These two have been up on the Hill before outlining the increasingly illiberal and creepy censorship mentality that’s engulfed the Democratic Party, the progressive activist wing, and its leeching into the mainstream media that have pundits who defend this Politburo nonsense. Michael Shellenberger of Public and Matt Taibbi of Racket News have been two of the most visible independent reporters who have been made uneasy by the actions of the Biden administration.

On Wednesday, both reporters testified before the House Judiciary Committee on the “Censorship Industrial Complex.” The entire hearing will be posted below. However, their opening statements mentioned a familiar agency whose actions have been uncovered, thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which would be USAID. Both had lengthy opening remarks, with Taibbi noting that right-wing misinformation does exist, but growing up a Democrat, he wasn’t afraid of differing views, even nutty ones. He felt his arguments in the arena of debate could and would neutralize bad ideas from taking hold.