larry ward present political media inc and james, right? well, the political commentator and comedian, thanks for staying with me through the break. i'm gonna start with you on this angela. why does the american government seem to be really preoccupied with keeping information out of foreign government? however, the idea of actually protecting privacy in america from the us government, his considered a joke to them as well. they're not interested in protecting our privacy. they're interested in controlling our lives and controlling social media. and the free flow of information is really imperative to that. and certainly they want to see what we're discussing and what were they want to know what we're thinking about, right? and it's social media is as close as they can get to that. and it's their prerogative to just maintain control and prevent people from sharing dissident views. and i think that we really saw that during the pandemic. you know, there was a particular narrative, they want it out there and they crushed any and all the same

larry ward present political media inc, and jim's read well, the political commentator and a comedian, thanks for joining me. well, let's start with you, james. do you believe that those and congress who support this bill are really doing so out of concern for american say, security and safety? and i know the short answer is no. i mean, it's kind of a silly notion to think that the us government's actually interested in data privacy concerns. i mean, just look at the tech industry based on the us from google to meta twitter slash ex . um, you know, these are very integrated with the national security state. they sell technology um and our use for surveillance purposes. um, so the idea that you know, the us government is actually concerned about any sort of national security threats that tick tock poses. i mean, they could levy those criticisms towards us based companies, but you know, they don't really, um, you know, part for maybe like some republicans back in the day under the trump administration . um, but you know, is for different reasons. right. right. so yeah it's, it's another

larry ward present political media inc, and jim's read well, the political commentator and a comedian, thanks for joining me. well, let's start with you, james. do you believe that those at congress who support this bill are really doing so out of concern for americans, a security and safety? i know the short answer is no. i mean, it's kind of a silly notion to think that the us government's actually interested in data privacy concerns. i mean, just look at the tech industry based on the us from google to meta twitter slash ex . um, you know, these are very integrated with the national security state. they sell technology um and our use for surveillance purposes. um, so the idea that you know, the us government is actually concerned about any sort of national security threats that tick tock poses. i mean, they could levy those criticisms towards us based companies, but you know, they don't really, um, you know, part for maybe like some republicans back in the day under the trump administration . um, but you know, is for different reasons. right. right. so yeah it's, it's another our c