Ernst Squeal Award to Biden for Grant to Hackers Group That Creates ‘Enemies Lists’ of Policy Critics

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave her final Squeal Award of 2022 to President Joe Biden for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) grant to an obscure group that rates U.S. media outlets and individuals on social media on the basis of how strongly they back federal policies.
“The Biden administration is paying more than $5 million to a group called Hack/Hackers to make lists of organizations and media they think should and should not be trusted,” Ernst said in a statement announcing her latest monthly award to spotlight waste, fraud, and abuse in government.
“They then use their naughty and nice list to help police the content posted by family and friends online and confront those who might post what they deem as unapproved ideas.”…}