Cartoons: Gag orders from the president

This caught my attention:

The Trump administration is clamping down on public communications by agencies as it seeks to assert control over the federal bureaucracy. (The Hill)

The Huffington post says it this way: Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump.

The USDA says the order rescinded, according to Reuters in the article titled USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit. Here's a quote from the article:

[The memo] centralizes the agency’s media inquiries and social media presence through the Office of the Secretary. As part of that, the memo asks USDA agencies to “review their websites, blog posts and other social media and, consistent with direction you will receive from the Office of Communication, remove references to policy priorities and initiatives of the previous Administration.”

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Bill Day, The Week

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Cartoonist John Darkow draws a parallel between Trump's media practices and Orwell's novel 1984. If you'll recall it featured doublespeak and Newspeak. Note that the entry "is part of a series on misinformation and disinformation."

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John Darkow, The Week

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--Marge