Patriot, I’m starting to worry. We are facing one of the biggest free speech threats in our nation’s history – one that could shut down free speech on social media and manipulate our upcoming elections – but we still haven’t received your directive to the U.S. Senate telling them to oppose this draconian assault that already passed the House of Representatives. If this was just a simple case of missing an email, no problem - you can sign your directive right now. But if you haven’t signed because you aren’t sure what this is really about, please read on. The so-called “TikTok
ban” is much more than it appears. It’s true it would force Tiktok’s parent company to divest within six months or the app would be banned in the United States, affecting the income streams of over 5 million American small businesses and nearly 170 million other Americans who use the platform. But buried in the legal details, the bill goes much further. This is just a new packaging of something called the “RESTRICT Act,” which was also marketed as a “TikTok ban” but very openly stated it gave the government massive power to shut down any platform that didn’t censor its users. Thanks to the outcry of patriots like you, that bill was defeated last year. This new bill does
the same, but more covertly – unless you understand the legal mumbo-jumbo. It would ban any of what they call a “foreign adversary-controlled application,” which is not just an app – it can be any website and any social network of significant size. What does it mean to be “controlled” by a foreign adversary? It means “subject to the direction or control of” anything – could be a person, a group of investors, any entity – in one of these “foreign adversary counties.” What does “subject to the direction or control of” mean? They don’t say. Think about it! We live in an age of weaponization of the legal system. Imagine Merrick Garland – or any future U.S. Attorney General – hauling Twitter into a rigged Washington, D.C. courthouse, claiming that because Elon Musk owns a factory in Shanghai, he has to divest from the company because China has “direction” over him? Remember, prominent U.S. officials – up to and including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have openly threatened social media companies with “disfavorable” legislation unless they censor speech on their platforms. How damaging would it be to any up-and-coming platform targeted for supporting free speech – Rumble or Locals, for example – just to be hauled into a sprawling investigation? If you don’t think this is what they would do, you haven’t been paying attention. This is an age of weaponization. Any ambiguity or discretion in these laws will absolutely be used by a creative attorney general – just like the PATRIOT Act was weaponized against the American people! Donald Trump is labeled a Russian asset every day. He owns a social network. Did Fani Willis care about the narrow definition of RICO before bringing creative charges against him? If the bill advocates are really so worried about your private information being given to the Chinese government, why don’t they seem to have a problem with your personal and private information being sold every day by other social media outlets, your cell phone provider, or your cable company? As one author put it, “It’s not that the U.S. government wants to protect you from spying and data theft and manipulation. No, the people behind the Russian collusion hoax, and the Kavanaugh hoax, and the natural origin COVID hoax, and the illegal warrantless spying, and the forced transing of your children—they want to be the ones spying on you and stealing your data and poisoning the minds of your children.” The same politicians pushing this anti-speech legislation have done NOTHING to stop federal bureaucrats from illegally spying on you and me when American companies – social media companies like Facebook, your cable provider, your cell phone company – sell your private data to them. This is also a special interest deal for competing American Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook, whose hatred of liberty-minded American principles and censorship of dissent is well documented. Tell your senators to say NO to the massive ban on free speech! As Dr. Paul warned in a recent email, this could come up in the U.S. Senate with little notice, Patriot. To date, Chuck Schumer hasn’t given any indication of when the bill might be put on the Senate floor for a vote. It’s very possible Schumer will RUSH this bill to the floor when the U.S. House moves on Ukraine spending, since he knows our focus will have to be divided. That’s why sending your directive RIGHT NOW is so critical. So please send your directive to your senators immediately. We never disclose your personal contact information to anyone and only include your name and zip code in communications to Congress. This bill sailed through the irresponsible House, but the U.S. Senate is getting pressured from both sides. We need to make our voice as loud as possible. Sign your directive, right now! After signing, please make your most generous contribution to Campaign for Liberty to help us inform and mobilize more patriots to save Free Speech. Because it’s not enough to know the truth: we must act to defeat this dangerous legislation, right now. And the more people we can reach with your support, the more we can bring this tyrannical power grab to a crashing halt! For Liberty, John McCardell Executive Director Campaign for Liberty P.S. This dangerous bill to ban TikTok is moving through Congress RIGHT NOW, just as the people are discovering what it’s really about. Don’t hesitate – Send your directive RIGHT NOW! And if possible, please support Campaign for Liberty with your most generous contribution to make a stronger fight! Can you make a gift today of $25, $50, $100, or even $250 or $500? Your support is always appreciated in our fight for liberty. If you’d prefer to donate via PayPal, please click here. Join Ron Paul’s Patriot Club with a monthly
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