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Trump GOP Redirected Essential Cybersecurity Funding To Give Rich A**holes More Tax Cuts
Long before the great TikTok moral panic of 2021 to 2024, you might recall that numerous members of Congress spent a solid decade freaking about another Chinese company: Chinese telecom equipm…
Texas Senator Ted Cruz spearheaded shifting that funding over to tax cuts, but it sounds like Republicans aren’t being particularly coherent or consistent on strategy or messaging, even internally: But when the press covers the MAGA GOP’s efforts on national and cybersecurity, the stunning lack of competence generally isn’t mentioned. From TikTok to Huawei, the MAGA GOP’s Chinese cybersecurity outrage is routinely just a xenophobic, expensive, self-serving and corrupt performance, usually going nowhere.
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