by Robert M. Traxler

Reuters reported on Nov 28: “This is something that we’re certainly keeping an eye on,” said White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre, when asked about Twitter becoming a vector for misinformation.” She was talking about Twitter not following the politically correct, anti-First Amendment path and allowing the White House to dictate content on social media.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Our Constitution allows wide latitude for the media to report and to be the watchdogs over our government. Most people get news from social media, not print or traditional media, so free open speech on social media is a danger to the current government.

Ask yourself why they are “keeping a close eye on Twitter,” the only outlet that is refusing to be controlled by the progressive movement. Jean-Pierre said that it was the responsibility of social media platforms to “make sure that when it comes to misinformation, when it comes to the hate that we’re seeing, that… they take action, that they continue to take action.” A chill should run down your spine with that one.

What is hate speech, you ask? Anything the left does not consider politically correct. Hate speech is like reimagining law enforcement, inclusion, equity, (not equality), common sense gun control, social media influencers, systemic racism, migrants not illegal aliens, anti-hate speech not censorship. As progressive icon Saul David Alinsky said, if you control the language, you control the nation.

We should always remember the failed progressive plan to establish a “Disinformation Governance Board” using the ruse of protecting “homeland security; can we say censorship? The board was appointed and in service to the government for just three weeks, when as the Washington Post said, “Jankowicz’s experience is a prime example of how the right-wing Internet apparatus operates, where far-right influencers attempt to identify a target, present a narrative, and then repeat mischaracterizations across social media and websites with the aim of discrediting and attacking anyone who seeks to challenge them.

It also shows what happens when institutions, when confronted with these attacks, don’t respond effectively.” The First Amendment and freedom of speech are not mentioned, only “right wing” attacks. A government board that censors American people and media is a good thing, under whose constitution? Not ours. Ask yourself, what could go wrong with a government board that could tell us what to say and think on social media?

All Americans need just look to the “disinformation” of the Mr. Robert Hunter Biden’s laptop being a Russian disinformation plant. Even the “Gray Lady,” the Washington Post, has admitted that the laptop is real and they were wrong in canceling and censoring stories. It was indeed Mr. Biden’s computer; of course, it was retracted in the back pages of the paper in the late edition, two years later.

Mr. Elon Musk was a former progressive icon when he manufactured a very successful electric vehicle. His saying he will release the files at Twitter concerning the government’s successful operation to censor information per election is harmful to the progressive movement. Releasing the data, the documents, the electronic media conversations between Twitter and the Democratic National Committee, and the then former Vice President Biden’s campaign is scaring the crap out of the government and media giants.

Proof positive is the perhaps not complete blackout of information, but grayout of information on this subject. Covid-19 gave the government a taste of the opiate that is absolute power and they liked it, loved it and want a larger/stronger fix of it. The White House “keeping an eye on Twitter,” and attempt to entrench a clearly unconstitutional Disinformation Grievance Board, is a prime example of a government that is not controlled by our constitution but is seeking more of the opiate that is absolute power.

The Bill of Rights just may become what the founders were terrified it would become, a “parchment document.” The document exists but is just a pile of parchment that no one follows. The Bill of Rights and its limits on absolute government power must become just a pile of parchment if we are to socialize our nation.

And don’t get me started on a CNN report stating “The piece, published on Friday by CNN Health reporter Jacqueline Howard, argued that Daylight Savings Time often disrupts sleep, throws off people’s circadian rhythms and can contribute to general health problems. And since people of color have a higher number of health problems, this means observing Daylight Savings Time is more dangerous for them.” Time change is racist they went on to say.

My opinion.