FBI Is ‘Extremely Concerned’ About TikTok’s Potential Threats To National Security

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On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers that he is “extremely concerned” about TikTok’s operations in the United States. “We do have national security concerns, obviously from the FBI’s end, about TikTok,” Wray told the House Homeland Security Committee in a hearing. “They include the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users, or control the recommendation algorithm which could be used for influence operations if they so choose, or to control software on millions of devices.” While TikTok claims it doesn’t store U.S. user data in China, the Chinese government

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Declares ‘Invasion’ At Southern Border

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seen above last year, made the startling allegations at a press conference on April 7, 2021.

On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced that he will be invoking an “invasion” clause of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions to combat President Biden’s (D) illegal immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border. The announcement comes shortly after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that border officials had encountered more than 230,000 migrants attempting to illegally cross the southern border last month – an all-time record for October. Additionally, CBP officials reportedly told Fox News that there were about 64,000 “gotaways” in October, meaning that more than 2,000 illegal immigrants managed to evade border patrols each day. “I invoked

Elon Musk Fires Twitter Employee Who Called Him Out Publicly

Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Monday that he had fired an employee at the company after the employee called him out publicly. The incident happened after Musk tweeted out an apology on Sunday for Twitter running slowly in some countries. “I’d like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries,” Musk tweeted. “App is doing >1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline!” Eric Frohnhoefer, a Twitter employee (at the time), responded to Musk, writing, “I have spent ~6yrs working on Twitter for Android and can say this is wrong.” Shortly afterwards, Musk responded directly

White House Uses Virginia Shooting Tragedy To Push Unrelated Gun Policy

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Joe Biden

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to Sunday night’s shooting at the University of Virginia that killed three people by using the tragedy as an opportunity to push unrelated gun legislation. As reported by ESPN, “University of Virginia president Jim Ryan said three Cavaliers football players were shot and killed: junior receiver Lavel Davis Jr. of Dorchester, South Carolina; junior receiver Devin Chandler of Huntersville, North Carolina; and junior defensive end/linebacker D’Sean Perry of Miami.” The suspect in the shooting was apprehended “without incident” just before 11 a.m. in Henrico County, Virginia and was charged with three counts of second-degree murder and

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