Steve Deace Show CENSORED: Did Steve Get BlazeTV BLACKLISTED? | Guest: Keith Malinak | 4/10/26
Apr 10, 2026
Keith Malinak, BlazeTV and radio personality who appears on Pat Gray Unleashed, joins a roundtable on media censorship and geopolitics. They debate newly revealed federal monitoring of conservative outlets. The conversation shifts to legal and PR responses, Iran conflict timelines, and what constitutes victory in the region.
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Federal Program Allegedly Blacklisted Blaze Media
- The State Department's Global Engagement Center was repurposed to monitor and flag domestic conservative outlets like Blaze Media, equating them with foreign propaganda such as Sputnik.
- Discovery documents from lawsuits show contractors ran tests Dec 2020–Jan 2021 that placed Blaze next to Sputnik and built tools to blacklist conservative sites and cut ad revenue.
Domestic Repurposing Of Foreign Propaganda Tools
- Surveillance and counter-disinformation tools originally meant for foreign threats are routinely repurposed domestically against American media.
- Keith Malinak tied GEC misuse to broader patterns: FISA, NSA, and Patriot Act tools have been used beyond intended charters.
Deace's Personal Experience With Demonetization
- Steve Deace described being demonetized on Facebook after calling out the 2020 election and struggling to grow on YouTube despite large show reach.
- He reported only 22,000 YouTube subscribers on a separate channel while the Blaze show reached seven figures, illustrating platform suppression impact.