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Giddy Up, Elon Musk Identifies the State Dept Origin Behind Twitter Content Control Mechanisms
The Conservative Treehouse - The Last Refuge ^ | February 6, 2023 | | Sundance

Posted on 02/06/2023 5:36:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

… He still hasn’t identified the source code, the proverbial ghost in the machine, buried deep in the algorithmic code; however, Twitter owner Elon Musk has finally identified the agency within the U.S. government who spearheaded the creation. The “Global Engagement Center” (GEC) of the State Dept.

The GEC mission is described as, “To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations,” (link). However, when you overlay the expanded Dept of State mission that Obama delivered, transferring GEC intent to domestic operations, suddenly the background of Jack’s Magic Coffee Shop makes sense. [Musk Tweet Link]

Readers here are so far ahead of the curve on this story, it’s kind of cool, funny, and yet frustrating at the same time. Jack’s Magic Coffee Shop is all a wild conspiracy theory born from the oddly wired brain of some dude in the corner of the internet; until suddenly it’s not.

Factually, it has been staring at everyone since the operation began in 2011, yet no one was willing to believe it. Apparently, Elon Musk is starting to realize what is inside the communication platform he purchased.

For several years CTH has been outlining the relationship between DHS and social media. Currently, the headlines are filled with stories about Twitter and revelations of censorship and government influence coming from the purchase of the platform by Elon Musk. However, as I said from the outset of this new moment, I promise you things are not what they seem.

(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 02/06/2023 5:36:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Global Engagement?

Is that a precursor to Global Marriage?


2 posted on 02/06/2023 5:37:43 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We’re at the point where America’s Federal Government is against its own citizens


3 posted on 02/06/2023 5:40:09 PM PST by PGR88 (, )
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To: BenLurkin

Actually engagement is the replacement phrase for webmasters. Master being a heinous word in the age of the kenyan, now instead of webmasters we have directors of engagement.


4 posted on 02/06/2023 5:43:09 PM PST by 100%FEDUP
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When my mom worked at the State Department 75 years ago the “McCarthy Era” when Communists were said to work there she was not a Communist.

But today a lot of folks there seem to be in tune with Marx and Lenin IMHO.


5 posted on 02/06/2023 5:43:41 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: PGR88

And it’s not new, just hidden for decades…


6 posted on 02/06/2023 5:50:36 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Unfortunately, Musk’s Twitter revelations are having about as much impact as Hannity tick-tock bombshell teases from a few years ago.


7 posted on 02/06/2023 6:13:18 PM PST by nwrep
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Big Brother = Deep State


8 posted on 02/06/2023 6:26:03 PM PST by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Because congress doesn’t do appropriations for department spending bills. Omnibus spending bills fuel this crap.


9 posted on 02/06/2023 6:27:50 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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To: PGR88

Yes, but I think its been that way for a long time.

The Government is engaged in 5th gen warfare against its enemies. Guess who the enemy is? The sad sack that doesn’t know he’s even in a conflict.... us.


10 posted on 02/06/2023 6:46:30 PM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The “Global Engagement Center”, never heard of it

that’s because it was stood up in May 2016, huuuuuuummm...


11 posted on 02/06/2023 7:08:43 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Fedora; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Here is an earlier article on the foundation of this department :

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3381560/posts


12 posted on 02/06/2023 7:13:52 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

Article is from January 2016.


13 posted on 02/06/2023 7:14:52 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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White House Launches “Task Force” To Combat “Violent Extremism”
Washington Free Beacon ^ | January 8, 2016 | Adam Kredo
Posted on 1/9/2016, 12:44:08 AM by Perseverando

Omits Reference To Muslim Terrorism
The White House announced Friday afternoon that it is launching an inter-agency task force to counter the sharp growth in violent extremism in America, according to an announcement.
As senior members of the Obama administration’s national security team meet with technology leaders in Silicon Valley, the White House’s National Security Council announced that the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security would team up to launch a Countering Violent Extremism Task Force, according to the announcement.

The White House background document accompanying the announcement does contain any specific reference to the types of “violent extremism” the administration seeks to counter.

The State Department additionally is set to launch a Global Engagement center that will “to place an intensified focus on empowering and enabling the voices of international partners, governmental and non-governmental, and shift away from direct messaging,” according to the White House.

Without mentioning Muslim terrorism by name, the White House said that these efforts are being taken in the wake of terrorist attacks in France and San Bernardino California.

The meetings with technology leaders in Silicon Valley are aimed at supplementing this effort, according to the White House.

The government and private sector partnership “will allow us to place an intensified focus on empowering and enabling the voices of international partners, governmental and non-governmental, and shift away from direct messaging,” the White House said....

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14 posted on 02/06/2023 7:17:32 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Madame Secretary Clinton was not in the State Department when this agency was created, but I would be shocked if Hillary or her cabal had nothing to do with it. Even the name smells of Clinton.


15 posted on 02/06/2023 7:21:07 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: piasa

Speaking of the “Countering Violent Extremism Task Force” :

CIA HOSTS TRAINING BY MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER AND HAMAS SUPPORTER
Breitbart ^ | 24 Oct 2012 | JOHN GUANDOLO
Posted on 10/24/2012, 4:02:40 PM by Snuph

Over the last several years, the presence of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) operatives working inside the federal government advising our senior leaders has been definitively documented (see articles here , here and here). This penetration of our system is shocking and constitutes an immediate danger for American citizens. The success of the MB’s influence operation from within our government is now manifesting itself with national and global implications for the security of America and its citizens.

In July of this year, the CIA hosted a 2-day training program at its headquarters in Langley, Virginia entitled “Countering Violent Extremism Workshop for the National Capitol Region.”

Present at this conference were local, state, and federal officials from nearly every law enforcement, military, and intelligence organization around the Washington Metropolitan area. In addition to the senior CIA, FBI, and DHS officials conducting the training, members of the Muslim community moderated and led the training throughout the 2-day program. Notable among these was Imam Mohammed Magid who participated in speaking about “Building Communities of Trust: A Local Example of a Partnership between the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) and Law Enforcement.”

How was Imam Magid vetted to speak at CIA Headquarters? And who vetted him?

The ADAMS Center is a Muslim Brotherhood front organization.

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16 posted on 02/06/2023 7:22:41 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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F.B.I. Chief Not Invited to Meeting on Countering Violent Extremism
New York Times ^ | FEB. 19, 2015 | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Posted on 2/20/2015, 4:48:00 PM by LeoWindhorse

The White House did not invite the most senior American official charged with preventing terrorist attacks — the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey — to the three-day conference this week on countering violent extremism in the United States and abroad because the administration did not want the event too focused on law enforcement issues, according to senior American officials.

But Mr. Comey’s Russian counterpart — Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the director of the Russian Federal Security Service, the post-Soviet K.G.B. — was at the meeting, even though international human rights groups have repeatedly accused the Russian security service of unjustly detaining and spying on Russians and others.

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17 posted on 02/06/2023 7:27:20 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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The End of Countering Violent Extremism, the Start of Countering Islamic Jihad
https://www.jihadwatch.org ^ | 02/09/2017 | Brian Thomas
Posted on 2/9/2017, 4:00:12 PM by heterosupremacist
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The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.

The program, “Countering Violent Extremism,” or CVE, would be changed to “Countering Islamic Extremism” or “Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,” the sources said, and would no longer target groups such as white supremacists who have also carried out bombings and shootings in the United States.

Such a change would reflect Trump’s election campaign rhetoric and criticism of former President Barack Obama for being weak in the fight against Islamic State and for refusing to use the phrase “radical Islam” in describing it. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for attacks on civilians in several countries.

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18 posted on 02/06/2023 7:30:59 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Rush Limbaugh weighed in on Obama’s CVE in June 2016:

Obama’s CVE Program Is an Outrage — and the Republicans Are Funding It
The Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | 16 June 2016 | Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 6/16/2016, 2:16:27 PM by COBOL2Java

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT...


19 posted on 02/06/2023 7:34:50 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Put money on it that it was staffed largely with civilian contractors.


20 posted on 02/06/2023 7:37:45 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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