This operation is a dangerous marriage of public and private power—a global system of security agencies, tech firms, activist groups, nonprofits, media orgs and government bureaucracies taking what they describe as a "whole-of-society" approach to censoring disfavored speech.
All of this is completely unprecedented.
It's an entirely new, sprawling system of speech and thought control—far more powerful and far-reaching than anything we've seen the past, built with and for the new technology of the digital age.
And most of it operates in the shadows.
The censorship enterprise is enabled by a vast ecosystem of "non-governmental organizations" (NGOs). These groups represent a fifth column in American politics—a shadow state that serves the interests of the ruling elite, with no accountability to the society it wields power in.
I went into detail about who these groups are, what they do, and how they coordinate with elites in government and elsewhere in my thread earlier this month. We'll get into it much more in tomorrow's hearing too.
But let me briefly tell you why this is of such urgent importance.
In the 21st century, the internet is the new public square. This is where people get the information they need to understand the world. It's where they read, write, argue, and learn. It's where they shape the ideas that will define the future. It's where politics happens.
That's why this fight matters. The fight for freedom of speech online is the fight for a free people's right to access, analyze, share and discuss information on their own terms, and to draw their own conclusions.
In that sense, it's the fight for self-government itself.
The assault on free speech across the West isn't happening in a vacuum. It's inextricably connected to the war on our shared history, heritage, and identity.
In other parts of the West—where the crisis is much further along—politicians admit this openly:
You heard the Australian Premier above: They need censorship to carry out their entire social agenda.
In America, too, this is part of a much deeper war on *who we are.* It's a tool to silence the critics of the disastrous social transformation that the Left wants to carry out.
And—as we'll discuss tomorrow—it's all funded by your tax dollars.
The sprawling labyrinth of leftist NGOs, nonprofits, foundations and activist groups that drive this agenda don't just work hand-in-glove with their friends in the federal bureaucracy; they're paid by them, too.
At our hearing, we'll be exposing all of this with three of the world's leading experts on the vast censorship enterprise—all of whom have been warriors for free speech: @MZHemingway, @JonathanTurley and @bhweingarten.
Tomorrow. 2 PM. You won't want to miss this one. — End
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The Right wins elections, and the Left pretends to magically rediscover the Constitution, the rule of law and free speech.
Don't fall for it. 🧵
Last week, 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley gave a dramatic commencement speech warning that "our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack."
We've heard these lines a million times before.
Today's corporate press has an extraordinary hero complex—they imagine themselves as fearless, courageous defenders of democracy and freedom, as brave as the boys on the beaches at D-Day, risking it all to fight tyranny.
They want us to believe they're "speaking truth to power."
The Hur audio makes unavoidable what free thinking Americans had known—for most (all) of his four years, Joe Biden was mentally incapable of serving as President.
It's why I was the first Senator to call for the 25th Amend.
The deeper question—who was running our country? 🧵
Axios finally published the long-sought-after audio from Special Counsel Robert Hur's 2023 interview of President Biden regarding Biden's classified documents found near his Corvette.
🚨 SCOTUS just heard arguments on President Trump's birthright citizenship order.
This case is big. It isn't just about birthright citizenship—it's about the limits of how rogue judges can use nationwide injunctions.
My prediction: Trump could be on the cusp of a big win. 🧵
Solicitor General John Sauer (who was my Solicitor General back in my AG days) argued for President Trump. Right out of the gate, multiple liberal justices were swinging for his head, but they could never land the critical blow on Teflon John.
While birthright citizenship is the subject matter of the "merits," SCOTUS is more likely to address a critical procedural question and dodge the merits.
That question: Can courts issue nationwide injunctions or must courts address questions of group relief in class actions?
Illegals who broke our laws to enter the US aren’t due the same process as citizens.
SCOTUS and the Constitution agree: illegals' rights are limited, especially in deportation.
President Trump will deport millions of illegals without a hearing. Here's how. 🧵
In 1996, back Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which created "expedited removal" for certain classes of illegal aliens who had been in the country less than two years.
What process are they entitled to under expedited removal? Only a finding by a DHS officer that an alien is 1. here illegally and 2. in a category covered by expedited removal.
In most circumstances: No hearing, no habeas, no appeals.
And there it is: Proof that the FBI covered up the political motive behind the 2017 congressional baseball shooting.
The shooter was a left-wing extremist who explicitly set out to kill GOP congressmen. The FBI knew this. But they told the public it was just “suicide by cop.” 🧵
This stuff isn't "incompetence." It's specific, intentional ideological corruption. The FBI—like so many other institutions in American life—has become a vehicle for manipulating and shaping public narratives to serve left-wing interests.
And the media is eager to help:
The new House GOP report shows, in detail, how the FBI actively sought to suppress the overwhelming evidence that the shooter was acting on explicitly political motives—including concealing his handwritten list of Republican targets.