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Crazy New State Dept Censorship Files
Mike Benz exposes the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC) and its alleged involvement in domestic censorship and the manipulation of public discourse, particularly concerning "gendered disinformation."
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- 🚫The Global Engagement Center (GEC) is accused of domestic censorship and manipulating public discourse under the guise of combating "gendered disinformation."00:00
- 🎭The GEC's use of terms like "actors" instead of "people" is a deliberate linguistic trick to dehumanize individuals targeted by censorship operations.03:58
- 💰The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Payment Management System (PMS) processes over 70% of all federal grant dollars, including those from non-health-related agencies, raising questions about its role in covert operations.28:12
- 🌍The GEC's strategy involves pushing foreign countries to pass social media speech regulations that the State Department could not implement domestically due to the First Amendment, creating an "encirclement" of constitutional rights.46:48
- 🛡️The GEC labeled criticism against DHS's Disinformation Governance Board as "gendered disinformation" to protect the operation by framing attacks on its head, Nina Jankowicz, as gender-based abuse.48:06
- 🗳️The GEC collaborated with the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) to target domestic election content, compiling lists of URLs deemed "mis- or disinformation" and submitting them to social media companies for removal.58:36
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction to the GEC and its Controversies
- 3:34The GEC's Focus on Gendered Disinformation
- 4:57The Dehumanizing Language of "Actors"
- 13:49The GEC's Domestic Censorship and Lies
- 17:11The Legally Blonde Analogy
- 27:19The GEC's Foreign-Facing Mandate and "Gendered Disinformation" Report
- 46:52The HHS Payment System and its Broad Reach
- 50:14The Venezuela Aid Operation and Cryptocurrency
- 51:48The Juan Guaidó Shadow Government and Aid Distribution
- 1:00:07The "Health and Safety" Pretext for Regime Change
- 1:07:20The Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health and Covert Operations
- 1:36:59The EIP and the Censorship Pipeline
- 1:47:02Targeting Domestic Dissent and Protecting Antifa
The digest
The State Department's Censorship Arm
Recent revelations, including leaked documents and congressional testimonies, have brought to light the controversial activities of the Global Engagement Center (GEC), an office within the State Department. The GEC, ostensibly created to counter foreign propaganda, is now accused of engaging in domestic censorship and manipulating public discourse under the guise of combating "gendered disinformation." This issue is particularly personal for Mike Benz, who was offered a leadership role within this wing of the State Department but declined to maintain his ability to cover the broad spectrum of its operations. Benz highlights his previous success in contributing to the temporary shutdown of the GEC, an achievement he considers a proud mark on the bureaucratic history of the federal government.
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- "Gendered Disinformation" as a Pretext for Control
- The Deceptive Language of "Actors" and "Democracy"
- The HHS Payment System: A Hidden Conduit for Influence
- The EIP and the Censorship Pipeline
- Targeting Domestic Dissent and Protecting Antifa
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