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This is incredible.

The Biden Admin is revoking clearances on the basis of the independent news sources that agents read.

There must be accountability. @HouseAppropsGOP it is time to make the FBI budget fall with its fall in public trust.
In Jan 2021, Democrats tried to achieve this power legislatively with Steph Murphy’s (D-FL) “Security Clearance Improvement Act.”

That bill sought to ban anyone who believed in “conspiracy theories” from holding a security clearance.

clearancejobsblog.com/the-security-c… Image
As Revolver News pointed out, virtually everything the CIA does is a “conspiracy.” That’s why clandestine services exist — so they can conspire.

To ban belief in “conspiracy theories” is to ban clearance holders from believing their own job description.

revolver.news/2021/03/democr…

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May 18
Sensitive subject. Hungary is home to a proud people under enormous pressure from the US & EU to adopt neoliberal beliefs & NATO control measures they strongly oppose.

China offers them value, without giving up their values. What does US offer?
I used to travel to Budapest every year. ~5 years ago, I remember being shocked that when you get off the plane to Budapest, the first thing you see is a giant sign promoting the Chinese Renmimbi. You see this ad before you even see a Hungarian flag or “welcome to Hungary” sign.
When you walk around Oktogon Square in downtown Budapest, the tallest building in the square has a sign for the Bank of China.

This can be quite surprising to see as a American, who instinctively assumes Western hegemony in Eastern Europe. ImageImage
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May 17
The state of Montana just banned TikTok.

It is now illegal to download the app there. Any platform that allows access to TikTok or ability to download it will have to pay a fine of $10,000 per DAY.

latimes.com/world-nation/s… ImageImage
I have many good NatSec friends who will disagree with me, but I see this as a dark day in history of the Internet.

The big winner here is Google/YouTube, who surely lobbied like hell to kill its competition.

What case will USG make to Europe about a “free & open Internet” now?
For years, US citizens heard dark stories of China’s “Great Firewall” & how deprived of freedom the Chinese are for being blocked from US sites.

Well guess what? Montana just made “freedom martyrs” out of every 16 y/o punished for trying to fit in w/ their friends in NYC & LA.
Read 6 tweets
May 15
My take on the censorship situation in Turkey
It’s hard to overstate how critical Turkey’s alliance (political capture) was to US interests during the Cold War.

Turkey is the gateway to the East. It’s the only entry point from Mediterranean to the Black Sea.

Vital transshipment for arms, drugs, & all trade in Eurasia. Image
Turkey played a crucial role in NATO’s Operation Gladio. It was the key country connecting US ops in Eurasia & SE Asia to NATO allies (both overworld & underworld) in Italy and France.

And Turkey’s gate over Black Sea makes it key to defense of Ukraine.

Read 6 tweets
May 11
🚨Censorship Hearing Superthread🚨

In this thread, I will be covering a critically important House Homeland Security hearing on the DHS’s role in the censorship industry.

Analysis & live reactions below:

youtube.com/live/HY_hMVRF5…
2. I note upfront a bit of personal pride: it was our foundation, @FFO_Freedom, that coined the phrase “censorship laundering” and has laid the groundwork for accountability that is happening today.

For a full primer background, see here:

foundationforfreedomonline.com/dhs-censorship…
3. Chairman Dan Bishop is absolutely killing it with his introductory remarks. Pitch perfect. He just put a video clip first discovered and published by @FFO_Freedom on the Congressional Jumbotron for all Americans to see.

It shows DHS plot w/ EIP:

rumble.com/v1nd5vy-eip-fi…
Read 15 tweets
May 11
Great thread on Google as an arm of the intelligence community:
For more on Google’s origins in intelligence intrigues, check out the deep dive we did at FFO:
foundationforfreedomonline.com/?page_id=875
Google, the censorship industry, and the CIA’s “birds of a feather” political tracking program:

From our FFO report ImageImage
Read 4 tweets
May 9
THREAD🧵: New docs obtained by @America1stLegal show DHS plan to produce videos training bystanders to take action against political speech by “Middle-Aged Pro Life Advocates” & “Old High School Friends” who are “Budding Conspiracy Theorists.”

Report: foundationforfreedomonline.com/dhs-video-seri…
2. Not content with only a Ministry of Truth, an Internet censorship bureau, and even a program for controlling speech in video games, DHS sought to pit citizens to monitor one another’s political beliefs under the guise of “deradicalization.”

FOIA files: scribd.com/document/64376…
3. DHS screenwrote a detailed profile for “Ann,” a “middle-aged pro-life advocate” — she is a “suburban Mom” surrounded by stock footage of “laundry” and “Minivan” who “has become increasingly more concerned about the welfare of other children:” Image
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