This is suffering that numbers can’t capture, but it should remind us that war is a form of terrorism.
War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See
Tag: Department of Homeland Security
Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board”
By Lev Golinkin | May 27, 2022
Michael Chertoff’s experience detaining Muslim Americans, justifying CIA torture, and helping to draft the Patriot Act make him an all-too-appropriate choice to advise this Orwellian agency.
Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board”
H/T: It’s NOT a joke, Biden’s Ministry of Truth just got WORSE | Redacted with Clayton Morris on YouTube.
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“I have a greater respect for the American people than you do. I think the American people can figure out the truth,” the senator said. “And if you think the American people need to be told there’s not fentanyl in the vaccination, feel free to say it. But the thing is, is if you are going to go around saying that you’re the arbiter of information and of disinformation, I think you have no clue. And you don’t have the perspective of history knowing that disinformation, the largest progenitor of disinformation in our history, has probably been the U.S. government.”
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“Do you know, the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government,” Paul said. “Are you familiar with McNamara? The Pentagon Papers? Are you familiar with George W. Bush and the weapons of mass destruction? Are you familiar with Iran-contra?”
“I mean, think of all the debates and disputes we’ve had over the last 50 years in our country,” Paul continued. “We worked them out by debating them. We don’t work them out by the government being the arbiter. I don’t want guardrails. I want you to have nothing to do with speech. You think we can’t determine, you know, speech by traffickers is disinformation. Do you think the American people are so stupid they need you to tell them what the truth is? You can’t even admit what the truth is with the Steele dossier. I don’t trust government to figure out what the truth is. Government is largely disseminating disinformation.”
Rand Paul grills Mayorkas on disinformation: ‘I don’t trust government to figure out what the truth is’
DHS Sec. Tells Immigrants ‘Do Not Come to the Border’ After US Streamlines Process For Ukrainians
Immigrants from Latin America have reacted with disgust as they’re forced to endure dangerous refugee camp conditions while 100,000 Ukrainians get to jump to the front of the line under Biden’s so-called “Uniting for Ukraine” plan.
DHS Sec. Tells Immigrants ‘Do Not Come to the Border’ After US Streamlines Process For Ukrainians
DHS to pause work of disinformation board
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will pause the work of a controversial board to coordinate efforts to battle disinformation, saying that while its work was “grossly and intentionally mischaracterized,” the “false attacks have become a significant distraction.”
DHS to pause work of disinformation board
Meet the Head of Biden’s New “Disinformation Governing Board”
Nina Jankowicz is a veteran information warrior. But her “experience” working with StopFake should have set off alarm bells.
Meet the Head of Biden’s New “Disinformation Governing Board”
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Cambridge Analytica Reborn? Private Spy Agency Weaponizes Facebook Again
by Kit Klarenberg
For all the public outcry, official probes and hearings, financial penalties, apologies and proposed regulations, Facebook remains the world’s foremost surveillance tool – weaponized in all manner of malevolent ways by any number of hostile elements.
Cambridge Analytica Reborn? Private Spy Agency Weaponizes Facebook Again
CNN and NY Times help US gov’t lie about spying on Americans
CNN and the New York Times echoed a blatant lie from the Department of Homeland Security, falsely claiming it does not monitor Americans. DHS has for years spied on US journalists and protesters.
CNN and NY Times help US gov’t lie about spying on Americans
Is the West at war with disinformation or dissent?
By Rachel Marsden | Samizdat | May 5, 2022
When US President Joe Biden announced on April 27 that a new Disinformation Governance Board would serve the Department of Homeland Security, it was just the latest turn of the screw on freedom. This time, it’s an affront to citizens’ right to a diversity of information.
Is the West at war with disinformation or dissent?
Notes from Eritrea
BAR contributor Ann Garrison continues her reporting from the Horn of Africa. She is now in Eritrea.
Notes from Eritrea
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