Rubio ends controversial State Department hub tracking foreign disinformation
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the closure of the State Department unit on Wednesday.
- Conservatives had long criticized the Global Engagement Center for alleged censorship of conservative viewpoints.
- The office, also known as R/FIMI, aimed to counter disinformation from nations like Russia, China, and Iran.
- In 2023, Elon Musk called the center the "worst offender in US government censorship media manipulation".
- The closure leaves the State Department without a dedicated office for countering foreign disinformation, raising concerns.
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Marco Rubio brags about defending freedom of speech while eagerly undermining it
Writing in The Federalist this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio brags that he is protecting freedom of speech by ending his department's misbegotten crusade against "disinformation." Yet Rubio is simultaneously undermining freedom of speech by targeting anti-Israel activists for deportation because he deems their opinions harmful to U.S. foreign policy interests. More generally, Rubio's ringing defense of First Amendment rights is hard to ta…

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In another victory for the American people, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has shuttered Joe Biden’s un-American department of censorship putting an end to Biden’s efforts to eliminate the First Amendment and to give the Democrats the power to control the media. On Wednesday, Rubio reported that he had shuttered the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation […] The post Another Victory: Marco Rubio Ends Biden’s Department of Censorship appeared f…
State Department Axes Over $200 Million In Taxpayer-Funded Foreign Grants
by Wallace White at CDN - The State Department axed over $200 million in foreign grants funded by taxpayer dollars, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Free Beacon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio slashed around $214 million from 139 grants made by the agency, which focused on foreign assistance programs, including a “media sustainability” program for Moldova costing $14.6 … Click to read the rest HERE-> State Department Axes Over $200…
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