Post AvXAilvBUb1ANbOUFs by grammasaurus@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AvWmYRlz9QTw5wdQie by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:27:20Z
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#Trump Urges #Congress to ‘Kill’ #VoiceOfAmerica as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting ItIn a heated hearing, #KariLake, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the #media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
(DIR) Post #AvWmqSdmfCchzyO9Vw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:30:34Z
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#KariLake, the close #Trump ally & snr *adviser* to #USAGM, urged #Congress on Wednesday to gut the #VoiceOfAmerica & other federally funded #news orgs she *oversees*, as lawmakers of both parties expressed concern.In a hearing that grew testy at times, Lake defended proposed cuts to the #global news orgs, while #Democrats & some #Republicans warned that they could make it impossible for the #US to disseminate #information to countries w/limited press freedoms, such as #Iran, #China & #Russia.
(DIR) Post #AvWn4I1qum5f8nEyVk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:33:02Z
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“What is going out on #VOA airwaves—it’s outrageous, & it has to stop,” Lake told the #House #ForeignAffairs Cmte. She called #independent reporting from international #news agencies funded by the govt “corrupt” & “biased,” & made clear that Trump’s goal was not to overhaul but to shut down the global media agency, which she called “a rotten piece of fish.”#Trump himself chimed in with a social media post, urging #Congress to “kill” the #VoiceOfAmerica.#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower
(DIR) Post #AvWnRQVBZtc051zeK0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:37:12Z
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“Why would a Republican want Democrat ‘mouthpiece,’ Voice of America (VOA), to continue?”he wrote. “It’s a TOTAL, LEFTWING DISASTER—No Republican should vote for its survival. KILL IT!”#Trump accused the #news org of spreading “anti-American”& partisan “propaganda,”calling it “the voice of radical America.”In March, he signed an #ExecutiveOrder that called for its dismantling,& put nearly all #VoiceOfAmerica reporters on leave, ceasing its operations for the 1st time since its founding in 1942.
(DIR) Post #AvWnYXcXVeWqBXpFVg by Eetschrijver@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T16:38:18Z
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@Nonilex He is, as ever, clueless about how priceless VOA has been for his country.
(DIR) Post #AvWngQ57QJLn7Uwxo8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:39:56Z
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Lake, the fmr *news*caster #Trump put in charge of the dept that includes the international broadcast network, sent layoff notices last week to all but around 200 reporters & support staff at #VoiceOfAmerica & the parent agency she leads. She has also withheld #funding from other #news orgs that are separate nonprofits but receive federal dollars, such as #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty & #RadioFreeAsia.#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #dictatorship
(DIR) Post #AvWnpqdi3E1S5tcpns by bouriquet@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T16:41:40Z
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@Nonilex Ha! True. That’s a nasty spin on the organization that helped bring down the Iron Curtain by broadcasting the truth over borders, walls and barbed wire for decades to people that often listened in secret.Now the organization has been silenced but not by jamming but by lies.
(DIR) Post #AvWnsMIrIU2IsP4Nxg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:42:07Z
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On Wednesday, Lake asked members of #Congress to amend the #laws requiring the existence of #VoiceOfAmerica & its aligned newsrooms, which have sought to fight the #Trump admin’s push to shutter them. She argued that her agency was “unsalvageable” & “a threat to America’s national security,”[?] asserting falsely that its reporters, including foreign nationals, had obtained security clearances, & that it had ties to the Chinese Communist Party.🤦🏼♀️#law #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #censorship
(DIR) Post #AvWnt1BrHPnXgZ6sF6 by johnelalamo@mcr.wtf
2025-06-26T16:42:05Z
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@Nonilex Further evidence
(DIR) Post #AvWnu3Kao0oQcBgkk4 by nonproductive@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T16:42:24Z
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@Nonilex When does the media stop watering things down and start calling it what it is?“Trump raged at VOA calling it ‘propaganda’ because the message is in opposition to his administration’s fascist agenda. Like North Korea, anything not explicitly ‘Pro MAGA/ Dear Leader’ is condemned”
(DIR) Post #AvWo4QtE4PZiZnpzUm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:44:19Z
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Noncitizens cannot obtain security clearances for viewing #classified info, & NO reporters at the global media agency have such security clearances, said Kate Neeper, a director of strategy who received a layoff notice last week. Some executives may have security clearances to receive #intelligence that would help them protect #reporters who work in war-zones or in countries w/repressive governments, Neeper said.#law #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AvWoF5bLYn1njlYXtg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:46:14Z
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“#Congress should ask Ms. Lake to provide proof for the mystifying allegations,” Mike Abramowitz, the director of #VoiceOfAmerica, said in a statement. “If #VOA is controlled by the #CCP, then why are they rejoicing at its being shut down?”#Democrats & some #Republicans voiced concern that in moving to dismantle the global media agency, #Trump was abandoning a useful tool of #SoftPower.#law #democracy #FreePress #journalism #independence #authoritarianism #dictatorship #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AvWokg8Lmepy183YB6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:51:57Z
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Rep Michael McCaul, #Republican of #Texas, said there were “systemic problems” in the agency, but that it remained necessary around the world.“We need America’s voice in #Iran right now,” he said. “We need to ensure the Iranian people hear the truth that we do not intend to harm them.”#Trump #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USAGM #law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AvWooqPdVdxn3S7zwO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-26T16:52:41Z
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…#Democrats pointed to a surge in Iranians tuning into #RadioFarda, the Persian-language news service funded by the #USAGM. Amid the recent #war between #Israel & #Iran, they argued, the #US should continue to fund #media orgs countering the #misinformation disseminated by Iran & other countries, such as #NorthKorea.#Trump #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USAGM #law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
(DIR) Post #AvWqBRuqqwQ5h84UHg by lydialurch@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T17:07:52Z
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@Nonilex I don't know the names of Star Wars characters but she looks more like the creepy guy with the hood every time I see her.
(DIR) Post #AvWrMqip45vFliRds8 by Ponygirl@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T17:21:11Z
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@Nonilex She's a rotten-ass ho.
(DIR) Post #AvWrxKdNKVbcxrIEQS by RinostarGames@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-26T17:27:47Z
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@Nonilex "We come in peace shoot to kill shoot to kill shoot to kill"
(DIR) Post #AvXAilvBUb1ANbOUFs by grammasaurus@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T20:57:57Z
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@Nonilex If VOA is “corrupt” and “biased”—-then what the hell is Fox? #askingforafriend
(DIR) Post #AvXDreDhnKkIxmysWe by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T21:33:16Z
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@Nonilex she is totally loony tunes. Good god