Even that’s a limited form of jurisdiction. Managed by treaty, the same level as the Constitution.

The payload

Among the categories of individuals born in the United States and not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States:

(1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or

(2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States at the time of said person’s birth was lawful but temporary (such as, but not limited to, visiting the United States under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa) and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.

Which is absolutely ridiculous. In the first case if they aren’t subject to your jurisdiction then you cannot deport them. And in the second they would not need a visa. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t make them subject to our laws without them being subject to the United State’s Jurisdiction.

Which is about how AI targeting goes these days.

Facial recognition is pretty easily tricked though. Just because it’s working on the Russians does not mean it will work everywhere.

I’m fully aware of what drones are capable of.

Unless it’s set to shoot at anything moving it’s going to be pretty shit. And once the targeting is that wide open you just get a tennis ball machine and waste it’s ammo.

It’s number 2.

Not quite how it works. But yeah they should just tell you the number.

He is the point person on all foreign relations.

Go touch grass.

While I love the idea, they’d never go for it. It would double their population instantly and completely upend their political system.

People who straight up avoid political news probably never knew in the first place.

The app stores have taken them off too. The thing is there’s pretty steep fines for not doing it. So while Biden said he’s not going to charge the fines, that doesn’t mean the government isn’t watching. Trump could easily walk in and charge TikTok, Google, and Apple the full fine for that day of operation.

Dams are actually really bad for the environment. They were sold as good because they don’t burn coal but it turns out that blocking rivers interferes with everything along it.

Why should they? Nobody else is hiding it.

It’s political genius. How many millions of Americans are going to see that? Politically apathetic Americans who will credit Trump…

There’s a geyser because of the underground heat.

A forced sale below market value is absolutely punishment. And being banned is 100% punitive.

Nothing boring about a fire that’s been burning for at least 62 years, possibly 86, and has caused the permanent evacuation of two towns.

No. It literally says TikTok in the text of the bill. It also has a super broad description of other covered companies. But then also bans TikTok by name. The law is Public Law 118-50. The stuff in Congress is not the end of a bill. It has to go through reconciliation, where it can change, and then it goes to the desk of the president.

Foreign adversary controlled application.—The term “foreign adversary controlled application” means a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application that is operated, directly or indirectly (including through a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate), by—

(A) any of—

(i) ByteDance, Ltd.;

(ii) TikTok; …

If you care to find it in the statutes at large or USC then have at it. But this is what Biden signed.