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Biden’s Failed Censorship Czar Nina Jankowicz Now Runs a Think-Tank Named After a Venomous Snake.

Nina Jankowicz, the former and brief executive director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Disinformation Governance Board, has a new non-profit group called the American Sunlight Project (ASP). The group aims to combat what it believes is a concerted campaign by conservatives to target and discredit disinformation researchers like Jankowicz. The former DHS employee was the subject of blistering criticism in 2022 over her embrace of pro-Biden government propaganda narratives on social media.

The new organization, led by Jankowicz and Carlos Álvarez-Aranyos, has hit the ground running — already accusing several House Republican committee chairmen of using their constitutional subpoena power to silence think tanks and disinformation researchers. “These tactics echo the dark days of McCarthyism, but with a frightening 21st-century twist,” Jaknowicz and Álvarez-Aranyos wrote in a letter published yesterday, leveling a series of hyperbolic accusations against House Republican leaders.

Despite her concerns about ongoing disinformation operations, Jankowicz participated in at least two such initiatives herself in 2020.

The former DHS employee publicly praised the discredited Steele dossier author, Christopher Steele, on social media. After an appearance by the British spy on the Infotagion podcast, Jankowicz posted to X (formerly Twitter), “Listened to this last night — Chris Steele (yes THAT Chris Steele) provides some great historical context about the evolution of disinfo. Worth a listen.” The alleged disinformation expert also dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop — confirmed by the Department of Justice and FBI as authentic — as “a Russian influence op.”

The American Sunlight Project–whose acronym ASP recalls the name of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region of Africa and the European vipera aspis — has a board comprised of several notable figures — including NeverTrumper Katie Harbath, a former Facebook executive and Republican operative; Ineke Mushovic, who leads a think tank that tracks “threats to democracy” and gay, lesbian, transgender movements; and Benjamin Wittes, the resident Deep State apologist at the Brookings Institute, which was primarily backed by the government of Qatar until 2017.

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Nina Jankowicz, the former and brief executive director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s Disinformation Governance Board, has a new non-profit group called the American Sunlight Project (ASP). The group aims to combat what it believes is a concerted campaign by conservatives to target and discredit disinformation researchers like Jankowicz. The former DHS employee was the subject of blistering criticism in 2022 over her embrace of pro-Biden government propaganda narratives on social media. show more
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Jack Montgomery
Media

‘Privileged’ Mehdi Hasan Says His Firing Was ‘A Blessing.’

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan has described his firing by the left-wing network as a “blessing,” boasting that, while he was “disappointed when they canceled my show,” he can now “say whatever I want in a way a lot of folks who have employers can’t.” Hasan departed the network in January.

The British-born Muslim made the comments in a lengthy puff piece for New York magazine, which implied MSNBC fired him for embarrassing an Israeli government spokesman in an interview. In fact, Hasan had come under heavy criticism for his social media output after the October 7 terror raid on Israel, which primarily targeted civilians.

Among other things, Hasan shared a pro-terrorism post blaming the attack on the “utter desperation of gaza palestinians [sic],” who saw “no options for their future but the launch of a suicidal war.”

‘BOUGHT PRIVILEGE’.

The article offered several insights into Hasan’s life, with the far-left journalist admitting his Indian immigrant parents “bought privilege” for him in England, where he attended prestigious schools and universities.

It revealed he had a “reputation as a loudmouth” at school, and “would go outside during the national anthem.” He claimed he was “not some anti-British person,” however, and that the stunt was motivated by “issue[s] with the royal family.”

Any similar issues with the Qatari royal family, which wields absolute power and hosts many of the senior leaders of Hamas, did not stop him from taking up work with Al Jazeera later in life — an episode upon which the New York article barely touched.

MULLAH MEHDI. 

Another missing episode in the story of Hasan’s life, which New York charted from age five, recounting his teenage ambition to “become the first Asian prime minister of the UK” and his journalistic rise, was his long flirtation with Islamist extremism.

His promotion to politics editor of The New Statesman and entrée into BBC commentary was noted, but not the controversial sermons he gave around the same age, describing “non-Muslims” as “cattle” who “live their lives as animals.” He also preached that unbelievers are “people of no intelligence” or morality.

These sermons were public knowledge when MSNBC chose to hire Hasan.

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Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan has described his firing by the left-wing network as a "blessing," boasting that, while he was "disappointed when they canceled my show," he can now "say whatever I want in a way a lot of folks who have employers can’t." Hasan departed the network in January. show more
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Election 2024
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Facebook Has Interfered In U.S. Elections 39 Times Since 2008 – Report.

A study by the Media Research Center (MRC) revealed that Facebook has allegedly interfered in U.S. elections at least 39 times since 2008, while Google has reportedly done so 41 times over the past 16 years. Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s professed commitment to free speech, Facebook’s actions seemingly belie this stance.

“Like Google, Facebook has an extensive history of interfering in U.S. elections. But it’s not completely fair to compare the two companies. I believe some part of Mark Zuckerberg believes in free speech. Google management clearly does not,” Brent Bozell, founder and president of the MRC, said in a recent interview. He continued: “But regardless of what Mr. Zuckerberg believes, his company’s policies and practices have resulted in a great deal of censorship that always seems to target the same side of the political spectrum, and it needs to stop.”

Researchers Dan Schneider and Gabriela Pariseau conducted the MRC’s study, demonstrating what they consider a complex interplay between Zuckerberg’s public support of free speech and the alleged censorship practices within Facebook. Examples offered include censorship of 2024 presidential candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and a reported shutdown of political advertising a week before the 2020 election. The researchers also cite instances wherein conservative perspectives were alleged to be blacklisted or suppressed in the platform’s Trending News section.

Schneider and Pariseau believe that Zuckerberg’s repeated public endorsements of free speech contrast with Facebook’s subsequent actions, particularly after so-called ‘civil rights’ audits, which they suggest led to more stringent censorship practices.

The National Pulse has previously reported on the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) and its activities to undermine U.S. elections by using private grants awarded to state election officials. In April of this year, Wisconsin voters barred groups like CTCL from funding election workers.

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A study by the Media Research Center (MRC) revealed that Facebook has allegedly interfered in U.S. elections at least 39 times since 2008, while Google has reportedly done so 41 times over the past 16 years. Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s professed commitment to free speech, Facebook's actions seemingly belie this stance. show more
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Jack Montgomery
Culture
Religion

Happy ‘No, St. George Wasn’t a Turkish, Palestinian Migrant’ Day!

It is St. George’s Day in England, when patriots celebrate their identity and patron saint, and leftists leap to their keyboards to let everyone know that the Christian martyr was not, in fact, an Englishman.This is true, but it is news to almost no one and hardly matters: St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, […]

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Jack Montgomery
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UK

WATCH: Tommy Robinson Humiliates Reporter Before Being CLEARED by Judge After Ludicrous Arrest.

Citizen journalist and anti-grooming gangs campaigner Tommy Robinson has been cleared of charges he refused to obey a lawful police dispersal order. A day prior to Tuesday’s decision, he clashed with Victoria Bird, a corporate journalist for Comcast-owned Sky News, who proved ill-informed about the case.

Outside court, Bird had sneered at Robinson, saying, “most journalists don’t have criminal convictions.” Robinson responded that he had never been tried by a jury, and Bird responded that he was “about to be,” forcing him to correct her.

“No, I’m not,” he told her. “If you knew your facts, there’s no jury waiting in there.”

Scrambling to recover, the corporate journalist insisted he was being tried by a judge “due to the severity of the alleged offense.” Robinson asked what his alleged offense was, and it quickly became apparent Bird did not know. She had to look up the case on her phone, reading aloud that he was “charged with refusing to leave an anti-Semitism protest in London… failing to comply a Section 35 direction [sic] excluding a person from an area.”

Robinson, who asked Bird if she would “wait out here to apologize when it gets proven that this was all unlawful,” was cleared on Tuesday. A judge ruled he had “no case to answer.” The police did not have a lawful order to remove him, which they admitted under questioning.

However, Robinson said the judge “threatened” him for “intimidating” Sky News.

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ARRESTED FOR COVERING A PUBLIC PROTEST. 

Robinson was covering the March Against Anti-Semitism in London in November 2023 when Metropolitan Police officers approached him. The officers said his “presence in the area was likely to cause harassment, alarm, and distress to others.” He refused the order to leave, arguing it was contrary to his rights. Officers pepper sprayed and arrested him.

His bail conditions ahead of the current hearing included a near-total ban on being present in London. Police arrested him a second time for breaking these by celebrating his daughter’s birthday with her inside the capital.

Robinson reports it was Campaign Against Antisemitism chief executive Gideon Falter who had the Metropolitan Police remove him. This month, Falter complained bitterly when officers from the force threatened to arrest him for being near a pro-Palestinian protest. He was told his “openly Jewish” appearance could trigger a “reaction.”

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Citizen journalist and anti-grooming gangs campaigner Tommy Robinson has been cleared of charges he refused to obey a lawful police dispersal order. A day prior to Tuesday's decision, he clashed with Victoria Bird, a corporate journalist for Comcast-owned Sky News, who proved ill-informed about the case. show more
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