TikTok's Uncertain Future, Biden's Preemptive Pardons, Trump's Pentagon Pick | Dec. 6, 2024

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: TikTok is facing an uncertain future in the United States after a federal appeals court upheld a law that would ban the app. The TikTok ban goes into effect January 19 unless the company’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, sells it to a non-Chinese company. TikTok said it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Joe Biden’s reported plans to preemptively pardon friends and allies has Washington abuzz. Biden granted his son Hunter a sweeping pardon Sunday, which draw swift backlash from across the political spectrum. Now there’s talk that Biden could pardon potential targets of retribution from the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of defense picked up a key endorsement from Senator Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican. Pete Hegseth spent the week in Washington to meet with senators who will vote on his confirmation in January. Hours after Britt signaled her support, Trump today posted on Truth Social to reiterate his confidence in Hegseth. Plus: The U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in November. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez officially entered the race to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. The manhunt continues in New York City for the killer of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson. The Department of Agriculture announced it will start testing milk for the bird flu virus on Dec. 16. Links From Today’s Show: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/06/court-requires-chinese-company-sell-tiktok-face-us-ban/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/02/why-hunters-pardon-could-expand-accountability-for-biden-family/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/04/pete-hegseth-tells-megyn-kelly-he-believes-he-is-being-kavanaughd-during-confirmation-process/ Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters: https://www.dailysignal.com/email Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-cast Problematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-women The Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown Follow The Daily Signal: X: https://x.com/DailySignal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/ Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignal Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignal Thanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day’s top news. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode.

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0:00.0	A federal appeals court upholds a U.S. law banning TikTok. I'm Joseph Von Spakovsky filling in for
0:07.8	Rob Bluey, and this is the Daily Signals Top News in 10 for Friday, December 6th, 2024. TikTok is facing an uncertain future in the United States after a federal appeals court upheld a law that would ban the app.
0:31.0	The TikTok ban goes into effect January 19th unless the company's Chinese owner, BiteDance, sells it to a non-Chinese company.
0:39.1	TikTok said it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
0:42.5	The company contends that the law President Joe Biden signed earlier this year
0:46.4	violates the First Amendment.
0:48.4	TikTok's Chinese roots make it a national security threat, potentially exposing American
0:53.7	user data to the Chinese
0:55.4	Communist Party.
0:56.6	The app has also come under fire for manipulating content and harming the mental health
1:01.0	of children and teens.
1:02.9	There are currently more than 170 million Americans using TikTok, including President
1:07.9	elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to save TikTok.
1:13.8	Repealing the law would require an act of Congress,
1:17.8	although Trump could also ask the Justice Department not to enforce it or negotiate with BightDance to change the ownership structure.
1:21.3	Brendan Carr, Trump's pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission,
1:25.1	is one of TikTok's leading critics.
1:27.3	He previously spoke with
1:28.7	the Daily Signal about how the app poses a threat. Beijing has said they want to dominate the world
1:33.6	in artificial intelligence or AI by 2030. And their version of artificial intelligence is for
1:41.3	authoritarian purposes, for malign purposes.
1:45.1	And every single time a U.S. user swipes on TikTok, you know, looks at a paragraph.
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