Billions More For Israel, TikTok Ban For You: Congress Prioritizes War & Censorship of Its Critics
- Rania Khalek
- Tuesday 30 Apr 24
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The House and Senate just passed a $95 billion bill to reinforce the U.S. war machine and ban the social media app where its critics are loudest. The legislation attached the measure to ban TikTok with more funding for Israel’s Gaza onslaught, the stalling war in Ukraine, and for Taiwan to pump up a Cold War with China.
Amanda Yee, a Journalist and the Managing Editor of Liberation News analyzes why there is broad consensus in Congress for the expansion of censorship and the U.S. war machine but for little else.

Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
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