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Rich Stein (he/him)<p>TLDNR: This administration hates the independent, free press. <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-news-industry-challenges-briefings-59e3a6d85f15dd313392241ddd4dcdcb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-news-</span><span class="invisible">industry-challenges-briefings-59e3a6d85f15dd313392241ddd4dcdcb</span></a><br>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bruno_j_navarro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bruno_j_navarro</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bruno_j_navarro/114217398675435882" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@bruno_j_navar</span><span class="invisible">ro/114217398675435882</span></a><br><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/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Bondi warns Crockett”<br>Trump has threatened “his enemies” for decades, but now he threatens judges with impeachment, &amp; he’s instructed “his AG” &amp; his Cabinet, Musk, Senators, Reps, &amp; enablers to also make vicious threats, at times, even bordering on death threats. </p><p>“Trump’s Attorney General just issued a threat to Rep. Jasmine Crockett, telling her to “tread very carefully” when criticizing Elon Musk.”<br>-BT Cohen</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/23/bondi-jasmine-crockett-musk-tesla-protests-00244256" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/03/23/b</span><span class="invisible">ondi-jasmine-crockett-musk-tesla-protests-00244256</span></a></p>
Fratm<p>I have mixed feeling about 1A auditors, but for the most part I think they are doing good work.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1st" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1st</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Audutor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audutor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BayArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayArea</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7lyMreQzg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=jX7lyMreQzg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
@GottaLaff<p>Columbia U agreed w <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> that <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%231A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1A</a> &amp; preventing COVID &amp; bird flu just weren't a priority anymore 1/2 "Among changes: review of admissions policies, making it easier to report harassment, tightening rules about location of protests, prohib masks at protests..."<br><br><a href="https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fcnn.it%2F41QhUKE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbia University makes poli...</a></p>
Laffy<p>Columbia U agreed w <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> &amp; preventing COVID &amp; bird flu just weren't a priority anymore</p><p>"Among changes: review of admissions policies, making it easier to report harassment, tightening rules about location of protests, prohib masks at protests, giving campus police new arrest powers, giving office of provost more authority to deal w disciplinary action against students involved in protests.</p><p>+ reviewing its curriculum, beginning w courses about Middle East" <br><a href="https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fcnn.it%2F41QhUKE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thereport.be/article/?app=brea</span><span class="invisible">king&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fcnn.it%2F41QhUKE</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>This is disturbing.</p><p>“A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over its role in months-long protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017.”</p><p><a href="https://tennesseestar.com/news/north-dakota-jury-finds-greenpeace-liable-for-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-in-damages/jtnews/2025/03/20/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tennesseestar.com/news/north-d</span><span class="invisible">akota-jury-finds-greenpeace-liable-for-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-in-damages/jtnews/2025/03/20/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenpeace</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://disabled.social/@MikeImBack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MikeImBack</span></a></span> -- <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> -- They don't get that their <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2A</span></a> rights are rooted in their <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> rights. Too many <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gunowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gunowners</span></a> don't get that if you take away peaceful protest and there is no other way to change your government, you are left with violence. They will then come for the guns in the name of public safety.</p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GunOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunOwners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2A</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreedomofSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomofSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialistGunClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialistGunClub</span></a> </p><p>There are a lot of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> people who claim to love Guns and their freedom of speech awfully silent about this.</p><p>PACIFISM allows you to keep your guns. Peaceful protests allow you to keep your guns. If you take away that freedom to express yourself, it only makes violence more likely. If violence becomes the only way to change government, you know full well you no longer have your guns.</p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> </p><p>The one thing that conservatives don't understand is that you don't have a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2A</span></a> if you don't have the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-cebf66ac78ace72647891c16ed43ac1a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-cebf66ac78ace72647891c16ed43ac1a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/peacefulprotest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacefulprotest</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p>12 year old meme still true...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpRapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRapist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a></p>
≠<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://clubcyberia.co/users/creamqueen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>creamqueen</span></a></span> <br><br>Texas wants to ban loli<br>I think it's a bad idea<br>Slippery slope is real<br>Protect the <a class="hashtag" href="https://annihilation.social/tag/1a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1A</a><br><br>and shoot pedophiles, but that's for eugenics reasons
Nonilex<p>Acc/to court documents filed by the govt, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RashaAlawieh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RashaAlawieh</span></a> was questioned by a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> officer about photos on her phone that appeared to depict <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hezbollah</span></a> fighters. Alawieh allegedly said they were shared by others within WhatsApp messaging groups of friends &amp; family.</p><p>Alawieh allegedly said her interest in Nasrallah was in his standing as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> figure within the Shia <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a> community, as opposed to his role as a political leader….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfReligion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobia</span></a></p>
Crooks&Liars<p><a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/FreedomOfThePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfThePress</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/PoliticalCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCartoon</span></a>, <a href="https://crooklyn.social/tags/EditorialCartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EditorialCartoon</span></a>, @Rattoons1776</p><p><a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/abridge-too-far?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=100119" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2025/03/abr</span><span class="invisible">idge-too-far?utm_source=social&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;amp;utm_content=100119</span></a></p>
Mary Nelson<p>🧵 Thread about rights.<br>10/n</p><p>And here it is, exactly what I feared. Getting rid of staff so they can install Trump's people.</p><p>Just today:</p><p>"Voice of America staff put on administrative leave"</p><p>"Full-time employees at Voice of America received an email this morning from human resources saying they have been placed on paid administrative leave, according to a copy of the memo that was obtained ABC News."</p><p><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/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-trump-defends-tariff?id=119625202&amp;entryId=119832526" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-u</span><span class="invisible">pdates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-trump-defends-tariff?id=119625202&amp;entryId=119832526</span></a></p>
Mary Nelson<p>🧵 Thread about rights.<br>9/n</p><p>One more thing about the right of the public to know what government is doing.</p><p>Independent news media is crucial during the times we're living in. If we don't know what is happening, how can we be responsible citizens? </p><p>Watch this space:</p><p>"Maddow: Trump's dismantling of independent news media is happening before our eyes"<br>Maddow looks at how Trump &amp; allies are undermining news outlets...</p><p><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/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-s-dismantling-of-the-independent-news-media-is-happening-before-our-eyes-231028805926" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/</span><span class="invisible">maddow-trump-s-dismantling-of-the-independent-news-media-is-happening-before-our-eyes-231028805926</span></a></p>
Mary Nelson<p>🧵 Thread about rights.<br>8/n</p><p>I am worried that these events will lead to VOA becoming purely government propaganda rather than actual news, and then it may be the only news source that comes from the White House.</p><p>This administration is cracking down on speech and ideas.</p><p>Press freedom was meant to be a pressure point for government transparency. Trump's eliminating that freedom--and the right of the public to know what it's doing.</p><p><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/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a></p>
Mary Nelson<p>🧵 Thread about rights.<br>7/n</p><p>VOA was producing news, and had been for decades. It also ran stories from the news wires, like Reuters and AP.</p><p>Let's recall that Trump made a statement about VOA when Lake was appointed. He said:</p><p>Lake's appointment would help “ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the world FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media.”</p><p>Link to the previous <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> story.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/voa-government-media-contracts-2bd47cf0c1bbcdc5cbe08eea030c1454" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/voa-governm</span><span class="invisible">ent-media-contracts-2bd47cf0c1bbcdc5cbe08eea030c1454</span></a></p>
Mary Nelson<p>🧵 Thread about rights.<br>6/n</p><p>Statement by Kari Lake:</p><p>“We should not be paying outside news organizations to tell us what the news is,” said Lake, who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor. “With a nearly billion-dollar budget, we should be producing news ourselves. And if that’s not possible, the American taxpayer should demand to know why.”</p><p>Why should VOA be "producing news ourselves"?<br>So that the Trump administration can literally *control the news*.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
Mary Nelson<p>🧵 Thread about rights.<br>5/n</p><p>This news story caught my eye yesterday:</p><p>"Voice of America ending contracts with Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse"</p><p>"Lake announced via social media on Thursday that she was ending the 'expensive and unnecessary contracts' with the wire services."</p><p>So far, it would appear another cost-cutting move by the Trump administration, although VOA severing relationships with international news services seemed extreme.</p><p>But there's more...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pressfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pressfreedom</span></a></p>
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