The Feds have been censoring you and someone is finally doing something about it

A libertarian Republican congressman has introduced legislation cutting off the federal government’s ability to control news and censor its own citizens and opposition lawmakers.

Representative Thomas Massie announced the introduction of H.R. 1233, legislation designed to prohibit the expenditure of taxpayer funds on programs that censor the free speech of Americans. 

“Were it not for Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, claims of government censorship of online speech would be dismissed,” said Rep. Massie. “However, after purchasing the company, Mr. Musk released internal documents known as the ‘Twitter Files’ that showed the government colludes with private companies and universities to violate the First Amendment. The government’s censorship efforts even extended to accurate tweets I posted to my official congressional Twitter account.”

“If a Member of Congress’s account can be censored on the pretext of combatting ‘misinformation’, ‘disinformation’, or ‘malinformation’, it can be done to anyone’s account,” Rep. Massie continued.

“My legislation will end taxpayer funding for programs the federal government uses to censor speech,” Massie explained.

H.R. 1233 prevents taxpayer funds from being spent by any federal department or agency on “disinformation research grants.” In addition, the legislation eliminates funding for specific programs within the National Science Foundation that the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government previously identified as key to the federal government’s censorship efforts.

Original cosponsors of Rep. Massie’s legislation include Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX).