A report by Vice News details how the CDC purchased tracking data for millions of Americans’ mobile phones with an intention of monitoring their movements to see if they were complying with lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions during the COVID pandemic. https://summit.news/2022/05/05/report-cdc-spied-on-americans-to-see-if-they-were-complying-with-lockdowns/

Senator Rand Paul grilled Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the recently announced “disinformation governance board” Wednesday, noting that there isn’t even an agreement of what disinformation is and that the government has a long history of propagating it. https://summit.news/2022/05/05/video-rand-paul-grills-dhs-head-on-creepy-ministry-of-truth/

After Joe Biden declared Wednesday that “MAGA is the most extreme political organization” in US history, reporters questioned White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki if Americans should expect that kind of rhetoric to continue, and she said yes. https://summit.news/2022/05/05/watch-psaki-says-biden-will-continue-to-call-americans-who-do-not-support-him-extremists/