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"Trump said legally operating news outlets do things that are "totally illegal"...

#Trump handpicked people to run #DOJ "that will not say no to him," attorney and Temple University law professor Donte Mills said on "NewsNight" Friday. "So, if he says, 'here's what I think should be illegal, go find a way to make it illegal and to punish these people,' it's going to happen."
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@w7voa about the sad #VOA Situation:

„I ​am speaking here in my personal capacity and not as a representative of any agency or organization, past, present or future…

My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth​, are being silenced this weekend. T​he ​d​e facto destruction of the Voice of America — is nothing less than a betrayal of the ideals that gave birth to t​he institution and​ made it relevant throughout W​orld War II, the Cold War and in the decades after the collapse of the Berlin Wall.“

more here: steveherman.press/p/requiem-fo

The Newsguy -- Steve Herman · Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscienceBy Steve Herman
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@w7voa 😢 Thank you for your excellent work, Steve. We hope you’ll find a way to continue sharing news on Mastodon. "It took decades to build this goodwill and an audience of hundreds of millions every week. Seeing arsonists just set fire to it all is awful.” npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-53292 #NPR #VoiceOfAmerica #SteveHerman #FreePress #Journalists #Integrity

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Multiple workers at #VoiceOfAmerica, an international #media 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 #US Agency for Global Media, the #VOA's parent agency, instructed them not to enter their work premises or access internal systems.