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The House will vote this week on the bipartisan “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” under a special rule that waives discussion of the bill and requires a two-thirds majority to pass, according to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) weekly schedule released Monday. The plan highlights the bipartisan momentum propelling the bill forward fast through the House, even as Trump — the party’s leader and likely presidential nominee — speaks out against it. The plan highlights the bipartisan momentum propelling the bill forward fast through the House, even as Trump — the party’s leader and likely presidential...

The late comedian George Carlin once astutely noted the word bipartisan “usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.” The new Tiktok bill, known as the RESTRICT Act, falls into this category. The legislation was introduced by Uniparty members Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD). The bill does not mention TikTok by name but the Uniparty members said they had the Chinese app in mind when drafting the legislation. The legislation supposedly is about national security and protecting the United States from its major foreign adversaries. But Tucker Carlson revealed the real agenda behind the bill...