America's Ruling Regime Doesn't Fear Disinformation. It Fears Truth
Plus my Federalist interview w/ Emily Jashinsky on Durham's Russiagate revelations, NatCon Squad, Democrats' 2022 strategy to "save" democracy by disqualifying opponents
America's Ruling Regime Doesn't Fear Disinformation. It Fears Truth
In Joe Biden's America, attempting to cancel Joe Rogan is just counter-terror policy.
This is because our ruling class—in the name of "defending democracy"—classifies those who question the regime on any matter of consequence as a threat to the homeland, and pledges to pursue them accordingly.
Our ruling elites have engaged in an overt war on wrongthink masquerading as a domestic counter-terror mission since at least January 6, 2021.
As part of this effort, the Department of Homeland Security recently issued a speech-chilling National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin. It claims the United States is in a "heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis- dis- and mal-information."
It would appear the Biden administration, and its corporate media mouthpieces, consider the “horse-dewormer”-hocking, tequila-swigging, Bernie Sanders-supporting Rogan to be public enemy number one on this issue.
As I argue, this effort from our most prolific and powerful purveyors of misinformation—our ruling regime—to target all from unorthodox presidents, to curious podcasters, to parents concerned about CRT and draconian Chinese coronavirus policies isn’t about national security. It’s about regime authority.
It’s about silencing and intimidating those who dare challenge Ruling Class orthodoxy by speaking inconvenient truths, and therefore challenging its power.
As I conclude:
Linking speech that does not comport with regime orthodoxy to terror, and using that pretext to police thought—with an armed Ministry of Truth operating out of our national security and law enforcement apparatus—therefore manifestly is "counter-terror" policy.
Casting critics as terrorists and threatening to sic the most powerful, pervasive and sophisticated security state in the history of the world on them is of course not about defending democracy or protecting the truth, but intimidating democratic opposition into silence and submission to an official narrative.
The regime evidently believes it must maintain a monopoly over the American mind to maintain a monopoly on power.
Joe Rogan threatened that power, and therefore constituted a danger. The threat was that he elicited insights from guests who challenged the regime's credibility on all manner of issues related to COVID, and millions of people heard it.
Trump and his allies likewise threatened that power, and therefore constituted a danger. They were—and continue to be—pursued like terrorists, as the House January 6 Committee wields the full force of the federal government to investigate them, surveil their communications and audit their dealings. Why? Trump and his allies called the regime a failure, stated undeniable truths that resonated with Americans to justify that view and supported policies aimed at rectifying said failures that would disempower the ruling elites.
The most meek and unthreatening of January 6 defendants now face extreme, hyper-political prosecutions. They are being made an example of not because they ever posed a credible threat to the regime's power, but as a signal to the millions of peaceful, patriotic Americans who might—through their collective speech, advocacy and voting.
The same goes for the parents outraged over anti-scientific and detrimental COVID-19 policies, and over critical race theory indoctrination in schools. The Department of Justice threatened to pursue them like jihadists—not because they are jihadists, but because parents awakened to the regime's corrupt monopoly on the all-important institution of education could break that monopoly and end the careers of the politicians who support it. They must therefore be chilled.
The war on wrongthink is not about left or right. It's about who rules: a sovereign people or the elites who deign to lord over us.
The ruling class—the "defenders of democracy"—sees citizens on the left and right opposed to its agenda and refuses to address their concerns peaceably. Instead, it calls them terror threats and pursues them using the full power of the public and like-minded private sectors.
The ruling class does not fear misinformation and disinformation. It fears truth, particularly the truth about its own rot, corruption and incompetence, which calls into question its authority.
This leaves us with a question: when everyone, from unorthodox presidents to curious podcasters to caring parents are deemed existential threats to the regime, how strong is the regime?
Read the whole thing here.
Why the Durham Findings Dwarf Watergate
I had the pleasure of speaking yesterday with friend and Federalist/NatCon Squad colleague Emily Jashinsky about the latest Russiagate revelations from the John Durham special counsel, its broader context in the War on Wrongthink, and where I see things going from here.
Listen below, and be sure to check our latest reporting at RealClearInvestigations on “Tech Executive-1,” Rodney Joffe, who was responsible for leading efforts to hack the office of the president and Trump Tower in pursuit of Trump-Russia dirt.
The NatCon Squad
On the latest episode we discussed:
CIA’s collecting of masses of data on Americans
The latest Durham revelations
The de-banking of Wrongthinkers and Trudeau’s tyranny
Corporate media’s shilling for Communist China
The Weingarten Report
In the latest Weingarten Report for AMAC, I discuss Democrats’ 2022 plan to “save democracy:” Disqualifying their opponents from the ballot on grounds of “insurrection.”