The liberal media is in meltdown after Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a crushing blow to the deep state’s censorship regime, shutting down the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office—a rogue agency that hijacked taxpayer dollars to silence conservative Americans. This office, originally disguised as a tool to combat foreign disinformation, was exposed as nothing more than a taxpayer-funded censorship machine, targeting the very citizens it was supposed to serve. Under President Donald Trump’s administration, this abuse of power has finally come to an end—proof that only strong, America-first leadership can dismantle the left’s authoritarian tactics.
Rubio didn’t mince words when he declared: “This is antithetical to the very principals [sic] we should be upholding and inconceivable it was taking place in America. That ends today. Under the administration of President Trump, we will always work to protect the rights of the American people, and this is an important step in continuing to fulfill that commitment.” The office, which burned through $50 million per year, wasn’t just wasting money—it was actively funding third-party groups to “tag and label voices in American politics,” as Rubio revealed. In other words, your tax dollars were being weaponized to suppress free speech.
The liberal outlet Politico whined about the move, framing it as a loss for “fighting foreign disinformation.” But Rubio set the record straight: “They were also taking money from this program and using it to fund these NGOs, these third-party groups who were supposed to be impartial. Those groups were then tagging—They were literally tagging and labeling voices in American politics.” This was never about foreign threats—it was about silencing domestic dissent, particularly conservative voices that challenged the left’s narrative.
The fact that this office was allowed to operate for years under previous administrations is a scandal of epic proportions. Only under Trump’s leadership was this corruption exposed and dismantled. Rubio emphasized: “Before President Trump took over and they disbanded this unit, they just renamed it and moved it somewhere else. But now over the last few months, we’ve worked on it and just taken it down.” This is the kind of accountability that Democrats and their media allies fear—because it proves how deeply entrenched the censorship-industrial complex had become.
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GOVT. CENSORSHIP: "American taxpayers through the State Department were paying groups to try to silence the voice of Americans."
Sec of State Marco Rubio announces DISMANTLING of censorship group CFIM — formerly known as the Global Engagement Center, in conversation with… pic.twitter.com/PHtsGhJU8y
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While the left cries about “misinformation,” the real misinformation was coming from their own government, which labeled truthful reporting as “dangerous” while letting actual foreign propaganda go unchecked. Rubio made it clear: “We are going to spend money on messaging. It’s going to be pro-American messaging.” No more funding left-wing NGOs to attack Americans. No more shadow-banning conservatives. Under Trump, the government will amplify America’s voice, not suppress it.
This victory wouldn’t have been possible without Trump’s 2024 win—a stark reminder of what was at stake. The left wanted this censorship apparatus to remain in place, controlling the narrative and crushing opposition. But Trump and his administration are dismantling the deep state, one rogue office at a time.