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Matt Taibbi

Feb 24, 2024

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A year after its censorship programs were exposed, the Global Engagement Center still insists the public has no right to know how it's spending taxpayer money

Narrated by Jared Moore

Art by Daniel Medina

Text published 02/17/24:

State Department Threatens Congress Over Censorship Programs

Matt Taibbi

Feb 17

State Department Threatens Congress Over Censorship Programs

The State Department is so unhappy a newspaper published details about where it’s been spending your taxes, it’s threatened to only show a congressional committee its records in camera until it gets a “better understanding of how the Committee will utilize this sensitive information.” Essentially, Tony Blinken is threatening to take his transparency ball home unless details about what censorship programs he’s sponsoring stop appearing in papers like the

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