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Watching Myanmar<p>Myanmar Junta Chief Thanks <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> for Shutting Down VOA &amp; RFA. “<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFA</span></a>’s Burmese services were among…media outlets dedicated to covering <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a>… where factual coverage is hard to come by, but their operations were halted in mid-March after Trump ordered budget cuts to…the US Agency for Global Media... The move was the second recent blow to media covering Myanmar after Trump’s shutdown of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>...” | Irrawaddy <a href="https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-chief-thanks-trump-for-shutting-down-voa-and-rfa.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanm</span><span class="invisible">ar-junta-chief-thanks-trump-for-shutting-down-voa-and-rfa.html</span></a></p>
rollo75<p><a href="https://rollo75.blogspot.com/2025/07/horse-3474-voice-of-america-falls-silent.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rollo75.blogspot.com/2025/07/h</span><span class="invisible">orse-3474-voice-of-america-falls-silent.html</span></a> blogged </p><p>The Voice Of America Falls Silent</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/VoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FourthOfJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthOfJuly</span></a></p>
Wulfy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> </p><p>When I was in Eastern Europe, behind the iron curtain. <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> was our link to truth.</p><p>That the russian agent who owns a media platform called "truth" and who is a Muppet of a hostile authoritarian power whose main paper publication is called "truth", is a clarion explanation why Agent <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>krasnov</span></a> is so hostile towards VOA.</p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p><a href="https://youtu.be/ZOQPkmu5uiA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ZOQPkmu5uiA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>⛔️🇺🇸How China Is Exploiting Trump’s Global Blunders (Mallen Baker VIDEO) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesForUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NukesForUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSCE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PACE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PACE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CoE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TACO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TACO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionofUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionofUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrumpIsARussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARussianAsset</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> pointed to a surge in Iranians tuning into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFarda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFarda</span></a>, the Persian-language news service funded by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a>. Amid the recent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, they argued, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> should continue to fund <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> orgs countering the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> disseminated by Iran &amp; other countries, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Rep Michael McCaul, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, said there were “systemic problems” in the agency, but that it remained necessary around the world.</p><p>“We need America’s voice in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> right now,” he said. “We need to ensure the Iranian people hear the truth that we do not intend to harm them.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> should ask Ms. Lake to provide proof for the mystifying allegations,” Mike Abramowitz, the director of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>, said in a statement. “If <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> is controlled by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a>, then why are they rejoicing at its being shut down?”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> &amp; some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> voiced concern that in moving to dismantle the global media agency, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was abandoning a useful tool of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“What is going out on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> airwaves—it’s outrageous, &amp; it has to stop,” Lake told the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAffairs</span></a> Cmte. She called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> reporting from international <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> agencies funded by the govt “corrupt” &amp; “biased,” &amp; made clear that Trump’s goal was not to overhaul but to shut down the global media agency, which she called “a rotten piece of fish.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> himself chimed in with a social media post, urging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to “kill” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>"... the demise of VOA’s Korean service—along with the USAGM-funded Radio Free Asia, whose programming also targeted North Koreans—means that information-starved North Koreans now have less access to independent news about what is happening in their country and around the world."<br><a href="https://www.cjr.org/news/trump-lake-secret-program-voice-of-america-north-korea-tv-broadcast-gone.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cjr.org/news/trump-lake-secret</span><span class="invisible">-program-voice-of-america-north-korea-tv-broadcast-gone.php</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DPRK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DPRK</span></a></p>
Malcolm Nance<p>Lake: I’m really disturbed that we were hiring <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> spies at <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a></p><p>Kamlager-Dove: Allegedly, there is a Russian operative in the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> office of personnel </p><p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a></p>
casey is remote<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> It's a fair question, although it may be a bit much to presume considering that <a href="https://noauthority.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> is propaganda of the <a href="https://noauthority.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> and the <a href="https://noauthority.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is, to some degree, controlled by <a href="https://noauthority.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> via <a href="https://noauthority.social/tags/AIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIPAC</span></a></p>
Paul Schoe<p>Maybe, with the actions of Trump in Iran, they will start realising the value of Voice of America.</p><p>Without Voice of America, they give the publicity power to Asian stations.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ChrisHolladay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisHolladay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Michael Marek<p>Hey, in this stressful time, wouldn't it be nice for the US to have an international broadcasting service capable of beaming the truth into the Middle East in the Farsi language?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a></p>
K2<p>The silencing of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> takes on new meaning today<br> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> </p><p>"On March 14, 2025, almost all of VOA's 1,300 journalists, producers and assistants were placed on administrative leave....<br>On June 20, 2025, layoff notices were sent to 639 VOA employees, completing an 85% reduction in staff at the U.S. Agency for Global Media"</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_</span><span class="invisible">of_America</span></a></p>
Athavariel - for peace<p>Eine weitere Folge der Bomben der <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> auf den <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> wird sein, dass der Iran noch mehr mit <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> zusammenrücken wird und genau das Gleiche werden viele Länder im globalen Süden tun. Durch die Zerschlagung von <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> und <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> hat die <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration in der Beziehung schon Vorarbeit geleistet.</p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGremlinZoo</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> </p><p>From BBC.com: Hundreds of Voice of America reporters fired as Trump guts outlet</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrx0e98peeo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cgrx0e98</span><span class="invisible">peeo</span></a></p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p>⛔️🇺🇸Kremlin asset Trump and his Republican seditionist administration sends layoff notices to 600 Voice of America staff, NYT state media reports (more) <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/trump-administration-sends-layoff-notices-to-600-voice-of-america-staff-nyt-reports/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/trump-admi</span><span class="invisible">nistration-sends-layoff-notices-to-600-voice-of-america-staff-nyt-reports/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesForUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NukesForUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSCE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PACE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PACE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CoE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionofUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionofUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrumpIsARussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARussianAsset</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>I posted about being raised in the shadow of VOA's The Bethany Relay Station. Acres of antenna arrays broadcasting the VOA around the world during ww2 and afterwards. We knew our front yard was a first strike target if nuclear war occurred during the Cold War.</p><p>Between the Trump admin killing the VOA again for a second time in as a many months, to the talk of tactical nukes in Iran, I really despise Trump and his minions. <br> <br>"During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields near Crosley's WLW facility, six 200 kilowatt transmitters and 24 directional reentrant rhombic antennas were built and on September 23, 1944, the Voice of America Bethany Station was dedicated. The first broadcast was directed at Nazi Germany and began with, "We shall speak to you about America and the war. The news may be good or it may be bad, but we will tell you the truth." For more than fifty years, the Voice of America Bethany Station delivered "truthful news" to the people of Europe, Africa, South America, and parts of Asia, despite some like Adolf Hitler who referred to the VOA as those "Cincinnati Liars." New technology and budget cuts resulted in the silencing of the Bethany Station in 1994." <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> </p><p>:wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America_Bethany_Relay_Station" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of</span><span class="invisible">_America_Bethany_Relay_Station</span></a></p>
Carolleisa<p>Dems and other patriots must partner with allies across the globe to fund fired <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> experts to transmit democratic values under the guidance of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichaelAbramowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelAbramowitz</span></a> via Canada and Mexico.</p><p>Trump Administration Live Updates: Hundreds of Voice of America Workers Laid Off<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/20/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/06/20/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>Trump Admin is realizing the importance of <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> now and has scrambled to get certain staff back on the job due to the current Israeli and Iranian situation. <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p>🔗 US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict<br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/13/voa-persian-service-iran-israel-00406092" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/06/13/v</span><span class="invisible">oa-persian-service-iran-israel-00406092</span></a></p>