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New Bill Would Eliminate Biden’s ‘Ministry Of Truth’
Zubu Brothers ^ | 5-2-2022 | Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News

Posted on 05/02/2022 11:51:08 AM PDT by blam

A new bill introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert would eliminate Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board, dubbed a ‘Ministry of Truth’ by critics, before it even got off the ground.

The Department of Homeland Security recently announced that the new unit will focus primarily on “misinformation related to homeland security, focused specifically on irregular migration and Russia.”

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appeared on CNN Sunday to assert that the board will not have “operational authority” and will instead “disseminate those best practices to the operators that have been executing and addressing this threat for years.”

Many saw a clear correlation between Elon Musk buying Twitter and the creation of the new board.

Now Rep. Boebert wants to introduce a bill to defund the DHS disinformation board. The full text of the bill can be read here.

“This kind of stuff is terrifying. We in Congress have the power of the purse. It is our duty to shut down this department immediately,” Boebert told Fox News. “I’m calling on leadership in the Republican Party – Leader McCarthy, Whip Scalise, and others — to join me in calling for this department to be shut down and defunded.”

“No tax dollars should go to where Biden can use the power of the federal government to silence truthful stories like Big Tech did with the Hunter Biden story,” Boebert added, comparing the disinformation board to the Ministry of Truth in Orwell’s 1984.

Let’s get it done! ~ ~ House GOP Rep.@laurenboebert introduces bill to terminate Biden’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’. pic.twitter.com/hI0oXSxtrO

— SgtPepper1964 (@SPepper1964) May 1, 2022

“Democrats took that [book] not as a warning, but as a guide,” she added.

The Republican Congresswoman will now seek co-sponsors for the bill and is expected to introduce it within a week.

“This really is a department of propaganda,” Boebert said. “To say that the federal department has a say in what’s right and what’s wrong. What’s truth and what is not. This is a very dangerous place that we’ve come to.”

As we previously highlighted, the woman picked to head up the ‘Ministry of Truth’ said free speech makes her “shudder” while also promoting the lie that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation.

She also ludicrously cited Christopher Steele as an expert on disinformation. Steele was the author of the infamous Clinton campaign-funded Trump ‘peegate’ dossier’ that turned out to be an actual product of disinformation.

Jankowicz previously called Elon Musk an “online abuser,” while arguing for more censorship when she asserted, “The ‘free speech vs censorship’ framing is a false dichotomy.”


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: alejandromayorkas; biden; congress; elonmusk; mayorkas; ministry; musk; truth; truthsocial; twitter
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1 posted on 05/02/2022 11:51:08 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Try again after January when the republicrats may have somewhat of a majority.


2 posted on 05/02/2022 11:52:08 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: blam
“disseminate those best practices to the operators that have been executing and addressing this threat for years.”

That would be the operators who call Virginia parents terrorists?

3 posted on 05/02/2022 11:54:49 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: blam

Needed, but going nowhere in Nancy’s House.

Probably won’t in Kevin’s, either.


4 posted on 05/02/2022 11:55:21 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: rktman
Try again after January when the republicrats may have somewhat of a majority.

Yes, but in the meantime see if you can find an old school Democrat who will join in the attack. If not, make them own it for the elections.
5 posted on 05/02/2022 11:57:11 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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To: blam

*****A new bill introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert would eliminate Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board,*****

The Biden governing board found this bill to be be full of “dis-information”.....


6 posted on 05/02/2022 11:57:58 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: blam

If the GOP wins they’ll turn and support the Biden Admin


7 posted on 05/02/2022 11:58:38 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: blam
“I’m calling on leadership in the Republican Party – Leader McCarthy, Whip Scalise, and others — to join me in calling for this department to be shut down and defunded.”

Probably fall on deaf ears. McCarthy's only goal is to become speaker and get the big office.

8 posted on 05/02/2022 11:59:12 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Not to mention Nancy’s plane and liquor expense tab.


9 posted on 05/02/2022 12:01:48 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: blam

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appeared on CNN Sunday to assert that the board will not have “operational authority” and will instead “disseminate those best practices to the operators that have been executing and addressing this threat for years.”

If they have already been doing this for years then WHY do they need a NEW BOARD?


10 posted on 05/02/2022 12:04:49 PM PDT by Singermom
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To: blam
“If Government determines Truth, Government is Truth.”

(Obviously in opposition to God - John 9:4)
11 posted on 05/02/2022 12:07:39 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: blam
Once again, I see Lauren Boebert standing up against this and have not seen a single other GOP rep or Senator sign on to support her efforts to stop it.

Ergo I have to assume they support it. They supported the steal, after all, and big tech censorship too so it's a natural conclusion.

12 posted on 05/02/2022 12:08:09 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

😕 Sadly there are a lot of tonedef libgressives that think this is an awesome idea. Even sadder, they vote. A lot.


13 posted on 05/02/2022 12:16:56 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: blam

https://postimg.cc/B87js59k

“The party that says men can get pregnant wants to control ‘misinformation’ on the internet.”

STOP DEMOCRAT TOTALITARIANS FROM STEALING OUR FREEDOMS WITH THEIR AND STUPIDITY.


14 posted on 05/02/2022 12:18:26 PM PDT by GOPJ ("The party that says men can get pregnant wants to control 'misinformation' on the internet.")
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To: blam

https://postimg.cc/B87js59k

“The party that says men can get pregnant wants to control ‘misinformation’ on the internet.”

STOP DEMOCRAT TOTALITARIANS FROM STEALING OUR FREEDOMS WITH THEIR EVIL AND STUPIDITY.


15 posted on 05/02/2022 12:18:52 PM PDT by GOPJ ("The party that says men can get pregnant wants to control 'misinformation' on the internet.")
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To: pepsi_junkie

The sad fact that most people refuse to acknowledge is that most of the House and Senate GOP are Bush League Republicans, aka Assistant Democrats.

We have to replace them with MAGA people.

If we fail to do that, the Assistant Democrats will continue to assist the Democrats to a permanent majority with amnesty for illegal aliens and we’ll lose our country.


16 posted on 05/02/2022 12:19:09 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: blam
New Bill Would Eliminate Biden’s ‘Ministry Of Truth’

I can't imagine the Framers of The Constitution EVER thought we'd come to the point where a ‘Ministry Of Truth’ would even be debated!

17 posted on 05/02/2022 12:20:40 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (If you attack the 2nd Amendment, You attack The Constitution!)
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In order to determine what is misinformation or disinformation they would have to determine first what the truth is. THAT IS NOT A GOVT. JOB, IT IS THE IHE INDIVIDUAL’S PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY


18 posted on 05/02/2022 12:26:00 PM PDT by jpp113
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I can’t imagine the Framers of The Constitution EVER thought we’d come to the point where a ‘Ministry Of Truth’ would even be debated!

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Oh no they envisioned it. when Ben Franklin said that they had “created a Republic if we could keep it.” (paraphrase), Franklin understood that later generations could easily view the Constitution as scratch paper. Just over 230 years later, I’d say we are well past that point.


19 posted on 05/02/2022 12:26:45 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: blam

NO! It can’t exist anyway. Don’t enact legislation demanding a satin rope to hang free speech. That only legitimizes the governing board as a political force. Cut DHS funding until they get their priorities straight. Cut it every week until you get their attention. It’s not like they are doing much good with the resources unless you count fake kidnappings, insurrection rallies, school board surveillance, and Crossfire Hurricane.


20 posted on 05/02/2022 12:29:20 PM PDT by blackdog (Today's "disinformation" most often turns out to be tomorrow's facts. )
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