House Republicans are subpoenaing Nina Jankowicz, who was the Biden administration&#8217;s short-lived &#8220;disinformation&#8221; czar.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Monday that Jankowicz, who achieved <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/my-ears-want-to-commit-suicide-greg-gutfeld-bashes-thought-police-over-new-chiefs-mary-poppins-mash-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">viral fame and mockery for</a> her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-disinfo-czar-mocked-over-viral-musical-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video singing</a> about the manipulation of information to the tune of the “Mary Poppins” song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,&#8221; and two other targets for subpoenas ignored voluntary requests for a transcribed interview.
&#8220;We have repeatedly sought information from you concerning your official actions and duties as a DHS employee and former Executive Director of the Board, including how the Board intended to define disinformation, how it planned to collect information and from what sources, how it anticipated countering disinformation, and how it proposed to protect First Amendment rights,&#8221; Jordan wrote in his <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-03-06-jankowicz-deposition-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter to Jankowicz and her lawyer</a>s.
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Nina Jankowicz, director of the new &#39;Disinformation Governance Board&#39; under DHS is here singing about &#8230;. *sigh* &quot;disinformation&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vjdtDizTEu">pic.twitter.com/vjdtDizTEu</a>
&mdash; Henrik Palmgren 🇸🇪 ᛟ (@Henrik_Palmgren) <a href="https://twitter.com/Henrik_Palmgren/status/1520127383583420416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Chip Slaven, the former interim executive director and CEO of the National School Boards Association (NSBA), and Viola Garcia, the former President of the NSBA, also received subpoenas.
They &#8220;co-signed the September 2021 letter to President Biden requesting federal law enforcement assistance to target parents voicing concerns at local school board meetings,&#8221; a press release from Jordan&#8217;s office said. &#8220;That letter led to an October 4, 2021, memorandum that directed the FBI to establish a &#8216;threat tag&#8217; to investigate Americans.&#8221;
Jankowicz is the former executive director of the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s (DHS) Disinformation Governance Board, which was <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/08/24/following-hsac-recommendation-dhs-terminates-disinformation-governance-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disbanded last year</a> in the face of intense criticism by Republicans.
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In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV66xYwukOk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video posted to YouTube</a> last week, Jankowicz claimed the board was subject to &#8220;baseless claims&#8221; that it was an Orwellian &#8220;Ministry of Truth&#8221; and she was President Joe Biden&#8217;s &#8220;chief censor.&#8221;
Jankowicz said her job really was meant &#8220;to make sure different entities within DHS were coordinated, to bring the latest research to bear in the Department, and to help the Department set up policies to ensure its existing counter-disinformation work was grounded in American values: privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties.&#8221;
Though the focus of the video was to <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ex-biden-administration-disinformation-czar-crowdfunding-lawsuit-to-hold-fox-accountable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promote a crowdfunding effort</a> to sue Fox News over coverage of her, Jankowicz also claimed Jordan lied about her and the work that she has done, <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ex-biden-administration-disinformation-czar-crowdfunding-lawsuit-to-hold-fox-accountable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to National Review</a>.
The Daily Wire reached out to Lawrence &amp; Bundy LLC, which Jordan indicated was her legal representation in his letter, for comment. The Daily Wire also reached out to NSBA for comment.
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Project Veritas shared an image on social media Thursday claiming an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> whistleblower leaked a document showing the agency classified “misinformation” as an “election crime” ahead of the 2022 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Midterm Elections</a> next month.
According to the document, titled &#8220;2022 Midterm Elections Social Media Analysis Cheat Sheet,&#8221; election crimes include eight sections that fall under federal jurisdiction, ranging from campaign finance to voter suppression. The details inform federal authorities what to look out for leading up to the November 8 election.
However, federal authorities have included misinformation, which means false or misleading information spread mistakenly or unintentionally, as something that could lead to a full or grand jury investigation.
The document also lists “disinformation” as an election crime, which points to &#8220;false or inaccurate information intended to mislead others.&#8221;
&#8220;Disinformation campaigns on social media are used to deliberately confuse, trick, or upset the public,&#8221; the document reads.
The FBI’s National Press Office declined a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
According to the federal agency&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/safety-resources/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/election-crimes-and-security">website</a>, &#8220;bad actors use various methods to spread disinformation about voting, such as social media platforms, texting, or peer-to-peer messaging applications on smartphones. They may provide misleading information about the time, manner, or place of voting. This can include inaccurate election dates or false claims about voting qualifications or methods, such as false information suggesting that one may vote by text, which is not allowed in any jurisdiction.&#8221;
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BREAKING: From Project Veritas! FBI Whistleblower Leaks Document Showing Agency Targeting ‘Misinformation’ Under ‘Election Crimes’ Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections!! <a href="https://t.co/AXezUKLPzb">pic.twitter.com/AXezUKLPzb</a>
&mdash; Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) <a href="https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1585698721886457857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Biden administration announced earlier this year that its Department of Homeland Security would create a Disinformation Governance Board, which many conservative politicians said would crack down on freedom of speech in an unconstitutional and Orwellian move.
After facing massive opposition, federal authorities shut down the Disinformation Governance Board in August — more than three months after announcing a pause on the Board’s work.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Homeland Security</a> (DHS) is shutting down the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disinformation-governance-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disinformation Governance Board</a> more than three months after announcing a pause on the Board&#8217;s work.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday.
“The Department welcomes the recommendations of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, which has concluded that countering disinformation that threatens the homeland, and providing the public with accurate information in response, is critical to fulfilling the Department&#8217;s missions,” the DHS said in the <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/08/24/following-hsac-recommendation-dhs-terminates-disinformation-governance-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
“We thank the Subcommittee for its work, which required extensive fact gathering and analysis over a short period of time,” it added.
The Board&#8217;s work was paused in May after Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter co-signed by 20 GOP attorneys general to Mayorkas threatening legal action against the “un-American” Disinformation Governance Board.
“As the chief legal officers of our respective States, we the undersigned Attorneys General are tasked not just with enforcing the laws, but with protecting the constitutional rights of all our citizens,” the GOP leaders <a href="https://www.oag.state.va.us/files/MIYARES2022/DGBLetter_Final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
“Today we write you to insist that you immediately cease taking action that appears designed exclusively for the purpose of suppressing the exercise of constitutional rights,” they added.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-board-is-unconstitutional-and-un-american-sen-cotton-leads-gop-lawmakers-in-effort-to-defund-bidens-disinformation-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill in May to ban federal funding from being used to launch President Joe Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board within the DHS.
Cotton was joined in the <a href="https://www.cotton.senate.gov/download/disinformation-board-bill-text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> with support from a team of 18 co-sponsors.
“The Biden administration wants a government agency dedicated to cracking down on what its subjects can say, an idea popular with Orwellian governments everywhere. This board is unconstitutional and un-American — my bill puts a stop to it,” Cotton said in a <a href="https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-defund-homeland-securitys-disinformation-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
Nina Jankowicz, an author and “expert” on disinformation, resigned as the board’s executive director following the group&#8217;s pause.
“With the Board’s work paused and its future uncertain, and I have decided to leave DHS to return to my work in the public sphere,” Jankowicz said, Wall Street Journal reporter Dustin Volz <a href="https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1526960062194925575?s=20&amp;t=0vPQ89GjQ5Xl8l-VsQt2Uw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “It is deeply disappointing that mischaracterizations of the Board became a distraction from the Department’s vital work, and indeed, along with recent events globally and nationally, embodies why it is necessary. I maintain my commitment to building awareness of disinformation’s threats and trust the Department will do the same.”
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Last week I told <a href="https://twitter.com/NPRMichel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NPRMichel</a>: I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities…which are already shouldering…disproportionate amounts of this abuse.” <a href="https://t.co/GLqMwC3iYH">https://t.co/GLqMwC3iYH</a>
&mdash; Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1518643449225953287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities,” Jankowicz <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/04/16/1093212502/women-face-disproportionate-attacks-online-one-expert-shares-some-of-the-details" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> in a recent NPR interview.
Many Americans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trying-to-intentionally-tank-for-the-number-one-pick-in-the-draft-conservatives-rip-bidens-disinformation-governance-board">expressed</a> concerns over the government’s increased role to censor stories in coordination with Big Tech in an attack on free speech.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called for the abolishment of the proposed board in a searing Twitter post in May.
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Too late. Congress must act now to abolish this censorship board and prevent any future President who doesn’t believe in the Constitution from ever trying it again <a href="https://t.co/nLhZbKyzpe">https://t.co/nLhZbKyzpe</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1521253255954812936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“Congress must act now to abolish this censorship board and prevent any future President who doesn’t believe in the Constitution from ever trying it again,” he tweeted.
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DHS Officially Shuts Down Disinformation Board After Longtime Pause

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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Biden is doing great.
George Orwell’s magnum opus, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/shop/products/1984-by-george-orwell">Nineteen Eighty-Four</a>, features the dangers of a totalitarian government that goes beyond mere exertion of force into redefining the nature of truth itself. In the regime of Big Brother, mere compliance with governmental edicts is not enough — one must submit his heart, soul, mind, and strength to every opinion, policy, and action that the state pursues.
Rather than treating the dystopian novel as a warning, the Biden administration has leveraged its premise as an instruction manual for key practices — to cover its tracks, to grab more power, and to force irrational policies upon the American people.
Disinformation Governance Board
Winston Smith, the protagonist of Nineteen Eighty-Four, finds himself employed at the Ministry of Truth — a government agency tasked with charting official narratives transmitted to the people via propaganda. Smith is charged with rewriting past newspapers to correspond with the party’s worldview before incinerating any documents that may conflict with the new version.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secretary-mayorkas-defends-disinformation-governance-board-from-ministry-of-truth-accusations">launched</a> the Disinformation Governance Board — an entity at the Department of Homeland Security tasked with combating misinformation and dictating truth to the masses. Especially after Nina Jankowicz, an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-demand-answers-from-nina-jankowicz-on-new-disinformation-governance-board">overt partisan</a>, was tapped to lead the board, conservatives blasted the Biden administration for launching its very own Ministry of Truth.
“I confess, I at first thought this announcement was satire. Surely, no American administration would ever use the power of government to sit in judgment on the First Amendment speech of its own citizens,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trying-to-intentionally-tank-for-the-number-one-pick-in-the-draft-conservatives-rip-bidens-disinformation-governance-board">said</a> in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Sadly, I was mistaken. Rather than protecting our border or the American homeland, you have chosen to make policing Americans’ speech your priority. This new board is most certainly unconstitutional and should be dissolved immediately.”
Although the Disinformation Governance Board was eventually forced to stand down — a development the White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-white-house-press-sec-claims-disinformation-mischaracterizations-tanked-disinformation-board">blamed on disinformation</a> — social media companies have also taken the mantle of becoming the arbiters of truth. One day after the Disinformation Governance Board was disbanded, Twitter announced a new round of policies geared toward issuing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/theyre-going-to-get-their-ministry-of-truth-one-way-or-the-other-twitter-announces-crisis-misinformation-policy">warning labels</a> on “false coverage” of the war in Ukraine.
Beyond the Department of Homeland Security, the Biden administration has repeatedly signaled to allies in Silicon Valley that it expects help to push official narratives. Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/psaki-if-you-post-misinformation-online-you-should-be-banned-from-all-social-media-platforms">said</a> last year that social media users “shouldn’t be banned from one platform and not others” if they post “misinformation online.”
In even more Orwellian parallels, Twitter has censored <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-suspends-conservative-pundit-allie-beth-stuckey-for-stating-that-transgender-weightlifter-is-a-man">conservative commentators</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypost-remains-locked-out-of-twitter-a-week-after-publishing-bombshell-hunter-biden-report">entire news outlets</a> for “thoughtcrimes” such as calling transgender athletes by their true sex or publishing reports about Hunter Biden’s laptop weeks before the general election.
Birthing People
Among Big Brother’s most prioritized projects in Nineteen Eighty-Four was the creation and promulgation of “newspeak” — an altered version of the English language meant to recategorize thought such that dissent from the government is impossible.
As Daily Wire host Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman">recently discovered</a>, officials at the highest level of government are incapable of defining the term “woman” — despite their purportedly robust commitment to advancing women’s rights. Indeed, many progressives — including members of the Biden administration — have imported the assumptions of radical gender ideology into the word, which used to simply mean “adult human female.”
Last year, President Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal allocated funds to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-budget-proposal-refers-to-mothers-as-birthing-people">address</a> the “high rate of maternal mortality and race-based disparities in outcomes among birthing people.” The term, which moved from the most radical corners of academia to the halls of the White House in a matter of months, is used to clarify — or, more accurately, obfuscate — that women who still have their uteruses despite hormones and surgeries can give birth.
“When we talk about birthing people, we’re being inclusive. It’s that simple,” pro-abortion group NARAL explained last year. “We use gender-neutral language when talking about pregnancy, because it’s not just cis-gender women that can get pregnant and give birth.”
As with the government in Nineteen Eighty-Four, the term “birthing people” is not meant to forward a rational argument for the case that men can get pregnant. Rather, it is meant to reframe thought and block dissent with radical gender ideology.
What Is A Recession?
In June, progressives failed to define the term “woman.” In July, progressives are trying to redefine the term “recession.”
All signs point to the United States economy soon meeting the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-does-preemptive-damage-control-as-economy-heads-toward-recession">rule-of-thumb definition</a> of a recession, since economic growth appeared to have been negative in the first and second quarters of this year as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walmart-sales-plummet-as-consumers-tighten-their-budgets">consumer spending</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/business-leaders-report-first-output-contraction-since-2020-as-consumers-get-pinched-by-inflation">business activity</a> begin to decline. Rather than answering for the poor economy — which had been recovering until soaring inflation, persistent supply chain issues, and policies against oil and gas production — the Biden administration is devoting its energies to wordplay.
“While some maintain that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP constitute a recession, that is neither the official definition nor the way economists evaluate the state of the business cycle,” the White House said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/07/21/how-do-economists-determine-whether-the-economy-is-in-a-recession/">blog post</a>. “Instead, both official determinations of recessions and economists’ assessment of economic activity are based on a holistic look at the data — including the labor market, consumer and business spending, industrial production, and incomes.”
In a particularly Orwellian imitation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yellen-were-not-in-a-recession-were-in-a-transition-in-which-growth-is-slowing">argued</a> that the United States is not in a “recession,” but rather in a “transition in which growth is slowing” — because in Biden’s America, even the economy transitions instead of being identified by its current state.
“We need to be growing at a steady and sustainable pace,” Yellen said, even though growth is currently negative. “So there is a slowdown and businesses can see that and that’s appropriate, given that people now have jobs and we have a strong labor market.”
Rationing
One of Winston Smith’s tasks at the Ministry of Truth was the fabrication of a newspaper to support Big Brother cutting chocolate rations from 30 grams per week to 20 grams per week. Yet within one day of the policy, the propaganda machine convinced the people that Big Brother had actually raised rations to 20 grams per week — leading to demonstrations of thanksgiving.
In the same manner, President Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-takes-victory-lap-as-gas-prices-inch-downward-still-nearly-twice-as-high-since-his-first-day">took a victory lap</a> after gas prices started to decline from their heights of more than $5.00 per gallon. Despite arguing that his “actions are working” and “prices are coming down” — especially due to his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stunning-amount-of-oil-released-by-biden-found-its-way-to-china-other-countries">steady release</a> of strategic reserve oil, some of which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-sold-nearly-1-million-barrels-of-oil-to-chinese-state-owned-company-tied-to-hunter-biden">found its way</a> to a Chinese company with links to Hunter Biden — he failed to mention that gas was only $2.38 per gallon on the day he assumed office. 
Jared Bernstein, a member of Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/07/19/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-cea-member-jared-bernstein/">added</a> that the administration’s policies have produced “a bit of breathing room in making ends meet” as the market observes “the fastest decline in retail gas prices in a decade.”
In the same manner, the White House has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/04/19/remarks-by-president-biden-on-investments-in-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-law/">repeatedly argued</a> that its first budget “cut the federal deficit” — the difference between government spending and government revenue — by $350 billion, while alleging that the second proposal will slash $1.3 trillion from the deficit. What is missing in this equation, which even <a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/bidens-deficit-spin/">left-wing fact-checkers</a> have called “misleading,” is the fact that deficits reached record highs in 2020 and 2021 because of stimulus packages meant to address the lockdown-induced recession. 
With his most recent budget, President Biden will be presiding over a $1.2 trillion deficit — far higher than any deficit seen before COVID or during the second term of President Barack Obama.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Vice President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/we-will-work-together-kamala-harris-gets-stuck-on-repeat-in-rambling-remarks-at-special-summit/">Kamala Harris</a> announced the launch of a new White House task force on Thursday, aimed at addressing &#8220;online harassment and abuse&#8221; — and critics have raised concerns that in practice, it could be the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-white-house-press-sec-claims-disinformation-mischaracterizations-tanked-disinformation-board/">Disinformation Governance Board</a> under another name.
The task force, according to Thursday&#8217;s announcement, plans to address all online harassment and disinformation but will also focus specifically on the disproportionate online harassment faced by women and girls and people within the LGBTQ community.
The White House issued a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/16/fact-sheet-presidential-memorandum-establishing-the-white-house-task-force-to-address-online-harassment-and-abuse/">press release</a> detailing the task force&#8217;s creation and a number of its objectives going forward.
&#8220;Today, President Biden will sign a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/06/16/memorandum-on-the-establishment-of-the-white-house-task-force-to-address-online-harassment-and-abuse/">Presidential Memorandum</a> establishing the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse, responding to the need for government leadership to address online harms, which disproportionately affect women, girls, people of color, and LGBTQI+ individuals,&#8221; the press release stated, going on to note that the task force would include Attorney General Merrick Garland and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, among others.
The task force&#8217;s primary goal will be to &#8220;produce recommendations for the Federal government, state governments, technology platforms, schools, and other public and private entities to prevent and address technology-facilitated gender-based violence, including a focus on the nexus between online misogyny and radicalization to violence.&#8221;
The task force was also to be instrumental in &#8220;developing programs and policies to address the disproportionate impact of online harassment, abuse, and disinformation campaigns targeting women and LGBTQI+ individuals who are public and political figures, government and civic leaders, activists, and journalists in the United States and globally.&#8221;
But as one reporter noted during Thursday&#8217;s White House press briefing, several of the task force&#8217;s objectives appeared to be very similar to those of the recently-scrapped Disinformation Governance Board.
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Wow &#8211; the Kamala Harris Online Policy Task Force sounds SUSPICIOUSLY like the DHS disinformation board..
Naturally <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> has no answers. <a href="https://t.co/lykn03KHJs">pic.twitter.com/lykn03KHJs</a>
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&#8220;On a background call last night we were told that it&#8217;s going to be different from the Disinformation Governance Board in that it&#8217;s going to focus on illegal conduct online,&#8221; the reporter began. &#8220;But the memo creating it was a little bit broader and it mentioned — I&#8217;m quoting from the document — &#8216;online harassment, abuse, and disinformation campaigns targeting women and LGBTQI+ individuals who are public and political figures.'&#8221;
&#8220;Can you clear up the disinformation part?&#8221; he asked.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre replied that she would &#8220;need to talk to her team,&#8221; and then notes that she was not party to the background call that the reporter had been on the night before.

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New Kamala Harris Task Force Looks A Lot Like The Disinformation Governance Board

Kamala Harris Launches Online Harassment Task Force

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Kamala Harris

A Republican letter to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security">Department of Homeland Security</a> highlights a term apparently used by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">President Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s administration in its proposed discussions of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disinformation-governance-board">Disinformation Governance Board</a>, jokingly dubbed by conservatives &#8220;The Ministry of Truth.&#8221;
Republicans Senators <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charles-grassley">Chuck Grassley</a> of Iowa and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-hawley">Josh Hawley</a> of Missouri <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_hawley_to_deptofhomelandsecuritydisinformationgovernanceboard.pdf">called on DHS</a> on Tuesday to &#8220;provide additional clarity regarding its policies and procedures for identifying (mis-, dis- or mal-information), as well as its efforts to ‘operationalize’ public-private partnerships and the steps it is taking to ensure it does not infringe on the constitutional rights of American citizens.&#8221;
The term &#8220;malinformation,&#8221; according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/mdm">refers to information</a> &#8220;based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, harm, or manipulate.&#8221;
DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment or provide an example of malinformation to The Daily Wire.
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Thanks to a patriotic whistleblower, we now know the Biden DHS was planning to coordinate with Big Tech to track Americans’ speech with its unconstitutional Disinformation Board <a href="https://t.co/3GUU066SMC">pic.twitter.com/3GUU066SMC</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1534929455227060226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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After a whistleblower came forward with documents about the proposed Disinformation Governance Board, the Republican senators are asking DHS to explain how it planned to coordinate with social media companies in classifying content as being threatening to the public.
The Republicans warned that they have obtained internal DHS records showing that &#8220;DGB was designed to exert a powerful influence over the government’s efforts to crack down on disinformation in areas where there are ‘clear, objective facts’” — and that DHS was not just focused on foreign disinformation, but also COVID vaccines, masks, elections, and other domestic issues.
The Disinformation Governance Board first was publicly announced by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in April shortly after Elon Musk announced he had brokered a deal to purchase Twitter, sparking liberal concerns that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-now-complains-elections-could-be-swayed-through-twitter-censorship">elections could be swayed</a> through Twitter’s targeting of political parties or candidates.
After massive backlash, DHS announced that it had paused the board in May and President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the body, disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz, additionally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-disinformation-chief-resigns-after-homeland-security-puts-board-on-hold">announced her resignation</a>.

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Letter To DHS Secretary Highlights New Term From Biden Administration’s ‘Ministry Of Truth’

Letter To DHS Secretary Highlights New Term From Biden Administration's 'Ministry Of Truth'

Chuck Grassley

Josh Hawley

Republicans

Just one day after the White House confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s Disinformation Governance Board had been put on hold — and that board chief Nina Jankowicz had resigned — Twitter announced plans to implement a new &#8220;crisis misinformation policy.&#8221;
The plan, according to a tweet from @TwitterSafety, would be implemented to ensure that Twitter as a platform did not amplify or contribute to the spread of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/our-concerns-are-not-new-psaki-wont-mention-musk-by-name-warns-twitter-could-still-promote-misinformation/">misinformation</a>.
&#8220;People turn to Twitter during crisis times to share news, find support, and stay connected. Today, we’re launching a crisis misinformation policy so Twitter doesn’t recommend or amplify viral, false content that can further harm already vulnerable groups,&#8221; the tweet read.
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People turn to Twitter during crisis times to share news, find support, and stay connected. Today, we’re launching a crisis misinformation policy so Twitter doesn’t recommend or amplify viral, false content that can further harm already vulnerable groups.<a href="https://t.co/NyhoGo5RQU">https://t.co/NyhoGo5RQU</a>
&mdash; Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1527318176119554049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We’ve been refining our approach to crisis misinformation, drawing on input from global experts and human rights organizations. As part of this new framework, we’ll start adding warning notices on high visibility misleading Tweets related to the war in Ukraine,&#8221; the thread continued.
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We’ve been refining our approach to crisis misinformation, drawing on input from global experts and human rights organizations. As part of this new framework, we’ll start adding warning notices on high visibility misleading Tweets related to the war in Ukraine. <a href="https://t.co/fr0NGleJXP">pic.twitter.com/fr0NGleJXP</a>
&mdash; Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1527318183191126019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2022/introducing-our-crisis-misinformation-policy">lengthier explanation</a> from Yoel Roth, Twitter&#8217;s head of Safety and Integrity, introduced the measure as &#8220;a global policy that will guide our efforts to elevate credible, authoritative information, and will help to ensure viral misinformation isn’t amplified or recommended by us during crises.&#8221;
The ultimate goal, Roth said, was to prevent Twitter from becoming party to misleading information that could then &#8220;undermine public trust and cause further harm.&#8221;
Roth included a list of things that users could expect to see warning labels attached to:
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<li>False coverage or event reporting, or information that mischaracterizes conditions on the ground as a conflict evolves;</li>
<li>False allegations regarding use of force, incursions on territorial sovereignty, or around the use of weapons;</li>
<li>Demonstrably false or misleading allegations of war crimes or mass atrocities against specific populations;</li>
<li>False information regarding international community response, sanctions, defensive actions, or humanitarian operations.</li>
</ul>
&#8220;Strong commentary, efforts to debunk or fact check, and personal anecdotes or first person accounts do not fall within the <a href="https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/crisis-misinformation">scope of the policy</a>,&#8221; Roth concluded.
But critics were immediately wary of the new policy.
Nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1527349539715239949">commented</a>, &#8220;They’re gonna get their Ministry of Truth one way or the other folks.&#8221;
&#8220;Brought to you by the same people that told you Hunter’s laptop was &#8216;Russian disinformation,'&#8221; Michael Seifert <a href="https://twitter.com/realmichaelseif/status/1527363012687867914">added</a>.
&#8220;Twitter is doubling down on trying to censor dissent,&#8221; Kyle Lamb <a href="https://twitter.com/kylamb8/status/1527356552436338692">tweeted</a>. &#8220;They want to only amplify professional liars.&#8221;
&#8220;So, is Twitter taking the place of Biden’s Disinfo Board?&#8221; Emma Woodhouse <a href="https://twitter.com/EWoodhouse7/status/1527355334763102213">wanted to know</a>.
&#8220;LOL Good thing I wasn&#8217;t drinking anything. Could have drowned,&#8221; @stonekettle <a href="https://twitter.com/Stonekettle/status/1527364649250762776">quipped</a>.

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‘They’re Going To Get Their Ministry Of Truth One Way Or The Other’: Twitter Announces ‘Crisis Misinformation Policy’

Twitter Announces 'Crisis Misinformation Policy'

Dana Loesch

Twitter

New White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre argued that disinformation spread by critics of President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration were responsible for putting the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s Disinformation Governance Board on hold.
Jean-Pierre took questions on the topic at Wednesday&#8217;s press briefing, after it was announced earlier in the day that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/bidens-disinformation-chief-resigns-after-homeland-security-puts-board-on-hold/">the board was on hold</a> and the woman who had been tapped to head it up — Nina Jankowicz — had resigned.
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DOOCY TIME: &quot;Last wk, you guys said&#8230;you needed the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS to make sure&#8230;freedom of speech is protected across the country &amp; that these platforms are not used for forums of disinformation&#8230;What changed?&quot;
KJP laments it&#39;s been &quot;mischaracterized&quot; <a href="https://t.co/U7SwoonTZ3">pic.twitter.com/U7SwoonTZ3</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1527011162461716481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Last week, you guys said that you needed the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS to make sure that freedom of speech is protected across the country and that these platforms are not used for forums of disinformation,&#8221; Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy said, asking, &#8220;So, what changed?&#8221;
Jean-Pierre noted that the official statement from DHS had been that the board had been &#8220;intentionally mischaracterized&#8221; despite the administration&#8217;s efforts to &#8220;explicitly&#8221; detail what the board would and would not do.
&#8220;It was never about censorship, policing speech, or removing content from anywhere,&#8221; Jean-Pierre continued, adding that the goal was to make sure that DHS was aware of threats posed by disinformation pushed by foreign actors. She went on to say that while the board was on hold, the mission would continue regardless.
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Doocy: &quot;So, if it&#39;s pausing b/c you think the board was mischaracterized, then the Disinformation Board is being shut down b/c of disinformation? Is that what&#39;s happening here?&quot;
KJP: &quot;Look&#8230;it&#39;s going to pause. There&#39;s been a mischaracterations [sic] from outside forces.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KWzUHqSrrg">pic.twitter.com/KWzUHqSrrg</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1527012377631371264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So, if it&#8217;s pausing because you think the board was mischaracterized, then the Disinformation Board is being shut down because of disinformation? Is that what&#8217;s happening here?&#8221; Doocy asked.
&#8220;Look, I mean the board was put forth for a purpose, right? To make sure that we really did address what was happening across the country when it came to misinformation,&#8221;Jean-Pierre pushed back.
&#8220;And it&#8217;s okay to wait now 75 days?&#8221; Doocy pressed.
&#8220;Well, no it&#8217;s just — it&#8217;s going to pause. There&#8217;s been a mischaracterations [sic] from outside forces,&#8221; Jean-Pierre said again, once more promising that even though the board was going to &#8220;pause&#8221; for reevaluation, officials within the DHS still planned to continued the work.
&#8220;The work doesn&#8217;t stop. We&#8217;re still going to continue the work, the DHS is still going to continue the work,&#8221; Jean-Pierre said.
Jean-Pierre&#8217;s comments echoed the framing of a report that broke Wednesday morning at The Washington Post — written by Taylor Lorenz — which claimed essentially that the board was derailed by a &#8220;coordinated&#8221; attack campaign promoted by Right-wing activists and had resulted in such &#8220;harassment&#8221; that Jankowicz had ultimately resigned.
Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald mocked the framing in a series of tweets, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s a cause of momentary celebration that the Department of Homeland Security was forced by popular anger to &#8216;pause&#8217; its Disinformation Board and the absurd #Resistance cartoon they hired to run it, but read this to see how angry Post and @TaylorLorenz are that this happened.&#8221;
&#8220;Investigating and criticizing a Homeland Security official is now &#8216;harassment&#8217; and bullying according to the WashPost and @TaylorLorenz. Only ordinary citizens can be investigated — not high-level U.S. Security State operatives. Them&#8217;s the rules,&#8221; he continued.
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Investigating and criticizing a Homeland Security official is now &quot;harassment&quot; and bullying, according to the WashPost and <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaylorLorenz</a>.
Only ordinary citizens can be investigated &#8212; not high-level US Security State operatives. Them&#39;s the rules:<a href="https://t.co/rtHpupbeMw">https://t.co/rtHpupbeMw</a>
&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1526946701310840832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Press Briefing Held By White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre And National Security Advisor Sullivan

New White House Press Sec Claims Disinformation, ‘Mischaracterizations’ Tanked Disinformation Board

Karine Jean-Pierre Claims Disinformation Tanked Disinformation Board

Karine Jean-Pierre

Peter Doocy

White House

On Wednesday, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/18/disinformation-board-dhs-nina-jankowicz/">reported</a> that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was pausing its Disinformation Governance Board that supposedly intended to monitor issues online relating to &#8220;national security.&#8221; Shortly after, President Joe Biden&#8217;s pick to lead the body, dubbed the &#8220;Ministry of Truth&#8221; by critics, announced her resignation.
Wall Street Journal reporter Dustin Volz <a href="https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1526956440228872193?s=20&amp;t=0vPQ89GjQ5Xl8l-VsQt2Uw">confirmed</a> Wednesday morning a story first reported by The Washington Post which claimed that DHS had put the kibosh on the newly created board on Monday &#8220;amid internal confusion and uncertainty about its future.&#8221; Volz added that Nina Jankowicz, an author and &#8220;expert&#8221; on disinformation, was resigning as the board&#8217;s executive director.
&#8220;With the Board&#8217;s work paused and its future uncertain, and I have decided to leave DHS to return to my work in the public sphere,&#8221; Jankowicz <a href="https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1526960062194925575?s=20&amp;t=0vPQ89GjQ5Xl8l-VsQt2Uw">said</a>, Volz reported. &#8220;It is deeply disappointing that mischaracterizations of the Board became a distraction from the Department&#8217;s vital work, and indeed, along with recent events globally and nationally, embodies why it is necessary. I maintain my commitment to building awareness of disinformation&#8217;s threats and trust the Department will do the same.&#8221;
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Statement from <a href="https://twitter.com/wiczipedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wiczipedia</a>: &quot;With the Board’s work paused and its future uncertain, and I have decided to leave DHS to return to my work in the public sphere. It is deeply disappointing that mischaracterizations of the Board became a distraction from the Department’s vital work&quot; <a href="https://t.co/AG8GjoFp1i">pic.twitter.com/AG8GjoFp1i</a>
&mdash; Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) <a href="https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1526960062194925575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Post reported that the disinformation board was not actually intended to censor speech, but rather protect it, as one source told the paper.
The Post&#8217;s source placed the blame for the board&#8217;s collapse at the hands of DHS for being unprepared to handle so-called &#8220;disinformation campaigns&#8221; from Right-wing media. The paper implied that conservatives were lying about the board, but conservatives have argued that the vagueness of the board&#8217;s mission meant it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-federal-censorship-coming-biden-admin-creating-disinformation-governance-board-report">could potentially be used</a> in conjunction with Big Tech to censor certain stories deemed &#8220;national security threats&#8221; by some gatekeepers, thereby trampling on free speech.
The board was also announced shortly after former President Barack Obama delivered a speech calling for the federal government and private leaders to work hand in hand to combat disinformation related to &#8220;national security threats.&#8221;
In late April of this year, Obama stated that he believed that “<a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1517333877580197888?s=20&amp;t=igo9GF8zFLCBSqSwznkybw">some democratic oversight</a>” was needed on the internet to supposedly protect democracies from disinformation.
“I believe we should use every tool at our disposal to secure our greatest gift – a government of, by, and for the people – for generations to come,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1517333885255790592?s=20&amp;t=igo9GF8zFLCBSqSwznkybw">added</a>.
Critics speculated that the board would be used towards those ends.

Biden’s Disinformation ‘Chief’ Resigns After Homeland Security Puts Board On Hold

Biden's Disinformation Governance Board Placed On Pause, Nina Jankowicz Resigns

Washington Post

Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter signed by 20 GOP attorneys general on Thursday to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas threatening legal action against its &#8216;un-American&#8217; Disinformation Governance Board.
The <a href="https://www.oag.state.va.us/files/MIYARES2022/DGBLetter_Final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> claims that the new board violates the constitutional freedoms that attorneys general are called to defend.
&#8220;As the chief legal officers of our respective States, we the undersigned Attorneys General are tasked not just with enforcing the laws, but with protecting the constitutional rights of all our citizens,&#8221; the GOP leaders wrote.
&#8220;Today we write you to insist that you immediately cease taking action that appears designed exclusively for the purpose of suppressing the exercise of constitutional rights,&#8221; they added.
The letter also condemned the chilling impact the board would have on the free speech rights of Americans.
&#8220;The existence of the Disinformation Governance Board will inevitably have a chilling effect on free speech. Americans will hesitate before they voice their constitutionally protected opinions, knowing that the government’s censors may be watching, and some will decide it is safer to keep their opinions to themselves,&#8221; the letter stated.
The Republican attorneys general concluded with a warning of legal action if the Disinformation Governance Board moves forward.
&#8220;Unless you turn back now and disband this Orwellian Disinformation Governance Board immediately, the undersigned will have no choice but to consider judicial remedies to protect the rights of their citizens,&#8221; the letter concluded.
Miyares also released a statement along with the letter to reaffirm the need to protect free speech from the proposed DHS board.
“Freedom of speech is the bedrock of democracy. Instead of protecting and fostering it, this administration wants to create an organization that would have federal bureaucrats monitoring citizens’ speech. This would undoubtedly lead to Americans self-censoring their ideas and debates. I am concerned about the spread of false information, but creating a federal agency to police speech is not the way to address it. As the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I cannot stand by as the rights of every Virginian are being threatened. The war on the First Amendment must stop,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.oag.state.va.us/media-center/news-releases/2372-may-5-2022-attorney-general-miyares-leads-multistate-letter-urging-biden-administration-to-stop-their-attack-on-the-first-amendment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
In addition to Virginia, the other states represented in the letter include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.
The effort comes following another letter by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent to new Disinformation Governance Board leader Nina Jankowicz asking her to provide testimony regarding her new role.
The letter was signed by Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, a ranking member of the committee, along with 11 additional GOP House Judiciary Committee members.
“This Board is un-American, anti-democratic, and a dangerous escalation of the Biden Administration’s embrace of government-endorsed censorship,” the GOP leaders wrote to Jankowicz.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Judiciary Republicans seek testimony from Nina Jankowicz on the newly established so-called &quot;Disinformation Governance Board.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/letSY3ya08">pic.twitter.com/letSY3ya08</a>
&mdash; House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1522252341767987200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, the DHS announced in a press release that there has already been confusion about the new board that is leading to a new assessment of its work.
&#8220;There has been confusion about the working group, its role, and its activities. The reaction to this working group has prompted DHS to assess what steps we should take to build the trust needed for the Department to be effective in this space,&#8221; the DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/05/02/fact-sheet-dhs-internal-working-group-protects-free-speech-other-fundamental-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.

Miyares

20 GOP Attorneys General Threaten Legal Action Over ‘Un-American’ Disinformation Board

20 GOP Attorneys General Threaten Legal Action Over 'Un-American' Disinformation Board

Attorney General

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to new Disinformation Governance Board leader Nina Jankowicz asking her to provide testimony regarding her new role within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The letter was signed by Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, a ranking member of the committee, along with 11 additional GOP House Judiciary Committee members.
“This Board is un-American, anti-democratic, and a dangerous escalation of the Biden Administration’s embrace of government-endorsed censorship,” the GOP leaders wrote to Jankowicz.
“In addition, judging from your past statements, Americans can not and should not trust you with your newfound authority to act as the Biden Administration’s arbiter of the truth,” the letter added.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Judiciary Republicans seek testimony from Nina Jankowicz on the newly established so-called &quot;Disinformation Governance Board.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/letSY3ya08">pic.twitter.com/letSY3ya08</a>
&mdash; House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1522252341767987200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The committee strongly spoke against the formation of the new board, claiming there should not be a government group limiting the free speech rights of Americans.
“The ability of Americans to engage in robust debate and conversation is the foundation of American politics, and there is no place for a de facto ministry of truth in our government. The very idea of a ministry of truth should be revolting to all Americans who hold our Bill of Rights in high regard,” the letter said.
The letter requested that Jankowicz provide all documents and communications relating to the creation of the board by May 19, including interactions between the board and social media companies.
In addition to concerns about the new disinformation governing board, Republican leaders have expressed problems with Jankowicz as the leader of the new group, especially regarding some of her own past social media videos and statements.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayorkas-admits-dhs-chose-disinfo-czar-without-knowing-about-her-social-media-videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> during a Wednesday hearing that he was “not aware” of the videos posted on social media by Jankowicz.
Mayorkas made the concerning statement in response to questions from a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about the board and the decision to appoint Jankowicz to lead it.
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KENNEDY: &quot;When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They&#39;re really quite precocious.&quot;
MAYORKAS: &quot;I was not aware of those videos.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/eBgbwDMpok">pic.twitter.com/eBgbwDMpok</a>
&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1521865178513563648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They’re really quite precocious,” Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) asked, referencing now-viral videos of Jankowicz singing about disinformation to the tune of the “Mary Poppins” song, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
“I was not aware of those videos,” Mayorkas replied.
Some GOP leaders are also seeking to defund the new Disinformation Governance Board before it begins.
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban federal funding from being used to launch the new DHS board.
Cotton was joined in the <a href="https://www.cotton.senate.gov/download/disinformation-board-bill-text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> with support from a team of 18 co-sponsors among the Senate’s Republicans.
“The Biden administration wants a government agency dedicated to cracking down on what its subjects can say, an idea popular with Orwellian governments everywhere. This board is unconstitutional and un-American—my bill puts a stop to it,” Cotton said in a <a href="https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-defund-homeland-securitys-disinformation-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley also took a strong position against the new board in a Twitter post on Monday.
&#8220;Congress must act now to abolish this censorship board and prevent any future President who doesn’t believe in the Constitution from ever trying it again,&#8221; he wrote.
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Too late. Congress must act now to abolish this censorship board and prevent any future President who doesn’t believe in the Constitution from ever trying it again <a href="https://t.co/nLhZbKyzpe">https://t.co/nLhZbKyzpe</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1521253255954812936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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House Republicans Demand Answers From Nina Jankowicz On New ‘Disinformation Governance Board’

Judiciary Republicans Demand Answers From Nina Jankowicz On New 'Disinformation Governance Board'

House Republicans

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas conceded during a Wednesday hearing that he was &#8220;not aware&#8221; of some of the videos posted on social media by Nina Jankowicz, who was tapped by his department last week to head the Disinformation Governance Board.
Mayorkas fielded questions from a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about the recently-announced board and the decision to appoint Jankowicz to lead it.
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KENNEDY: &quot;When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They&#39;re really quite precocious.&quot;
MAYORKAS: &quot;I was not aware of those videos.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/eBgbwDMpok">pic.twitter.com/eBgbwDMpok</a>
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&#8220;When the department picked [Nina Jankowicz], was the department aware of her Tik Tok videos? They&#8217;re really quite precocious,&#8221; Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) asked, referencing now viral videos of Jankowicz singing about disinformation to the tune of the &#8220;Mary Poppins&#8221; song, &#8220;Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.&#8221;
&#8220;I was not aware of those videos,&#8221; Mayorkas replied.
The video Kennedy referenced was posted by Jankowicz on February 17, 2021, with the caption, &#8220;You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation.&#8221;
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You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation 💁🏻‍♀️ <a href="https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn">https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn</a> <a href="https://t.co/WVQFA2bPmq">pic.twitter.com/WVQFA2bPmq</a>
&mdash; Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1362153807879303171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Other comments she has made on social media — including referring to the New York Post&#8217;s story about Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop as Russian disinformation — led Republicans and even CNN anchor Dana Bash to question Mayorkas as to whether or not he believes Jankowicz is capable of leading the Disinformation Governance Board without allowing her own <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/my-ears-want-to-commit-suicide-greg-gutfeld-bashes-thought-police-over-new-chiefs-mary-poppins-mash-up/">personal political views</a> to affect her job.
Bash <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/guarantee-that-dana-bash-corners-mayorkas-with-concerns-disinfo-board-will-monitor-americans/">pressed Mayorkas</a> on the matter on Sunday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; asking him to &#8220;guarantee&#8221; that the board would not monitor Americans in its efforts to root out disinformation.
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Mayorkas: Nina Jankowicz “eminently qualified” to lead disinformation board; “absolutely” neutral politically
Mayorkas also obfuscates on whether he’d support the same effort under Trump <a href="https://t.co/9N1d0Pgny0">pic.twitter.com/9N1d0Pgny0</a>
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Mayorkas insisted that Jankowicz would &#8220;absolutely&#8221; be neutral in that position, but did not have a direct answer when Bash countered with a question about whether he would support a similar board being stood up under an administration headed by former President Donald Trump.
&#8220;Would you be okay if Donald Trump were president, if he created this disinformation governance board? Or — if it is in place and he wins again in 2024 — that he’s in charge of such a thing?” Bash asked.
Mayorkas evaded the direct question, saying instead, &#8220;I believe that this working group, that gathers together best practices, makes sure that our work is coordinated, consistent with those best practices, that we’re safeguarding the right of free speech, that we’re safeguarding civil liberties, I think, is an extraordinarily important endeavor.&#8221;

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