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.”
Try again after January when the republicrats may have somewhat of a majority.
That would be the operators who call Virginia parents terrorists?
Needed, but going nowhere in Nancy’s House.
Probably won’t in Kevin’s, either.
*****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”.....
If the GOP wins they’ll turn and support the Biden Admin
Probably fall on deaf ears. McCarthy's only goal is to become speaker and get the big office.
Not to mention Nancy’s plane and liquor expense tab.
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?
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.
😕 Sadly there are a lot of tonedef libgressives that think this is an awesome idea. Even sadder, they vote. A lot.
“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.
“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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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