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The Ben Shapiro Show

How To Sue The Federal Government and Win

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Ben Shapiro, Andrew Klavan, and Michael Knowles break down the Daily Wire's legal victory against the Biden State Department's censorship campaign against us. - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/BenShapiroMemberExclusive - - - Today's Sponsor: Wild Alaskan - Get $35 off your first box of wild-caught, sustainable seafood—delivered right to your door. Go to:  https://www.wildalaskan.com/SHAPIRO - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 💘 Season 2 of 'Ben After Dark' is available here: https://dwplus.watch/BenAfterDark 📘 My book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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while stocks last. This week, the Daily Wire didn't just win a lawsuit. I mean, we did win a lawsuit,

1:36.4

but this week we won a First Amendment showdown with the federal government. In a landmark victory

1:40.9

for free speech, the State Department has settled a lawsuit that we brought

1:44.3

alongside the Federalist in 2023, ending government involvement in the censorship of American media outlets

1:50.0

and placing the burden squarely on the government to prove it will never do that again.

1:54.9

This didn't come out of nowhere. Let me recap for you what the Daily Wire has been fighting behind

1:58.5

the scenes. So under the Biden administration,

2:05.4

the State Department's Global Engagement Center funded companies like Park Capital Investment Group,

2:10.0

and contracted NewsGuard to bankrupt conservative news outlets by deeming those outlets disinformation. Companies like NewsGuard weren't just rating the news. They were helping

2:14.6

advertisers decide whom to blacklist. So we sued them.

2:18.4

It was only earlier this week that a judge entered a consent decree that placed the DailyWire

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