Rob Schmitt reacts to the House passing a bill that can lead to the U.S. ban of TikTok, the Left’s push to pass this bill and more on NEWSMAX’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight”.
On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives passed a bill that could potentially lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States if its parent company, ByteDance, based in Beijing, does not sell its stake in the widely popular social media platform.
The vote saw overwhelming bipartisan support with 352 votes in favor and 65 against. Among those who voted to approve the bill were 197 Republicans and 155 Democrats, while 15 Republicans and 50 Democrats voted against it. One Democrat chose to vote “present.”
The House expedited the legislation, officially known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, by employing a procedure that required the backing of two-thirds of its members for passage.
The bill now moves to the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats. However, the bill’s fate in the Senate is uncertain, as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York did not commit to bringing it up for a vote, stating that the Senate “will review the legislation when it comes over from the House.”
Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
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Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
If ANY democrat votes for it, it’s evil.
The party of pedophiles, baby murder,those who think there are more than 2 genders,
and national suicide
Full stop.