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Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WashingtonHasFallen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonHasFallen</span></a> in the chaos of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AmericanCarnage2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCarnage2</span></a>.0, and the Voice Of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> has literally gone silent. ⬆️ </p><p>The voices spreading propaganda from authoritarian dictators in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> is now filling the airwaves instead.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAmerica</span></a> from <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>. Join the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/50501movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501movement</span></a> near you!</p>
Alan Kotok<p>Photo-shoot today: News conference at National Press Club, on the suit Widakuswara v. Lake, challenging the Voice of America shutdown. Shown here: Patsy Widakuswara, lead plaintiff.</p><p><a href="https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Voice-of-America-lawsuit-news-conference" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/N</span><span class="invisible">ational-Press-Club-events/Voice-of-America-lawsuit-news-conference</span></a></p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/NewsPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/NationalPressClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPressClub</span></a></p>
Go Weapons Hot<p>"<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> told the Chinese people about the military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Tiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiananmen</span></a> Square and the deadly <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> outbreak in Wuhan when their own government wouldn't. It beamed reports into Iran about the democracy protests in 2009, it told the people of North Korea about their government's gulags and Russians about atrocities in Ukraine. VOA has been supported by every president since 1942 – Republican and Democrat … all but one."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voice-of-america-journalists-speak-out-trump-shutdown-60-minutes-transcript/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/voice-of-amer</span><span class="invisible">ica-journalists-speak-out-trump-shutdown-60-minutes-transcript/</span></a></p>
Catherine Morris<p>What Trump's silencing of Voice of America means for listeners worldwide | 60 Minutes | CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/voice-of-america-60-minutes-video-2025-03-30/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/video/voice-of-ame</span><span class="invisible">rica-60-minutes-video-2025-03-30/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a></p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p><a href="https://youtu.be/lAmhbchfxDA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/lAmhbchfxDA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>🔴🇺🇸Another Victim Of Musk’s DOGE Chainsaw: What The GOPs silencing of ‘Voice of America’ means for listeners worldwide | 60 minutes (CBS News VIDEO) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoycottMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoycottTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoycottX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesForUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesForUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesOrNATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesOrNATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionofUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionofUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a></p>
Radio Free Trumpistan<p><a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=VoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoA</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=InternationalBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalBroadcasting</span></a></p><p>I hope everybody's watching 60 Minutes' second segment, interviewing <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/users/w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> et al--what's happened when Trump silenced the service was Trump handing China, Russia and Myanmar bandwidth on a golden platter.</p>
Evo Terra —At-will subversive<p>International politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum. </p><p><a href="https://podvibes.co/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://podvibes.co/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://podvibes.co/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a><br><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa/114251495695927449" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journa.host/@w7voa/11425149569</span><span class="invisible">5927449</span></a></p>
Scott Busby<p>Latest legal setbacks for the Trump Administration:<br>1. Voice of America: A federal judge issued a restraining order to stop further efforts to silence VOA journalists.</p><p>2. Consumer Protection: A judge blocked the administration’s move to dismantle the CFPB.</p><p>3. Migrant Deportations: The administration was barred from deporting migrants to countries other than their home country without notice or a chance to seek protection, halting a fast-track deportation tactic.</p><p>4. Law Firm Retaliation: Judges froze parts of Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms involved in the Mueller probe.<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Da said he learned some of his English in college while listening to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> broadcasts &amp; also learned news that wasn't reported in the Chinese media.</p><p>Da acknowledges that in recent years, VOA was less important as the internet spread. But he says another agency mattered more: the U.S. Agency for International Development (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a></p>
Vero Balderas Iglesias<p>Posting in my personal capacity: Judge temporarily blocks dismantling of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> 👉🏼 <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5221195-judge-blocks-voice-of-america-dismantling/amp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/regulation/court-b</span><span class="invisible">attles/5221195-judge-blocks-voice-of-america-dismantling/amp/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voiceofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voiceofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usagm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usagm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saveVOA</span></a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGremlinZoo</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> </p><p>From CNN.com: Judge grants a restraining order to temporarily protect Voice of America</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/media/voice-of-america-restraining-order?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/03/28/media/voice</span><span class="invisible">-of-america-restraining-order?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
Astrius ☭<p>Liberals only care about expanding US imperialism through soft power organizations like VOA and USAID.</p><p>Trump’s administration is using barbarism power. </p><p>It is time for a socialist revolution.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> <br>"Someone" seems to be coaching <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DictatorDonnie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorDonnie</span></a> on how to silence The Media (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a>), but I can't quite put my finger on who. 🤔 <br><a href="https://niemanreports.org/putin-ukraine-russia-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">niemanreports.org/putin-ukrain</span><span class="invisible">e-russia-media/</span></a></p>
Bongolian<p>Liam Scott: For <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> Activists Around the World, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> Represented Hope</p><p>"For more than eighty years, Voice of America has broadcast independent news to some of the most censored populations around the world, from people living under <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> rule in Europe to those living under the reign of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the violence of Myanmar’s military."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheContrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheContrarian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <br><a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/for-democracy-activists-around-the" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contrarian.substack.com/p/for-</span><span class="invisible">democracy-activists-around-the</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>👏👏👏👏</p><p>A federal judge has issued a restraining order against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin barring the cancelation of funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a>.</p><p>The decision to terminate, the judge says, appears to violate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; the intent of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25868558/rfetro.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3.documentcloud.org/documents</span><span class="invisible">/25868558/rfetro.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
The Christian Science Monitor<p>Voice of America, created to counter Nazi propaganda, was rejected by the Soviets and by Vladimir Putin. But some in Moscow wax nostalgic about what the state-funded broadcaster meant for them, especially during the Cold War. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/R7vMJp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/R7vMJp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Christian Science Monitor<p>Voice of America, created to counter Nazi propaganda, was rejected by the Soviets and by Vladimir Putin. But some in Moscow wax nostalgic about what the state-funded broadcaster meant for them, especially during the Cold War. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/voa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0321/putin-russia-voa-cold-war?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/World/Europe/202</span><span class="invisible">5/0321/putin-russia-voa-cold-war?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN YOUR WORLD <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/what-just-happened-in-your-world-ttc83o3lz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>what-just-happened-in-your-world-csmonitor</span></a></span></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Trump’s shuttering of global media agency endangers reporters, staff say </p><p>Foreign workers at US government-backed media outlets being cut by the Trump administration say they face deportation to their home countries, <br>where some risk imprisonment or death at the hands of authoritarian governments.</p><p>Earlier this month, the Trump administration moved to defund the US Agency for Global Media <br>( <a href="https://c.im/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> ), an independent federal agency that oversees the Voice of America ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/VoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoA</span></a> ), <br>the US’s largest and oldest international broadcaster, <br>and provides grants to Radio Free Europe and other news agencies. </p><p>Staff have been placed on administrative leave and contractors have been fired. <br>The agency had around 3,500 employees with an annual budget of $886m in 2024.</p><p>“We have many coworkers in different services, several of whom came here and sought asylum visas. <br>If their own government knew they worked for RFA [Radio Free Asia] and they went back to their own country, their lives would be at risk,” <br>Jaewoo Park, a journalist for RFA, who was placed on administrative leave along with all of his coworkers, told the Guardian.</p><p>“Authoritarian governments have praised what Trump is doing right now,” Park said. <br>“In Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, there were people who fought for freedom and democracy, and they came to work at RFA.<br> It’s very risky for them. Their lives are in danger if Radio Free Asia doesn’t exist.”</p><p>Chinese and Russian state media have praised the cuts of the news agencies, <br>with a Russian broadcaster calling the cuts a “holiday” for Russian state media outlets.</p><p>The shuttering of the agency was unexpected and has caused chaos for Park and others. <br>“My wife is 28 weeks pregnant and we’re very concerned because I might go back to South Korea because I’m on a working visa. <br>My wife is almost due and we just bought a home last year,” he added. <br>“It’s very concerning and depressing.”</p><p>But the impact of the decision will be felt globally, said Park. <br>He cited Radio Free Asia’s broadcasts to North Korea which, he noted, defectors from North Korea have cited as an important source of independent news.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/trump-shuttering-global-media-agency-endangers-reporters?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/24/trump-shuttering-global-media-agency-endangers-reporters?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Vero Balderas Iglesias<p>Posting in my personal capacity.<br>Today's news conference by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> in front of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Courthouse in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manhattan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manhattan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saveVOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saveVOA</span></a><br>👉🏼<a href="https://youtu.be/u0vB4Ikn_uo?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/u0vB4Ikn_uo?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p><a href="https://youtu.be/5-eMPWj5IyI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/5-eMPWj5IyI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>⛔️🇺🇸Radio Free Europe sues over U.S. Over Musk’s DOGE funding cuts | 60 Minutes (CBS News VIDEO) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFE</span></a>/RL <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesForUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesForUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesOrNATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesOrNATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionOfUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionOfUkraine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a></p>