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Today Senator Blackburn is expected to try ramming KOSA--the Kids Online Safety Act--through the Senate via unanimous consent. KOSA was an Internet censorship bill in its inception, and in 4 years the only thing its authors have done is try to disguise KOSA's nature rather than fix it.

Even were Blackburn's gambit to be successful, Senate KOSA would face heavy opposition in the House, which has acknowledged many of the free speech concerns. Unfortunately it's nigh impossible to fix a bill when its primary purpose is censorship: platformpolemics.aricohn.com/p/the-kids-a...

Is it "cruz is not going to block it" or "he objected and, therefore, blocked it"?

He objected, blocking the unanimous consent request

After Senator Blumenthal sought unanimous consent for KOSA, engaging in brutally transparent hand-waving of free speech issues, Senator Rand Paul stands up to object, and unanimous consent fails.

Dang. I step away for an afternoon and all this happens. I suppose they don't have enough time before the October recess for the full procedural rigmarole, and might try that in the lame duck... but the version dispute with the House will be a lot to overcome in that time frame.

Ok. So we are safe for now then?

For now

Cruz? of Texas? I mean, huzzah, but why is *he* the one objecting?