 Hey, welcome back everyone. Thanks for watching So the clip I have for you today is of senator Josh Holley questioning the DHS secretary about the Overnight announcement of an Orwellian disinformation governance board and why of all people they hired Nina Jacob it's to lead it. There's lots to say about this exchange. So let's get right to it If your intent was to combat misinformation online or in the government why on God's green earth Would you nominate someone who is a human geyser of misinformation? Senator I I am ultimately responsible for the hiring of Miss Jankiewicz To be the executive director of the disinformation governance board in my capacity as the secretary why did you choose her? I bear responsibility for that. I understand that she is an expert in disinformation Yes, indeed spreading it and she will have an obligation to execute her responsibilities in a non-partisan way Were you aware of these were you aware of this information when you chose her everything I've just shown you? I was not what how could you not be? Did you do any research on her senator senator who could possibly be skeptical of this person being fact-based and non-partisan? critical race theory has become one of those hot-button issues that the Republicans and and other you know disinformers who are engaged in disinformation for profit, frankly There are plenty of you know media outlets that are making money off of this to have have seized on and I live in Virginia And in Loudoun County, that's one of the areas Where people have really honed in on this topic, which is probably why Loudoun County Public Schools is currently hosting a lesson plan on its website Explicitly teaching queer theory and critical race theory to kids. She just hates Republicans and thinks they're disinformers Sure, sure, so she's definitely qualified for this shadow gov I mean ministry of truth. I mean disinformation governance board I will not discuss the internal workings of the hiring process. You won't of the Department of Homeland Security Well, let me ask you about this. I'm sure there are documents pertaining to this board minutes of meetings Communications about who would serve on the board. Will you release those to this committee? Senator there are not Yet this this governance wait a minute. There are no meat. There are no minutes of meetings about this board It is not yet. You've not created any records. It has not yet begun its work. You've hired her You surely had deliberations about hiring her the the board has not yet met you you had deliberations about hiring her though, correct? I Did not senator. You just said that you are solely responsible for hiring her my capacity as the secretary I bear responsibility. You're telling me that there are no documents associated with this board You look like a snake cheese It is just maddening knowing that if the roles were reversed on this the Democrats on the media would incite a national uproar Legitimately instead. They support the ministry of truth They support Nina jacoins and this lying corrupt reptile instead We have CNN and the others framing this as the heroic Majorcas pushing back on Republicans concerns Republicans are criticizing Your decision the administration's decision to choose Nina Jankiewicz to lead this disinformation board They say she is not somebody who is neutral your response eminently qualified a renowned expert in the field of disinformation Absolutely so critical race theory has become one of those hot-button issues that the Republicans and and other you know Disinformers she has for starters Consistently misinformed the public about the hunter-biden laptop story and spread the lie that it was Russian propaganda Here she is again the same interview saying that we should view it Meaning the laptop and apparently the whole story as a Trump campaign product That is also a lie Biden notes 50 former Natsuk officials and five former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op Laundering here using government former government officials to launder the lie that this was in fact a Russian influence op Which of course is not true at all. Here she is in an NPR interview this year just a few weeks ago April 16th 2022. This is miss Jankiewicz and I quote I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists We're taking over more platforms. They say she is not somebody who is neutral your response Eminently qualified a renowned expert in the field of disinformation Absolutely, so hopefully by now if you weren't already you're starting to see the really insidious patterns emerging here He claims that there's been no board meetings and no work done up to this point Yet Nina Jankiewicz herself has claimed to have been working as an Orwellian tyrant for the last two months So which is it and if she has been working for two months what's she been doing? Mayork has claimed that he alone is responsible for her hire yet somehow knew nothing about her past partisan Disinformed record and can't explain how or why she was hired other than to claim that she's an expert Which is a completely discredited claim at this point. Why would he even say it? Who recommended her under what process was she approved? I'm not an expert on this but aren't there laws about open and fair hiring and federal jobs How long has his organization actually existed and why do we only find out about it right after elon musk buys twitter? Taking it away from these very same people may orcas is either a really bad liar or he is supremely incompetent Why are the self-titled protectors of democracy not the ones asking these questions instead? They're framing the people asking those questions as the bad guys I that I that I don't you ask for Minutes of meetings documents pertaining to the board any records of communications about who would serve on the board Will you turn those over to this committee any document pertaining to this board? Will you turn it over to this committee senator? We we owe you documents with respect to the work of this board that already are in existence So you'll turn them all over you will turn those documents over to this to this committee unless there is a legal basis for us Not to do so Senator I will follow up with my colleagues on that Wait, wait, wait, wait. I just wanted to start to say yes, but then you just you just is that a yes or is that a that's a maybe I'll get back to you later Senator I owe Openness and transparency with this committee and we will produce the documents that you have requested Unless there's a legal prohibition from us doing so unless there's thank you. Thank you I really need a drink right now. What day is it? All right, folks, that's all the excuse I needed to drown my gaslit brain and hazy IPAs Please hit that like button and leave a comment to help the algorithm. Thanks a lot