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Steve Thompson PhDFederal Lawsuit Says Trump Administration Has Unlawfully Shuttered the Voice of America<a href="https://time.com/7270764/federal-lawsuit-trump-administration-unlawfully-shuttered-voice-of-america/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/7270764/federal-lawsuit-trump-administration-unlawfully-shuttered-voice-of-america/</a>A lawsuit filed late Friday accuses the Trump Administration of unlawfully shutting down the Voice of America and asks a federal court to restore the outlet that for decades has supplied news about the United States to nations around the world — including many that lack a free press of their own.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TRUMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TRUMP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRIME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CRIME</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LAWSUIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAWSUIT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PRESS</a>

Tim Mak<a href="https://journa.host/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> SUES <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TRUMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TRUMP</a>: Journalists from Voice of America and their unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, Reuters reported. They claim that the closure of news agencies violates the Constitution, infringing workers' right to freedom of speech. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/voice-america-employees-sue-trump-administration-over-shuttered-us-funded-news-2025-03-21/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/legal/voice-america-employees-sue-trump-administration-over-shuttered-us-funded-news-2025-03-21/</a>

NonilexMore on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> shutdown:On March 14, 2025,… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> …issued an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EO</a> that called for the dismantling of 7 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>…. They ranged from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAGM</a>, which oversees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a>, to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MBDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MBDA</a>.The Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Museum</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Library</a> Services was also on the list. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> created the IMLS in 1996 through the Museum & Library Services Act. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> merged the Inst of Museum Services, which was established in 1976, w/the Library Prgms Office of the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-starve-libraries-and-museums-of-funding-by-shuttering-this-little-known-agency-252455" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-starve-libraries-and-museums-of-funding-by-shuttering-this-little-known-agency-252455</a>

GeriAQuin🇺🇸 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/voa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voa</a> The so-called beacon of freedom, VOA, has now been discarded by its own government like a dirty rag. <a href="https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202503/1330246.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202503/1330246.shtml</a>

BronMason<a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@w7voa</a> Brings to mind the movie “Glory!” “If this man should fall, who shall lift the flag and carry it on?” Thank you EU! <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a>

Kim PeralesTrump's dismantling of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> will pave the way for America's adversaries to have greater influence abroad.~1,300 employees, incl. Abramowitz: placed on admin. leave +500 contractors: terminated. He called <a href="https://toad.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> "an incredibly impt. soft power tool" for the US -shuttering it: "self-inflicted blow" to <a href="https://toad.social/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nationalsecurity</a> -bc it helps combat CN, RU & IR disinfo. Most journalists ignore Trump's goal of destruction, emulating & aligning with Putin, for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privatization</a>. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voa-cuts-trump-director-michael-abramowitz-interview/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voa-cuts-trump-director-michael-abramowitz-interview/</a>

Flipboard News DeskDonald Trump's dismantling of Voice of America could lead to dominance of anti-American propaganda, director says.<a href="https://flipboard.com/@CBSNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@CBSNews</a> reports: "VOA reports news about the U.S. in nearly 50 languages — with much of its focus trained on countries that lack a free press."<a href="https://flip.it/6vBCdo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/6vBCdo</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Propaganda</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

Kriszta Satori<a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBCNews</a> - 'Discarded like a dirty rag': Chinese state media hails Trump cuts to Voice of America <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwzmj9v34o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwzmj9v34o</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/RFERL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFERL</a>

Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> powers said on Monday they would try to save Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - the U.S.-funded news outlet set up to reach people under communism during the Cold War - but warned they might struggle to replace funding cut by Donald Trump. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioFreeEurope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czechs-raise-radio-free-europe-with-eu-states-after-us-funding-cut-2025-03-17/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czechs-raise-radio-free-europe-with-eu-states-after-us-funding-cut-2025-03-17/</a>

Kriszta SatoriTrump moves to close down Voice of America <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/JournalismIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JournalismIsNotACrime</a>

DragonRider"The president's order targets VOA's parent company US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which also funds non-profit entities such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, which were originally set up to counter communism." <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFE</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RL</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o</a>

Catherine Morris'Bloody Saturday' at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFA</a>. “<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalists</a> showed up at the VOA today…to be told…[that] Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions. All full-time staffers at the VOA & the Office for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cuba</a> Broadcasting, which runs Radio & Television Martí, were affected — more than 1,000... The move followed a late Friday night edict from President Trump that its parent agency…US Agency for Global Media, must eliminate all activities…not required by law.” | NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5329244/bloody-saturday-voiceofamerica-radio-free-asia-europe-trump-kari-lake" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5329244/bloody-saturday-voiceofamerica-radio-free-asia-europe-trump-kari-lake</a> /1

NonilexSome <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> have accused <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> & other publicly-funded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> outlets of being biased against *conservatives* [liars, criminals & extremists]. Last month, billionaire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, who is spearheading <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s government *downsizing* [destruction] effort, called for VOA & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioFreeEurope</a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioLiberty</a> to be shut down in a post to social media.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a>

NonilexThe Paris-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReportersWithoutBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReportersWithoutBorders</a> also blasted the move, w/its director general, Thibaut Bruttin, saying that it "threatens press freedom worldwide & negates 80 years of American history in supporting a free flow of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#information</a>."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a>

NonilexThe president of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalPressClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalPressClub</a> in Washington, Mike Balsamo, released a statement on social media objecting to the moves at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a>."For decades, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a> has delivered fact-based, independent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> to audiences worldwide, often in places where press freedom does not exist," Balsamo said.The decision, he said, "undermines America's commitment to a free & independent press."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a>

NonilexOn its website, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioFreeEurope</a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioLiberty</a> notes that it has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian govt & warns readers in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> & Russia-occupied <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> that they could "face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAGM</a> also terminated funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioFreeEurope</a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioLiberty</a>, which broadcasts to countries in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EasternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EasternEurope</a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>, as well as for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioFreeAsia</a>, which broadcasts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthKorea</a>, acc/to letters seen by Reuters.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a>

NonilexMultiple workers at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a>, an international <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> broadcaster that operates in >40 languages, shared w/Reuters an email that placed them on administrative leave w/full pay & benefits "until otherwise notified."The emails, sent by a HR executive at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> Agency for Global Media, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a>'s parent agency, instructed them not to enter their work premises or access internal systems.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a>

NonilexEmployees at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a> were placed on paid leave on Saturday & funding for 2 US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> services that broadcast to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> regimes was slashed, one day after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> signed an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> gutting the govt-funded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> outlets' parent & 6 other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/</a>

Mary Nelson🧵 Thread about rights. 8/nI am worried that these events will lead to VOA becoming purely government propaganda rather than actual news, and then it may be the only news source that comes from the White House.This administration is cracking down on speech and ideas.Press freedom was meant to be a pressure point for government transparency. Trump's eliminating that freedom--and the right of the public to know what it's doing.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1A</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PressFreedom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Administration <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VOA</a>

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