Employees at #VoiceOfAmerica were placed on paid leave on Saturday & funding for 2 US #news services that broadcast to #authoritarian regimes was slashed, one day after #Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder gutting the govt-funded #media outlets' parent & 6 other #FederalAgencies.

#VOA #FourthEstate #FreePress #journalism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/

#Trump & #JDVance attack #Zelensky video 6🧵

Last video from another view shows Oksana Markarova, #Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, visibly showing disgust at this shitshow.

[apologies if videos are out of order or overlap. Throwing this together for posts]

#geopolitics #allies #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Europe #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos #PutinsPuppet #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #propaganda

#Trump & #JDVance attack #Zelensky video 5🧵

Vance to Zelensky: “Have you said thank you once?”

Trump to Zelensky: "Your country is in big trouble. No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. You're not winning this."

#geopolitics #allies #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Europe #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos #PutinsPuppet #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #propaganda

#Trump & #JDVance attack #Zelensky video 4 🧵

Trump to Zelensky: "Don't tell us what we're gonna feel. You're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're gonna feel. We're gonna feel very good & very strong. You're right now not in a very good position. You're gambling with World War 3."

#geopolitics #allies #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Europe #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos #PutinsPuppet #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #propaganda

#Trump & #JDVance attack #Zelensky video 3 🧵

Zelensky has to explain that #Putin broke the ceasefire.
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?”

Vance goes on attack: “I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office & try to litigate this in front of the American media”

#geopolitics #allies #Ukraine #Russia #Europe #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos #PutinsPuppet #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #propaganda

#Trump & #JDVance attack #Zelensky video 2 🧵

Trump doesn’t know when #Putin / #Russia attacked #Ukraine

#geopolitics #allies #Europe #ForeignPolicy #bullies #authoritarianism #RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos #PutinsPuppet #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #propaganda

Jesus Christ. Public video of full on angry #Trump & #JDVance yelling attacks at & shouting over #Ukraine President #Zelensky airing now.

This is atrocious.

I’ve never seen anything like this.

Video 🧵 1/
#geopolitics #allies #Russia #Putin #Europe #ForeignPolicy #bullies #authoritarianism #RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos #PutinsPuppet #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #propaganda

Legendary #WashingtonPost Editor, #MartyBaron, Slams #Bezos for ‘Betraying’ Paper with #MAGA Makeover

Fmr WaPo executive editor Marty Baron condemned #JeffBezos’ revamp of the paper’s #opinions section in a statement to the Daily Beast, saying he was “sad & disgusted” by the #billionaire’s demands.

#FourthEstate #journalism #media #FreePress #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #ViewPointDiscrimination #Trump #law #USpol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wapo-editor-marty-baron-sad-and-disgusted-at-bezos-opinions-overhaul/

#GiftArticle

#Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against #ForeignInfluenceOperations

The Trump admin has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in US #elections at multiple agencies, per current & fmr ofcls.

#disinformation #ForeignInfluenceCampaign #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #RIPdemocracy #law #democracy #ReliableSources #citation #journalism #truth #facts #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/trump-foreign-influence-election-interference.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU4.gnf-.58nsSqtp8-vw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShar