Abden is one of us. I have known Abden Simmons pretty much my entire life. He is a hard worker, honest, loyal and dedicated to his family. He has been on the Waldoboro Select Board, Planning Board, Shellfish Advisory Board and Shellfish Committee.
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media platform TikTok, has dramatically upped its U.S. lobbying effort since 2020 as U.S.-China relations continue to sour and is now the fourth-largest Internet company in spending on federal lobbying as of last year, according to newly released data. Publicly available information collected by OpenSecrets, a Washington nonprofit…
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media platform TikTok, has dramatically upped its U.S. lobbying effort since 2020 as U.S.-China relations continue to sour and is now the fourth-largest Internet company in spending on federal lobbying as of last year, according to newly released.