U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) reintroduced his 2022 insider trading bill Tuesday that would ban lawmakers and their spouses from holding and trading individual stocks and force political figures to return profits to American citizens under a new title dubbed the “PELOSI Act.”
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act comes just over a year after Hawley introduced the original bill, in which he accuses politicians of somehow outperforming the stock market every year they hold office.
This time around, the senator’s updated version takes a jab at California Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who many Republican lawmakers had slammed after her husband, Paul Pelosi, sold up to $5 million worth of shares in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosis-office-defends-husbands-stock-buy-ahead-of-key-vote-says-colleagues-are-actually-the-ones-breaking-rules">Nvidia</a>, a California company that produces semiconductors, just before the House voted on a bill surrounding the domestic chip manufacturing industry.
“For too long, politicians in Washington have taken advantage of the economic system they write the rules for, turning profits for themselves at the expense of the American people,&#8221; Hawley said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1617934984568012800">news release</a>.
In addition to prohibiting members of Congress from taking advantage of the market and wielding their power and privilege over American citizens, The PELOSI Act would also ban said politicians from holding diversified mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, or exempt U.S. Treasury bonds.
Six months upon assuming office, the bill would require new congressional members to divest or place prohibited holdings in a blind trust — to remain there while they are serving the American people.
Spouses of American politicians in Congress would also have to forfeit any investment profits back to the American people through the U.S. Treasury.
Violation of the Act could result in losing the ability to deduct the losses of those investments on their income taxes and other additional fines.
Earlier this month, Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-act-violations-senate-house-trading-2021-9#sen-dianne-feinstein-a-democrat-from-california-1">reported</a> at least 78 congressional members, Democrats and Republicans alike, had violated a 2012 law known as the STOCK Act — Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act — which lawmakers designed to combat insider trading among lawmakers and force public servants to disclose their personal financial dealings, including any stock trade made by themselves, a spouse, or a dependent child.
Still, according to the report, lawmakers allegedly broke the law, citing ignorance, clerical issues, and accounting mistakes.
“As members of Congress, both Senators and Representatives are tasked with providing oversight of the same companies they invest in, yet they continually buy and sell stocks, outperforming the market time and again,” Hawley said. “While Wall Street and Big Tech work hand-in-hand with elected officials to enrich each other, hardworking Americans pay the price.”
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the act would require new members to divest holdings before assuming office. It requires divestment within six months of assuming office.

Twitter Whistleblower Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee

Sen. Hawley’s Insider Trading Bill Returns To Congress Under New Title ‘PELOSI Act’

Sen. Hawley Re-introduces Insider Trading Bill Under New Title ‘PELOSI Act’

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A TikTok ban on government devices is included in the latest version of the $1.7 trillion &#8220;omnibus&#8221; bill.
The Tuesday draft follows the unanimous passage of the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” in the Senate last week after it was introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
&#8220;Wonders never cease,&#8221; Hawley tweeted Tuesday, noting the addition.
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Wonders never cease <a href="https://t.co/3S3MxoKaJM">https://t.co/3S3MxoKaJM</a>
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“TikTok is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party. It’s a major security risk to the United States, and until it is forced to sever ties with China completely, it has no place on government devices,” Hawley said in a <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-bill-ban-tiktok-government-devices-passes-senate-unanimously" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> last week. “States across the U.S. are banning TikTok on government devices. It’s time for Joe Biden and the Democrats to help do the same.”
The concerns over TikTok have existed since at least 2020 as the China-owned social media platform can reportedly be accessed by the nation&#8217;s Communist government, making the app a national security issue.
FBI Director Christopher Wray <a href="https://autos.yahoo.com/fbi-director-admits-trump-tiktoks-045633031.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> about the dangers of TikTok earlier in December, including &#8220;the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users or control the recommendation algorithm, which could be used for influence operations if they so chose, or to control software on millions of devices, which gives the opportunity to potentially technically compromise personal devices.&#8221;
The proposed legislation includes exemptions for national security, law enforcement, and research purposes, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-d33e58c76bb3c13297c72816ef4e6231" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Associated Press. The ban also appears to exclude members of Congress, as some lawmakers have their own personal TitkTok accounts that would not fall under the ban.
A ban from government devices at the federal level would add to a growing number of states that have announced prohibitions against downloading or using TikTok on state-issued devices.
At least 14 states have approved such restrictions, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-more-states-ban-state-employees-from-using-tiktok-over-security-concerns-ccp-ties" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> Alabama, Iowa, and North Dakota last week. Nebraska Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts was the first state leader to ban the app on state devices in August 2020. Other states joined in recent weeks after South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem announced a ban in her state.
Former President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban TikTok in 2020, though it was never implemented. President Joe Biden revoked the Trump order, replacing it with his own <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/09/executive-order-on-protecting-americans-sensitive-data-from-foreign-adversaries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directive</a> in June 2021.
In addition to the proposed ban on government devices, a group of bipartisan lawmakers is also leading a drive to ban the use of TikTok nationwide. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the legislation in the Senate, while Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) <a href="https://gallagher.house.gov/media/press-releases/gallagher-rubio-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-ban-tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> companion legislation in the House.
TikTok is one of the nation&#8217;s <a href="https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistics/#:~:text=U.S.%20Audience%20%E2%80%93%20As%20we%20mentioned,between%20the%20ages%2025%2D44." target="_blank" rel="noopener">most popular apps</a>, with an estimated 80 million monthly active users in the U.S. The app&#8217;s users are predominantly younger, with 80% between the ages of 16-34. Worldwide, TikTok claims more than one billion users, with the app downloaded over 210 million times in the U.S.

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TikTok Ban On Government Devices Included In $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill

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The Senate unanimously passed a bill that would ban the use of TikTok on government devices amid growing national security concerns over the Chinese-owned social media platform.
The <a href="https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=14471.8081434.7264637.7849109&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2f2021-04%2f117th%2520Congress%2520-%2520No%2520TikTok%2520on%2520Government%2520Devices%2520-%2520with%2520Sponsors.pdf&amp;redir_log=336395523506934" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No TikTok on Government Devices Act</a>, introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), was passed late Wednesday.
“TikTok is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party. It’s a major security risk to the United States, and until it is forced to sever ties with China completely, it has no place on government devices,” Hawley said in a <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-bill-ban-tiktok-government-devices-passes-senate-unanimously" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Thursday. “States across the U.S. are banning TikTok on government devices. It’s time for Joe Biden and the Democrats to help do the same.”
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Tonight the Senate unanimously passed my bill to BAN TikTok on all government devices
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1603196674842787842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The bill will need to be passed in the House and signed by President Joe Biden to become law.
FBI Director Christopher Wray noted TikTok&#8217;s security concerns during a speech at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy earlier this month.
&#8220;All of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn’t share our values, and that has a mission that&#8217;s very much at odds with what’s in the best interests of the United States. That should concern us,&#8221; Wray <a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-china-united-states-national-security-government-and-politics-ac5c29cafaa1fc6bee990ed7e1fe5afc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The Senate action comes as several states have banned TikTok from state-issued devices. The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-more-states-ban-state-employees-from-using-tiktok-over-security-concerns-ccp-ties" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> the three most recent states to take precautions against TikTok, with separate orders announced Tuesday and Wednesday by the governors of Alabama, Iowa, and North Dakota.
Nebraska Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts was the first state leader to ban the app on state devices in August 2020. South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem blocked the app in November, with several additional GOP-led states following.
Other states that have enacted likeminded TikTok bans include Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. At least ten states now have bans in place, with others considering similar policies.
A group of bipartisan lawmakers is also leading a drive to completely ban the use of TikTok nationwide.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the legislation in the Senate this month. Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) <a href="https://gallagher.house.gov/media/press-releases/gallagher-rubio-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-ban-tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> companion legislation in the House.
“The bipartisan ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act is a strong step in protecting our nation from the nefarious digital surveillance and influence operations of totalitarian regimes,” Krishnamoorthi <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Press-Releases&amp;id=D1C2E147-3A23-4F49-AC27-268572AABDCD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
Former President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban TikTok in 2020. The order was never implemented following legal hurdles. Biden revoked it in June 2021, replacing it with his own <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/09/executive-order-on-protecting-americans-sensitive-data-from-foreign-adversaries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directive</a> to protect the data of Americans from foreign adversaries.
TikTok has more than 100 million users in the U.S. It has been one of the most popular apps in both the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Senate Unanimously Votes To Ban TikTok On Government Devices

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-hawley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Hawley</a> (R-MO) let all sides have it Thursday after the Senate voted to impose a new union contract on railroad workers.
In several tweets and a statement posted to Twitter, Hawley unleashed on the Biden administration, Democrats in the Senate, and establishment Republicans for voting to impose the new union contract on railroad employees. The Senate passed the bill 80-15 to put the contract into effect, avoiding a potentially catastrophic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-legislation-to-avoid-a-nationwide-rail-strike-bernie-sanders-intends-to-block-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rail strike</a>. But the Senate blocked a provision that would have given workers seven days of paid sick leave.
“Today the Senate had the chance to stand up for railroad workers who frequently risk their lives and health on the job, just trying to support their families,&#8221; Hawley said in a statement Thursday evening. &#8220;Instead, the Senate sided with Joe Biden. Workers were asking for a handful of sick days per year. Biden and the Senate said no. I’d like to know how many of the White House staff, and how many members of Congress and their staff, are still &#8216;working remotely,&#8217; all while they deny railroad workers more than one day of sick leave a year. The House of Representatives, for heaven’s sake, is still proxy voting—with many members not showing up to work at all—because of the Covid &#8216;health risk.&#8217; But railroad workers can’t have more than one day of sick leave. And it wasn’t as if workers were asking Congress to intervene on their behalf. No, this was the White House and management and union bosses teaming up to use federal law to force workers to accept contracts they rejected in negotiations. And then people in DC wonder why working Americans think the system is rigged.”
“Today was also a chance for Republicans to stand up for working people and against the DC establishment,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They missed it. But make no mistake, the people who put on overalls or pick up a shovel or stand on the assembly line every day are worth fighting for. And the Republican Party will have no future without them.”
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Today’s rail vote was a significant one. A few thoughts &#8211; <a href="https://t.co/IYfPBxL14E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/IYfPBxL14E</a>
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1598430838693183489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
Hawley also lamented the impact on railroad workers before and during the vote. &#8220;GOP wants to be a working class party, or should want to,&#8221; Hawley tweeted <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1598392316305477633?s=20&amp;t=evTH_fXYZrRGiEL1hoRYbA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">before the vote</a>. &#8220;We’re about to have our first test vote &#8211; with the workers or with Biden.&#8221;
&#8220;Joe Biden and the suits on one side, railroad workers on the other side,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1598393068977532928?s=20&amp;t=evTH_fXYZrRGiEL1hoRYbA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;Easy call.&#8221;
&#8220;Sad day for workers,&#8221; he tweeted <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1598415845755359232?s=20&amp;t=evTH_fXYZrRGiEL1hoRYbA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">after the bill passed</a>. &#8220;At the behest of Joe Biden, US Senate now using federal law to force railroad workers to accept contracts they voted to reject,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1598416211435745284?s=20&amp;t=evTH_fXYZrRGiEL1hoRYbA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> again.
The vote <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3758563-senate-votes-to-avert-costly-rail-strike/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> in the Senate 80-15. Ten Republicans voted against the bill, along with five Democrats. The Republicans were:
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<li>Tom Cotton of Arkansas</li>
<li>Ted Cruz of Texas</li>
<li>Hawley</li>
<li>Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida</li>
<li>Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Susan Collins of Maine</li>
<li>Tim Scott of South Carolina</li>
<li>Bill Hagerty of Tennesee</li>
<li>Dan Sullivan of Alaska</li>
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The five Democrats were:
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<li>Kirsten Gillibrand of New York</li>
<li>Jeff Merkley of Oregon</li>
<li>Bernie Sanders of Vermont</li>
<li>John Hickenlooper of Colorado</li>
<li>Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts</li>
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But the <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3758436-senate-rejects-proposal-to-give-rail-workers-seven-days-of-paid-sick-leave/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amendment</a> to give railroad workers seven days of paid sick leave, sponsored by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-legislation-to-avoid-a-nationwide-rail-strike-bernie-sanders-intends-to-block-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernie Sanders</a>, failed 52-43. Six Republicans supported the amendment, including Hawley, Cruz, Rubio, Mike Braun of Indiana, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and John Kennedy of Louisiana.

Hawley Tears Into Biden Admin, Democrats, Establishment GOP After Senate Imposes Labor Deal On Railroad Workers

Hawley Tears Into Biden Admin, Democrats, Establishment GOP After Senate Passes Bill To Impose Labor Deal On Railroad Workers, Avoids Rail Strike

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> admitted Thursday that he left early a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> oversight hearing in August to go on vacation.
Wray appeared in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee on Thursday alongside Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid. The trio was brought before the committee to testify over national security threats to the U.S.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) grilled Wray over his reason for leaving an August hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee after only one round of questioning. Wray said he did not cut the hearing short; his early departure was agreed upon ahead of time with the committee chair, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).
“The hearing was not cut short. From my experience, we had agreed upon the time and length of it, and I was very surprised to find that anyone on the committee was surprised,” Wray said when asked about his use of a private FBI jet to fly to the Adirondacks. The FBI director is required by law because of the sensitive nature of his job to use a private FBI jet anytime he flies.
Wray at first avoided a question about his reason for flying to the Adirondacks. When pressed by Hawley why Wray left a “statutorily required oversight hearing” before a second round of questioning, the FBI director admitted he left for a family vacation.
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Wray testified that he was “very surprised” that Republicans on the Judiciary Committee were unaware of his early departure from the hill. At the time, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IO) <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/07/fbi-director-christopher-wray-is-guiding-the-agency-the-wrong-way-fast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complained</a> about Wray’s early departure after hearing about the FBI director’s plans only after the hearing was underway.
“We just heard a half hour ago about you having to leave at 1:30,” Grassley said at the time. “We were going to have seven minutes [each] for first round [questions and] three-minute second rounds. I’ve got seven people on my side of the aisle want their additional three minutes. Is there any reason we couldn’t accommodate them for 21 minutes?”
Wray responded: “Senator, I had a flight that I’m supposed to be high-tailing it to outta here, and I had understood that we were going to be done at 1:30, so that’s how we ended up where we are.”
Grassley pointed out that Wray, as FBI director, has access to his own private jet that can depart at any time the director likes. “If it’s your business trip, you’ve got your own plane. Can’t it wait a while?” Grassley asked.
Wray demurred without offering to push his flight back. At the end of the hearing, Wray confirmed to Grassley that the director was leaving for “other business.”
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Under questioning from Hawley, Wray said that “the reference to ‘other business’ was not a reference to that day. It was a reference to the following week when Senator Grassley and I were going to see each other in Iowa.”
Hawley shot back: “You left an oversight hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee required by statute so you could vacation with your family. I find that absolutely unbelievable and, frankly, indefensible.”

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‘Indefensible’: FBI Director Wray Grilled For Leaving Oversight Hearing Early For Vacation

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DailyWire+ host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/jordan-peterson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jordan Peterson</a> and Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-hawley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Hawley</a> (R-MO) are emphasizing the importance young men have on our society, and how what they might view as &#8220;small actions&#8221; can literally change the world — for good or for evil.
During the pair&#8217;s lengthy sit-down released Thursday, Peterson noted that the current message young men are sent from society is largely one of demonization, specifically their ambitions. &#8220;Enough of that, man,&#8221; Peterson asserted. &#8220;Enough of that.&#8221;
&#8220;I think we need to send a fundamentally different message, which is that their lives, the world, will not be what it could be without them,&#8221; Hawley said. 
&#8220;I think that&#8217;s the right message,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s the message of the Bible. I think that&#8217;s the message of American history. It&#8217;s that the world — there are things that can be done in the world, things that should be done in the world, that only you can do. And that if you don&#8217;t do them, they won&#8217;t happen. And the world and the people around it, your family, your spouse, your children, they will be impoverished if you don&#8217;t shoulder the responsibility that you can shoulder.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s a high vision. That&#8217;s a high calling,&#8221; Hawley said. &#8220;By the way, that&#8217;s true of our country. Our country will be less if you don&#8217;t take on the obligations of citizenship. This country can be greater, it can be more, with you.&#8221;
&#8220;It turns out that it isn&#8217;t true that nothing you do matters,&#8221; Peterson noted. &#8220;What&#8217;s true is that everything you do matters &#8230; And when people abdicate their responsibility en masse, which is what you saw in Nazi Germany, what you saw in totalitarian Soviet Union, and in Maoist China, that things turned into hell very, very rapidly.&#8221;
&#8220;I think, is exactly right,&#8221; Hawley responded. &#8220;And I think it is just deeply true. We can either be moving the world to be more like what it should be — we can make it a little bit more like heaven, or we can make it more like hell. And we&#8217;re going to do one or the other.&#8221;
&#8220;If men abdicate their responsibilities, if they create a vacuum, then you&#8217;ve got to expect the malign forces will come into that vacuum and will do terrible things, which is what we saw in the 20th century,&#8221; the senator warned. &#8220;On the other hand, if men will shoulder their responsibility and be faithful fathers, faithful husbands, strong workers — even small things, even small acts of faithfulness, small acts of sacrifice, small acts of constructive work, have huge effects over time in our own lives and the lives of people around. You don&#8217;t have to go cure cancer in order to make a difference.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re only small if you&#8217;re blind,&#8221; Peterson said. &#8220;Nothing that&#8217;s done right is small. And I really believe that&#8217;s the case.&#8221;
&#8220;That small transformation often means a reversal of direction, and a reversal of direction isn&#8217;t small,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It couldn&#8217;t be more different to go 180 degrees in the opposite direction, that&#8217;s a big change.&#8221;
&#8220;I think this smallness of right action is only a consequence of a kind of inappropriate perspective that assumes that the local and daily is minimally important, when there&#8217;s no evidence for that at all,&#8221; Peterson added. &#8220;I mean, you can think about this this way to some degree, the most intense relationships that you&#8217;re going to have in your life are local — the relationship you have with your wife and with your child &#8230; Your family matters more than anything else.&#8221;
When Peterson asked Hawley how legislative steps could be taken to help young men achieve full, meaningful lives for themselves and their families, the senator emphasized a rejection of globalism and multinational corporations that he said have a monopoly. Instead, Hawley argued, the Right needs to focus on bringing back manufacturing jobs for men to earn a living and support a family, noting that manufacturing jobs on average earn more than retail jobs and can sustain a family.
&#8220;Conservatives, if they&#8217;re going to call men to responsibility and we should, if they&#8217;re going to say, we need you, we&#8217;ve also at the same time got to say we need to have a society and an economy that provides you with productive work on which you can sustain a family, that there is a legitimate shot for you to go out there, get a job, get married, have a family, and sustain them,&#8221; Hawley said, adding, &#8220;What I think conservatives in America need to do is we need to say, listen, we&#8217;re going to be for an agenda that is unapologetically pro-American worker, unapologetically pro-work, and unapologetically toward for the kind of work that you can support a family on.&#8221; 
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‘We Need You’: Jordan Peterson, Sen. Hawley Give Hopeful Message, And A Warning, To Young Men

Jordan Peterson, Sen. Hawley Have Hopeful Message For Young Men 

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-hawley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Hawley</a> (R-MO) is demanding answers from President Joe Biden&#8217;s Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a> over the arrest of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pro-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-life</a> activist and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> father of seven <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-in-the-biden-doj-targeting-of-pro-life-activist-father-of-seven-mark-houck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Houck</a>.
According to his family, some 20 armed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agents in 15 vehicles raided the residence of Houck, who leads a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia, over an incident last year involving his then-12-year-old son at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility. Pennsylvania pro-life activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-lawmaker-who-harassed-young-girls-ends-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ashley Garecht</a> told The Daily Wire Houck was protecting his son from an aggressive Planned Parenthood escort harassing the boy, noting that the case was dismissed by a federal court in Philadelphia when the escort tried to press charges.
“If the shocking reports about the FBI arresting a man Friday in rural Pennsylvania are true, then you have a lot to answer for,” Hawley said in the letter to Garland.
“These reports state that federal authorities obtained a warrant under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to arrest Mark Houck for allegedly committing a single count of simple assault by pushing a man near an abortion clinic,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Houck contends that he only did so to defend his child against the man, and local authorities have already dismissed a separate criminal complaint against Houck for the conduct.” 
“Not only did your office turn a local dispute into a national case, but the FBI reportedly executed the search warrant in as extreme a manner as one can image,” the Republican asserted. 
“As Houck’s wife said, when they saw 20 or more agents arrest their father at gunpoint, ‘the kids were all just screaming,’” Hawley said. “To say the least, using this kind of force to make an arrest for a single charge of simple assault is unprecedented.”
Hawley positioned the arrest against the DOJ seemingly sleeping on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-the-wake-of-roe-v-wade-attacks-on-churches-pregnancy-centers-escalate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dozens of attacks</a> against pro-life pregnancy centers and churches by abortion extremists following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. 
&#8220;I want to know from Merrick Garland directly why Biden’s DOJ is arresting Catholic protestors like terrorists &#8211; complete with SWAT-style tactics &#8211; while letting actual terrorist acts like firebombings go unpunished,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;The corruption &amp; abuse of law is out of control,&#8221; Hawley stated. &#8220;Come January, the new Republican Congress must launch a thorough, public investigation of DOJ &amp; the FBI &#8211; from their targeting of parents to religious protestors to political opponents.&#8221;
&#8220;What Biden is doing is wrong,&#8221; the senator slammed. &#8220;And dangerous.&#8221;
“I believe you must testify, under oath, before the Senate Judiciary Committee about your selective use and apparent political weaponization of the FACE Act,” Hawley wrote to Garland.
The senator also demanded answers “within 10 days” to three questions concerning Houck’s arrest, including why it took 20-25 armed feds to execute an arrest for an alleged simple assault.
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The corruption &amp; abuse of law is out of control. Come January, the new Republican Congress must launch a thorough, public investigation of DOJ &amp; the FBI &#8211; from their targeting of parents to religious protestors to political opponents. What Biden is doing is wrong. And dangerous
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1574465408584880153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-in-the-biden-doj-targeting-of-pro-life-activist-father-of-seven-mark-houck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Details In The Biden DOJ Targeting Of Pro-Life Activist, Father Of Seven Mark Houck</a>

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‘You Must Testify, Under Oath’: Hawley Demands Answers, Rips Merrick Garland For Targeting Of Pro-Life Activist

Sen. Hawley Demands Answers, Rips AG Merrick Garland For Targeting Of Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck 

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Missouri GOP Senator Josh Hawley grilled Colleen Shogan, President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Archives and Records Administration, noting that she had written a paper he said disparaged every two-term Republican president since World War II.
Hawley’s questions came during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday.
“You have talked in today’s hearings so far and in your pre-hearing Q&amp;A about how much it’s important to be a non-partisan leader, correct?” Hawley began. “And so if you’re confirmed, you will attempt to stay politically neutral in your decision making, is that fair to say?”
Shogan assented.
Hawley then brought up an article Shogan had written titled, “<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20446425">Anti-Intellectualism in the Modern Presidency: Republican Populism</a>.” In the 2007 article, published by the American Political Science Association, Shogan wrote of Republican presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush, saying that their “leadership posturing place them on the explicitly anti-intellectual side of the spectrum.”
“Do you consider this piece to be non-partisan?” Hawley asked.
“I consider it to be an academic article publication 16, 17 years ago, a scholarly piece,” she answered.
Hawley noted that Shogan had said modern GOP presidents had adopted an anti-intellectual posture and asked her how to define such a phrase.
“The ability so speak in very plain, common-sense terms to Americans,” Shogan replied.
In the article, she wrote, “Republicans tend to exhibit anti-intellectual qualities. Democrats coalesce on the intellectual tail of the continuum.&#8221;
In relation to this, Hawley asked, &#8220;So is your point that Republicans are stupid and Democrats are intellectual?”
Shogan argued she did not mean that, but then followed by saying that the three GOP presidents had a “rhetorical connection with the American people.”
“A rhetorical connection that you say is anti-intellectual and you feature every two term Republican president since Dwight Eisenhower,” Hawley noted. “It’s a piece on rhetoric, but you attribute part of the ‘anti-intellectualism’ of the Republican party, to in your words, to the rise of the religious Right. Because those voters are stupid?”
She disagreed with that characterization.
“You wrote an article saying basically that Republican voters are stupid, that Republican presidents deliberately appeal to anti-intellectualism,” Hawley pointed out with anger. “You roll it all up in this thing called Republican populism, yet you’re trying to present yourself here as a non-partisan. In fact, you’re an extreme partisan. &#8230; You’re someone who has denigrated Republican presidents; every two-term Republican president &#8230; since the Second World War and their voters.”
Hawley explained the importance of Shogan’s apparent partisan bias, obliquely referring to the FBI raid on former President Trump&#8217;s Mar-A-Lago home.
&#8220;This is not just a theoretical set of questions, because as you know, we have seen what happens when you have political activists in a position that you are up for confirmation for. And we are living through that as a nation right now,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;We are living through the weaponization, the political weaponization of the National Archives; the political weaponization of the Department of Justice; the political weaponization of the FBI, such that half of the people of this country cannot trust those institutions,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We’re living with a president who calls half the voters of this county semi-fascists, who has said they are a threat to democracy.&#8221;
“How can you assure them that you will be truly non-partisan given what you have said?” Hawley concluded.
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U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate">Senators</a> formally signed off on expanding the Western military alliance Wednesday by ratifying <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nato">NATO</a> membership for Finland and Sweden, which obligates American forces to defend the European countries in the event of an attack.
While the war between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war">Russia and Ukraine</a> continues, Finland and Sweden submitted applications to join the alliance after NATO leaders formally invited the countries into the 30-member organization. Of those, 22 have already approved the two Scandinavian countries&#8217; bid for accession.
The resolution passed, 95-1, with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) dissenting, citing that expanding American security commitments in Europe would only make the problem worse and the nation less safe. Hawley argued that the Chinese Communist Party is America&#8217;s greatest foreign adversary at the moment.
&#8220;Our foreign policy should be about protecting the United States, our freedoms, our people, our way of life,&#8221; Hawley <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc2Q0_7TCFY">said</a>. &#8220;And expanding NATO, I believe, would not do that.&#8221;
Hawley, who just three years ago voted to allow North Macedonia into the alliance, notes the U.S. already spends nearly a trillion dollars a year on defense, and the nation has stretched its manpower thin worldwide.
&#8220;The United States must prioritize the defense resources we have for the China effort while there is still time,&#8221; Hawley <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc2Q0_7TCFY">said</a>. &#8220;Until our European allies make the necessary commitments to their own national defense, we must not put more American lives at risk in Europe while allowing China&#8217;s power to grow unchecked.&#8221;
However, Hawley stood alone in his plea to reserve American resources against the 95 other senators across party lines who largely disagreed with his sentiments.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that adding Sweden and Finland to the alliance would improve burden sharing across the organization and called the vote decisive as it is bipartisan.
&#8220;There&#8217;s just no question that admitting these robust democratic countries with modern economies and capable, interoperable militaries will only strengthen the most successful military alliance in human history,&#8221; McConnell <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc2Q0_7TCFY">said</a>. &#8220;If any senator is looking for a defensible excuse to vote no, I wish him good luck.”
&#8220;This is a slam dunk for national security that deserves unanimous bipartisan support,&#8221; McConnell added. &#8220;Even closer cooperation with these partners will help us counter Russia and China.&#8221;
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said earlier that he and McConnell would ratify the resolution &#8220;as fast as we could,&#8221; citing Russia&#8217;s aggression on Ukraine.
&#8220;Our NATO alliance is the bedrock that has guaranteed democracy in the Western world since the end of World War II,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc2Q0_7TCFY">said</a>.
Now that the Senate passed the resolution with well over the required two-thirds vote, it now heads to President Biden to submit to the allied leaders.

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Senate Ratifies Sweden, Finland Request To Join NATO; Sen. Hawley Stands Alone In Dissenting

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In a contentious exchange in which an abortion rights advocate and law professor acted patronizingly toward Missouri GOP Senator Josh Hawley, who asked whether her phrase “people with a capacity for pregnancy” simply meant women, the professor accused him of being “transphobic.”
University of California at Berkeley Law professor Khiara Bridges appeared at a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee to examine legal concerns following the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v Wade.
“Professor Bridges, you’ve said several times; you’ve used a phrase; I just want to make sure I understand what you mean by it. You’ve referred to ‘people with a capacity for pregnancy,’” Hawley pointed out, then asked bluntly. “Would that be women?”
“Many women, cis women, have the capacity for pregnancy; many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy,” Bridges asserted. “There are also trans men who are capable of pregnancy as well as non-binary people who are capable of pregnancy.”
“So this isn’t really a women’s rights issue,” Hawley commented. “It’s a what?”
“We can recognize that this impacts women while also recognizing that it also impacts other groups,” Bridges said loftily. “Those things are not mutually exclusive, Senator Hawley.”
“So your view is that the Court — this right, then, is about what?” Hawley asked.
“So I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic,” Bridges charged, then laughed haughtily before continuing, “and it opens up trans people to violence by not recognizing them —”
“Wow, you’re saying that I’m opening up people to violence by asking whether or not women are the only folks who can have pregnancies?” Hawley reacted.
Bridges deflected, “So I wanna note that one out of five transgender persons has attempted suicide. So I think it’s important —”
“Because of my line of questioning? So we can’t talk about it?” Hawley asked.
“Because denying that trans people exist and pretending not to know that they exist,” Bridges started her diatribe.
“I’m denying that trans people exist by asking you if you’re talking about women having pregnancies?” Hawley repeated in disbelief.
“Are you? Are you? Are you? Do you believe that men can get pregnant?” Bridges fired.
“No, I don’t think men can get pregnant,” Hawley said simply.
Smirking, Bridges began, “So you’re denying that trans people exist —”
“And that leads to violence? Is this how you run your classroom?” Hawley shot back. “Are students allowed to question you —”
“Absolutely,” Bridges interrupted.
“— or are they also treated like this, where they’re told that they’re opening up people to violence by questioning —” Hawley attempted to finish.
“We have a good time in my class,” Bridges boasted.
Hawley said quietly, “I bet.”
Bridges, not done patronizing, said smugly, “You should join. You might learn a lot.”
Hawley concluded, “Wow. I would learn a lot. I’ve learned a lot in this exchange. Extraordinary.”
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INSANITY: A pro-abortion witness just called Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HawleyMO</a> &quot;transphobic&quot; for suggesting that only women can get pregnant. <a href="https://t.co/bnlAKIKbMY">pic.twitter.com/bnlAKIKbMY</a>
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Democrat President Joe Biden announced a new $1.2 billion package of security and humanitarian aid for Ukraine in its ongoing effort to fight off Russia&#8217;s invasion.
Biden announced the new round of support after a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
&#8220;This morning, I spoke with President Zelenskyy to discuss Russia’s brutal and ongoing war against Ukraine. I reaffirmed my commitment that the United States will stand by Ukraine as it defends its democracy and support its sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of unprovoked Russian aggression,&#8221; Biden said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/15/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-support-for-ukraine-and-call-with-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the White House.
&#8220;I informed President Zelenskyy that the United States is providing another $1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, including additional artillery and coastal defense weapons, as well as ammunition for the artillery and advanced rocket systems that the Ukrainians need to support their defensive operations in the Donbas,&#8221; he added.
In addition to security assistance, the package includes $225 million in humanitarian help to those inside Ukraine.
&#8220;Today, I am also announcing an additional $225 million in humanitarian assistance to help people inside Ukraine, including by supplying safe drinking water, critical medical supplies and health care, food, shelter, and cash for families to purchase essential items,&#8221; Biden noted.
The announcement comes after leaders from nearly 50 nations, mostly NATO and European Union representatives, met at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday regarding efforts to support Ukraine.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin led the event, <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3060541/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-conducts-press-briefing-bangkok-thailand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling it</a> &#8220;an important opportunity to gather our growing group of partners from around the world to ensure that we&#8217;re providing Ukraine what Ukraine needs right now.&#8221;
The new package also comes after Congress passed a $40 billion Ukraine aid package in May that <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/politics/senate-vote-ukraine-aid-package/index.html">saw</a> 11 Republican senators oppose, noting the need to focus on issues at home.
“Spending $40 billion on Ukraine aid – more than three times what all of Europe has spent combined – is not in America’s interests. It neglects priorities at home (the border), allows Europe to freeload, short changes critical interests abroad and comes w/ no meaningful oversight,” Missouri  Republican Sen. Josh Hawley <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1526323885515448321">tweeted</a> at the time. “That’s not isolationism. That’s nationalism. It’s about prioritizing American security and American interests.”
Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty also slammed Biden during an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-slams-biden-for-waging-war-on-the-economy-not-putting-americans-first" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> over the previous package.
“The best thing Biden administration could do is stop the war that he’s waged on American industry. That would lower prices overall. That would take the funding away from Putin’s war machine against Ukraine and make our economy better here. Biden will not do that, and he’s taken us in a bad direction,” he said.
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul took to Twitter to express his concerns regarding support for Ukraine.
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My oath of office is to the U.S. Constitution, not to any foreign nation. Congress is trying yet again to ram through a spending bill – one that I doubt anyone has actually read – and there’s no oversight included into how the money is being spent.
&mdash; Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1524913117137870849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“My oath of office is to the U.S. Constitution, not to any foreign nation. Congress is trying yet again to ram through a spending bill – one that I doubt anyone has actually read – and there’s no oversight included into how the money is being spent,” Paul wrote.

Biden Announces Another Massive Aid Package To Ukraine

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A Republican letter to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security">Department of Homeland Security</a> highlights a term apparently used by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">President Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s administration in its proposed discussions of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disinformation-governance-board">Disinformation Governance Board</a>, jokingly dubbed by conservatives &#8220;The Ministry of Truth.&#8221;
Republicans Senators <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charles-grassley">Chuck Grassley</a> of Iowa and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-hawley">Josh Hawley</a> of Missouri <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_hawley_to_deptofhomelandsecuritydisinformationgovernanceboard.pdf">called on DHS</a> on Tuesday to &#8220;provide additional clarity regarding its policies and procedures for identifying (mis-, dis- or mal-information), as well as its efforts to ‘operationalize’ public-private partnerships and the steps it is taking to ensure it does not infringe on the constitutional rights of American citizens.&#8221;
The term &#8220;malinformation,&#8221; according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/mdm">refers to information</a> &#8220;based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, harm, or manipulate.&#8221;
DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment or provide an example of malinformation to The Daily Wire.
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Thanks to a patriotic whistleblower, we now know the Biden DHS was planning to coordinate with Big Tech to track Americans’ speech with its unconstitutional Disinformation Board <a href="https://t.co/3GUU066SMC">pic.twitter.com/3GUU066SMC</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1534929455227060226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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After a whistleblower came forward with documents about the proposed Disinformation Governance Board, the Republican senators are asking DHS to explain how it planned to coordinate with social media companies in classifying content as being threatening to the public.
The Republicans warned that they have obtained internal DHS records showing that &#8220;DGB was designed to exert a powerful influence over the government’s efforts to crack down on disinformation in areas where there are ‘clear, objective facts’” — and that DHS was not just focused on foreign disinformation, but also COVID vaccines, masks, elections, and other domestic issues.
The Disinformation Governance Board first was publicly announced by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in April shortly after Elon Musk announced he had brokered a deal to purchase Twitter, sparking liberal concerns that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-now-complains-elections-could-be-swayed-through-twitter-censorship">elections could be swayed</a> through Twitter’s targeting of political parties or candidates.
After massive backlash, DHS announced that it had paused the board in May and President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the body, disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, additionally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-disinformation-chief-resigns-after-homeland-security-puts-board-on-hold">announced her resignation</a>.

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Letter To DHS Secretary Highlights New Term From Biden Administration’s ‘Ministry Of Truth’

Letter To DHS Secretary Highlights New Term From Biden Administration's 'Ministry Of Truth'

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