May 24, 2022
Biden admin allegedly got rid of the Disinformation Governance Board because a majority of the public didn't trust it, according to these pollsters.
I think a deeper explanation is what some commentators have pointed out. If you want an authoritarian government, transparency is an enemy. You don't formally announce you are going to set up a task force to suppress political dissent, you do it behind closed doors. Someone in the administration presumably pointed this out to those making the decisions for Biden, and so the administration reversed course.
The Democrats' lust for authoritarianism is frequently undermined by the bush league approach they take toward instituting it.
Tim adds:
I don't think it's bush league but rather a plan. If nothing else it immunizes the junta by showing Biden was responsive to criticism. If he is accused of suppressing information he will point to that and say "we had planned this but decided against it". I also think the choice for head of said outfit was laughable and perhaps that was the reason they decided to pull back for now. Watch for a reincarnation of this come November after midterms.
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Let's hope that all the folks who are predicting a Dem blood-bath in November are correct.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at May 24, 2022 09:39 AM (usxcn)
The Ministry of Truth is an idea that they want to come to fruition and it will not be denied.
Posted by: Mike at May 24, 2022 08:27 PM (6g5Kl)
But they can't go too far. Remember Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals "ridicule is Man's most potent weapon". They realized this gal they had put in charge of this was bringing ridicule, so they pulled back for the moment. But the Left never quits. They regroup.
Let's pray we have a bloodbath. I'm not so sure we will. And even if we do it will be the "synthesis" of the communist dialectic. Biden's radicalism was the thesis, our reaction the antithesis, then a divided government where the gains of the last two years can be consolidated become the synthesis. This is exactly how it has worked under both Clinton and Obama when the GOP made big gains in the off-year elections.
Then Biden gets re-elected thanks to the short American memory.
And look at some of the guys we are going to be sending back to Congress or to the governorships; Brian Kemp, for example, in Georgia. Kevin McCarthy will be the next Squeeker of the House.
Remember McCarthyis the guy who planned to push Trump to resign after the Capitol Self-Guided Tour in January last, for example.
https://nypost.com/2022/04/21/kevin-mccarthy-planned-to-tell-trump-to-resign-after-riot-book-alleges/
Remember what McCarthy said too that he was glad Trump "shot himself in the foot" and wanted to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
McCarthy also openly said the election of 2020 was entirely on the up and up. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-2020-election/index.html
With friends like that.
McConnell is no better. For example, he attacked Trump viciously over the January 6 nonsense. https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-02-14/read-mcconnell-speech-after-trumps-impeachment-trial-acquittal
So I don't expect us to gain so much in November. We may win Congress, but it may be "so what". Yes, Biden won't be able to ramrod a lot of his more radical agenda down our throats, but Congress won't do much to stand in his way. They certainly won't rein in the spending.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at May 25, 2022 08:42 AM (1XaoE)
Australia is trying to become part of the Chinese sphere of influence, no question.
And, as you say, the Left wants this and they aren't going to simply give up on it. It is the key to power for them. It is ALWAYS the key to power for the Left wherever they seize it. We've seen this play before.
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