America First—a complete lie. Silencing Voice of America is yet another way the Trump regime diminishes America and strengthens his authoritarian buddies. - ThreadSky

stevenbeschloss.bsky.social • 3 days ago

America First—a complete lie. Silencing Voice of America is yet another way the Trump regime diminishes America and strengthens his authoritarian buddies.

Reposted from Steve Herman 📡

Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).

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rfc19129.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s all a lie. A smoke screen. A fable for their cult and red meat for an easily manipulated media. It’s fair to point it out but useless beyond that. We must be clear eyed and focused

therealchromenut.bsky.social•3 days ago

Did someone see the words "soft power" and decide it was for babies?

blbeast.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cut Out Our 👅

janetadlice.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m running out of adjectives for my anger and despair for my country.

istilldissent.bsky.social•3 days ago

Definitely, A order from Putin!!!!

toti66.bsky.social•3 days ago

This doesn’t even make sense to me. It makes no sense whatsoever. How can you silence them? That doesn’t even make sense I mean there somewhere else that they can go to write their stuff. I don’t even get that that just doesn’t even compute with me.

carolleslis1950.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is what PeePee wants to do to the CBC.

jadeabliss.bsky.social•3 days ago

as Parker Malloy said, most likely they’re about to retool it and make it into a Breitbart.

josephsabol.bsky.social•3 days ago

This makes sense if D.T. is compromised, foreign actors have blackmail or other IOUs, tangible and intangible. Doesn't this raise an inference of treason?

achilleselbow.bsky.social•3 days ago

It does not, much as I’d like that to be the case. We’ve all been over the definition many times.

josephsabol.bsky.social•2 days ago

How do you explain this? (Plus T's outstanding loans to foreign lenders.) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44852812

achilleselbow.bsky.social•2 days ago

Go find and read the definition of treason. It’s been explained in socmed 30 billion times since 2016 and I’m not going to bother.

achilleselbow.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sorry to sound dismissive, but really - we’ve all been over this. The US definition of treason is very narrow for good reason.

winter1950.bsky.social•3 days ago

Makes me think that trump wants to destroy everything good because he is so jealous of anything, anyone who others admired.
He is so small, so petty!

satiricalplanet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump, the great Defender of Democracy™, has silenced Voice of America, because who needs journalism when you’ve got Truth Social? Welcome to 2025, where facts are fake and propaganda reigns!
https://aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/how-to-kill-a-news-outlet-voice-of

briley8557.bsky.social•3 days ago

What time does anyone think #Orban called #Trump and complained about the #VOA and #RL stirring up trouble in Hungary and threatening his job?

mezzerzmitt.bsky.social•3 days ago

The US is transferring to a Russia 2. Congratulations 🧐

jbshakerman.bsky.social•3 days ago

America First means America Cutoff, America at War.

jonathanscherch.bsky.social•3 days ago

Agreed.

Dem leadership -- how about an action plan to:

oppose these anticipated P25 antics (with intention to undermine our gov), and

daily press conferences to voice viable legal responses and public alternatives?

#sheesh

totruth.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fascism for Putin!?!😡

donnayoungdc.bsky.social•3 days ago

The more ignorant Americans are, the easier it is for authoritarians & oligarchs to control them - Putin's & Elon's goal.
All Americans should be alarmed that Trump seeks to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services. https://www.ala.org/news/2025/03/ala-statement-white-house-assault-institute-museum-and-library-services #Libraries #StopDOGE📗 📚📘

docdavehawaii.bsky.social•2 days ago

At first, people laughed at Hitler too.

https://flip.it/7s9AvX

maddog5.bsky.social•2 days ago

VOA touted Democracy. Obviously, it has to be abolished since we are not a Democracy and support autocracies throughout the world. Also, we don't want to offend Putin.

sparky-the-juice.bsky.social•3 days ago

He did this last time as well. All right wing all the time now.

robertmmiller.bsky.social•11 hours ago

President Reagan showed strength against Russia and in 1983, he asked Congress to support Voice of America: "help us strengthen our international broadcasting effort by supporting increased funding for the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty" https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/radio-address-nation-american-international-broadcasting

pgxen.bsky.social•3 days ago

Are they dismantling every ounce of soft power that we have?

jlhudson.bsky.social•2 days ago

When you know “America First” has always been the KuKlux Klan code word for white supremacy you know everything you need to know.

akwoohoo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Holy hell.
What kind of insanity will Kari Lake think up now?
Isn’t this her “assignment”?!
FFS

kayygee1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wasn't Kari Lake meant to take over VOA, guess she's out of a job before she's even started, for every cloud a little sunshine.

fckfascists2.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is exactly what Putin wants. Without USAID and VOA, America values and influence in the world wane. How can anybody not see this is FOR Putin?

matthewrees.bsky.social•3 days ago

So true. None of this is America First. It’s just tearing down everything about America that doesn’t profit a couple of people.

carolannete.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or whatever doesn't fit into a reactionary vision of what America is supposed to be.

matthewrees.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s hard to accept that someone might actually have a view of America that is so dark that it results in all of this - in some ways maybe less revolting to think it’s just old-fashioned greed. But you’re probably right, and important to see it clearly rather than just see what’s less alarming.

gregglade.bsky.social•3 days ago

1. The statement labeled Russia an adversary of the U.S. Of course, we know that isn’t true.
2. VOA must have said bad things 40 years ago about South Africa’s apartheid government.
3. USAID worked against South Africa’s apartheid 40 years ago and we know what happened there.

kirkfrederic.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Soviets and authoritarian regimes tried for decades to block or silence VOA. All it took was a world-class con man to convince Americans to let him.

susiesm.bsky.social•3 days ago

Eventually there will be an end to this insanity. It won’t be pretty but it will be necessary.

janan77.bsky.social•3 days ago

It feels like Trump is raping America.

lincolnpaine.bsky.social•3 days ago

Silencing Radio Free Europe and RF Asia to curry favor with Putin and Xi. Latter important as Tesla seeks to retain market share in China.

safetyinnumbers.bsky.social•2 days ago

erasing references to the civil war, and the lives of solidiers who died for our nation from Arlington, is a purely white supremacist history erasure.

frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social•3 days ago

True.

grobielauren.bsky.social•3 days ago

Russia first, Amerikkka last. Right? 😉

angeleyesnyc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is Amerika First, not America First.

debbie156.bsky.social•2 days ago

AmeriKKKa

mary-g-74.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤬

just-george.bsky.social•3 days ago

No good can become of this. Freedoms diminished are freedoms lost. Americans are being played, like the brits were conned by Brexit lies. No good can become of this at all.

okiedharmabum.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sad for the legacy of Willis Conover and that democratic culture that he worked towards.

sinur.bsky.social•3 days ago

This seems like self-sabotage. Or sabotage on behalf of someone who have interest in diminishing America…

coyote108.bsky.social•3 days ago

It like we are living under Soviet occupation and not something Americans sacrificed their lives for.

lpp2200.bsky.social•3 days ago

We are already in a dictatorship

restingbeachface.bsky.social•2 days ago

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous this is.
When the VOA was founded it's mission was to combat nazi propaganda.
Now we will be broadcasting it to the world.

https://apnews.com/article/voice-of-america-trump-administration-kari-lake-15b585b58f5a510374344b50b1a131b5

maynardgkrebs.bsky.social•3 days ago

America LAST
T Rump FIRST

nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Koup Klutz Klan must go. Nobody voted for Musk co!

northofhome.bsky.social•3 days ago

Everything MAGA, add the word White. White America First. Make White America Great Again. That includes the White Heritage Foundation that authored 2025.

demorcef.bsky.social•2 days ago

America has jumped the shark

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