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mrjamesob.bsky.social • 118 days ago

‘Free speech’ latest.

NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

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drjaimeashworth.bsky.social•118 days ago

Has anyone asked Toby Young what he thinks…? 🤦‍♂️

horatioraddish.bsky.social•118 days ago

America has fallen

wemdmj.bsky.social•118 days ago

All scary stuff.

rodthesailor69.bsky.social•118 days ago

So history is being repeated the 1930s all over again

douglasq.bsky.social•118 days ago

This is a shocking article regarding Voice of America. Thanks for sharing James. I cannot think of a more vile leader of a news channel than Kari Lake and the speed with which the US is decending into darkness is frightening.

dingoesatemybaby.bsky.social•118 days ago

I hear they are relaunching 1984 as 2025

occasionalranter.bsky.social•118 days ago

They must all be Russian Assets. What is going on?

ahertfordlibdem.bsky.social•118 days ago

They are.

andybeans.bsky.social•117 days ago

"Free speech" behind a paywall isn't free

clickbaitwizard.bsky.social•118 days ago

VOA was created during the Cold War and always was a propaganda station.

societydoyenne.bsky.social•118 days ago

Hitler has returned with a vengeance. And the republicans sit idly by.

fleetwood25.bsky.social•117 days ago

This is the free speech you keep claiming that isn’t allowed in the UK but is allowed in the USA @nigelfarage1.bsky.social @liztrussmp.bsky.social you pair of Trump arse lickers

magdadefiant.bsky.social•118 days ago

📌

mustard655.bsky.social•117 days ago

VOA was set up and designed to spread propaganda.
As was the BBC Empire Service ( sorry World Service as it is now )
Soft power kills fewer people.

nutcrackergpt.bsky.social•118 days ago

Also free speech
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ljaxiaoual2r

gingermacca.bsky.social•118 days ago

JDV could not answer so went in with a jibe! Vile beyond words.

stephgabz.bsky.social•117 days ago

The "voice of freedom" is being silenced. My students in China used to listen to VOA as English study.

scott-macshlibber.bsky.social•117 days ago

Nixon x infinity

republicif.bsky.social•117 days ago

Hey Vance I hear you have a problem with free speech in America?

spanglish51.bsky.social•118 days ago

You clearly understand a dictatorship when a govt tolerates no dissent , no criticism .
And you also understand how fragile that dictatorship is .

This can be stopped now . Not so much in 4 years.
America … wake up !

hainsey.bsky.social•118 days ago

Too late. This IS the second chance they were waiting for. Anyone want to have a bet with me about the next US election not happening...

andybeans.bsky.social•117 days ago

Yup, way too many folk claiming THIS is the time to stand up, not 5 months ago when they voted with their wallets. It's pure virtue signalling, these folk would vote the same way every time.

deborahelizabeth.bsky.social•77 days ago

The harm done by fascist regimes is as real as anything on earth.

And yet, the regimes themselves are fragile structures. They are made of smoke and mirrors. They are held together with chewing gum and bailing wire.

We can bring them down with nonviolent actions that take aim at their fragility.

joep90.bsky.social•117 days ago

I am afraid we, i.e. the Western democratic civilisation have lost the US, just like we lost Hungary. Whether it's president Musk, JD Vance, or Trump's 3rd term, it is very unlikely that we'll see another fair election in US in 4 years time.

gingermacca.bsky.social•118 days ago

United States of Russia, roll forward 4 years and the US is a dictatorship with JD Vance at the helm

al-forre.bsky.social•118 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn9BTALjtLY

sarahviktoria.bsky.social•117 days ago

Your silence on the persecution of trans people that is going on in plain sight, and which can ONLY benefit the far right and the religious right, and which can only suddenly have appeared at the time it did because of the rise of US Christian Nationalist and Putinist influence, helps these people.

sarahviktoria.bsky.social•117 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/isaacrowlett.bsky.social/post/3ljej36s6d22o

baylissfx.bsky.social•117 days ago

The harder he fries Americans - the sooner his possible end is near :)

colinbags.bsky.social•118 days ago

Were is JD Vance? Surely he is outraged

colinbags.bsky.social•118 days ago

Is JD Vance aware of this ?

kingstondan.bsky.social•117 days ago

The fascist steamroller keeps on rolling...

smithdav6.bsky.social•117 days ago

😳

countzerorepeat.bsky.social•118 days ago

Lord Toby Young of Shillingham and grifting will help them, I'm sure.

sezworldjustice.bsky.social•118 days ago

Creeping surely into a dictatorship, why not align yourself to Putin's tactics. Destroy America within, who needs nuclear missiles when you have a KGB/FSB pro guiding the 'ship'. MAGA supporters are thus traitors to their own nation even if they were fooled! DHs were warned about these criminal AHs!

beleiveinnothing.bsky.social•118 days ago

A new species of politician found in the USA has been named the snowflake bully snake.

cd-rnd.bsky.social•118 days ago

Who saw this coming...?

cole0007.bsky.social•118 days ago

Goebbels 101

scarleto64.bsky.social•118 days ago

When are US journalists going to stand up for themselves? Legacy media in the US are spineless. They allowed AP to be banned from pressers and did nothing.

datestamp.bsky.social•117 days ago

It's a tragedy. I was really upset about Trump and Vance's behaviour but can imagine how sickened decent Americans feel.

greentrolled.bsky.social•118 days ago

The UK should accept people seeking asylum from Trump’s authoritarian regime.

goingoutout.bsky.social•117 days ago

Take your pick ,, North Korea or Russia this is the new media playbook that Trump is installing in the White House

typhootea.bsky.social•118 days ago

Soon dissidents will be jailed or defenestrated

indigestionjones.bsky.social•118 days ago

Everything from this administration is projection.

sueryan66bskysocia.bsky.social•118 days ago

It’s almost funny.

nickcroom.bsky.social•118 days ago

Serious journalists need to stop saying phrases like "free speech absolutists" about the US government unless they can explain why this is consistent.

sundogvt.bsky.social•117 days ago

Free to say whatever the admin approves of.

travellersuzy.bsky.social•118 days ago

I wonder what our very own king of free speech is thinking right now @nigelfarage???

alyssacreates.bsky.social•118 days ago

I'm sure he's spending the weekend figuring out the lies he can get away with when appearing on a lbc on Monday.

alastair-3153.bsky.social•118 days ago

freefran.bsky.social•118 days ago

✊

lafemelle.bsky.social•118 days ago

Trump has just given Ukraine the biggest gift . We started to tire of it , Gaza was in the headlines every day, we forgot all about Zelenskyy . Today , after that, a repulsive show in the Oval office , the world has Ukraines back . https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/donate-now-to-protect-children-in-ukraine/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_Yq-BhC9ARIsAA6fbAiz01C_8fm1nt1C8O76eUYbh18QTmfY41dAYcyLpnMz_m7pLhHruGsaAu2wEALw_wcB

the-librarian.bsky.social•117 days ago

It’s what they’re fighting for.

gerrydoyle.bsky.social•118 days ago

They're not even trying to hide the brown shirts anymore.
How long before we're taking in US political refugees?

jenness.bsky.social•118 days ago

I love this for them.

auntolive.bsky.social•118 days ago

And Vance has the audacity to come to Europe and lecture us on the importance of free speech. It’s beyond belief!

unreliableubahn.bsky.social•118 days ago

This really is so bad. The US has been steered gently into Fascism by Murdoch, over decades. Now that f#cker has serious Russia connections.

pauladunstable.bsky.social•117 days ago

In 1980 when I was in (West) Germany .. doing an Aviation version of Auf Weidersehen Pet ! Russian Tanks were 2 hrs away … VOA and BBC Alistair Cooke (Letter From America) gave a vision called .. Hope

elaino.bsky.social•118 days ago

Free speech as long as we agree with you it seems

adywhitwell.bsky.social•118 days ago

It's only "free speech" if you agree with what he is saying it not it's treason. Hang on a second wasn't that Hitler's view as well?

harrybobs.bsky.social•118 days ago

Yep. That’ll be a dictatorship. Once they have control of the media the disappearances of dissenters can begin.

alisoncitrine.bsky.social•118 days ago

Fascists dont like 'free speech" ,, only their speech

chris17jn.bsky.social•118 days ago

Exactly- don’t speak out against the bully who’s just stolen your lunch money without expecting ‘retribution’ …

perosteckbalveda.bsky.social•117 days ago

A creature that attempted to over turn an election, and has shown not one scintilla of remorse for doing so, is voted into power with a mandate to wreak the same insanity again - and everyone acts all surprised?

This Hellscape is the least surprising thing ever to occur in politics.

irosm.bsky.social•118 days ago

Fuck trump and his pathetic vp little vince. Yes with small t and v

jld84.bsky.social•118 days ago

Trump has become Putin.

shroommuse.bsky.social•118 days ago

Turns out the gobshite "journalist" who mocked Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit is bonking MTG. All totally normal. Nothing to see....

dennisobell.bsky.social•118 days ago

I think Keir Starmer's juggling balls are about to drop spectacularly to the floor. How can he, on one hand, continue to wholeheartedly support Zelenskyy whilst
continuing to try and pacify the orange moron who will no doubt see Starmer's support of Ukraine as a personal slight against him?

gingermacca.bsky.social•118 days ago

It’s an unenviable position to be in, he has a balancing act to ensure the UK is protected whilst supporting international democracy.

dennisobell.bsky.social•118 days ago

Starmer is now in an awful position, and it's all of Trump's doing. I really hope the UK gov and the majority of the rest of Europe come together and rally to Ukraine's aid. The biggest issue will be what Trump will do next?

gingermacca.bsky.social•118 days ago

Who knows! He’s got some form of personality disorder. We need to detach from the US, uncertainty isn’t a good place to be at this time.

dennisobell.bsky.social•118 days ago

Disconnecting from the US just isn't a goer. We're tied to them not only through trade but also security and intelligence. We're a partner in the 5 Eyes system along with America. We also still have 13 US bases here in the UK. We can't disconnect from the US, but we can get closer to the EU.

gingermacca.bsky.social•118 days ago

Wow didn’t realise there was still 13 bases! Just have to do what we can, like you say partner more closely with our European partners .

djmarkymarc.bsky.social•118 days ago

Not at all project 25, fascism route one at all then.

mysticmarzipan.bsky.social•118 days ago

Yet still maga faithful will die on that hill that says they are the only ones with free speech and the uk has none

bremcicar.bsky.social•118 days ago

Free speech = my speech not yours

monkeymanmiggins.bsky.social•118 days ago

What happened to freedom of speech, and protecting your staff when they speak out for what they believe to be true!

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