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Marco Rubio Shutters ‘Disinformation’ Agency at State Department
Breitbart ^ | Apr 16, 2025 | Sean Moran

Posted on 04/30/2025 10:14:47 AM PDT by Texas Fossil

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of the Global Engagement Center as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the “censorship-industrial complex.”

“Today, it is my pleasure to announce the State Department is taking a crucial step toward keeping the president’s promise to liberate American speech by abolishing forever the body formerly known as the Global Engagement Center (GEC),” Rubio wrote in an op-ed for the Federalist, titled, “Rubio: To Protect Free Speech, The Censorship Industrial Complex Must Be Dismantled.”

Rubio wrote that, in 2016, the Obama administration changed the GEC’s focus on combatting international terrorism cover any and all “foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Free Republic; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; agency; censorship; cscc; deepstate; del; disinformation; firstamendment; freedomofspeech; freespeech; gec; gei; globalengagement; marcorubio; obama; propaganda; rubio; shutters; swamp
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I am so amazed about how well that Marco Rubio is doing such a great job as Secretary of State. He actually listens to President Trump and does exactly what he asks.

The USA has had a State Department that responded to NOBODY in DC for almost my entire life. I am 77. Such a breath of Fresh Air.

The Truth actually has a place again.

God Bless President Trump, God Bless Secretary of State Marco Rubio, God Bless the USA.

Continue to PURGE DC and bring back Sanity to our nation.

1 posted on 04/30/2025 10:14:47 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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Marco Rubio Shutters ‘Disinformation’ Agency at State Department

Excellent!

2 posted on 04/30/2025 10:21:00 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Texas Fossil

State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) – Originally created to counter foreign propaganda, it redirected efforts toward domestic content moderation, funding projects that promoted certain narratives while censoring others....——elsewhere/snip


3 posted on 04/30/2025 10:24:03 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: AIL

Secy of State Rubio announced the closure of the “Global Engagement Center” as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the “censorship-industrial complex.”

Rubio wrote that, in 2016, Obama changed the GEC’s focus on combatting intl terrorism to cover any and all “foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts.”


4 posted on 04/30/2025 10:24:03 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: Texas Fossil

I agree! God bless America!


5 posted on 04/30/2025 10:29:07 AM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: vpintheak; Navy Patriot; piasa

All absolutely correct.

What a den of snakes in DC.

And the Deep State is backstabbing and squirming at every step to Drain the Swamp.


6 posted on 04/30/2025 10:33:19 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: vpintheak

YES! Ditto


7 posted on 04/30/2025 10:34:04 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Liz

Thank you Liz.


8 posted on 04/30/2025 10:34:55 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Texas Fossil

I’m also amazed. A very pleasant surprise.


9 posted on 04/30/2025 10:39:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Department of Lies For Our Good: CIA.

Better off with bad.


10 posted on 04/30/2025 10:39:57 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Texas Fossil

The GEC is now “MBSE”- Money Better Spent Elsewhere


11 posted on 04/30/2025 10:45:08 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: equaviator

Yes. Absolutely


12 posted on 04/30/2025 10:57:50 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Yes. That one is almost as bad as the State Department. (possibly worse)


13 posted on 04/30/2025 10:58:53 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Texas Fossil

I have to say that Marco has been a pleasant surprise. I underestimated him, apparently.


14 posted on 04/30/2025 11:00:49 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Jim Robinson

Thank you sir.

Many here long ago understood what an evil place the Department of State had become. This is the only time in my life (77), that we actually have had an opportunity to cleans that smelly place.

CIA may be a harder task. There were 2 real assassination attempts at President Trump. I don’t know who was actually behind that. I am sure that in the background that puzzle is being traced.


15 posted on 04/30/2025 11:04:25 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Did he kick the high brass out on their asses on a rainy day? Huh? Huh? Did he?


16 posted on 04/30/2025 11:08:07 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand thhere we CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Texas Fossil

y/v/w


17 posted on 04/30/2025 11:08:15 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: Navy Patriot

Marco Rubio Shutters ‘Disinformation’ Agency at State Department
Excellent!

I think he should have kept it open and announced a bunch of right wingers to run it and watch the left melt down.


18 posted on 04/30/2025 11:12:20 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: Texas Fossil

Every federal dept and org is infested with snakes. Gonna take some time to ferret them all out.


19 posted on 04/30/2025 11:26:12 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump is back.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Global Engagement Center?

The agency was 100% America last Communist bull s**t.

Go Trump!


20 posted on 04/30/2025 11:38:46 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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