Rep. Mike Gallagher ( R- WI), the chair of the China Select Committee, announced he will resign from Congress on April 19th. ” After conversations with my family, I have made the decision to resign my position as a member of the House of Representatives for Wisconsin’s Eighth Congressional District successful April 19, 2024″, Gallagher said in a press release. A statement from Congressman Mike Gallagher. pic. twitter.com/dOBcM8kbNV— Rep. Gallagher Press Office ( @RepGallagher ) March 22, 2024Gallagher’s exit will leave Republicans with an ultra- thin one- vote majority in the House of Representatives. ” This is calculated. Gallagher could leave then, and allow his safe Democratic seat to be filled quickly. Rather, he is deliberately leaving on a timeline that will leave it empty until November, leaving the GOP majority also smaller and making a Democrat House takeover a real possibility. Gallagher is a traitor to his party and to the people who voted for him. What a cruel, revolting creature”, Charlie Kirk wrote. Rep. Mike Gallagher has announced he is resigning his Parliamentary seat effective April 19. This is calculated. Gallagher could leave then, and allow his safe Democratic seat to be filled fast. Instead, he is deliberately leaving on a timeline that will leave it empty until… — Charlie Kirk ( @charliekirk11 ) March 22, 2024″ Like Buck, Mike Gallagher carefully timed his departure. Under Wisconsin law, legislative vacancies occurring’ due to the 2nd Tuesday in April’ in an election year get filled on a faster timeline. An April 19th resignation will keep Gallagher’s seat unfilled until November”, Aaron Fritschner noted. WOW! Like Buck, Mike Gallagher properly timed his departure. Under Wisconsin law, legislative vacancies occurring “prior to the 2nd Tuesday in April” in an election year get filled on a faster timeline. An April 19th resignation will keep Gallagher’s seat unfilled until November pic. twitter.com/7VxSv4Bld5— Aaron Fritschner ( @ Fritschner ) March 22, 2024″ Gallagher is in an R+15 district so he is n’t protecting his seat from a Democrat winning a special election. He’s actively leaving it vacant through November to sabotage the Democratic majority. Actually letting you know what he actually thinks of conservatives on the way out”, Greg Price commented. Gallagher is in an R+15 district so he is n’t protecting his seat from a Democrat winning a special election. He’s actively leaving it vacant through November to sabotage the Republican majority. Truly letting you know what he actually thinks of conservatives on the way out. https ://t.co/mB33xv3Ed9— Greg Price ( @greg_price11 ) March 22, 2024Fox News reports: Gallagher revealed in February that he would not be running for a fifth term in the House, a shocking announcement for someone long considered a rising star within the Republican Party. His early departure will mean that Speaker Mike Johnson, R- La., can simply afford to lose one GOP lawmaker on any vote that falls along party lines. That will probably remain the case until June, when there’s a particular election to replace ex- Rep. Bill Johnson, R- Ohio. A particular election to replace ex- Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R- Calif., is set to take place in May. McCarthy’s former seat in California’s 20th Congressional District is a safe dark seat, but it’s likely going to give Johnson a GOP win. Before that, yet, is an April 30 special election to replace Rep. Brian Higgins, D- N. Y., a longtime left- wing lawmaker who departed earlier this year. That election will probably see Democrats add to their tally, which would keep the House majority at one seat. According to reports, Gallagher intends to take a job at Palantir, which has contracts with the U. S. Department of Defense. China Hawk Rep. Mike Gallagher Is Taking A Job At Palantir https ://t.co/GqPGFK4nvm— Forbes ( @Forbes ) March 22, 2024″@RepGallagher has told people that he is planning to take a job at Palantir, I’m told by two sources. The Wisconsin GOP anti- China hawk announced today that he is leaving Congress following month. May not be 100 % done, but that’s what he has told people he is doing future”, Puck News ‘ Teddy Schleifer writes. Alex Bruesewitz noted: For those who are n’t tracking: First: Palantir says” Congress should ban TikTok” .Second: Congressman Mike Gallagher introduces legislation to ban TikTok. Third: Mike Gallagher quits congress, apparently got hired by Palantir. Nothing to see here folks! For those who are n’t tracking: First: Palantir says” Congress should ban TikTok” .Second: Congressman Mike Gallagher introduces legislation to ban TikTok. Third: Mike Gallagher quits congress, apparently got hired by Palantir. Nothing to see here folks! https ://t.co/NHvmKThX7l— Alex Bruesewitz ( @alexbruesewitz ) March 22, 2024″ Palantir has been aggressively lobbying for the TikTok ban. Gallagher intro’ed the bill that could do only that”, Axios reporter Sophia Cai commented. Palantir has been aggressively lobbying for the TikTok banGallagher intro’ed the bill that could do just that https ://t.co/J9dd2xBSA9— Sophia Cai ( @SophiaCai99 ) March 22, 2024″ The U. S. Army awarded Palantir Technologies a contract worth as much as$ 250 million to research and experiment with artificial intelligence and machine learning”, Defense News reported last year. From Defense News: The arrangement, announced by the Department of Defense on Sept. 26, runs through 2026. Simply where work will be done and from where funding will be pulled will be determined with each order, it said. Interest in AI and ML in the defense world has exploded in recent years, with military officials lauding their possible battlefield applications and industry matching the energy. The Defense Department was juggling more than 685 Artificial- related projects as of 2021, according to the Government Accountability Office, a national watchdog. At least 232 were in the Army’s bailiwick. Palantir in 2016 won a lawsuit against the service concerning procurement procedures. The company has since secured many multimillion- dollar contracts. ” I’d like to thank all of the people yesterday who called me mad for suggesting that the interests of Palantir and the anti- TikTok lobby had merged”, technology reporter Sam Biddle wrote. I’d like to thank all of the people yesterday who called me mad for suggesting that the interests of Palantir and the anti- TikTok lobby had mergedhttps: //t. co/ZF0oiwWYB6 https ://t.co/WQHmaBjpnb— Sam Biddle ( @samfbiddle ) March 22, 2024Per The Intercept: Repeated often enough, anti- TikTok rhetoric from tech luminaries serves to reinforce the notion that China is the enemy of the U. S. and that countering this enemy is worth the industry’s price tags— even if the app’s national security threat remains entirely hypothetical. ” Just like tech had to convince people that crypto and NFTs had intrinsic value, they also have to convince the Pentagon that the forms of warfare that their technologies make possible are intrinsically superior or fill a gap”, Shana Marshall, an arms industry scholar at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, told The Intercept. Marshall said bodies like the U. S. –China Economic and Security Review Commission can contribute to for conflicts because advisory boards that encourage circling- door moves between private firms and government help embed business interests in policymaking. ” In other words”, she said, “it’s not a flaw in the program, it’s an intentional design element”. ” The tensions with China/ Taiwan are tailor made for this argumentation”, Marshall added. ” You could n’t get better cases — or better timing — so grifters and warmongers like Helberg and Schmidt are going to be increasingly integrated into Pentagon planning and all aspects of regulation” .Forcing divestiture or banning TikTok outright would not trigger armed conflict between the U. S. and China on its own, but the pending legislation to effectively ban the app is already dialing up hostility between the two countries. After the House’s enormous support last week of the bill to force the sale of the app from Chinese hands, the Financial Times reported that Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accused the U. S. of displaying a “robber’s logic” through congressional expropriation. An editorial in the Chinese government mouthpiece Global Times decried the bill as little more than illegal” business plunder” and urged TikTok parent company ByteDance to never back down. Of course, self- interest is almost a deviation from the norm in the military- business complex. ” This is the way Washington works”, said Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group. ” There are a lot of defense contractors that are discussing the China threat with an eye out on their bottom line “.Although it’s common for governmental advisory boards like Helberg’s U. S. –China commission to enthusiastically court the private sector, Amey said it would be important for Helberg to make clear when making policy recommendations whether he’s speaking as an adviser to Palantir’s CEO or to Congress, though the disclosure would n’t negate Helberg’s personal interest in a second Cold War. For disclosures have been unequal: While Helberg’s U. S. –China commission bio leads with his Palantir job, the company went unmentioned in the February hearing. Given the continued campaign to pass the TikTok bill, Helberg’s lobbying “certainly raises some dark flags”, Amey said. ” If you’re a liberal arguing for the TikTok ban, all you were doing was helping Mike Gallagher improve his Palantir compensation package and his proper exit from the GOP. Go figure. Turns out if you were for the TikTok ban you were a helpful idiot for the Dems”, Adam Townsend commented. If you’re a liberal arguing for the TikTok ban, all you were doing was helping Mike Gallagher improve his Palantir compensation package and his proper exit from the GOP.
Go figure
Turns out if you were for the TikTok ban you were a helpful idiot for the Dems. — Adam Townsend ( @adamscrabble ) March 22, 2024The legislation to ban TikTok overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives. Many public servants and online commentators warned the legislation is a trojan horse that would allow the government to ban other platforms. House Passes Legislation That Could Ban TikTok [[{“value”:”
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-WI, the chair of the China Select Committee announced that he would resign on April 19. Gallagher stated in a release that he had decided to resign as a member of Wisconsin’s Eighth Congressional District House of Representatives effective April 19, 2024 after talking with his family. A statement by Congressman Mike Gallagher. pic.twitter.com/dOBcM8kbNV — Rep. Gallagher Press Office (@RepGallagher) March 22, 2024 Gallagher’s exit will leave Republicans with an ultra-thin one-vote majority in the House of Representatives. “This is calculated. Gallagher could leave right now and allow his Republican safe seat to be quickly filled. He is leaving on a schedule that will leave the seat vacant until November. This will make the GOP majority smaller and a Democrat House Takeover a possibility. Gallagher is a liar to his party and the people who voted him. What a spiteful and repulsive being,” Charlie Kirk wrote. Rep. Mike Gallagher announced that he will be resigning from his Congressional seat on April 19. This is calculated. Gallagher could leave right now and allow his Republican safe seat to be quickly filled. He is leaving on a schedule that will leave the seat empty until… — Charlie Kirk(@charliekirk11), March 22, 2024. “Like Buck Gallagher, carefully planned his departure. According to Wisconsin law, vacancies in Congress occurring “prior to the second Tuesday in April” in an election year are filled faster. Aaron Fritschner pointed out that a resignation on April 19th would keep Gallagher’s seat vacant until the end of November. WOW! Mike Gallagher, like Buck, carefully planned his departure. According to Wisconsin law, vacancies in Congress that occur “prior” to the 2nd Tuesday of April in an election year are filled faster. An April 19th resignation will keep Gallagher’s seat vacant until November pic.twitter.com/7VxSv4Bld5 — Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) March 22, 2024 “Gallagher is in an R+15 district so he isn’t protecting his seat from a Democrat winning a special election. He is deliberately leaving it vacant until November to sabotage Republican majority. Greg Price commented, “He’s really letting you know his true feelings about conservatives as he leaves.” Gallagher lives in an R+15 area, so he’s not protecting his seat against a Democrat winning a Special Election. He is deliberately leaving the seat vacant until November to sabotage Republican majority. He’s letting you really know what he thinks about conservatives on their way out. https://t.co/mB33xv3Ed9 — Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 22, 2024 Fox News reports: Gallagher revealed in February that he would not be running for a fifth term in the House, a shocking announcement for someone long considered a rising star within the Republican Party. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can only afford one GOP lawmaker to leave on any vote along party lines. This will likely continue until June, when a special election is held to replace former Rep. Bill Johnson, R. Ohio. In May, a special election will be held to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R. California. McCarthy’s former seat is a red-safe seat in California’s 20th Congressional District, so Johnson will likely win. Prior to that, there is a special election on April 30 to replace Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), a long-time left-wing legislator who departed this year. In this election, Democrats will likely add to their total, which would maintain the House majority of one seat. Gallagher is reportedly planning to take a position at Palantir. The company has contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. China Hawk Rep. Mike Gallagher Is Taking A Job At Palantir https://t.co/GqPGFK4nvm — Forbes (@Forbes) March 22, 2024 “@RepGallagher has told people that he is planning to take a job at Palantir, I’m told by two sources. The Wisconsin GOP anti China hawk announced today he will be leaving Congress next month. Teddy Schleifer, of Puck News, writes that he may not be 100% finished but that is what he told people he was doing next. Alex Bruesewitz pointed out: For those not keeping up: First, Palantir said “Congress should prohibit TikTok.” Then, Congressman Mike Gallagher introduced legislation to ban TikTok. Third: Mike Gallagher quits congress and is reportedly hired by Palantir. There’s nothing to see, folks! For those who don’t track: First, Palantir says that Congress should ban TikTok. Second, Congressman Mike Gallagher presents legislation to ban TikTok. Third: Mike Gallagher leaves congress and is reportedly hired by Palantir. There’s nothing to see here, folks! https://t.co/NHvmKThX7l — Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) March 22, 2024 “Palantir has been aggressively lobbying for the TikTok ban. Sophia Cai, Axios’ reporter, commented that Gallagher introduced the bill that would do exactly that. Palantir has been aggressively lobbying for the TikTok ban Gallagher intro’ed the bill that could do just that https://t.co/J9dd2xBSA9 — Sophia Cai (@SophiaCai99) March 22, 2024 “The U.S. Army awarded Palantir Technologies a contract worth as much as $250 million to research and experiment with artificial intelligence and machine learning,” Defense News reported last year. Defense News: The Department of Defense announced the agreement on September 26. It runs until 2026. It said that each order will determine where the work will be performed and where the funding will come from. In recent years, the interest in AI and ML has exploded. Military officials have praised their potential battlefield applications, and industry has matched that energy. According to the Government Accountability Office (a federal watchdog), the Defense Department was juggling over 685 AI-related project as of 2021. At least 232 of these projects were under the Army’s jurisdiction. Palantir won a 2016 lawsuit against the service over procurement procedures. Since then, the company has secured several multimillion-dollar deals. Sam Biddle, a technology reporter, wrote: “I would like to thank everyone yesterday who called me insane for suggesting that Palantir and anti-TikTok had merged.” I’d like to thank all of the people yesterday who called me crazy for suggesting that the interests of Palantir and the anti-TikTok lobby had mergedhttps://t.co/ZF0oiwWYB6 https://t.co/WQHmaBjpnb — Sam Biddle (@samfbiddle) March 22, 2024 Per The Intercept: Repeated often enough, anti-TikTok rhetoric from tech luminaries serves to reinforce the notion that China is the enemy of the U.S. and that countering this enemy is worth the industry’s price tags — even if the app’s national security threat remains entirely hypothetical. “Just as tech had to convince people of the intrinsic value of crypto and NFTs, they have to convince Pentagon that the forms of war that their technologies enable are intrinsically superior, or fill a void,” Shana Marshall told The Intercept, an arms industry expert at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Marshall said that bodies like the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission could contribute to such conflicts, because advisory boards which encourage revolving door moves between private companies and government can help embed corporate interest in policymaking. Marshall said that the tensions between China and Taiwan are perfect for this argument. The timing of this argumentation is perfect. Grifters and war mongers like Helberg, Schmidt and others will be more integrated into Pentagon planning. The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin had accused the U.S. government of using “robber logic” by enacting legislation to expropriate the app. Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Chinese government, condemned the bill as “commercial plunder”. It urged ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok to not back down. Self-interest is not a deviation in the military-industrial system. Scott Amey is the general counsel of the Project on Government Oversight. Amey noted that it is important for Helberg, when making policy recommendations, to clearly state whether he is speaking as an advisor to Palantir CEO or to Congress. This disclosure would not negate Helberg’s personal interest in a new Cold War. Helberg’s U.S. China commission bio begins with his Palantir position, but the company was not mentioned in the hearing held in February. Amey stated that Helberg’s lobbying is “certainly red flags” given the ongoing campaign to pass TikTok. “If you are a conservative who argues for the TikTok bill, all you did was help Mike Gallagher improve the compensation package he received from Palantir and his timely departure from the GOP. It’s funny. Adam Townsend said, “It turns out that if you supported the TikTok Ban you were a useful fool for the Dems.” If you are a conservative who argues for the TikTok banning, you did nothing more than help Mike Gallagher improve the compensation package he receives from Palantir and his timely departure from the GOP. Go Figure
It turns out that if you were against the TikTok banning, you were a useful idiot to the Dems. Adam Townsend, (@adamscrabble), March 22, 2024. The legislation to ban TikTok was passed by the House of Representatives with a resounding majority. Many public servants and commentators on the internet warned that the legislation was a Trojan horse which would allow the government ban other platforms. The House passes legislation that could ban TikTok
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