Normally I do not base posts on single tweets, but this account by HealthRanger (hat tip Chuck L) on coming intensified censorship of what is deemed to anti-Israel information is credible.
HealthRanger is a tech-adjacent business operator. His account has over 300,000 followers, and is very much anti-genocide/anti-Zionist. He was quickly critical of Trump’s Zionist cabinet appointments, for instance. I have only skimmed some of his older posts. He was also opposed to the Covid vaccines, but does not appear to have kept harping on that topic as many diehards do. But being on that side of the issue has made him very much aware of the messaging control during the “get everyone vaxxed” era. Admittedly, he has some tweets on nasty, coming-to-your-theater-soon war tech that seem a bit woo woo. But that does not bear on him picking up on chatter regarding censorship plans.
Truth is famously the first casualty of war. It seems a no-brainer that an effort to limit negative information about how Israel is faring and criticism of Israel generally is a given if the US formally joins Israel in attacking Iran, as opposed to continuing to try to have it both ways by merely being a too-visible partner but not the front guy. So even if Health Ranger’s sources are wrong on the fine points, it seems hard to imagine that something like the censorship program he outlines is not in the works. Look at what we’ve seen already on campuses.
We saw from the Twitter files that the Biden Administration, for the most part, relied on getting social media platforms to accept the premise that barring “misinformation” was entirely valid, and would use that to often politely but sometimes not, press for certain content to be removed and authors penalized or banned. Facebook and Twitter also have the ability to promote and muffle content, and that was a softer censorship measures, simply dampening the visibility of disfavored-speak.
It seems very unlikely that the Trumpies would go the soft-gloved route. But that also means the fingerprints of First Amendment violations would be far easier to see….assuming, of course, that one could get judges to react on a fast enough turnaround.
This coming crackdown also confirms our conservative policy of always running on our own hardware and avoiding using Twitter meaningfully and Facebook at all. As we’ve long said, “If your business depends on a platform, you don’t have a business.”
One can assume, as with the Covid speech clampdown, that the focus will be on social media, as in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Tik-Tok. Needless to say, we are about to see how hypocritical Team Trump’s free speech posturing was, and how Musk’s free speech absolutism pretenses will go out the window.
We’ll see how this rolls out, but I would anticipate that high profile YouTubers and podcasters will be first on the hit list.
The interesting question will be Substack. Substack has made a lot of noise not just about being a free speech space, but also being willing to litigate on behalf of its writers. Will they fall in with content-choking? Demands to unplatform certain writers? Or will they put up a fight?
Now to the tweet from Health Ranger. For convenience, I am embedding it (which only displays an opening portion) and the body below.
🚨 RED ALERT: WE ARE GOING INTO A MAJOR WAR AND THERE WILL BE EXTREME CENSORSHIP under a new Office of War Information (OWI for 2025) org! (But not named OWI.) Following my previous post on this subject, I received confirmation that the White House is indeed working up a social…
— HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) June 18, 2025
The full text:
RED ALERT: WE ARE GOING INTO A MAJOR WAR AND THERE WILL BE EXTREME CENSORSHIP under a new Office of War Information (OWI for 2025) org! (But not named OWI.) Following my previous post on this subject, I received confirmation that the White House is indeed working up a social media BAN LIST, and they will be rolling it out within days after the bunker buster bombs fall on Iran. The goal of course is to silence all dissent and control the narrative to be 100% pro Israel. But unlike the way the Democrats achieved this by routing ban lists through the DoD and offshore NGOs then back to Big Tech, in this case the bans will be handled domestically under the US Department of State, citing “national security” as the reason. I’m told there will be many THOUSANDS of accounts banned across all major social media, and lists have already been largely compiled. Rubio will have the list, and it’s not a coincidence that Rubio is also currently serving as the National Security Advisor, meaning he has the access channels to push a censorship list through. No word yet on whether web domains will be seized by State, but it seems possible.
SHARE THIS widely, and push back against right-wing censorship in the name of protecting Israel’s narrative. Every indy media journalist should loudly protest this, and we should demand that Trump denounce censorship and back away from this plan! Benz should soon be aware of this, and Jones, Carlson and others, if they aren’t already. Owen Shroyer, Harrison Smith, Scott Ritter, Judge Napolitano, Glenn Greenwald, etc., will of course all be on the list, as will anyone with any significant reach who questions the pro-war narrative. YouTube will also be heavily pressured.
This isn’t the first time our government will have engaged in widespread wartime censorship, of course. From EBSCO: “U.S. Censorship and War Propaganda During World War II – During World War II, the United States implemented significant censorship and propaganda efforts to support its war objectives. As the conflict escalated, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the need for organized propaganda and established various agencies, including the Office of War Information (OWI) and the Office of Censorship. These agencies aimed to disseminate information that bolstered public support for the war while suppressing dissenting views. Propaganda was delivered through an array of media, including films, posters, radio broadcasts, and comics, effectively mobilizing the American public and promoting wartime values. Iconic symbols, such as Rosie the Riveter, emerged to represent women’s contributions to the workforce while promoting a unified national effort. The OWI coordinated numerous campaigns to encourage military enlistment and the purchase of war bonds, as well as to promote resource conservation on the home front. Simultaneously, the Office of Censorship worked to prevent sensitive information from reaching enemy forces, leading to a complex relationship between government oversight and media freedom. Overall, this dual approach of propaganda and censorship was crucial in maintaining morale and commitment during a pivotal moment in U.S. history.”
Pray for freedom, pray for peace and pray for liberty. It seems the tyranny has merely shifted from the Left to the Right, but it’s still tyranny and it’s still extreme censorship. The Left censored under the label of “misinformation” and the Right will censor under the label of “anti-Semitism.” It will be labeled anti-Semitic to oppose war, in other words. If you don’t agree to bleed for the Zionists, you will be silenced. Decentralize rapidly. Shift to decentralized, independent platforms. I don’t know if Rumble will obey State Dept. censorship demands, as Rumble has been very strong defending free speech so far, so we’ll see. Torba will absolutely NOT give in to censorship demands. Bitchute will likely defend free speech as well. Brighteon will remain fully in accordance with the First Amendment (I am the founder of Brighteon), recognizing that dissenting speech plays a critical role in the very process of democracy. Bastyon is already decentralized and will remain so (censorship is impossible there). Watch for extreme censorship of popular podcasts via the podcast sites such as the “bean” site and Spotify, too. This is going to get far more insane and ugly than any level of censorship during COVID, fyi.
