A Republican-led congressional committee called out an office within the Biden-Harris State Department over its brazen anti-free speech activities. The House Small Business Committee, chaired by Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), specifically scolded the Department of State’s interagency Global Engagement Center (GEC) for circumventing “its strict international mandate by funding, developing, then promoting … entities with domestic censorship capabilities.” In an interim report titled “Instruments and Casualties of the Censorship-Industrial Complex,” the congressional body found that this anti-free speech funding stemmed from a “censorship ecosystem” fueled by the federal government. Besides GEC’s violative actions, the Small Business Committee called out the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). NED is a “private non-profit funded almost entirely by Congressional appropriations, [which] violated its international restrictions by collaborating with fact-checking entities” in assessing domestic U.S. press and their admissions to an organization rating supposed “credibility.” The report alleged that small businesses cannot freely compete online thanks to federal government involvement in attacking constitutional rights. “The Federal government has funded, developed, and promoted entities that aim to demonetize news and information outlets because of their lawful speech, impacting domestic businesses’ operations, reputation, customer reach, and revenue,” read the report.  The Committee added that it had subpoenaed documents after the State Department tried to stonewall the investigation and called out the “impermissible” government “abridgement of viewpoint-based speech” through GEC and NED in violation of the First Amendment. MRC vice president for free speech Dan Schneider said, “I think there is a lot of evidence that the State Department has been withholding information from Congress about the extent of its role in censoring speech. What is publicly known is bad enough, but what will soon be made public should cause all good-government advocates, on the left and on the right, to call for Antony Blinken to shape up or ship out.”  One group GEC funded was the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), which blacklisted right-leaning websites from ad revenue, including The Federalist and The Daily Wire. The lengthy congressional report, spanning 66 pages, dived into extensive details on what the lawmakers dubbed the “Censorship-Industrial Complex” attacking independent news outlets through funding domestic censorship organizations. The violation of GEC’s mandate began with a 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed by then-President Barack Obama, according to the report. It was followed by funding in 2018 and 2019 for GEC to counter alleged “disinformation,” and finally culminated in GEC’s overreaching “whole-of-society” and “whole-of-government” approach. The damning report is the product of an investigation launched by House Republicans after the Washington Examiner exposed funding records showing GEC’s cash flow to domestic censorship groups. Tellingly, MRC Free Speech America reported in February that the State Department had threatened to obstruct the congressional probe into GEC and its anti-free speech activities. Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

The Biden-Harris administration’s open-border policies and expanded “lawful pathways” have wreaked havoc in many cities nationwide, including the small town of Tremont City, Ohio, within the Springfield metropolitan area.The administration’s CHNV program has enabled otherwise inadmissible Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan nationals to fly into the United States and receive a two-year work permit. The program allows 30,000 individuals from these countries to enter the country each month.Additionally, the Biden-Harris administration extended Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants through August next year.Both of these programs have contributed to a flood of approximately 20,000 Haitian nationals arriving in Springfield, Ohio, and subsequently spilling over into nearby smaller municipalities, including Tremont City. The administration’s actions have strained the village's resources, led to an increase in traffic accidents, and caused a housing shortage, according to local officials and residents who recently spoke to Blaze News’ Julio Rosas. Tony Flood II, the mayor of Tremont City, told Rosas, “Words can’t describe how it makes me feel. I’m ashamed of leaders and leadership allowing this kind of stuff to just pretty much invade.”“My wife works in downtown Springfield,” he continued. “My daughter works right beside her, and I’m scared to death that one of these days I’m going to get a phone call or a visit by a state trooper or something that they’ve been hit. They’ve been rolled over.”He noted that the number of traffic accidents in the area, especially around Springfield, has increased since the city welcomed the new foreign national arrivals. “Honestly, it pisses me off that we’ve allowed it to hit this point. I mean, there’s kids getting killed,” Flood added. Last year, an 11-year-old boy was killed and dozens of children were injured when a Haitian driver allegedly crashed into a school bus.Tremont City Police Chief Chad Duncan told Blaze News that the town has experienced a “major influx” of Haitians.He said, “None of them have a license, and if they do, they’re temporary permits. Obviously, you can’t drive on a temporary permit in the state of Ohio.”According to the officer, the increase in accidents could easily “be prevented if everybody would get on the same page, all law enforcement, and start towing these vehicles.”Duncan explained that the town's law enforcement resources are limited and strained due to the recent population boom.“We don’t have the capability of keeping up with all of it,” he added, noting that the village has not been provided any additional resources.Mark Sanders, a Tremont City resident, told Blaze News that the town has been on top of towing vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers, but he noted that Springfield has not. Sanders speculated that Springfield is trying to appear more welcoming and accommodating to the Haitian nationals by not towing the vehicles. He said that he has been hit twice and his mother-in-law once while driving on Tremont City roads.“The police, they’re almost morally crushed because every day they show up to five, six, seven of these accidents,” Sanders continued. “It’s like the movie 'Groundhog Day.' It’s the same thing over and over.” Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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