The Santa Barbara Independent: Free TikTok! Save TikTok!
It’s oddly coincidental that the week American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobbyists descend en masse on Capitol Hill to demand more weapons for Israel to obliterate Gaza, the House passes a bill to set the stage to ban TikTok, the social media platform live streaming Israel’s bombardment of Gaza to a generation of young people picking up Palestinian flags and shouting “Cease-fire now!”
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With our youth scrolling TikTok, witnessing Israeli soldiers firing on starving Gazans desperate for a ration of flour, it’s no wonder young people are demanding a cease-fire.
Our youth are not alone.
The latest Data for Progress poll (2/27/24) reveals that two-thirds of U.S. voters support a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and only 12 percent want to continue sending weapons to Israel without any preconditions, such as ending the indiscriminate bombing of civilians.
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It’s hard to understand how any member of Congress with a beating heart could vote to bury another baby in the graveyard of Gaza — no matter how the bill is packaged or framed, though hurling money at Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman (all with offices in Goleta) to produce more weapons to kill more children insulates politicians from AIPAC’s wrath. This Israel lobby group, which is not required to file under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), vows to spend $100 million to defeat candidates in the General Election who do not stand with Israel.
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"Oy Vey, Herschel, the truth is being spread. Ve must do zomezing to shutdown ze Tik Tok!"
Candidates supporting ceasefire and who don't support Israel's genocide of children and civilians means AIPAC will spend MILLIONS to defeat them. Sounds like threat, intimidation and bullying to me. Remind me who controls the UniParty?
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I'm thinking the Tik Tok shit show might get a little bit interesting for the uniparty. Time to get the popcorn.
Molson , Heh - time for more popcorn, yes! Guess the bill heads to the Senate now, where I'll wager to guess it passes with little opposition in no time flat because God forbid, anyone write or say anything critical about Israel.
I've never seen Congress act this fast, on anything, ever. Have you?
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