Biden administration continues to try to control American speech

 Washington Examiner:

 House Republicans will unveil legislation Thursday to ban the Department of Homeland Security from forming another Disinformation Governance Board after the panel was shuttered last year amid censorship concerns from conservatives.

The bill, which is being introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) along with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Ronny Jackson (R-TX), aims to mandate that federal funds cannot be "authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available" to the DHS for establishing a governance board. The agency in August 2022 notably terminated its panel, which claimed it would be focused on thwarting alleged misinformation, "malinformation," and disinformation in the United States, just months after launching.

“Partisan government officials running a 'disinformation board' sounds ridiculous to most people, but yet the Biden administration tried to control the speech of American citizens," Pfluger, who along with Greene sits on the Homeland Security Committee, told the Washington Examiner. "DHS should be focused on securing the border and preventing terrorist attacks, not fact-checking social media and censoring Americans."

Republicans have increasingly pursued avenues to restrict the Biden administration's ability to track purported disinformation, including by backing appropriations bills that seek to choke off federal funding for related programs.

For instance, as part of an effort to fight apparent censorship, the GOP-led House Foreign Affairs Committee is mulling not reauthorizing the Global Engagement Center, a State Department-housed interagency the Washington Examiner reported granted $100,000 to the Global Disinformation Index, a British group covertly blacklisting conservative outlets, according to a source familiar.

It's also not the first time Republicans have sought to use formal powers to block DHS from operating a so-called governance board. Last May, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) led 61 GOP members, including Pfluger, in introducing legislation that would "prohibit any federal funds from being used to establish or carry out the activities of any other entity that is substantially similar" to the board — which they dubbed the "Ministry of Truth."

"Instead of censoring and controlling every aspect of the American public’s lives, DHS should focus on the crisis at the southern border," Jackson told the Washington Examiner. "I have faith in the American people to decipher knowledge for themselves. I do not have any faith in so-called 'disinformation experts' from the Biden administration."

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"Disinformation" is one of the more recent Democrat attempts to control speech they do not agree with.  It should be declared as unconstitutional.  The way the constitution works is you rebut speech you disagree with by allowing more speech to dispute what was said.  Biden and his cohorts are apparently so inept at arguing their case that they want to make their opponents shut up.

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Joe Biden is becoming dangerous. Remove him now before it’s too late

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