Trump Admin - Sec of State Rubio
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Finally, yesterday Fox (and only Fox) ran a terrific story below the headline, “Rubio announces visa restrictions for foreigners 'complicit' in censoring Americans.” Secretary Rubio began with a post on X:
The story’s sub-headline added, “Trump’s secretary of state says those who undermine Americans' free speech 'should not enjoy the privilege' of US travel.”
I considered including this story earlier, as another example of non-tariff leverage Trump weilds through the State Department. It is fair to say this announcement piles on top of the tariff leverage, potentially applying to foreign officials, NGO members, and even right up to other countries’ leaders themselves. But it could be bigger than that.
Our enemies have long silenced and punished American speech. This is most clearly seen in the banning of US-based social media platforms, for example. But it’s our allies, such as the European Union, who’ve begun criminalizing speech, recently arresting Telegram’s founder, for example. And they are suing the dickens out of Twitter and Facebook, as two more examples, for violating their stupid online speech codes.
Ironically, George Orwell was British.
Foreign leaders will be desperate to avoid being put on Rubio’s “list” because it doesn’t just block their access to the United States— it publicly brands them as enemies of American liberty. Being sanctioned under a speech-based visa restriction effectively exiles them from the global stage, cutting off face-to-face diplomacy, high-level trade talks, swanky elite conferences, and media platforms that all flow through Washington, New York, and Silicon Valley.
Worse, becoming a diplomatic persona non grata invites political embarrassment back at home, and emboldens the leaders’ rivals to circle like sharks. For a ruling-class technocrat or regulator whose power depends on international status and institutional access, being blacklisted by the U.S. is career poison. The threat of losing that privilege turns the list into a geopolitical electric cattle prod— and Rubio’s message seems clear: if you target American speech, you could forfeit your seat at America’s table.
This is the first time in U.S. history that foreign officials could face personal diplomatic consequences for participating in the global censorship-industrial complex and collectively violating Americans’ constitutional rights.
The move is part of the bigger theme we’ve been tracking — that the Trump administration is reversing the vectors of power, especially on censorship, lawfare, and institutional corruption. Rubio’s visa ban on foreign censors is the next chess move. It’s early, and it was just an announcement, so I don’t want to speculate too much yet about how hard this geopolitical haymaker could land.
Taken together, Bongino’s and Rubio’s quiet-seeming X posts not only made history, but messaged that the old era of narrative control is ending, and might someday be marked as the day the information war’s tide officially turned.
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The story’s sub-headline added, “Trump’s secretary of state says those who undermine Americans' free speech 'should not enjoy the privilege' of US travel.”
I considered including this story earlier, as another example of non-tariff leverage Trump weilds through the State Department. It is fair to say this announcement piles on top of the tariff leverage, potentially applying to foreign officials, NGO members, and even right up to other countries’ leaders themselves. But it could be bigger than that.
Our enemies have long silenced and punished American speech. This is most clearly seen in the banning of US-based social media platforms, for example. But it’s our allies, such as the European Union, who’ve begun criminalizing speech, recently arresting Telegram’s founder, for example. And they are suing the dickens out of Twitter and Facebook, as two more examples, for violating their stupid online speech codes.
Ironically, George Orwell was British.
Foreign leaders will be desperate to avoid being put on Rubio’s “list” because it doesn’t just block their access to the United States— it publicly brands them as enemies of American liberty. Being sanctioned under a speech-based visa restriction effectively exiles them from the global stage, cutting off face-to-face diplomacy, high-level trade talks, swanky elite conferences, and media platforms that all flow through Washington, New York, and Silicon Valley.
Worse, becoming a diplomatic persona non grata invites political embarrassment back at home, and emboldens the leaders’ rivals to circle like sharks. For a ruling-class technocrat or regulator whose power depends on international status and institutional access, being blacklisted by the U.S. is career poison. The threat of losing that privilege turns the list into a geopolitical electric cattle prod— and Rubio’s message seems clear: if you target American speech, you could forfeit your seat at America’s table.
This is the first time in U.S. history that foreign officials could face personal diplomatic consequences for participating in the global censorship-industrial complex and collectively violating Americans’ constitutional rights.
The move is part of the bigger theme we’ve been tracking — that the Trump administration is reversing the vectors of power, especially on censorship, lawfare, and institutional corruption. Rubio’s visa ban on foreign censors is the next chess move. It’s early, and it was just an announcement, so I don’t want to speculate too much yet about how hard this geopolitical haymaker could land.
Taken together, Bongino’s and Rubio’s quiet-seeming X posts not only made history, but messaged that the old era of narrative control is ending, and might someday be marked as the day the information war’s tide officially turned.
☕️ LITERALLY ☙ Thursday, May 29, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
Court nukes Trump’s tariffs; RFK Jr. targets corrupt journals; DOJ reopens Whitmer, COVID, Dobbs; Rubio bans censors; and Dems keep dying as The Nation calls it—literally—the end. And much more.
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No worries. A federal judge will be along shortly to tell the Administration that they can't do that.Finally, yesterday Fox (and only Fox) ran a terrific story below the headline, “Rubio announces visa restrictions for foreigners 'complicit' in censoring Americans.” Secretary Rubio began with a post on X:
The story’s sub-headline added, “Trump’s secretary of state says those who undermine Americans' free speech 'should not enjoy the privilege' of US travel.”
I considered including this story earlier, as another example of non-tariff leverage Trump weilds through the State Department. It is fair to say this announcement piles on top of the tariff leverage, potentially applying to foreign officials, NGO members, and even right up to other countries’ leaders themselves. But it could be bigger than that.
Our enemies have long silenced and punished American speech. This is most clearly seen in the banning of US-based social media platforms, for example. But it’s our allies, such as the European Union, who’ve begun criminalizing speech, recently arresting Telegram’s founder, for example. And they are suing the dickens out of Twitter and Facebook, as two more examples, for violating their stupid online speech codes.
Ironically, George Orwell was British.
Foreign leaders will be desperate to avoid being put on Rubio’s “list” because it doesn’t just block their access to the United States— it publicly brands them as enemies of American liberty. Being sanctioned under a speech-based visa restriction effectively exiles them from the global stage, cutting off face-to-face diplomacy, high-level trade talks, swanky elite conferences, and media platforms that all flow through Washington, New York, and Silicon Valley.
Worse, becoming a diplomatic persona non grata invites political embarrassment back at home, and emboldens the leaders’ rivals to circle like sharks. For a ruling-class technocrat or regulator whose power depends on international status and institutional access, being blacklisted by the U.S. is career poison. The threat of losing that privilege turns the list into a geopolitical electric cattle prod— and Rubio’s message seems clear: if you target American speech, you could forfeit your seat at America’s table.
This is the first time in U.S. history that foreign officials could face personal diplomatic consequences for participating in the global censorship-industrial complex and collectively violating Americans’ constitutional rights.
The move is part of the bigger theme we’ve been tracking — that the Trump administration is reversing the vectors of power, especially on censorship, lawfare, and institutional corruption. Rubio’s visa ban on foreign censors is the next chess move. It’s early, and it was just an announcement, so I don’t want to speculate too much yet about how hard this geopolitical haymaker could land.
Taken together, Bongino’s and Rubio’s quiet-seeming X posts not only made history, but messaged that the old era of narrative control is ending, and might someday be marked as the day the information war’s tide officially turned.
☕️ LITERALLY ☙ Thursday, May 29, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
Court nukes Trump’s tariffs; RFK Jr. targets corrupt journals; DOJ reopens Whitmer, COVID, Dobbs; Rubio bans censors; and Dems keep dying as The Nation calls it—literally—the end. And much more.
Marco Rubio all out of bubblegum....
He's come a long way from that doofus he was in 2016.
He's come a long way from that doofus he was in 2016.
OccamsRazor
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How exactly are foreign officials "censoring" Americans within the United States?
gemma_rae
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I'm not sure who Matt Forney is, but if true, I think this answers your question.
From post #41:
OccamsRazor
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Huh? So some British loon said something dumb that Kamala may have agreed with... and we are OK with Rubio doing the same?
gemma_rae
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I quoted a post.Huh? So some British loon said something dumb that Kamala may have agreed with... and we are OK with Rubio doing the same?
But since you asked, yeah, I'm fine with Rubio denying visas to some a-wholes that want to FAFO.
PJay
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Marco Rubio is heading to Israel to discuss Israel’s strike in Qatar… “the president is not happy about it.”
Reminder of what Trump said:
The government of Israel is out of control…
Remember Trump’s Statement:
“This was a decision made by Prime Minister Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me. Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States,.. does not advance Israel or America’s goal.”
Reminder of what Trump said:
The government of Israel is out of control…
Remember Trump’s Statement:
“This was a decision made by Prime Minister Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me. Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States,.. does not advance Israel or America’s goal.”
Qatar is not an "ally" of the US no matter what Trump says. They play for both teams.
Clem72
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Ahem.
Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business
The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.
Bombings are bad for tourism.
Hijinx
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Conservatives are not going to be happy about this. I know i am not.Ahem.
Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business
The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.apnews.com
Bombings are bad for tourism.
LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
Good ole Rubio. Just doing the bidding of his masters. Here he is showing his fealty to all things Israel and Israel policy related. He is an Israel first useful seditious idiot.
Good ole Rubio. Just doing the bidding of his masters. Here he is showing his fealty to all things Israel and Israel policy related. He is an Israel first useful seditious idiot.