State Department documents reveal secret plans to route ‘censorship’ office to new hub

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-03 16:12:31 | Updated at 2025-01-09 09:00:25 5 days ago

State Department documents reveal secret plans to route ‘censorship’ office to new hub
Washington Examiner ^

Posted on 01/03/2025 7:43:30 AM PST by TigerClaws

EXCLUSIVE — The State Department has crafted plans to distribute staffers from a shuttered office accused of censoring conservatives to a new internal “hub” that will coordinate its activities, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner.

The Global Engagement Center, the office that Republicans accused of working with groups aiming to demonetize right-leaning media outlets in the United States, shut down in late 2024 upon lawmakers agreeing to no longer fund it. However, in a non-public letter to members of Congress on Dec. 6, the State Department outlined its plans to “realign” more than 50 GEC officials and tens of millions of dollars in funding to a hub purporting to counter foreign interference, documents show.

The plans, which have not been reported on until now, will likely lead to investigations from Republicans into the State Department’s handling of the GEC’s closure.

TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: censorship; globlengagementcentr

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1 posted on 01/03/2025 7:43:30 AM PST by TigerClaws

To: TigerClaws

2 posted on 01/03/2025 7:43:46 AM PST by TigerClaws

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3 posted on 01/03/2025 7:48:16 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)

To: TigerClaws

Much like the “closing” of the various corporate DEI departments, they’re removing the headstones but leaving the bodies in place.

4 posted on 01/03/2025 7:48:19 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)

To: TigerClaws

Sounds like commies to me.

5 posted on 01/03/2025 7:53:31 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)

To: TigerClaws

It's very difficult to fire a government employee but it's perfectly legit to cut an entire working group and eliminate the job positions.

The Biidens are trying to prevent the firing of these creeps by sending them to new individual job positions to allow them to burrow back into the government until the next Democrat administration.

6 posted on 01/03/2025 7:53:58 AM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )

To: CatOwner

Great metaphor! I agree. The left doesn’t surrender that easily.

To: TigerClaws

Evil will always seek a way.
EOrder from DJT on day 1. Anyone participating in violation of spirit of 1stAmend as part of their gov’mt job loses that job. Regardless of what is censored. If you do it, you are out.

This will not stop, but will encourage ratting out those that do. And, that will result in jail terms.

8 posted on 01/03/2025 8:02:05 AM PST by bobbo666

To: TigerClaws

We can’t close the State Department.

We have to completely gut it and rebuild it. It’s sabotaging the will of the American people, and undermining the Constitution. Censorship of Americans has no place in Government, especially not in the State Department. The attempts to ‘move’ and ‘mask’ the censorship strongly suggest a complete overhaul of all leadership, and many employees and practices, is required.

9 posted on 01/03/2025 8:02:37 AM PST by Pete Dovgan

To: Libloather

Commies? Maybe. But often the communists are more honest. The Soviets had a Department of Agitation and Propaganda. Our government has never been that transparent.

10 posted on 01/03/2025 8:10:41 AM PST by csn vinnie

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