Political Free Speech Under Assault By Government...

[Cameramonkey]

"Thoughtcrime/Crimethink"

Looks like Orwell was off by about 40 years!

I blame inflation.

 

[smokingman]

Texas, The Daily Wire, & The Federalist Sue US State Dept For Conspiring With Newsguard To Censor American Media Companies | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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The State Department is tasked with foreign relations and has no authority over domestic affairs, yet it took a government office designed for countering foreign terrorist propaganda, the Global Engagement Center (GEC), and unleashed it against Americans engaged in what it claimed was “disinformation,” according to the lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas on Tuesday night by the New Civil Liberties Alliance.
It was “one of the most audacious, manipulative, secretive, and gravest abuses of power and infringements of First Amendment rights by the federal government in American history,” said the suit, which also names Secretary of State Antony Blinken and five other officials as defendants.

Of note, the GEC, founded in 2011 under a different name to combat foreign propaganda in a counterterrorism capacity. In establishing the entity, Congress made clear that "none of the funds authorized" for the program "shall be used for purposes other than countering foreign propaganda."

They of course ignored all that, and turned its focus on Americans according to the complaint, using taxpayer funds to finance and promote censorship shops such as NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), which target conservative outlets - ZeroHege included - with the stated goal of killing ad revenue.

As the lawsuit explains, The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and other conservative news organizations were “branded ‘unreliable’ or ‘risky’ by the government-funded and government-promoted censorship enterprises… starving them of advertising revenue and reducing the circulation of their reporting and speech—all as a direct result of [the State Department’s] unlawful censorship scheme.”

 

[smokingman]

Understatement. Long read of the interview, but it makes clear what has been happening for a long time and how it has happened.

When Military Rule Supplants Democracy | ZeroHedge

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[Ingomike]

Understatement. Long read of the interview, but it makes clear what has been happening for a long time and how it has happened.

When Military Rule Supplants Democracy | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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But I was told on INGO that there was NO evidence, therefore, no possible way that there was a fight over servers and or election data in Europe between factions in our government.

 

[foszoe]

But I was told on INGO that there was NO evidence, therefore, no possible way that there was a fight over servers and or election data in Europe between factions in our government.

You need to follow my lead. Don't be so gullible. I demonstrate time and again I don't believe everything I am told on INGO!

 

[printcraft]

You need to follow my lead. Don't be so gullible. I demonstrate time and again I don't believe everything I am told on INGO!

You are awesome!

 

[foszoe]

You are awesome!

Yes I am. It's my number 2 top quality. 2nd only to my humility.

 

[smokingman]

But I was told on INGO that there was NO evidence, therefore, no possible way that there was a fight over servers and or election data in Europe between factions in our government.

Trying to help people understand what's going on right now is like going back into a burning building to pull someone out. Only to have them keep punching you in the face and demand evidence that the building is on fire. Even after they admit they can see the flames.

~ Elon Musk

 

[Ingomike]

Great read to catch up on three different speech cases before SCOTUS.

The Free Speech Trifecta: How the Court Could Fundamentally Alter Free Speech in Three Pending Cases

Below is my column on the three major free speech cases heard by the Supreme Court in the last month. The three cases (Murthy v. Missouri, National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, and Gonzal…

jonathanturley.org

 

[Ingomike]

This is the pea and cup game being played by our government on the people.

“The Global Disinformation Index, a British organization with two affiliated U.S. nonprofit groups, is feeding blacklists to ad companies with the intent of defunding and shutting down websites peddling alleged “disinformation,” the Washington Examiner reported. This same “disinformation” group has received $330,000 from two State Department-backed entities linked to the highest levels of government, raising concerns from First Amendment lawyers and members of Congress.”

Disinformation Inc: State Department bankrolls group secretly blacklisting conservative media - Washington Examiner

Disinformation Disinformation Inc: State Department bankrolls group secretly blacklisting conservative media By Gabe Kaminsky, Investigative Reporter February 09, 2023 07:09 PM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print Disinformation Disinformation Inc: State Department bankrolls group secretly...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[HoosierLife]

I don’t agree with this woman’s opinion but why is the FBI showing up based on social media posts?

WATCH: Agent Says FBI Spends Hours Questioning People over Facebook Posts

A woman in Oklahoma said FBI agents came to her home to question her about her online activity after Facebook gave them screenshots.

www.breitbart.com