Posted on 05/23/2025 1:40:37 PM PDT by AndyJackson
Disinformation is on the rise, again. Russia has revitalized its long history of waging disinformation campaigns. While proving cause-and-effect is difficult, we suspect that Russia’s increased efforts likely are linked to the White House’s dismantling of counter-disinformation efforts.
Executive Order 14149: "Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship". On his first day in office, President Trump signed Executive Order 14149, prohibiting federal agencies from engaging in activities related to combating misinformation and disinformation.
Dismantling counter-disinformation organizations.
FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force: Disbanded in February 2025, this unit previously investigated foreign attempts to influence U.S. elections.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): In January 2025, CISA froze all election security work and placed 17 employees on administrative leave. Subsequently, over $9 million in contracts related to election security were canceled.
Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Office: Closed in April 2025, this office monitored disinformation campaigns by foreign nation-states.
Defunding disinformation research. Last month, the National Science Foundation cancelled more than 1,400 research grants—totaling more than $1B—related to misinformation and disinformation.
Pressuring tech companies. Meta ended its collaborations with third party fact-checking organizations in January, after Zuck met with the president. Some consider this to have been a concession to political pressure.
Defunding and mass firings of public media. NPR, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe / Radio Free Liberty have all been targeted by the administration.
Readers may ask themselves, “So what? What’s the risk?”
It’s massive.
(Excerpt) Read more at buildingourfuture.substack.com ...
WTF are these guys thinking. I am as much for national security, checking the advance of China, and defense acquisition reform as anyone alive, but publishing garbage like this undoes everything they seem to stand for. I have not written them a note and cancelled my subscription, yet, but one more like this and I will.
If support of the US Constitution and the Rights of Citizens are not foremost in the minds of those who would participate in our defense then they a greater threat to the citizenry than are the foreign actors who threaten us.
“WTF are these guys thinking.”
They are committed and unrepentant Neoconservatives.
They are accustomed to dumb people believing their BS.
It’s a problem. It sounds like the only way to get defense reform is over the dead bodies of neocons. If those are the terms they are acceptable.
I suspect these NeoCons would make good fertilizer, they are full of Horse Manure.
Yeah, but they have been pickled in booze since their teen years.
I’m losing track here - Is this the fascist deep state crying about losing the ability to censor social media or the neo-con Trotskyites losing taxpayer money to line their pockets?
I’ll never trust the warpigs again...
“Disinformation” is any truth that undermines the globalist narrative.
I agree...
A bit of both, I would say...
Disinformation...another word that has lost its meaning. It is literally used mostly now to spew disinformation, all the while calling the truth...disinformation...
This explains so much. I will drop this here because it belongs here.
https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1925788452412395545
“Disinformation” is a word like “stakeholder.”
Only Commies use them.
Mike Benz is a Constitutional hero. Thanks. It does belong here. They have sucked the taxpayer dry and driven patriots to the brink of homicidal insanity against this utter nonsense. The communists seem to be mere scapegoats for our true enemies who are within.
Below is the text of that EO 14149.
A refresher, this ended the censorship of free speech and truth telling that the Biden Cabal had put in place, mainly regarding the stolen ‘20 Election and anything Covid. And then expanded to anything the Biden Cabal didn’t want the truth being told about. Biden, et al., labeled anything they didn’t like “Misinformation”.
This article from this website blows chunks. I guess they let anybody write any lies they like.
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8243-8244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01902]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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Executive Order 14149 of January 20, 2025
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8243-8244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01902]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
[[Page 8243]]
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8243-8244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01902]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
[[Page 8243]]
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8243-8244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01902]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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Executive Order 14149 of January 20, 2025
Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal
Censorship
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The First Amendment to the United
States Constitution, an amendment essential to the
success of our Republic, enshrines the right of the
American people to speak freely in the public square
without Government interference. Over the last 4 years,
the previous administration trampled free speech rights
by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms,
often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on
third parties, such as social media companies, to
moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that
the Federal Government did not approve. Under the guise
of combatting ``misinformation,’’ ``disinformation,’’
and ``malinformation,’’ the Federal Government
infringed on the constitutionally protected speech
rights of American citizens across the United States in
a manner that advanced the Government’s preferred
narrative about significant matters of public debate.
Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a
free society.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States
to:
(a) secure the right of the American people to
engage in constitutionally protected speech;
(b) ensure that no Federal Government officer,
employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any
conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free
speech of any American citizen;
(c) ensure that no taxpayer resources are used to
engage in or facilitate any conduct that would
unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any
American citizen; and
(d) identify and take appropriate action to correct
past misconduct by the Federal Government related to
censorship of protected speech.
Sec. 3. Ending Censorship of Protected Speech. (a) No
Federal department, agency, entity, officer, employee,
or agent may act or use any Federal resources in a
manner contrary to section 2 of this order.
(b) The Attorney General, in consultation with the
heads of executive departments and agencies, shall
investigate the activities of the Federal Government
over the last 4 years that are inconsistent with the
purposes and policies of this order and prepare a
report to be submitted to the President, through the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, with recommendations
for appropriate remedial actions to be taken based on
the findings of the report.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party
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against the United States, its departments, agencies,
or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 20, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-01902
Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3395-F4-P
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8243-8244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01902]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
[[Page 8243]]
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-28/html/2025-01902.htm
It is good that you saw this article.
Our enemies want to silence and control us—and they use “national security” as their sword and their shield.
Until we deal with these enemies inside our gates we are no shape to start worrying about those outside the gates.
Empaths were just as dangerous...
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/tag/race-and-power-racial-justice/
...until President Trump cancelled them ASAP
It sure as hell explains Ukraine and the way the Euros behave also.
At least half of America has been duped into believing these traitors.
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