DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: They can pass a TikTok ban in less than a month and yet we still have a border crisis, inflation, mental illness, etc.

Albert Camus, a French philosopher wrote “The welfare of the people is always the alibi of tyrants. And it gives the servants of tyranny a clear conscience.”

Ladies and gentlemen start your engines and let us drive right into the banning of TikTok (yep, that again).

Are they doing it with a clear conscience?

And remember, in this story – conscience is everything.

Here is one tool I’ll give you as you enter the downsizing of the American way of life; taking away one’s freedom does not assure one’s safety.

Think about that every time you hear a bill like this, or others pass while the American people are being distracted by some other daily propaganda shower.

I know, they’re saying this bill is not a ban. 

Well, it is.

It is also from what I can see on both sides of the aisle in agreement, an act against our First Amendment rights.

The US House of Representatives voted 352 – 65 (broken down: Yes by 197 Republicans and 155 Democrats and No by 150 and Democrats and 15 Republicans with one present and 14 not voting).

What’s more shocking is it first had to pass through the Energy and Commerce Committee, and it passed unanimously.

That is unheard of and yet it took less than a month to get this bill passed. Now it goes to the Senate.

H.R.7521 – Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act fast tracked by Republican Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin was like a tornado that has potential to do severe damage.

Oh, and by the way, Gallagher is a big AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Commission) fan.

He even had a nice contribution in the last few years for his campaign from AIPAC dollars, and he took money from Google too.

From my view if these “employees” we hired to represent ‘We the People” can get this Tik Tok bill pushed through in order to steal the American people’s freedom, they can certainly get the border fixed, stop child trafficking, eliminate deadly food additives, help veterans with mental health issue and homelessness, stop inflation – and the list goes on…

One man pointed out accurately, “Our congress can’t even agree on not putting poison in our everyday food, but they can agree to ban TikTok.”

Some are saying this bill was fast tracked for two reasons; AIPAC Zionists and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg both have a lot to lose if the American people continue to wake up and see the truth.

And I’m just going to say this – and you can certainly disagree – it seems while Americans are forced to live on less money, billions of dollars are going overseas.

That leaves one scratching their head if they’ve been paying attention.

It’s like the same old story isn’t working anymore and the next best thing is to just silence the stories all together and keep the chaos going.

Remember, wars are a way for businesses to make money, not to help the people.

You know too, being censored means going back to watch all those news stations (on both sides of the aisle) owned by BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street.

One US Representative said, “We’re sitting here with phones made in China, suits made in China, we drove cars here with chips that are made in China, and they are our foreign adversary and by golly we are going to do something about it.

“What are we going to do, we are going to tell Americans they cannot put a piece of software on their computer. 

“They cannot go to certain websites that the president designates.”

Tucker Carlson said on his show what we all know – this is the most far reaching censorship act we have seen in the history of the United States.

“It is an attack against American Citizens receiving their information from any source they choose.”

Carlson pointed out, “They are framing censorship as an act of self-defense against a foreign adversary.”

Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky went on FOX News to correct the narrative and said, “TikTok is not owned by China.

“When you are alleged of a crime you have to be convicted of it,” Paul said.

“You can’t really take someone’s property in our country without a conviction.

“That is in the 5th amendment, due process to take someone’s company from them or force them to sale. 

“Even beyond the fifth amendment the first amendment the 180 million Americans who express themselves on this platform have a right to as well. 

“There has already been a preliminary decision by Federal District judge in Montana that tried to ban this.

“There were two decisions under Donald Trump when he tried to ban this and they have all been found unconstitutional and the thing is we can like or dislike TikTok, but the thing is whether you own it really has to be according to the law.”

The FOX reporter kept arguing with Paul saying, “It’s owned by China.” 

And Paul said, “No, it is not. That is a lie, and you are defaming the company.”

I loved when the FOX Reporter kept pushing Paul on the propaganda narrative and the reporter said, “You are comfortable with Tik Tok influencing America.”

And Paul said, “I’m comfortable with the Constitution.”

So, if it isn’t owned by a Chinese company, then who owns Byte Dance (TikTok)?

That would be 60% investors and one is the Carlyle Group, top shareholders Black Rock and Vanguard, and then there is also General Atlantic with strong ties to pharmaceuticals, another investor, employee-owned and the founders.

In what other universe is New York’s AOC (D), Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Green (R), Donald Trump, California’s Ro Khanna (D) and other strange bedfellows going to agree.

Khanna, said he voted the way he did with a “no” because of the First Amendment and added, “Of all the issues in the country you can get done in three days – to ban TikTok.”

If the lie of Chinese ownership is a threat to national security, why are the Chinese allowed in the US to own four mega corporations that control our beef industry? 

Why are they being allowed to buy our farmland?

Why are they able to lobby politicians? Why is a Chinese National on the board of the federal elections commission in San Francisco and a non-US resident?

Locally, I know the residents in Dallas and Ellis County want their freedom. 

Some politicians are not listening to their constituents. 

Ellis County’s Congressman, Jake Ellzey, voted for this ban.

He did not return my text or email when I called for explanation.

If you want to be the smartest person in the room, go into these politician’s campaign funds and see who donated to their campaigns and watch how they vote.

While we are being distracted by TikTok, Joe Joe is at it again to get an emergency package for security assistance of weapons and equipment pushed through to “address some of Ukraine’s pressing needs” and to spend American’s dollars somewhere else.
No Joe Joe, this has got to end. 

And can I just whisper in your ear one more time – THREE BILLION barrels of oil sitting under Palestine.

Just let that sink in. 

The entire political US and international game is being played before our eyes and it is all interconnected on very deep levels. 

And we all know how crazy the US crowd in DC is for foreign oil and airplane rides and millions of new faces, many even fresh out of prison from down south… and the plot just continues to thicken.

Rita Cook is a freelance writer for The Ellis County Press. She can be reached at rcook13@earthlink.net.

Follow her on TikTok @Ritatheroguewarrior (there is so much going on she cannot keep up in her weekly column).