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[5] Hey, this is Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe.
[6] It's Thursday, December 15th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[7] Former President Donald Trump says his first order of business if he's reelected president would be to forbid federal agencies from interfering on speech platforms and eliminate so -called misinformation policing by the government.
[8] In a video Trump gave to Jack Posobiak, the former president laid out the framework for his free speech policy proposal, saying he'll also fire anyone involved in previous efforts to censor speech and contain dissent.
[9] When I am president, this whole rotten system of censorship, and information control will be ripped out of the system at large.
[10] There won't be anything left.
[11] By restoring free speech, we'll begin to reclaim our democracy and save our nation.
[12] Trump also teased a major announcement today, leading many to speculate that it had something to do with his campaign.
[13] Instead, he announced a new line of digital trading cards being sold for $99 each, featuring his likeness in various characters.
[14] A few examples.
[15] Trump as a John Wayne -esque cowboy and Trump the superhero with laser eyes.
[16] A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to prevent Chinese telecom giant Huawei from accessing the U .S. financial system.
[17] The Networks Act would impose sanctions on foreign telecommunications companies suspected of being engaged in economic or industrial espionage against American companies.
[18] The Senate unanimously passed a bill that would ban the use of TikTok on guns.
[19] government devices amid growing national security concerns over the Chinese -owned social media platform.
[20] The No -Tick -Tock on Government Devices Act, introduced by Republican Senator Josh Hawley, was passed late Wednesday.
[21] The bill now heads to the House.
[22] Last night's legislation is vitally important because never has the security threat to the American people from the Chinese Communist Party been more grave and never has the determination on the part of the Chinese Communist Party to leverage every possible asset, every possible platform to gather information, personal information from the American people been more serious than it is now.
[23] Officials in seven states have now received subpoenas from the special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee investigations into former President Donald Trump.
[24] The latest subpoena to be disclosed publicly was sent to local officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
[25] President Joe Biden offered Africa $55 billion over the next three years this week as he claimed that the U .S. would become more involved on the continent.
[26] The remarks from Biden came during a dinner between U .S. and African leaders in Washington, D .C., the first such summit in eight years.
[27] Outgoing Massachusetts Republican governor and former college athlete Charlie Baker will be the NCAA's next president.
[28] According to a press release Thursday, Baker is being tapped to bring bipartisan leadership to college athletics.
[29] New D .C. Studios boss, James Gunn, announced this week that he will not bring back Henry Cavill to play in his new Superman movie.
[30] Gunn said that he and co -head, Peter Safran, had a new slate of movies to release that they would be sharing more information on after the start of the year.
[31] Former House Speaker John Boehner got emotional Wednesday as he delivered a tribute to outgoing speaker Nancy Pelosi.
[32] The retired congressman appeared to fight back tears as he delivered remarks at the ceremonial unveiling of Pelosi's official portrait at the U .S. Capitol.
[33] Madam Speaker, I have to say, my girls told me, tell this speaker how much we admire her.
[34] Those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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