well. Thank you for all your hard work.
I’m not sure I can continue to watch, listen or read the news. I feel the same sense of sadness I felt when my sister passed away in September. I’ll be ok…
Thank you ! Concise and accurate is what I need .
So prices are up already ….
How do they decide who is a dei hire to be suspended? I hate it here
I appreciate being able to see a combined update. I loved the TT format but left that platform after it rebooted and follow you here. Thank you for your hard work and helping citizens stay informed on current news.
Trump since you know nothing about geography and American History. Let me educate you before you start deporting people from Guam. Guam, is a territory of the US. We have Spanish last names because of the Spanish concur in the 1500’s. Spanish is not spoken on the island but Chamorro(indigenous language). The main language is English, our schools are taught in English. Sign an executive order allowing the people of Guam, to vote for president. Just so you know we have the highest enlistment of military forces. WWII, has proven Guam is so important to the US. Due to its strategic location. So, sign that executive order allowing us to vote for president. You are welcome Trump for the history lesson.
Thank you Aaron. Please rest. Gummies help.
And to see him move his sink from X headquarters to the White House.
I’ve seen what’s on twitter and it disgusting!! I hope someone else buys it
I love the format Aaron! I’m not on Tt anymore bec it’s not on the App Store!! But this is scary…
Take Care of Yourself please!!!
Para military every oligarch has them.
Reports of ICE going door to door in metro Detroit and verifying immigration status
Hi Aaron! I was wondering if there was an option to add closed captioning on your videos by chance? If not that’s okay, it’s just easier for some to be able to follow what you’re saying! Keep up the good work, I appreciate all that you do! :)
Your manse during subscription button is not working
I've debated what to keep and what to get rid of. For the time being, I'm off FB and IG. Deleted TikTok (I didn't really use it much anyway). I joined Bluesky and Substack. I feel comfortable there, at least for now. I do enjoy your format. It's short and concise and I feel like I'm being kept up with the latest, without going down the proverbial rabbit hole. Thanks for all you do.
We need our a few billionaires on our side to get him impeached and out of office - especially after he talked about cheating the numbers. Winning (stealing) ALL the swing states? Math isn't mathing.
Everyone should listen to Rachel Madows Ultra podcast. This is history repeating itself. Get ready this is scary.
Netflix is my next boycott.
If Musk buys it I'm gone. I'll go to BlueSky.
Ugh I would delete TT if Musk buys it
You are my only news source. I’m working towards shutting down the others owned by Zuch
Is there a way to transcribe these videos so they can be read instead of watching? Can’t watch at work but would love to be able to have a quick read and be updated.
Thank you, Aaron, you are doing God’s work. As a journalism major about to graduate in May, I can only imagine what I’m about to walk into.
I have been on a social media and news blackout for three days. You're the only notification that I kept active for any breaking news. It has been quiet and calming to say the least. Keep up the great work!
@aaron I like this format to either listen or read the transcript. I also listen to your tiktok breaking news updates and some of what you post on Insta.
I've Will not stay on tiktok if Elon buys it. I already deleted my X account.
Thank u so much Aaron. Your the only one I can trust with proper untouched news.
He can’t download it on his phone it’s not in the App Store
This is why he saved TikTok. Another propaganda machine for his bestie. I deleted mine already
You must be exhausted! Thank you for all you are doing to keep us up on what is happening.
Like the content; don’t like the format. If you are reading from prepared notes, send them - I can read faster than you can speak, and there are times/places where I can’t watch a video but can read an article.
I’m sure it’s easier and faster to produce video content, but I don’t care for it.
TikTok is not for sale but if muskrat buys it, I and most of us will leave. I won’t be in a cesspool.
There aren’t going to be anti-trust issues with Musk/Tiktok if DJT’s FTC and Justice Department don’t see for to intervene.
I appreciate you so much. I really hope you get some rest. This is going to be a marathon not a sprint. It’s a scary time
Thank you for these, I have subscribed, I deleted all the socials except for Blue Sky and Substack.
J6 “Hostages?”
That's what he called them I was just quoting him. Sorry I should have been more clear, they are insurrectionists and criminals.
Thank you Aaron for all that you do!
He is weaking us left and right...Should we be concerned w fdic being disbanded and should we be pulling our money out?
Thank you for the daily update. Your honest reporting is a relief, considering I can't stomach mainstream media bias anymore.
I wish we could Move this forward and backward- no way to do that that I see
It is all sooooo bad.
I like how you present the summary of events!
And I’ve already downloaded the few vids I had on TikTok and it’s being deleted now.
Please continue to use substack even if/when tik tok returns!
Thank you for everything! Please sleep well need you for the long game!
I’m telling everybody to come over here because Trump and musk and Zak have pretty much poisoned TikTok and Facebook and Instagram all of them. There’s already an exodus from.TikTok.
What he wants to do is cripple California so he can take it over and get they want the money from California that’s imperative to them they want the money from California.
Where is this 500 billion coming from more taxes on us because there’s also going to be massive tax breaks for them?
I love this format! Thankfully i have somewhere other than social media to get these type of updates
Did anybody really think that Donald Trump would take the time to go through each one individually.
I know - that would be too much like work.
Thank you for doing this work.
I will probably close my TikTok and lemon 8 accounts today. I'm just, done. Of course President Musk is going to buy it...
This is my favorite news update. Thank youn
Thank you for what you are doing. Always make the time to rest. You are aware there are very good creators like you that also speaks the truth. If for each one we have to pay the subscription we will need to add to the monthly budget a certain amount & reduce other necessary items in the budget. Not for me. I know that you depend on this as your income & wish you do well. Sadly I will depend on the journalists in certain channels to be informed.
Don’t use IG!! Don’t use any of suck-a-burgers platforms 😡😡😡
I will not go back to TikTok 😡😡
I guess TikTok will just be home to magats in the future. I’m very concerned about WFH issues for all remote workers
This format is better
I can't believe you referred to the Jan 6 inmates being released as "hostages!" That's Trumptalk.
They aren't hostages. He called them that and I was quoting him.
They are criminals.
Maybe you should do a quick update. Not everyone will read all the comments. But its very nice of you to answer.
I come here for no-drama, factual updates. What you say in 5min takes mainstream media an entire day and several "shows". Thank you!
Please get some sleep. Your work is important but so are you.
If Elon buys TT I'm outta here. Social media as we know it will be about angry old white men spouting hatred and brewing anger instead of ads to buy a cheese grater and Merv the cat who adores Charles.
Thank you for your dedication. I love this format.
I love this format Aaron. It’s the modern version of watching the 5:00 news. Now I can get updated when I have the chance and it’s quick and easy.
Thank you for your updates. I have followed you from TT and appreciate what you're doing!
Noooo I don’t want any more AI!
They will probably all be DT talking about all the prices he is lowering.
If elonia buys tiktok i will exit. I do not condone what this tyrant a is doing to this country
I deleted TikTok when it went dark and didn't plan to download it again. Knowing I can't and neither can others, is great. I don't want to go back if Musk buys it.
Thank you Aaron! 🫂
Great work! Thanks Aaron for all you do.
I deleted TikTok. I loved the entertainment value of it, but this drama is not worth it. By the way, is Musky listed on the white house directory yet?
Thank you for covering the news and sharing it with us. Keep up the great work!
You are wonderful. Please keep producing this on all media as I plan on deleting TikTok as I can’t stomach Trump being on that and the crap that will be posted.
Thank you Aaron!!