The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to give final approval to a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending it to President Biden and ending months of uncertainty about whether the United States would continue to back Kyiv in its fight against Russian aggression.
The vote reflected resounding bipartisan support for the measure, which passed the House on Saturday by lopsided margins after a tortured journey on Capitol Hill, where it was nearly derailed by right-wing resistance. The Senate’s action, on a vote of 79 to 18, provided a victory for the president, who had urged lawmakers to move quickly so he could sign it into law.
And it capped an extraordinary political saga that raised questions about whether the United States would continue to play a leading role in upholding the international order and projecting its values globally.
My hunch is Zuck is salivating over divestment and was lobbying for this. However I think bytedance won’t divest since the US market only represents under 5% of the user base.
This is gonna bite Biden in the ass hard with the younger generations if he signs it and then they won’t vote (granted a lot don’t vote anyway). They’ll see it as an out of touch old government trying to silence our voices and give money away for war rather than help people. Will definitely be interesting to see how it unfolds.
As you said, the younguns don’t vote, and the ones dumb enough not to vote for Biden over this weren’t going to vote for him anyway. The sooner I never hear the phrase “on TikTok” again, the better.
People like Zuck are the reason I think you over estimate the backlash. Gen Z is millennial+ with more brains and fewer of our shortcomings. I’m certain I saw an article, on lemmy, showing younger generations being jaded on social media in general and aware of its many, many negative impacts.
That they let zuck get away with all his toxic, deadly crap, including election interference, but worry about tiktok says they’re really just protecting the kleptocracy. I’m not fond of tiktok but zuck/all things meta are just as toxic and dangerous.