THEY KNOW HE IS GOING TO WIN

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/europe-promises-to-spend-more-on-its-own-defense

After years of prodding by President Trump and as China extends its global reach, the Europe Union will increase its military spending, according to a senior EU official.

“We are aware that our partners around the world expect us to play a bigger role as a provider of global security, and we are ready to do so,” EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in a Thursday address to the EU’s Washington Defense Forum. “The era of a somewhat naive Europe has come to an end.”

That declaration amounted to an acknowledgment of American calls for increased defense spending, which have intensified with the deterioration of the United States's relationship with China.

The U.S. allots a far greater percentage of its GDP to defense spending than Europe does.

A European member of NATO’s civilian leadership team hailed the “intense” statement as a sign of unity.

Tikpocalypse

https://jezebel.com/zeros-zeros-zeros-tiktok-creators-melt-down-over-tik-1844326818

'Zeros! Zeros! Zeros!' TikTok Creators Melt Down Over 'Tikpocalypse' After Video Likes Disappear

Around 11:30 PST today, TikTok Likes disappeared. For a brief moment, just about every creator in my notifications tab went live, panicking that their beloved platform was kicking the bucket amid xenophobic dog-whistles from the Trump administration that the app is a “national security threat.” Was the plug being pulled on the app? Probably not; TikTok explained that the platform was having technical issues. But the swiftness with which creators panicked, sharing their handles on other platforms so their fans could find them, speaks to the ephemeral nature of internet virality, and how desperately creators rely on metrics and visual “popularity” meters, some for their livelihoods.