Now that a potential TikTok ban has been passed by Congress and signed by President Biden, some lawmakers are getting more comfortable saying what exactly the ban would help them accomplish. In recent days, at least two prominent Republican lawmakers have linked the possible ban to their concerns that content on the extremely popular social media app is too sympathetic to Palestinians under siege in Gaza.
On Friday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) hosted an interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at this year’s McCain Institute Sedona Forum. Romney...
On Friday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) hosted an interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at this year’s McCain Institute Sedona Forum. Romney...
- 5/6/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
If you’re one of the more than 150 million Americans who use TikTok, you may have heard that Congress passed a bill that could result in the incredibly popular app being banned. President Joe Biden signed it into law in April.
The signing came after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that will ban the app in the United States unless it divests from its Chinese parent company. The House passed a different version of the bill in March, but it stalled in the Senate. The new version is...
The signing came after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that will ban the app in the United States unless it divests from its Chinese parent company. The House passed a different version of the bill in March, but it stalled in the Senate. The new version is...
- 4/24/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump is facing backlash on social media for spending Easter Sunday attacking his rivals in 71 posts on Truth Social.
On March 31, Trump criticized his political enemies and shared press coverage about him on Truth Social.
His Truth Social feed on Sunday included derogatory material regarding Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin), who is scheduled to retire from the House in April.
In another post, he shared an article criticizing President Joe Biden‘s economic policies and also shared polls suggesting that he will win the 2024 presidential election.
In another, he attacked the two main figures involved in his civil fraud trial.
“Judge [Arthur] Engoron and [New York Attorney General] Letitia James should be forced to explain why he ruled that Mar-a-Lago was worth $18,000,000 when, in fact, it is worth from 50 to 100 times that amount,” the former president wrote in a post. “How did the Attorney General of the State of New York force this...
On March 31, Trump criticized his political enemies and shared press coverage about him on Truth Social.
His Truth Social feed on Sunday included derogatory material regarding Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin), who is scheduled to retire from the House in April.
In another post, he shared an article criticizing President Joe Biden‘s economic policies and also shared polls suggesting that he will win the 2024 presidential election.
In another, he attacked the two main figures involved in his civil fraud trial.
“Judge [Arthur] Engoron and [New York Attorney General] Letitia James should be forced to explain why he ruled that Mar-a-Lago was worth $18,000,000 when, in fact, it is worth from 50 to 100 times that amount,” the former president wrote in a post. “How did the Attorney General of the State of New York force this...
- 4/4/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Congress was flooded with phone calls this week from angry teens opposing a bill that could potentially ban TikTok. President Joe Biden isn’t worried about the controversy. On Friday, he told reporters he plans to sign the legislation if it passes.
The statement comes as Biden’s likely 2024 opponent Donald Trump has started backing away from his past efforts to ban TikTok, and is now publicly defending the popular platform — a decision that some observers speculate could be related to a Republican megadonor’s financial interests in TikTok’s parent company.
The statement comes as Biden’s likely 2024 opponent Donald Trump has started backing away from his past efforts to ban TikTok, and is now publicly defending the popular platform — a decision that some observers speculate could be related to a Republican megadonor’s financial interests in TikTok’s parent company.
- 3/8/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
A bill that could render TikTok banned from new downloads in the United States quickly advanced to the house on Thursday afternoon after a bipartisan committee voted 50-0 for its approval.
The bill, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, was introduced earlier this month by representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi. If enacted, the legislation would block apps owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, from being available in Apple or Google app stores in the U.S.
More specifically, the bill would prohibit apps owned by the Beijing-based company to be downloaded in the United States unless ByteDance divested its applications, including TikTok, within 180 days of the legislation’s enactment. On a broader level, the bill would also allow the White House to — in certain cases — ban access to an app owned by a foreign adversary if the application threatened national security.
TikTok responded to the...
The bill, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, was introduced earlier this month by representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi. If enacted, the legislation would block apps owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, from being available in Apple or Google app stores in the U.S.
More specifically, the bill would prohibit apps owned by the Beijing-based company to be downloaded in the United States unless ByteDance divested its applications, including TikTok, within 180 days of the legislation’s enactment. On a broader level, the bill would also allow the White House to — in certain cases — ban access to an app owned by a foreign adversary if the application threatened national security.
TikTok responded to the...
- 3/8/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: The House Energy & Commerce Committee unanimously passed legislation to compel ByteDance to divest TikTok or face having the social media platform banned on app stores or web hosting services.
The committee voted 50-o for the legislation, which now must be voted on by the full House. But Speaker Mike Johnson has expressed support for the bill.
The vote followed a lobbying effort by TikTok, including sending prompts to users urging them to contact their member of Congress to protest the legislation.
Lawmakers’ offices reported being inundated with calls, but the strategy may have backfired when it came to members of the committee.
At a markup this afternoon, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa), the chair of the committee, said that “we witnessed first hand, in real time, how the Chinese Communist party can weaponize platforms like TikTok to manipulate the American people.” She accused the company of forcing users...
The committee voted 50-o for the legislation, which now must be voted on by the full House. But Speaker Mike Johnson has expressed support for the bill.
The vote followed a lobbying effort by TikTok, including sending prompts to users urging them to contact their member of Congress to protest the legislation.
Lawmakers’ offices reported being inundated with calls, but the strategy may have backfired when it came to members of the committee.
At a markup this afternoon, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa), the chair of the committee, said that “we witnessed first hand, in real time, how the Chinese Communist party can weaponize platforms like TikTok to manipulate the American people.” She accused the company of forcing users...
- 3/7/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Congress is learning a tough lesson this Thursday: Don’t fuck with teens and their scrolling.
Teenagers are often (mistakenly) considered to be a generally politically apathetic demographic. Many of them can’t vote, so lawmakers tend to overlook younger Americans’ role in shaping culture and political movements. But as lawmakers consider new legislation that would potentially ban the social media app TikTok, congressional offices are being flooded with calls from teenagers livid over the prospect of losing one of their favorite platforms.
One House Republican aide describes the experience...
Teenagers are often (mistakenly) considered to be a generally politically apathetic demographic. Many of them can’t vote, so lawmakers tend to overlook younger Americans’ role in shaping culture and political movements. But as lawmakers consider new legislation that would potentially ban the social media app TikTok, congressional offices are being flooded with calls from teenagers livid over the prospect of losing one of their favorite platforms.
One House Republican aide describes the experience...
- 3/7/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been nearly one year since TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew visited Capitol Hill for a contentious hearing, but Congress is still trying to figure out how it wants to regulate the world’s top short-form video app. The latest proposal comes from a bipartisan group of U.S. Congresspeople, who are hoping to force ByteDance to divest TikTok.
The latest bill was introduced in the House by Mike Gallagher (R-wi) and Raja Krishnamoorthi, who are the Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi’s bill, which was co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of about a dozen Congressional reps, takes on “Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications.” The list of qualifying foreign adversaries includes Iran, Russia, North Korea, and ByteDance’s home country, China.
ByteDance and TikTok are specifically named in the bill. Should the measure be signed into law,...
The latest bill was introduced in the House by Mike Gallagher (R-wi) and Raja Krishnamoorthi, who are the Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi’s bill, which was co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of about a dozen Congressional reps, takes on “Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications.” The list of qualifying foreign adversaries includes Iran, Russia, North Korea, and ByteDance’s home country, China.
ByteDance and TikTok are specifically named in the bill. Should the measure be signed into law,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
TikTok would face a ban in the United States unless it severs ties to ByteDance, its parent company that has long face scrutiny and criticism for its connections to the Chinese government, under new legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers.
The bill, introduced today, would prevent app stores or web hosting services from TikTok applications unless it severs ties to ByteDance. The bill also gives the president a process for designating that a social media application under the control of a foreign adversary as a national security risk. ByteDance, based in China, would have about five months to divest its U.S. operations.
The legislation has the backing of Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wi) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-il), the chairman and the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Ccp.
In a statement, Gallagher said, This is my message to TikTok: break up with...
The bill, introduced today, would prevent app stores or web hosting services from TikTok applications unless it severs ties to ByteDance. The bill also gives the president a process for designating that a social media application under the control of a foreign adversary as a national security risk. ByteDance, based in China, would have about five months to divest its U.S. operations.
The legislation has the backing of Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wi) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-il), the chairman and the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Ccp.
In a statement, Gallagher said, This is my message to TikTok: break up with...
- 3/5/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by one vote in the House this evening, making him the first sitting cabinet member to face such a process of removal.
The vote was 214-213. House Republicans failed in their efforts last week to Mayorkas, largely over the way that he has handled the crisis at the southern border.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Mayorkas “has willfully and consistently refused to comply with federal immigration laws, fueling the worst border catastrophe in American history.”
Mayorkas now faces a Senate trial, where he expected to survive given Democratic control.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-ny) said in a statement, “This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for House Republicans. The one and only reason for this impeachment is for Speaker Johnson to further appease Donald Trump.”
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Co) told CNN that the impeachment “sets a terrible precedent,” as he...
The vote was 214-213. House Republicans failed in their efforts last week to Mayorkas, largely over the way that he has handled the crisis at the southern border.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Mayorkas “has willfully and consistently refused to comply with federal immigration laws, fueling the worst border catastrophe in American history.”
Mayorkas now faces a Senate trial, where he expected to survive given Democratic control.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-ny) said in a statement, “This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for House Republicans. The one and only reason for this impeachment is for Speaker Johnson to further appease Donald Trump.”
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Co) told CNN that the impeachment “sets a terrible precedent,” as he...
- 2/14/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
House Republicans have voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, after botching their first attempt last week. The vote was 214-213.
Despite Republicans in the lower chamber finally delivering on their long-standing promise to impeach Mayorkas, there is little chance the Dhs secretary will actually be convicted by the Democrat-controlled Senate.
On Jan. 31, Republicans in the Homeland Security Committee approved articles of impeachment accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.
Despite Republicans in the lower chamber finally delivering on their long-standing promise to impeach Mayorkas, there is little chance the Dhs secretary will actually be convicted by the Democrat-controlled Senate.
On Jan. 31, Republicans in the Homeland Security Committee approved articles of impeachment accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.
- 2/14/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
It seems Hollywood’s “sequel-itis” has reached China’s box office too.
Despite the country’s dramatic overnight removal of Covid restrictions in December 2022 and film imports quickly restarting with the triumphant debut of “Avatar: The Way of Water,” Hollywood’s new normal in the Middle Kingdom bears little resemblance to its pre-pandemic status.
During the three-year disruption of 2020-22, caused by the pandemic and soured U.S.-China diplomatic relations, few Hollywood films — and no Marvel titles — made their way onto Chinese screens.
But if Hollywood studios read the $240 million-grossing “Avatar 2” feeding frenzy as a sign that pent-up Chinese demand for their sequels and superheroes slate might continue throughout 2023, they were sorely disappointed.
In the world’s second-largest box office territory, with a cume to date of $7.3 billion, the market share for all imported films in China has crashed, standing at less than 15% at the beginning of December.
Despite the country’s dramatic overnight removal of Covid restrictions in December 2022 and film imports quickly restarting with the triumphant debut of “Avatar: The Way of Water,” Hollywood’s new normal in the Middle Kingdom bears little resemblance to its pre-pandemic status.
During the three-year disruption of 2020-22, caused by the pandemic and soured U.S.-China diplomatic relations, few Hollywood films — and no Marvel titles — made their way onto Chinese screens.
But if Hollywood studios read the $240 million-grossing “Avatar 2” feeding frenzy as a sign that pent-up Chinese demand for their sequels and superheroes slate might continue throughout 2023, they were sorely disappointed.
In the world’s second-largest box office territory, with a cume to date of $7.3 billion, the market share for all imported films in China has crashed, standing at less than 15% at the beginning of December.
- 12/21/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Producer Chris Fenton has joined the international advisory council of Apco Worldwide, the advocacy and consultancy firm.
Fenton, the former president of China’s Dmg Entertainment Motion Picture Group, has been an informal adviser to the House’s Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wi). That included a roundtable dinner in Los Angeles that included committee members of both parties talking to industry professionals on the challenges of working in China.
At the international advisory council, Fenton will work with clients on the hurdles in markets including China and the Middle East, in areas of expertise like strategic communications and business strategy.
In a statement, Fenton said, “Global capitalism is facing a new normal, resulting from a permanent, bipartisan climate of hawkishness in order to protect American interests. I’m looking forward to teaming with other Iac members to help multinational corporations and...
Fenton, the former president of China’s Dmg Entertainment Motion Picture Group, has been an informal adviser to the House’s Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wi). That included a roundtable dinner in Los Angeles that included committee members of both parties talking to industry professionals on the challenges of working in China.
At the international advisory council, Fenton will work with clients on the hurdles in markets including China and the Middle East, in areas of expertise like strategic communications and business strategy.
In a statement, Fenton said, “Global capitalism is facing a new normal, resulting from a permanent, bipartisan climate of hawkishness in order to protect American interests. I’m looking forward to teaming with other Iac members to help multinational corporations and...
- 11/9/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Things got pretty heated today during a debate hosted by Megyn Kelly on Fox News' America Live. Conservative radio host Mike Gallagher and former Clinton adviser Simon Rosenberg were brought on to discuss a new Rasmussen poll that found that only 14% believe that children growing up today will be better off than their parents -- a poll Kelly said she doesn't want to make for partisan fodder. But the debate quickly became partisan, and aggressively so.
- 7/30/2012
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
A panel on Fox News Channel’s America Live with Megyn Kelly debating an interview President Barack Obama gave with CBS News where he said his biggest mistake of his presidency was in not offering Americans a sense of unity and optimism during his presidency. Liberal Fox News contributor Alan Colmes battled conservative radio host Mike Gallagher over what Obama’s biggest mistake truly was. Colmes offered several suggestions for how progressive politicians can better sell their policy recommendations to a skeptical public.
- 7/13/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
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