We have discussed the possibility of President Trump linking liberty and freedom initiatives to trade agreement policy; indeed, there are indications this approach is underway. Now we see the same approach being applied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as it pertains to visa entry and censorship.
Rubio announces that entities who participate in the censorship of Americans will not be granted entry visas to enter the United States.
The most important aspect to this shift and affirmation is that it’s not our enemies censoring American speech, it’s our allies. Individuals, entities, organizations and government officials in Great Britain, Europe and even Canada have put restrictions on American speech and threatened legal action therein.
Here’s the official State Dept announcement:
“Free speech is among the most cherished rights we enjoy as Americans. This right, legally enshrined in our constitution, has set us apart as a beacon of freedom around the world. Even as we take action to reject censorship at home, we see troubling instances of foreign governments and foreign officials picking up the slack. In some instances, foreign officials have taken flagrant censorship actions against U.S. tech companies and U.S. citizens and residents when they have no authority to do so.
Today, I am announcing a new visa restriction policy that will apply to foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship of protected expression in the United States. It is unacceptable for foreign officials to issue or threaten arrest warrants on U.S. citizens or U.S. residents for social media posts on American platforms while physically present on U.S. soil. It is similarly unacceptable for foreign officials to demand that American tech platforms adopt global content moderation policies or engage in censorship activity that reaches beyond their authority and into the United States. We will not tolerate encroachments upon American sovereignty, especially when such encroachments undermine the exercise of our fundamental right to free speech.
This visa restriction policy is pursuant to Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which authorizes the Secretary of State to render inadmissible any alien whose entry into the Unites States “would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.” Certain family members may also be covered by these restrictions.” [SOURCE LINK]
Go Rubio!
Good.
It would also be good if Blondi would stop doing hair and makeup and instead start indicting U.S. gov’t officials that violated the free speech of American citizens.
18 U.S.C. § 242, Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.
It would be nice to simply see FBI and DOJ terminate employees by the thousands simply for giving the appearance of breaking this law. Successful prosecutions in DC will be few and far between.
I’m sure that a sufficiently motivated AG and FBI Director could go into the manuals and find the relevant paragraphs necessary to fire people.
So far Rubio has been a very, very, pleasant surprise.
He keeps growing taller.
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Will that make his ears smaller . . .?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Secretary of State Rubio🎂
Today you are the Man!!!
The Little Man from Ukraine has been a thorn in Marco’s side since he was confirmed.
It’s going to be a LONG campaign for him…
Be very cautious of Rubio, he may be a wolf in sheep clothing.
The Gang of 8…
I’m not sure he will ever be able to rid himself of his McStain.
How long until a judge issues a TRO? Kidding, kind of?
Shhhhh. Don’t give them any ideas.
😂 that’s clearly the only idea they have now days.👍
I’m guessing a FED judge in Illinois is right on it!
Exactly. Didn’t read your post. Yet we all know it’s coming.
I think the average time is about 39 minutes. They have the judges lined up in the bullpen.
Norm Eisen has them on speed dial.
SCOTUS wouldn’t take the case of a kid removed from school for wearing a t-shirt that said “there are 2 genders”. But somehow bribing a politician is free speech.
That being said I love that our administration is giving this issue some teeth.
Hopefully international banking sanctions will follow those visa restrictions. Let’s see how the elites like the Canadian Trucker rules. LOL
I would really like to see that happen. The karma would be so freaking pure
Excellent news. “We’re mad as hell and we’re not gonna take it anymore!”
So when do we start arresting the ones who do it here?
Asking for a friend….
NO MERCY!
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Just block entry in the USA of any citizen from the nation doing the censoring. Just blocking the politicians from the censoring nation does little to nothing.
Make it hurt.
I would rather start with Hurting the Elites. Let them be punished instead of punishing people who have no control over what their “leaders” do.
The elites get to enjoy all of the perks of their status. Let them and them alone be punished for their behavior.
The problem with that is you would probably reduce tourism into the U.S. by 90%. They would really hate Trump in Miami🥺
WEF is a suicide pact for the West on behalf of China.
Run by The City.
At the rate it’s going it won’t be long before the Caliphate has The City in ruins.
The City invited them.
They’ve a long practice of using them against their enemies.
“The City invited them.”
Yes, and I seem to recall that there once was a city that took a liking to a particular horse. How’d that work out for them?
There’s more than one way to silence a thought.
Start with the U.K., Germany and France.
Thinking the judge in Brazil is high on the list.
Read he was moving assets out of US.
I cast around for an example of the behavior and action and found this one from a mouthpiece in Austin…
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/uk-authorities-threaten-extradition-jail-to-us-citizens-for-online-posts-stoking-riots-social-media-elon-musk-x-stabbing-taylor-swift-themed-event-children-dead-prime-minister-police-laws-free-speech
The head of police is now threatening extradition and jail time to U.S. citizens for online posts allegedly egging on the violence from afar. A Sky News reporter asked London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley about posts made by Elon Musk on the topic.
Rowley responded, “We will throw the full force of the law at people and whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online we will come after you.”
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Note, the article and events occurred nearly a year ago. Which officials or others would be affected? Those making threats under color of law? Their chain of command?
If they never travel to the U.S., what exactly is the effect of the visa action here? I presume there has to be action, or threat of action, and by a human in a position of power to actually carry out the action, like government officials. Where would that buck stop? A cop sent to nab Elon for extradition not getting his visa?
What’s the precedent, meaning what past similar actions can we reference to, forex sanctioning foreign national government officials for their threats or actions against U.S. citizens within the Republic?
BTW, what’s up with Julian Assange lately. Is he still alive?
China has police outposts here and there and kidnaps Chinese back to the mainland for punishment.
So there’s precedent of sorts.
THAT has to be dealt with, yesterday! I’m surprised POTUS hasn’t tended to that, in one way or another, yet.
https://x.com/i/status/1927495804576584106
Time to throw the full force of people at the law.
Law is nullified by mass disobedience. If 10,000 Americans make “online posts allegedly egging on the violence from afar” the sheer number of “violators” makes coming after them a whole different prospect. For every one they try to arrest one-hundred more should make the same online post as the one they come after. Escalate.
The rule of bullies applies. Nothing like punching them in the face doesn’t solve. They are inherently weak, glass jaws, that shatter upon contact. Not used to taking incoming. We got this. Mark Rowley, we’re coming for you, punk!
Would England, forex, deny Elon admittance to their country because of his postings in the article I referenced, or arrest him if he did travel to their country? I could envision a quid pro quo of such actions, if taken.
As it is, from my chair, this is a war of words about theoretical actions, obviating expending such valuable energy on pursuing the enemies of the Republic who are already vertical, breathing and here, right now, and have already taken real actions to the detriment of free men. Of course, Rubio’s job is foreign diplomacy so that’s outside his purview.
If only we could sanction our own Communists in power and authority for threatening,, and actually detaining, imprisoning and killing us for exercising free speech right here, right now. If only.
Add a 25% or greater censorship tariff to each country involved in this nonsense. Might as well kick ’em while they’re down!
Is “King” Charles required to have a visa to get in here?
YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeS !!!
Criticising migration will be a criminal offense in the EU.https://x.com/i/status/1927495804576584106
Criticizing your abusers and their proxies ist verboten.
MAGA!
Like we used to say in Vietnam, “Get Some!”
Anybody who elects the people that censor the speech are responsible, so let’s not let anyone from Great Britain, Germany, France, etc. come in.
I disagree. Their elites will not shed one tear if their population has their lives ruined by not being able to travel to the USA. They would, in fact, enjoy seeing their citizens even more restricted in their lives.
Let the elites suffer for their choices. I am tired of the little people being punished for what the leaders do. Let the leaders suffer the consequences and leave the people alone.
Election fraud?
How’d that 2020 election work out for you, again?…
…- Here’s the skinny on last year’s UK general election: Labour won that on something like 30%-and-change of the vote – that’s *3 Out Of Every 10 People Who Voted* actually wanted a Labour government…
…- Now here’s the punchline (which you will find honestly reported *Precisely Nowhere* in any MSM): Voter *Turnout* was a lick under 60% – iirc, it was something like the 3rd lowest turnout in British electoral history and reflects an *Actual Catastrophic Collapse* in voter support for the two main parties, Conservative and Labour…
…- Factoring in the missing 40%-and-change of *Elligible Voters* who refused (with *Exceptionally* good reason, btw) to show up to vote, Labour were, in fact, *Installed* into office with only *18%-And-Change* support of the *Total Elligible Electorate*, or less than *2 Out Of Every 10 Elligible Voters*…
…- And all of that is to say nothing of any fraud that *May* have *Also* transpired…
Absolutely Go Rubio! 👏👏👏
And 3. 2 1 A federal judge has just blocked…..
That’s what happens when good things happen.
It must seem hypocritical to these countries, us doing this while our own government works with contractors, main stream media, and social media to censor our speech . . .
Things like this keep my hopium in check.
Like the newly announced FBI “investigations” of meaningless things, this grandstanding overseas, while giving a wink and a nod to our own censorship here at home, makes me realize that nothing will change here.
They are all in on it. They are all wings on the same vulture.
Big Beautiful Bill lol.
Another 10 trillion to the deficit.
And another foot into this nation’s grave, aided by the new online “safety” bill
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Things ARE changing here. While censorship still takes place from the local level on up, what we have now is so much better than just a year ago. As censorship keeps getting called out and officials censured or embarrassed, it will continue to diminish. As far as the BBB bill, I’m not hopeful of it being passed w/o some significant cuts to spending. The alternative is to raise taxes to stop the ridiculous deficits. The DOGE cuts, unless they approach $750 billion and actually result in legislation to back them up, won’t put a dent in the deficit and will probably go up in smoke. This probably cuts against the conventional wisdom at the WH, but this is how I and others are seeing it.
Its a start. But until we get rid of the OPT and H1B visas in this country we are continuing to repeat the same mistakes over and over again….Americans are hurting for jobs. Recent grads have zero ability to find jobs. We must leave the US labor market for American’s. The foreign Visa students get an immediate 3 year OPT and are cheaper than our new grads…This is the opposite of MAGA. I only wish someone was really advising DJT honestly about this stuff….
Well done Secretary Rubio.
Rubio keeps on surprising me. I never, ever expected what we’ve seen thus far from Rubio. Maybe he has actually turned to the MAGA philosophy and gave up the uniparty?
i say this with total respect, M4T2020, i don’t think it matters.
what matters is that SoS Rubio is enacting the policies of his boss with precision, no deviation at all,
and is discussing and explaining them expertly.
he’s been doing a great job at his JOB.
all kudos to him for that.
whether his political orientation has changed or not is a question for another day.
plenty of time to see where that goes in the future.
I think he has realized that America first is the way to go if he wants to continue his career in politics. He’s seen what happens to people like Pence and Romney. The donors may control the leadership in the House and Senate, but the GOP base in Florida won’t elect anyone who isn’t America first if they have a choice in the primaries.
Lefty will bide their time then return whence they came! Leopards can’t change their spots!
I am beginning to hold the opinion that it is Sec. State Rubio’s Cuban heritage and the suffering the citizens of Cuba have undergone since the Castro brothers first appeared on the scene in that country, that given the Secretary’s unique experience to embody and approach his work, and to be able to give back to his nation that welcomed his community with open arms to now gladly hold up as an example of the one thing this nation has above all others, recognizing the inalienable rights of the individual.
I’m really liking this Rubio.
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If they like him in FL, then let him run for governorship there in 2026.
He was the pits, this was our only way to rid us of him.
Original TPT, Tea Party Traitor.
Thank You PDJT
Who would have guessed that President Trump’s second term would be saved by a couple of Democrats and a couple of reformed RINOs?
On the same day he met with the German FM
Let us hope and pray it was to read them the Riot Act over any potential Taurus-themed adventures.
And the race for 2028 continues to heat up. Well done, Marco.
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I think he is positioning himself to run for FL governorship in 2026, since he is not eligible per the natural born citizen requirement of our U.S. Constitution to run for president . . .
Nope, PDJT has already backed Byron.
Lil Havana started in Miami politics, moved on to national, not going back to FL, we don’t want him.
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Maybe he can do good things in Cuba, then.
I keep hearing talk about 51 states . . .
Remember o’bummer?
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What I remember is that Nanzi vouched for him being a nbc but refused to release any details to the public due to embarrassment that it may cause his family.
And then, he had a ‘copy’ of a BC emerge of some fraudulent, obviously manufactured pdf image and the lady who supposedly ‘verified’ same died after a plane wreck, which she — along with all other passengers originally survived.
IOW, the ‘birth story’ he told is, IMHO, a lie, just like every other story he tells (even in his own book — he wrote about a composite of supposed girl friends).
But, it did convince many people (hopefully not you) that U.S. citizens can vote to do away with their Constitution via voting for a president that is not eligible.
And, the fact that Bribem absolutely would not abdicate — even though fraudulently garnered — his pretendency to the ineligible Que-mala, gives me reason to believe that SLO-Joe knew Obama’s ‘birth lies’ and he (or, I should say Dr.Jill) did not want to be the one responsible for ‘that kind’ of coup . . .
Hopefully, we learned our lesson with the Kenyan!
I don’t think he’s concerned about that. A court won’t enforce it. If he wants to ru n, he’ll be able to run.
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It is up to the voting public to enforce it!
You have already been assuaged into accepting that the U.S. electorate has previously voted to do away with the Constitution — with absolutely no ‘proof’ whatsoever of the true and actual birth circumstances of ‘44’ — and thus act nonplussed that it (voting to do away with our Constitution) could actually occur AND be ‘enforced’ by the courts . . .
This bodes well for Tik Tock in Europe and Canada and has the WEF foaming at the mouth.
When you defend free speech, you’ve won my heart.
Maybe we should deport the 7 SCOTUS judges who voted that saying there are 2 genders in school can be censored because it hurts someone’s feelings. Hurting someone’s feelings is not the bar for the 1st amendment.
L’il Marco continues to surprise…
@Sundance,
It seems you are warming up to Mr. Rubio.
Can someone provide the name of one individual, name one, who will be affected by this Rubio dictat.
To me this is all Rubio hot air fodder for the masses which, in essence, amounts to zilch.
If you want to do something, little Marco, make nice with the Russians and reign in your buddy Lindsey Graham and, so, end the war in Ukraine.
Consider it communication.
Consider the audience.
Consider the purpose.
This will be real proof lil. Marco really did change….
Go, indeed.
The same rules/restrictions should apply to US citizens that want to travel abroad in support of foreign governments/entities engaged in free speech suppression of US or ANY others.
Is this correct:
I am a citizen of a country that has censorship laws.
Now I cant travel to the US.
Meanwhile, the politicians who enacted said censorship laws travel under diplomatic immunity and are not subject to same visa restriction.
In any case even if the politicians are not exempt, the nett result is that I am being censored AND PLUS I cant travel to the US.
Sure sounds like something that will make the censorship situation better.
Also bonus question:
What happens to propaganda that originates in the US, such as gene therapy shot nonsense?
If a country is against that information being disseminated, are they subject to censorship ban as well?
As in you have to match the US world view, or else.. no travel for you.
Good times.
I think the visa restrictions apply to those who do the censoring-the politicians and their henchmen-not to citizens of those countries.
I would like to see Australia’s ‘E-Safety Commissioner’, Julie Inman Grant — a dual US-Aussie citizen — sued in the US by an American who is affected by what Inman Grant is doing in Australia.
Inman Grant once said: “The First Amendment does not apply in Australia.” Surely, there must be a way for an American to to sue Inman Grant’s American ass off in an American court.
They need to expand this to include 5-eyes intel sharing…
As Europe descends into authoritarianism, we need to be increasingly aware of what we are sharing with them.
The intel agencies are the ones driving the censorship train. That’s where the war is.
“When we revere a politician and give him our vote, we do so because we believe his most fervent desire is to contribute to the nation’s well-being or to make the right decisions with public money. That may be a desire, but it is not what drives him.
What drives him is the thirst for glory;
the public good, as he understands it, is a means to that end. So when a great statesman accomplishes a laudable goal by sagacity and bravery, we’re right to give him the praise he craves. But when we’re surprised and disgusted because the man we lauded has humiliated himself and disgraced his office, we haven’t just misjudged a man—we’ve misjudged the nature of modern politics.”
Barton Swaim – The Speechwriter: A Brief Education in Politics
Canada rep here: Another example of why America is VITAL to the Freedom of the World. Your Godliness Founders have given you the Foundation and the means to swing the biggest hammer against Evil with thanks to God. Protect it WITH YOUR LIFE, swing it hard and steadfast and the World remains free from the clutches of Evil. Thank you America! In God We Trust!
I’m really starting to like Rubio.
It appears that Rubio has morphed from one of the iffys to one of the good ones and the same can be said about Gabbard and maybe Thune!
Let’s call it the Trump Effect. President 47 has a way of calling the fence sitters in the battle of good vs evil to the better angels of their nature!
Play MAGA for me.
Perhaps Rubio can address this?
Don’t let that ridiculous king into the US. One of the worst offenders.
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Paging an activist judge to issue a TRO to the TRO blue phone in the back room.
God Bless Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump!