Good Morning DC,

Everyone wants to be a Ministry of Truth these days. PayPal announced a new policy to fine “misinformation,” which, unlike “disinformation,” does not have intent. Once the PR crisis exploded in their face, PayPal walked back its thought policing, claiming it was published “in error.”

All right PayPal, let me ask you this: Was it also “in error” when last month in the UK, you suspended the account of the Free Speech Union founder, Toby Young, over his views on gender policy and the COVID-19 vaccination?

Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg stepped in to say that PayPal is in the cancel culture business and is “pushing” its political opinions on the British public. This news, however, did not reach the United States.

The corporate sector has been massively overreaching since the last election. Hunter Biden story was blocked and Twitter claimed it was disinformation, the same story that even the New York Times now considers true.

This and Pay Pal example show that taking on the role of the Ministry of Truth is never a good idea.

Your top news stories are below. 

THE WHITE HOUSE

DNC fundraisers are back in vogue and there, Jill and Joe Biden say things they would not normally say to the press.

  • At a private fundraiser for Senator Patty Murray, Jill Biden revealed last night that when she was 17, her friend had an abortion in Pennsylvania.
  • In the house of James Murdoch this week, Biden offered a grim picture of nuclear Armageddon if Putin acts on his threats. 

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • Across the pond, in his column for The Pavlovic Today, MP Andrew Bridgen urged colleagues to rally behind PM Liz Truss.
Politics Across The Pond: MP Andrew Bridgen
  • Reacting to a possibility for the UK embassy to be moved to Jerusalem, the archbishop of Canterbury has expressed concern.
  • Putin has ordered tighter security around the bombed Kerch bridge which connects Russia and Crimea. Russian divers are conducting examination of the extent of the damage.

DIGITAL ASSETS

John Khuu, 27, was named in an indictment alleging him to have conspired to launder $5,350,000.00. of his drug trafficking organization through cryptocurrency.  

This case is being investigated by the Secret Service and the US Postal Inspection Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Nathaniel C. Kummerfeld.

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Ksenija Pavlovic is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Pavlovic Today, The Chief White House Correspondent. Pavlovic was a Teaching Fellow and Doctoral Fellow in the Political Science department at...