{"id":3365,"date":"2022-05-18T20:51:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T20:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2022-05-18T21:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:41:09","slug":"dhs-shuts-down-bidens-ministry-of-truth-after-fierce-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=3365","title":{"rendered":"DHS Shuts Down Biden\u2019s Ministry of Truth After Fierce Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ministry of Truth has been put on hold and might be shut down.<\/p>\n<p>What a shame \ud83d\ude03 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ou7wanCHoJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Ou7wanCHoJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suzy (@Suzy_NotSuzy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suzy_NotSuzy\/status\/1526949970158690305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>May 18, 2022 at 04:39PM&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/PRjoBgl\">DHS Shuts Down Biden\u2019s Ministry of Truth After Fierce Backlash<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Biden administration is putting its Orwellian Disinformation Governance Board on \u201cpause\u201d just three weeks after rolling it out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multiple employees with the Department of Homeland Security said that its Disinformation Governance Board has been shut down on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/05\/18\/disinformation-board-dhs-nina-jankowicz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to <em>The Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Its chair, Nina Jankowicz aka the \u201cMary Poppins of Disinformation\u201d, submitted her letter of resignation a day later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Tuesday night,&nbsp;Jankowicz&nbsp;was pulled into an urgent call with DHS officials who gave her the choice to stay on, even as the department\u2019s work was put on hold because of the backlash it faced, according to multiple people with knowledge of the call,\u201d <em>The Post<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS lashed out against free speech advocates following the board\u2019s shutdown, vowing to continue its \u201cdisinformation work\u201d one way or another:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNina Jankowicz has been subjected to unjustified and vile personal attacks and physical threats,\u201d a DHS spokesperson told <em>WaPo<\/em>&nbsp;in a statement. \u201cIn congressional hearings and in media interviews, the Secretary has repeatedly defended her as eminently qualified and underscored the importance of the Department\u2019s disinformation work, and he will continue to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Disinformation Governance Board faced intense criticism as soon as it was announced last April, prompting DHS chief Alejandro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/dhs-chief-mayorkas-gaslights-disinformation-board-wont-police-free-speech-or-monitor-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayorkas to come out in defense of the board<\/a>, claiming it wouldn\u2019t police free speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear, I mean, those criticisms are precisely the opposite of what this small working group within the Department of Homeland Security will do,\u201d Mayorkas said. \u201cAnd I think we probably could have done a better job of communicating what it does and does not do. The fact is that disinformation that creates a threat to the security of the homeland is our responsibility to address. And this department has been addressing it for years.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The DHS announcement of the board came just days after billionaire Elon Musk declared he would buy Twitter to restore free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Jankowicz\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/29\/joe-bidens-disinformation-chief-nina-jankowicz-called-herself-mary-poppins-disinformation-tik-tok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ridiculous antics<\/a> and accusations that anybody who doesn\u2019t subscribe to the official government narrative are \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d also compounded the backlash.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s blatant effort to censor free speech was so egregious that <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/nation\/states\/center-square\/20-ags-demand-mayorkas-disband-disinformation-board-threaten-legal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">20 attorneys general demanded<\/a> the DHS disband the disinformation board.<\/p>\n<p>The coup de grace came Monday when <em>Revolver News<\/em> released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolver.news\/2022\/05\/biden-minster-of-truth-nina-jankowicz-and-the-secret-nato-funded-cabal-to-subvert-western-democracies-using-disinformation-as-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">damning report<\/a> revealing that Jankowicz and the board itself are a product of a now-defunct clandestine psychological operation project funded by NATO called the \u201cIntegrity Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Integrity Initiative \u2018defended democracy\u2019 by recruiting secretive \u2018clusters\u2019 of academics, national security bureaucrats, journalists, think tankers, and lobbyists in multiple European countries. These clusters would then be engaged in various ways to address nation-specific threats of so-called \u2018Russian disinformation,&#8217;\u201d <em>Revolver News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-libs-of-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doxxer<\/a> Taylor Lorenz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/05\/18\/disinformation-board-dhs-nina-jankowicz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blamed the Ministry of Truth\u2019s demise on social media<\/a> in the WaPo article titled, \u201cHow the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJankowicz\u2019s experience is a prime example of how the right-wing Internet apparatus operates, where far-right influencers attempt to identify a target, present a narrative and then repeat mischaracterizations across social media and websites with the aim of discrediting and attacking anyone who seeks to challenge them,\u201d Lorenz wrote Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Jankowicz\u2019s shady disinformation dealing regarding Russia in this powerful report:<\/p>\n<p>Jankowicz admitted in a phone call with Jason Goodman of Crowdsource The Truth that she began work for the now-shuttered disinformation board as early as March:<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ifw-player\" data-video-id=\"627d7e9b781d7f6f3261cd04\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/infowarsmedia.com\/js\/player.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ifw-player\" data-video-id=\"627939d619ec2760e3a8034c\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/infowarsmedia.com\/js\/player.js\" async=\"\"><\/script>via Infowars<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Truth has been put on hold and might be shut down. What&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-government"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=1566%2C874&ssl=1",1566,874,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=300%2C167&ssl=1",300,167,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=640%2C358&ssl=1",640,358,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=640%2C358&ssl=1",640,358,true],"rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"rpg_gallery_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=1536%2C857&ssl=1",1536,857,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=1566%2C874&ssl=1",1566,874,true],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?resize=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=1024%2C572&ssl=1",1024,572,true],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?resize=720%2C380&ssl=1",720,380,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Peter Santilli"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Featured Stories<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?cat=218\" rel=\"category\">Government<\/a>","tag_info":"Government","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-18-at-4.36.24-PM.png?fit=1566%2C874&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/plD2r-Sh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3365"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3373,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3365\/revisions\/3373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}