Last month, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas while testifying revealed that the Department of Homeland Security had set up a Disinformation Governance Board, and Nina Jankowicz was announced as the head of this board.
Jankowicz
was among those who dismissed news about Hunter Biden's infamous laptop as
"Russian disinformation". She also was a proponent of the
Clinton-campaign-created Trump-Russia dossier. She also appeared in a
cringe-inducing lampoon of Mary Poppins's song, blaming Republicans for all
disinformation.
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What
troubled observers is that Mayorkas was unclear about powers that would be
granted to the Board. He just claimed the board would "work and to equip
local communities, to identify individuals who could be descending into
violence by reason of ideologies, hate, false narratives, or other
disinformation and misinformation propagated on social media and other
platforms.” That seemed like a dog whistle for targeting political
opponents.
The
Biden administration's record on honoring democratic values(by respecting
political opponents) hasn't exactly been stellar.
The protestors of January 6th are being subjected to
draconian punishment. The partisan January 6th select committee’s sole function is to
harass and intimidate political opponents. Parents concerned about their
children being indoctrinated with Critical Race Theory were branded as domestic Terrorists. Biden branded the ‘MAGA
crowd’ as ‘the most extreme political
organization that’s
existed in recent American history.’
Government
works for the citizen, it is a citizen’s function to sit in judgment of the
government. When the government assumes that role and places the citizen under
the microscope, it ceases to be democratic.
There
were also several open questions about the Board. The obvious question was how
it was going to define ‘disinformation’. There were also questions and concerns
about the authority the board would have. Would it be just within the realms of
social media platforms or would they collaborate with law enforcement to
conduct arrests?
Even
their most ardent fans of the Democrats i.e. the mainstream media found it hard
to defend the Disinformation board.
GOP
lawmakers and conservative commentators did a sterling job in
challenging and ridiculing the board.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) opined that
"Homeland Security has decided to make policing Americans' speech its top
priority". Florida governor Ron DeSantis and former Democratic representative
for Hawaii Tulsi
Gabbard likened the board to the Ministry of Truth from George
Orwell's dystopian novel 1984.
Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH) and John Katko (R-NY) wrote that
"Given the complete lack of information about this new initiative and the
potentially serious consequences of a government entity identifying and
responding to 'disinformation,' we have serious concerns about the activities of
this new Board".
Republican
Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr called the board
"Orwellian", "un-American" and
"unconstitutional."
Finally,
after only a few weeks, the unconstitutional Board was “paused” while Jankowicz was
compelled to resign.
The
DHS claimed that the board’s intended purpose has been “grossly and
intentionally mischaracterized.” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that
“The board does not aim to police speech and is only aimed at protecting
constitutional rights”.
The
DHS has announced that former DHS
Secretary Michael Chertoff and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jamie
Gorelick, both members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, were to lead
a “thorough review and assessment” of the disinformation board,.
On
the surface this may sound like good news, Chertoff is a Republican and
Gorelick is a Democrat. The Biden administration can claim the assessors are
bipartisan.
Dig
deeper and you discover that Chertoff is a never-Trumper who once wrote
an op-ed in The New
York Times, claiming
the Trump administration was hijacking the DHS for political
purposes. Chertoff also dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop scandal as Russian
disinformation. Chertoff is the co-author of the Patriot Act that allowed the
federal government to spy on its citizens.
The Washington Examiner reported that Gorelick
was responsible for directing the FBI and federal
prosecutors to ignore information gathered through intelligence investigations
prior to 9/11. This was cited as among the factors that failed the prevention
of the terrorist attack by the 9/11 Commission. But instead of testifying at
the 9/11 Commission, Gorelick was on the
commission.
Chertoff
and Gorelick are no better than Jankowicz, it’s just that they do not have Mary
Poppins song parody TikTok clips or videos that make their intentions apparent.
They are the typical dreary variety of Washington insiders that give the
impression that they are ‘serious’ people.
Chertoff
and Gorelick have to submit the final recommendation within 75 days. During the
review, the disinformation board will not convene and its work will be paused.
Do
not for a moment think that the Democrats are remorseful about their
undemocratic actions and are hence initiating remedial action by ‘pausing’ the
board and conducting a detailed review.
The
board was ‘paused’ because everything from its name to the hiring of Scary
Poppins made their nefarious intentions obvious.
The
self-righteous Democrats have always looked upon citizens as inferior beings
whom they need to monitor and talk down to. This 2.0 version of the board is
merely an act of subterfuge. 2.0 will do everything that 1.0
intended to do, they will just not be blatant about their intentions. They will
operate from the shadows.
The
GOP and the citizen successfully mounted a successful campaign to pause 1.0.
GOP
lawmakers must continue to monitor the Department of Homeland Security and
various other departments of the federal government to block any such
efforts to target citizens The citizen too must continue to be very watchful.
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