The Trump administration issued layoff notices to over 600 employees at Voice of America, a federally funded outlet known for providing independent news to countries with restricted press freedom.
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If I remember correctly, what was halted was shutting it down altogether. They couldn't do that, so they handicap instead by firing the people, thus limiting the effect it has.
Regime. The Red Regime.
Calling it an administration makes it sounds like it knows what it’s doing.
Heads up :
They don’t know what they’re fucking doing.
Voice of America (Kari Lake), together with the foreign ministry, will "ensure that the telling of the history of the USA is modernized" and "is in line with the USA's foreign policy. "
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FUCK GOOGLE - USE DUCK DUCK GO. Not only does it keep your search history safe, but it is not ad or algorithm driven. I haven't touched Google in almost 10 years with VERY rare exception.
Google gave up their "Don't Be Evil" mission years ago. Don't give them your eyeballs to help them make $$.
Ignore the notices and get the funding somewhere else, probably from other countries. Unless they come from an actual person, who they can communicate with, those notices are probably fake.
The Dictator doesn’t want US rangers to tell the truth about American history either.
> “Rangers should be able to talk about the history of Japanese American incarceration at Amache, or the history of slavery at Fort Monroe, without looking over their shoulders in fear,”
Because of course they did. This is no longer a democracy. This is an occupation. Terrorists are occupying The People's House in Washington, D.C. History will not be kind to these motherfuckers. We will fight, and we WILL WIN this and restore democracy. Fuck these Nazis.
😆 This fat old felon fuck is looking like total dog shit. No offense intended towards dog shit. This was taken at the G7, for that hot minute he stayed anyway.
Most public sector jobs REQUIRE proof of misconduct for firing. I'm not sure what the legal recourse is for laying people off in droves, but other government orgs that got DODGE'd filed lawsuits, and some even got their jobs back, so there has to be some kind of precedent.
It is not required but layoffs in the govt are done by set regulations. Further, VOA was funded by Congress and therefore not the purview of the executive to disband. VOA charter was enshrined into law by Congress in 1976, that should be an obstacle to Exec interference as well.
It’s another attack on America and American values. He holds the title of President and gets away with this because he apparently also holds Congress’s balls. I wonder what he has on them?
There is a pending lawsuit. Kari Lake is pissed about all the press Belsen-Baden Barbie is getting so wants to throw her hat in the ring as the most awful woman in the administration. But she has a LOT of competition with Linda McMahon and Tulsi Gabbord. They will be ordered to hire them back.
The wealthiest country in the world cancels voice of America.
The smallest city state in the world, the Vatican, continues world wide broadcasts with Vatican radio.
Check out https://meshtastic.org. Actually, look up some YouTube videos because they will make more sense. It's a building network completely independent from any commercial service that is WICKED cheap to hop on to - you can do it for less than $10 in parts - and it is REALLY growing.
Same, but if you go up-thread there is a link directly to an NPR article. When you click through, you'll get a pop-up that will select your specific reps based on your location (that you input). It will directly email them, using a pre-populated msg, OR you can write your own. Took me under a minute
VOA has been one of the most reliable sources of news in many parts of the world. The fact you don’t understand that means you are a tankie. Also, the reason Trump and Co. don’t like it is that they have been critical of many American policies.
Bad as this is, I’m thinking the rest of the world is just as fed up as I am with the news from here. America First translates into breaking agreements and treaties with the rest of the world. Seems reminiscent of another country back in the 1930’s…
VoA is one of the hobgoblins the Russians wanted to banish for as long as VoA has existed. The USSR and the Russian Federation have always hated the ability of the people to access unofficial information sources like VoA. That’s why Putin got his lackeys Donnie Dirty Diapers and Special K to gut it.
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Calling it an administration makes it sounds like it knows what it’s doing.
Heads up :
They don’t know what they’re fucking doing.
Voice of America (Kari Lake), together with the foreign ministry, will "ensure that the telling of the history of the USA is modernized" and "is in line with the USA's foreign policy. "
Your dollar is your voice.
Shop locally.
Shop mindfully.
Resist where you can.
We do not need to be governed.
We need to be represented.
All eligible citizens must vote 2026.
We are the people.
tr follows yarvin to the T because thiel told him to!
This is yarvin
Seen the bias or non-coverage of protests?
PBS? AP? Ect...?
We are a country with restricted press freedom now...
Which is probably why you're getting news on Bluesky.
And the reason Google is unreliable for searching is because it's owned by a corporation.
Why countries can't be run like corporations.
Google gave up their "Don't Be Evil" mission years ago. Don't give them your eyeballs to help them make $$.
> “Rangers should be able to talk about the history of Japanese American incarceration at Amache, or the history of slavery at Fort Monroe, without looking over their shoulders in fear,”
The real Felon is no longer alive.
(Thinking like a MAGAT.)
#FourthOfJuly 🇺🇸
https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/us-auslandssender-voice-of-america-vor-dem-aus-ueber-600-weitere-kuendigungen-a-d571db40-e813-4af7-8a2e-adb2673a0581
The smallest city state in the world, the Vatican, continues world wide broadcasts with Vatican radio.
#Trump
Oh, and racism. They don’t like racists.
Nazis? Tell me where they stand on Nazis.
What you're doing is losing an important weapon of soft power.
For nothing.
A pox on that 💩 gibbon.
"What does Project2025 say about (VoA/issue of day)?"
You will see the pattern quickly
"Then go back to boycotting AI if you want.