Trump dismantles Voice of America with executive order - BBC News
Trump dismantles Voice of America with executive order - BBC News
More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, "radical" and "leftist".
US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back the federally-funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being "anti-Trump" and "radical".
A White House statement said the order would "ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda", and included quotes from politicians and right-wing media railing against the "leftist", "partisan" VOA.
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As an American, I would like to apologize that the idiots of this country re-elected Mango Mussolini. And I'm sorry that the rest of the world has to suffer because of this idiot and his cronies.
Waiting for you guys to actually use your second amendment.
Well, there was an attempt but unfortunately he wasn't a very good shot.
I'm not American but from what I understand about the country, that guy may not have been the only one with a gun.
He was wearing a gun youtuber’s tee shirt. The channel is worth a gawk if you enjoy rubbernecking at America’s crumpled wreckage.
It's a pretty scary idea when the odds are very high that we would just get murdered by police or secret service. And in this hypothetical, if we were to fail, Trump would just bring them hammer down even harder on everyone else, making future attempts much more difficult if not impossible. Until the people are organized on a large scale and collectively convinced this is the only option we have left, we have too much to lose with very little chance of success.
Sure, you're 100% right here, but he's coming for guns as well, so waiting might not be an option either. Let's just hope everyone gets pissed sooner than later
Hell, most of them aren't even using their first ammendment yet.
I thank you for the sentiment, but save your words and don't spare the ammunition.
You don't have to self-identify as "American" if you don't want. You don't need to apologize for a system over which you have virtually no control. The first step to resisting an evil system is probably disavowal.