• Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (FL) and Ron Johnson (WI) are demanding an investigation into the United States government bankrolling an organization that is secretly blacklisting and trying to defund conservative media outlets.
• The Global Engagement Center and the National Endowment for Democracy, two State Department-backed entities, have granted $665,000 combined to the Global Disinformation Index, which is feeding conservative website blacklists to advertising companies.
• Now, Rubio and Johnson are calling for an inquiry into how taxpayer dollars have flowed to GDI, which intends to shut down disfavored speech.

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