Such hostile nonsense from Americans in power just now. I wish we would listen to people who have suffered for reporting the truth, like Stanislav Aseyev, combat veteran and survivor of a Russian torture camp. - ThreadSky

timothysnyder.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Such hostile nonsense from Americans in power just now. I wish we would listen to people who have suffered for reporting the truth, like Stanislav Aseyev, combat veteran and survivor of a Russian torture camp.

Reposted from Stanislav Aseyev

Elon Musk proposed closing Radio Liberty.

Well, as a person who was thrown into a concentration camp and put through torture because of my writing for Radio Liberty, I can say that Europe is far from free.

The work of the Ukrainian bureau of Radio Liberty is one of the main elements of ...
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elviramadigan1492.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Misery.
🥴
🙏
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turbounicorn.bsky.social•2 hours ago

I have only a few memories of the time before the revolution. Among them is listening to Radio Free Europe with my grandmother to get any information other than the personality cult that was going on the tyrant's TV station. Interestingly, one of the journalists there is now our foreign minister.

turbounicorn.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Today, I still read to Radio Free Europe, as they're one of the scant few Romanian media that have not sold out, and with an exponent of the old Securitate trying to turn us into another Hungary.

RFE has never been as important as it is now.

msderohanes.bsky.social•8 hours ago

With what authority is he shutting down an independent agency established by Congress?

hardtimes2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

Who needs vaccines? We've eradicated all the diseases.
Who needs firemen? We have fire alarms.
Who needs to populate Mars?
Earth is going perfectly.
Only a billionaire doesn't understand that sometimes it rains.
He doesn't know because our rain is his piss.
Fuck these people. Fuck them hard.

alfredlund.bsky.social•1 day ago

Musk doesn’t want “free” he wants control for its own sake.

kaytee533.bsky.social•1 day ago

Actually the radios definitely weren't and aren't radical lefty outfits. Exactly the opposite. But their credibility and influence must be near zero by now. Shut them down.

huffandpuff.bsky.social•1 day ago

WE don’t see Elon Musk closing down the 12 American Taxpayer Funded Federal Government Agencies that for the last 23 years Elon has been getting BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars in Subsidies, Contracts & Grants for his factories.

huffandpuff.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course, ELON wants to dismantle Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty because he cannot control it, or manipulate the algorithms like he does on TwitterX to disseminate lies & his fascist Nazi propaganda.

It’s American taxpayer funded !!

naomiwildman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Radio free is a US intelligence operation. Always has been.

Watching Elon talk shit about it is a battle between two villains.

chessercat.bsky.social•23 hours ago

No. Intelligence immediately realized that it had no value if no one believed it because it was an op, and immediately turned it over to an independent agency.

The CIA covertly *financed* Radio Liberty until 1971, when open congressional appropriations began.

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/radio-free-europe-and-radio-liberty

johnslowey.bsky.social•7 hours ago

The Voice of America, Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe were the pillars of penetrating the Iron Curtain for decades. With a wannabe Russia-loving dictator in charge of foreign policy, what messages would be broadcast now? Maybe shutting them down would be doing Europe a favor

roosefella.bsky.social•1 day ago

they are opposed to liberty.
they are opposed to a free europe.

blake105.bsky.social•1 day ago

Isn’t the suffering the point?

democrataz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adam Serwer says “the cruelty is the point”.

blake105.bsky.social•1 day ago

I know. I wasn’t quoting.

democrataz.bsky.social•1 day ago

I understand.

hermitwise.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're behaving so repulsively hoping people will stop looking at what they're doing, worked in Germany, might work in America because people are so dissuaded from learning now, truly miserable to witness

axiomveritas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fascists executed my grandfather. I owe my allegiance to the ideals of this republic, not to any man who craves unchecked power. America does not anoint kings, and I will not pretend otherwise. Those who seek to rule as monarchs will find only resistance from those who still believe in freedom.

chlanschuetzer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wouldn‘t there be any possibility of empeachment against trump in case there is a majority consisting also og rightous Republicans, Mr. Snyder?
I cannot understand that they all just let him go ahead!

wishmasternl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hostile.

Rogue State.

ejgold17.bsky.social•10 hours ago

https://www.usagm.gov/networks/rferl/

The budget is 142M as per the agency's website

sectatordomini.bsky.social•1 day ago

htiek.bsky.social•23 hours ago

“BUREAUCRACY” is another dog whistle like “deep state” or “soros left” — it’s meant to other important positions and people in power so that when they’re eliminated the public forgets the worth of the position/person and sees the cut as essential to the “mission” — it’s coup propaganda.

dixi22.bsky.social•1 day ago

Elon's rant is the best evidence for both Radio Liberty and the Voice of America still being highly relevant.

eustrat.bsky.social•1 day ago

i would rather make tesla sales collapse in the entire free world

julianle.bsky.social•1 day ago

I greatly admire your writing and teavhing Timothy but I don't know how the hell you keep going.

huffandpuff.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s people like Timothy Snyder, who have separated the men from the mice throughout history.

julianle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mm. People arent that binary. That's what makes them so damned difficult. But yes he's exceptional

huffandpuff.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tell that to the thousands of men and women who fought the fascist Nazi in WWII.

Learning where you came from, you might know where you’re headed.

julianle.bsky.social•16 hours ago

This is twitterish. I slightly modify what you say about an American professor, 'therefore' I must be a naxi. I sure as Hell don't need lectures in European history from you.

gaymaleaiart.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Elon and Trump are Russian agents

yves-arsenault.bsky.social•1 day ago

Only hubris is running the administration... Wisdom is too difficult and unpopular.

ash9001.bsky.social•1 day ago

Krasnov and Muskovy doing what russia orders.

thatmanglenn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dark times, man.

sdvibe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also Maria Reza under Duterte. Free press is essential to guard against the growth of cult leadership. Thank you @timothysnyder.bsky.social for continuing to shed light on what's happening in America and abroad.

mgkahb.bsky.social•22 hours ago

toddadam.bsky.social•1 day ago

maddness.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tell me again - WHO THE F IS ELON ??!

tanziamill.bsky.social•1 day ago

Painful to read musk's ignorant and hotheaded response.

sandymccoy.bsky.social•1 day ago

An idea, take it to Congress.

cacoco.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think Elon Musk should live in another country… Maybe Russia?

chessercat.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Over here’s good, by Uzbekistan. They can partially build another trump tower to launder money if they have to.

coldnote.bsky.social•1 day ago

The arrogance of this crowd is disgusting.

hardxcoded.bsky.social•16 hours ago

i think europeans can run their own radios, no need for americans support thank you very much

comen-tator.bsky.social•1 day ago

Judging from the Cyrillic characters on the account, the posting is apparently from one of musk's Russian supported accounts and of course, cites one of his Russian supporters!

We all know that musk does NOT have Democratic Institutions or Principles as a guiding light in anything he does or says!

roosefella.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's Stanislav's Ukrainian language Xitter interface

roosefella.bsky.social•1 day ago

-ти is the ukrainian infinitive verb ending
the equivalent russian form is -ть

оформити - ukrainian
оформить - russian

now to remember what that word means!

pettirosso.me•1 day ago

Just remembering seeing this film in a theater. How far we’ve fallen.

chessercat.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I saw it on vhs when I was way too young to understand (it’s funny, he’s teaching them to swear!) and I was lucky enough to catch it on my local pbs station a relatively recently.

I’m fortunate that my local station does Saturday night cinema with movies from all eras. It’s great, and so is pbs!

democrataz.bsky.social•1 day ago

O watched you on Rachel Maddow. I agree that a shadow government should be set up and the Dems should use it to push back on all of Trump’s moves, Musk, and his crazy cabinet.

regularjo3.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Elon is not an American.

tammybeth.bsky.social•1 day ago

"far-left relative to me, a fringe right wing lunatic who thinks Alex Jones might be too woke"

willaaron.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Hey Elon, VP Trump says you’re not in charge, remember?

miroslawgajewski.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s not nonsense, it’s intentional and they have an agenda, reason, facts and logic play no role for them… it’s cyber and disinformation warfare on an incredible scale.

greg8-0.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for teaching.
A great nation is like a great man
When he makes a mistake, he realises it.
Having realized it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point our his faults as his most benevolent
teachers.
--Lao Tru

coloneltompeeping.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's dangerous how often the level of wealth is confused with the level of wisdom, especially by people who are wealthy.

pmkellermann.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sadly, Mr. Musk has proven time and time again that he’s unwilling to listen to anyone — except those who prostrate themselves to worship at his feet.

flpugman.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/04/568310790/2016-rnc-delegate-trump-directed-change-to-party-platform-on-ukraine-support
2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/mueller-asked-trump-2016-rnc-platform-change-ukraine/story?id=59476035
Mueller asked Trump about 2016 RNC platform change regarding Ukraine

And here we are!

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