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After NDAA Defeat, Amy Klobuchar Drops National Security Rationale for Media Cartel Bill JCPA

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the driving force behind efforts to secure a handout for Democrat media cronies through the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), appears to have abandoned her last-minute pivot to a “national security” argument for the bill after efforts to attach it to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) failed.

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Sen. Steve Daines Takes on the Establishment With JCPA

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) is one of the Senators preventing the Democrats from ramming the widely condemned Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) through the legislative process without a debate on the floor. The JCPA is a financial handout for

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) (R) speaks during a news conference in front of the U.S. Cap

Laura Ingraham Slams ‘Disturbing’ Push to Add JCPA to NDAA

Laura Ingraham, host of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, slammed Democrats and establishment Republicans on the hill for their last-ditch efforts to secure a corporate welfare package for their cronies in the corporate establishment media by attaching the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) to the “must-pass” National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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Facebook Warns It May Remove All News from Platform Over JCPA

Facebook (now known as Meta) CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned that his platform, the largest social media platform in the world, may have to remove news content altogether if Congress passes the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that will create a cartel of media conglomerates capable of forcing Big Tech to transfer wealth to them.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 23: Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before

The JCPA Contains a Massive Loophole for China

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) contains a loophole that would allow foreign news organizations, including Chinese organizations, to influence the flow of information in the United States — even as lawmakers prepare to attach the derided media bailout bill to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a bill to fund national defense.

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Media Lobbyists Try to Attach JCPA to Defense Bill, Playing Games with National Security

Supporters of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), desperate to secure a Silicon Valley gravy train for the world’s largest and wealthiest media companies while allowing them to censor conservative media, are now playing games with U.S. national security, with a last-ditch attempt to attach the JCPA to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a “must-pass” bill to fund the U.S. armed forces.

Sen Jack Reed (D-RI)

Media Union Boss Slams JCPA as Handout for Hedge Funds

The president of Media Guild of the West, a union representing journalists and media workers in Arizona, Southern California and Texas, slammed the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) on Wednesday as a handout to Alden Capital, a hedge fund that is the second-largest owner of news companies in the United States.

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Bokhari: House Republicans Should Wait Until January on JCPA

Media lobbyists and their allies in both houses of congress are mounting a last-ditch effort to pass the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill to enable further collusion between the media industry and Big Tech. The bill has some support from Republicans in the House — but with the Democrats recently losing their mandate in the lower chamber, why wouldn’t those Republicans wait until they take control next year?

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Swamp Launches Last Ditch Effort to Pass Media Bailout Bill JCPA

Supporters of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would allow corporate media companies to band together in a cartel to collude with Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google, are mounting a last-ditch effort to pass the bill before Republicans take control of the House of Representatives next year, including the undemocratic possibility of adding the JCPA to a so-called “must pass” bill like defense spending.

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Elon Musk Backs Ron DeSantis in 2024

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and now Twitter, has said he would support Ron DeSantis in a 2024 presidential primary, although it is still unclear if the Florida governor intends to run.

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Violent Protests Rock Apple’s Main iPhone Plant in China

Workers at the Foxconn Technology Group plant in Zhengzhou, China, the primary production hub for Apple’s iPhones, have erupted in violent protest over pay issues and a worsening coronavirus situation in the area.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Reinstates Project Veritas

Project Veritas, the undercover journalism organization that has become a leading outlet for anti-establishment whistleblowers, has been reinstated by Elon Musk’s Twitter amid a wave of reinstatements for prominent conservatives.

BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet

Report: Google’s YouTube Allows Dems to Question Elections, Not Republicans

Google-owned YouTube is censoring a former Bernie Sanders campaign staffer who made videos showcasing the questioning of election results from both Democrats and Republicans, first censoring both videos, then allowing the Democrat claims to stay up while taking down the video containing GOP claims.

Google-owned Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki

Cryptocurrency Exchanges Scramble to Contain FTX Fallout

Following the spectacular collapse of FTX and its Democrat super-donor founder Sam Bankman-Fried, other centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are scrambling to shore up their reputation and contain the fallout.

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Censor-Happy Leftist Yoel Roth Leaves Elon Musk’s Twitter

Yoel Roth, who briefly assumed fired exec Vijaya Gadde’s role as head of Trust & Safety, has left Elon Musk’s company, along with other key executives including the chief compliance officer, chief privacy officer, and head of sales.

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Jen Psaki Tries to Dodge Deposition in Big Tech Censorship Lawsuit

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki is attempting to quash a subpoena requiring her to testify in a lawsuit brought by the Republican attorney generals of Missouri and Louisiana alleging the federal government colluded with tech companies to suppress the First Amendment rights of Americans.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks a briefing at the White House July 23, 2021,