{"id":2381449,"date":"2024-12-18T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-censor-office-finds-lifeline-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:37:31","slug":"state-department-censor-office-finds-lifeline-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-censor-office-finds-lifeline-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department &#8216;censor&#8217; office finds lifeline &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-censor-office-finds-lifeline-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2381449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2063summary discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thaddeus-g-mccotter-on-the-question-of-kaepernick-kapler-kerr\/\" title=\"Thaddeus G. McCotter: On the Question of Kaepernick, Kapler, &amp; Kerr\">recent developments surrounding<\/a> the U.S. State DepartmentS Global Engagement Center (GEC), which has \u200dfaced significant criticism and accusations of censorship. A provision in a lengthy spending bill, designed to avert a government shutdown, unexpectedly reauthorizes the GEC for another year.\u200c this\u200d decision has angered conservative Republicans, who view it as a betrayal, especially since\u2064 there had been earlier plans to terminate \u2063the GEC due to bipartisan concerns over its funding\u2063 and activities that allegedly suppressed conservative media voices. Various Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Jim Banks, \u2063expressed their \u2063discontent on social media, equating \u2064the funding to taxpayer-supported censorship. \u2063The situation \u200chighlights a growing divide\u2064 among congressional\u2062 members,\u200d particularly regarding \u2064the role and funding of the GEC amidst ongoing \u200cdebates over free speech and governmental oversight.The spending bill\u200c is poised for a\u200c vote, and it aims to maintain government funding levels until March 2025.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">State Department &lsquo;censorship&rsquo; office finds lifeline in 1,500 page spending bill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1769298\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/2773271\/disinformation-inc-state-department-bankrolls-group-secretly-blacklisting-conservative-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">State Department-housed<\/a> office that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2640919\/state-department-faces-lawsuit-from-conservative-media-over-funding-censorship-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">conservatives say<\/a> funded an unconstitutional &ldquo;censorship scheme&rdquo; would receive a one-year extension under a provision in a 1,547-page spending bill to prevent a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The bill text, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3262016\/congress-reaches-cr-spending-deal-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"which was released on Tuesday\">which was released on Tuesday<\/a> before the House and Senate adjourn for Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year&rsquo;s holidays, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gekaminsky\/status\/1869198963242565661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"which was released on Tuesday\">includes a provision<\/a> that would reauthorize the State Department&rsquo;s Global Engagement Center. Founded in 2016, the GEC has come under immense public and congressional scrutiny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/2773271\/disinformation-inc-state-department-bankrolls-group-secretly-blacklisting-conservative-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">following<\/a> reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2749593\/disinformation-inc-meet-the-groups-hauling-in-cash-to-secretly-blacklist-conservative-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">from<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on it granting taxpayer dollars to the Global Disinformation Index and other outside groups working to suppress right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-x-partners-with-conservative-blacklist-tied-company-deal-with-the-devil\/\" title=\"Musk&#039;s X collaborates with blacklist-linked conservative firm: &#039;Unholy Alliance&#039;\">-leaning voices online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3255734\/state-department-congress-close-global-engagement-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIES CONGRESS OF PLANS TO SHUTTER &lsquo;CENSORSHIP&rsquo; AGENCY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reversal is significant, since the State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3255734\/state-department-congress-close-global-engagement-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sent a notification to Congress earlier this month<\/a> that it had planned to soon terminate the GEC after losing support from Republicans. The GEC, which had an eight-year mandate in 2016 and requires funding to reauthorize, was at the center of investigations in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1712844\/top-biden-agencies-hit-with-subpoenas-over-social-media-censorship-coordination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Judiciary Committee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3148525\/embattled-state-department-office-funding-censorship-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Small Business Committee<\/a>. There, Republicans issued subpoenas and accused the GEC of orchestrating a speech suppression campaign against <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">conservatives alongside left-wing nonprofit groups<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the reversal has struck a nerve with conservative Republicans, who view the provision being slipped into the bill text by congressional leaders as a &ldquo;stunning betrayal,&rdquo; in the words of one senior Republican aide who was involved with the investigations into the GEC. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It should have never come to this,&rdquo; the GOP aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>A second Republican aide involved in GEC investigations told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>: &ldquo;This is literally tearing down the work and wins of Republican-led committees that investigated the GEC. Are we going to add the cost of that investigation to the total cost of this bill?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO&rsquo;S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT&rsquo;S ADMINISTRATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On social media, Republicans expressed their frustrations on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1869350064742875341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">writing<\/a> on X, &ldquo;This CR funds the censorship of conservative speech for the entire first year of the Trump administration. Unacceptable!&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Banks recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3156688\/jim-banks-state-department-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">launched an investigation<\/a> into the State Department over the GEC appearing to try to link him to Russia falsely. The GEC circulated <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/13\/us-news\/state-department-tried-to-discredit-reporters-republican-pol-over-conservative-blacklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">internal<\/a> press guidance, leaked and reported on by the <em>New York Post<\/em>, that sought to discredit reporting from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> and independent journalist Matt Taibbi on the GEC&rsquo;s ties to speech suppression.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bad,&rdquo; Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1869207284108415446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in response to the release of the provision in the continuing resolution, or CR, bill text. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Brazen,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepDanBishop\/status\/1869206457453101227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), whom Trump tapped for a high-ranking role in the Office of Management and Budget. The powerful agency plans to work in conjunction with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3257872\/blackburn-tenney-doge-act-cut-federal-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> to cut wasteful federal spending.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brazen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xo8Irau0nI\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xo8Irau0nI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDanBishop\/status\/1869206457453101227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;A vote for the Christmas Cramnibus is a vote for taxpayer-funded censorship. Unbelievable,&rdquo; Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rep_Clyde\/status\/1869205108170604586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3230175\/democrats-search-answers-barack-obama-influence-wanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AS BARACK OBAMA&rsquo;S INFLUENCE WANES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, House Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) office defended the GEC provision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Speaker Johnson has killed multiple efforts to pass a 5-year reauthorization of the GEC during the past year, including as recently as the National Defense Authorization Act last week,&rdquo; a spokesperson for Johnson said. &ldquo;This bill ensures the incoming Trump Administration has the maximum ability and authority to determine how to handle the office, its authorities, and funding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to a congressional source familiar with the matter, the GEC provision was a demand from Senate Democrats in exchange for Republicans getting a provision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdrb.com\/news\/national\/business-owners-should-not-forget-anti-money-laundering-rule-currently-in-legal-limbo\/article_9937d31d-2b62-57a0-b5e8-c42da4e505d1.html#:~:text=The%20registration%20is%20part%20of,penalties%20of%20up%20to%20%2410%2C000.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aiming<\/a> to protect small businesses from certain fines approved by the Biden administration under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdrb.com\/news\/national\/business-owners-should-not-forget-anti-money-laundering-rule-currently-in-legal-limbo\/article_9937d31d-2b62-57a0-b5e8-c42da4e505d1.html#:~:text=The%20registration%20is%20part%20of,penalties%20of%20up%20to%20%2410%2C000.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bill<\/a> called the Corporate Transparency Act. <\/p>\n<p>The State Department had previously briefed Congress on its plans to absorb the GEC&rsquo;s functions, which the source said would make it hard to kill the agency, rather than the Trump administration investigating it and having broad discretion. <\/p>\n<p>The State Department declined to comment. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3109445\/bidens-trump-proofing-foreign-policy-revolves-around-ukraine-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN&rsquo;S &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOFING&rsquo; FOREIGN POLICY REVOLVES AROUND UKRAINE AND NATO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&lsquo;The CR should be called Make America Sick Again&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Still, Republican senators also joined in on the chorus, taking aim at the GEC provision and the house speaker. The Tuesday legislation would extend government funding levels until March 2025 and comes after weeks of congressional negotiations. It is expected to be voted on this week. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With Republicans who vote for this, who needs Democrats?&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1869263350670164207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">asked<\/a> Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But we couldn&rsquo;t possibly help Americans poisoned by their own government&rsquo;s nuclear radiation. The CR should be called Make America Sick Again,&rdquo; Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1869205331605397956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>, referencing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcur.org\/politics-elections-and-government\/2024-11-21\/sen-josh-hawley-unveils-new-plan-to-expand-radiation-exposure-benefits-to-missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">efforts<\/a> to pass funding for people sick from radioactive waste exposure. Hawley&rsquo;s bill on the matter was left out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3263912\/josh-hawley-fumes-mike-johnson-radiation-exposure-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">must-pass<\/a> government funding bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The speaker&rsquo;s been an embarrassment from beginning to end, and the CR is the latest example of this. The CR is a total disaster. Why he continues to be elected as speaker is beyond me,&rdquo; Hawley also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maxpcohen\/status\/1869419054190281018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>, according to congressional reporter Max Cohen. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ramaswamy also pointed out the GEC provision in a Wednesday social media post, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1869407887983821089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">writing<\/a> on X that the agency is &ldquo;a key player in the federal censorship state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3220444\/voters-send-history-making-candidates-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>VOTERS SEND HISTORY-MAKING CANDIDATES TO CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re grateful for DOGE&rsquo;s warm reception on Capitol Hill,&rdquo; Ramaswamy said. &ldquo;Nearly everyone agrees we need a smaller &amp; more streamlined federal government, but actions speak louder than words. This is an early test. The bill should fail.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk is also, as a whole, opposed to the spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This bill should not pass,&rdquo; Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869310453253546066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> on X Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This bill should not pass <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eccQ6COZJ4\">https:\/\/t.co\/eccQ6COZJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869310453253546066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The GEC is facing a lawsuit from the <em>Federalist<\/em>, the <em>Daily Wire<\/em>, and the State of Texas for funding the Global Disinformation Index and a New York-based company called NewsGuard. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs say GEC facilitated &ldquo;one of the most egregious government operations to censor the American press in the history of the nation,&rdquo; according to a complaint. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mike Johnson is the best speaker Democrats have ever had. And the best part for them is they didn&rsquo;t even need to win elections to get all the power he&rsquo;s given them,&rdquo; Sean Davis, the CEO of the <em>Federalist<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1869403631449211248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted<\/a> on X on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1769298\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1769298\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Department &#8216;censorship&#8217; office gets a lifeline in spending bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2381450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24349592490057.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6371,5045,46503,32895,32076],"class_list":["post-2381449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-censorship","tag-government","tag-media-freedom","tag-state-department","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24349592490057.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381453,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381449\/revisions\/2381453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}