Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Does Jeff Bezos support snatching immigrants who are here lawfully and deporting them to El Salvador? Or snatching Russian dissidents and returning them to Russia? </p><p>Asking for Lauren Sanchez...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillLewis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottWholeFoods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>OMG, with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s new White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a> policy, where he gets to pick who is in it instead of the White House Correspondents’ Assn who used to decide which reporters rotated through the pool, the questions he is taking are literally beginning with revolting flattery.</p><p>Not one asked about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏<p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> </p><p>"The decision is a disturbing and self-defeating retreat for American influence abroad. It also portends ever more troubling repression of independent journalism right here in the United States.</p><p>"To best appreciate what is at stake in a future without VOA, it is important to understand its past. "</p><p><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/25/trump-voice-of-america-press-freedom-public-media-npr-pbs-wbez-chicago-jim-friedlich" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/other-vie</span><span class="invisible">ws/2025/03/25/trump-voice-of-america-press-freedom-public-media-npr-pbs-wbez-chicago-jim-friedlich</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SteveHerman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveHerman</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NationalPublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPublicRadio</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PublicBroadcastingService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcastingService</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p>
Ciarán Fahey<p>The Associated Press and Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over White House access.</p><p>“It’s really about whether the government can control what you say.” </p><p>(AP) <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-trump-administration-media-access-white-house-2e1220b8be122182ae7a2396989905be" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/ap-trump-ad</span><span class="invisible">ministration-media-access-white-house-2e1220b8be122182ae7a2396989905be</span></a></p>
Steve Thompson PhD<p>Turkey jails journalists, as protesters defy crackdown</p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-jails-journalists-as-protesters-defy-crackdown/a-72038167?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/turkey-jails-journal</span><span class="invisible">ists-as-protesters-defy-crackdown/a-72038167?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf</span></a></p><p>An AFP journalist was one of 7 detained journalists charged with participating in "illegal rallies and marches." Over 1,000 people have been arrested during the crackdown on anti-government protests.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>👏👏👏👏</p><p>A federal judge has issued a restraining order against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin barring the cancelation of funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a>.</p><p>The decision to terminate, the judge says, appears to violate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> & the intent of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25868558/rfetro.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3.documentcloud.org/documents</span><span class="invisible">/25868558/rfetro.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>A post about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Headlines</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> </p><p>Here's a look at one 'independent newspaper" from Russia, now claiming to be under threat from their justice department, being called an opposition voice to leadership & declared a foreign agent. That's not DOGE, it's Moscow! This is a paper with a long and cozy relationship with Kremlin officials and sources. </p><p>I find it ironic in many ways. Moscow Times now pleading for help surviving...from whom? Tourists & foreigners?</p><p>Photo of a Moscow Times headline.</p>
Steve Hersey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br>Alas, it requires adblocker disabling, and then tells me I cannot read any more free articles.</p><p>I understand that these organizations need money to operate, but this is still a PITA. There's no way I can manage to subscribe to 20 media sources at once. </p><p>We could sure use a working <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/micropayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micropayments</span></a> system so I could seamlessly pay per article from a wide variety of sources. No effin' billionaire techbros are going to build that, of course, but maybe some still-independent news organizations could jointly set up a nonprofit to do that? </p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>🚨"Europe just canceled $25B in US military deals. NATO allies are planning to replace American l'ship. Japan, France & the UK are prepping deployments w/o us. And now Trump says allies only get ‘toned-down’ jets bc ‘someday they’re not our ally.'<br>News flash: They’re already walking away."<br>-R Saddler</p><p>Trump is destroying the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a>, America's <a href="https://toad.social/tags/reputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reputation</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a>, relationships with allies, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publicsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicsafety</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a>...<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Cartoon by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AnnTelnaes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnTelnaes</span></a> titled <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstamendment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precedent</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/attack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attack</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Good news from the Wired - who is leading all other media on accurate, timely, insightful and important news on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> Starting today, @wired.com will be putting stories based on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publicrecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicrecords</span></a> outside the paywall. Maybe this will help with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOIA</span></a> officers who deny requests for expedited processing on the dubious grounds that Wired is not primarily engaged in disseminating information to the public! Now you can all read - <a href="https://www.wired.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wired.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In addition to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s order also targeted the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FMCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FMCS</span></a>], the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilsonCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilsonCenter</span></a>], the Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> Services [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a>], the US Interagency Council on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homelessness</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USICH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USICH</span></a>], the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDFIfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDFIfund</span></a>], & the Minority Business Development Agency [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MBDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBDA</span></a>] for cuts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> have accused <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> & other publicly-funded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, who is spearheading <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s government *downsizing* [destruction] effort, called for VOA & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioLiberty</span></a> to be shut down in a post to social media.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Paris-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReportersWithoutBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReportersWithoutBorders</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The president of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalPressClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPressClub</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a>.</p><p>"For decades, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> has delivered fact-based, independent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> to audiences worldwide, often in places where press freedom does not exist," Balsamo said.</p><p>The decision, he said, "undermines America's commitment to a free & independent press."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On its website, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioLiberty</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> & Russia-occupied <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> that they could "face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> also terminated funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioLiberty</span></a>, which broadcasts to countries in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EasternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EasternEurope</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, as well as for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioFreeAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeAsia</span></a>, which broadcasts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a>, acc/to letters seen by Reuters.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Multiple workers at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>, an international <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></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."</p><p>The emails, sent by a HR executive at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Agency for Global Media, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a>'s parent agency, instructed them not to enter their work premises or access internal systems.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Employees at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> services that broadcast to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes was slashed, one day after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> signed an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> gutting the govt-funded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> outlets' parent & 6 other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/media-tel</span><span class="invisible">ecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/</span></a></p>
Aure Free Press :verified:<p>"Fellow Americans, Rise Up! Our country is under attack by the Trump regime. Please repost if you agree!“<br>- Aure</p><p>The Beginning of the End of Free Speech & Free Press in America!<br>March 14, 2025<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AureFreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AureFreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/headline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Breaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Breaking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a></p>
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