> "avoiding any terminology that you know to be misaligned with the Administration’s perspectives and priorities"

So ... Misalignment With The Admin .. is this creepy turn of phrase indicative of the problem?

EG strict authoritarian ideology, and its well-known fallacies & failings?

Before we get the pitchforks, I don't think this behavior is very uncommon. Biden banned words like "illegal immigration", "assimilation", and even "women" in different departments/contexts.

While I think it's intellectually frustrating, as far as I can remember administrations often do this sort of thing to guide the administration tone as a whole. Obviously while Biden banned the use of the term woman in some contexts, he didn't kick women out of the country or ban them from holding jobs. In a similar light, these are "words to avoid" to assert a certain tone, and in fairness they are words which have unfortunately been forced into the political sphere.