The WAPO piece was a dumb attempt to disguise the ideological stupidity of the whole idea and the incompetence of those who were supposed to be able to make it happen. Taylor Lorenz gets these choice low grade assignments (are they taking advantage of her hunger for recognition?) and she is clumsy at the task. Further example of how the left wing crowd is faring these days.
Some might posit that the entire action by Biden (and those who tell him what to do) was a trial balloon to scope out how easily the populace would accept a Ministry of Truth scheme. Maybe - but if so, they have burned a lot of social and political capital in floating the balloon - some smelly egg on some DC faces.
So, they screwed up the idea of a named department which would tell you what you can say and write. How will they come at that task the next time?
