It has started. Pretext to authoritarianism: Trump demands Republicans ‘kill’ the bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections. More authoritarian insanity and destruction likely!

  Trump is shutting down one of the greatest threats to authoritarian regimes

Trump’s decision to cut Radio Free Europe comes at a great cost to democracy
The U.S. Agency for Global Media terminated Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's federal funding grant and placed the vast majority of Voice of America staff on administrative leave.

Dismantling US agency for global media is a mistake and loss for American influence.  The void would be filled by propaganda and misinformation from authoritarian regimes.  For example, Russian interference in elections of countries.  Dictators jail, torture and kill journalists for telling the truth because freedom of the press works to counter autocracy.

Exactly!  That's what FASCISTassholes do and that means that is what trump wants to do here in the states as well.

Republicans are to blame for distrust in media.  For decades, they have been on a crusade to de-legitimize the press.  In 1972, polls show 72% of democrats and 68% of republicans trust mainstream media.  Now 54% of democrats and 12% of republicans trust media to report news accurately.  Control of media and war against truth are among characteristics of fascism.

First they sent in Donnie JR to soften up Greenland, and now Usha is on her way? For a little field trip?  

Her Husband has decided that Greenland is "not doing their job and are not being a good ally, So, you have to ask yourself:How are we going to solve that problem, solve our own national security?"

    is that a threat?    and followed that up with this..."because we don't care about what the Europeans scream at us"??

 My question...how is Greenland "not doing it's job"?   kind of like Canada is not doing it's job because of all the illegals and fentanyl that are spilling across their borders into our country.  Can someone tell me what percentage of the fentanyl consumed in the US comes from Canada?

@thirdperson

 Control of media and war against truth are among characteristics of fascism.

100% agree with you here Third  

That was a big issue for me from January 2020 through 2024.  Fking fascists.  

@PeterBlack

From multiple reports the consensus number is less than 0.99% - which is negligible, obviously, but to lunatic MAGAs inside the trump regime (and on conservative media) it is a total OUTRAGE!!

"mount your horses, draw your swords!!"

wow, yeah, was thinking it was around 1 or 2 %.   They obviously are not doing a good job up there, why can't it be zero.  On the other hand, the vast majority of the fentanyl that comes in from Mexico is brought by American drug mules, legal citizens that drive across the border on a regular basis and drive on back in, right through the border crossings.  I don't think many dudes are swimming the Rio Grande with a satchel of drugs held above their heads

@PeterBlack

 Nah, it's less than 1% and trump is making a big stink over it because he wants to show how big & tough he is by using military force to attack and kill Canadians.

MAGA FASCISM.....resembling the late 1930's Germany.

der Fuhrer already turned the FBI into his version of the Gestapo.

The 12% figure is mostly due to trump.  He wants his base to disbelieve all scandals and all criminal evidence against him

Like sheep, the cult does what it is told

MAGAS are ok with this

@Zeus4par

 Of course!  It is their agenda afterall.  We've already witnessed the beginning with Musk's straight arm salutes, and now we are seeing gutless MAGAS goose-stepping behind der Führer words and deeds...

word is the fascist will start targeting democrats who objected to his crimes or destructive behavior

Court orders that trump's vindictive MAGA regime MUST reinstate journalism privileges to Associated Press.

Will the convicted felon turn full fascist and defy the court order? 

NBC NEWS -

Harvard University will "not accept" demands made by
[the CONVICTED FELON's] administration amid threats
of funding cuts, according to a statement issued Monday.

"The university will not surrender its independence or
relinquish its constitutional rights," read a post on the
university's X account published Monday. "Neither
Harvard nor any other private university can allow
itself to be taken over by the [pro-fascism MAGA regime] "

harvard 

Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore all emp!oyees and unfreeze funding for Voice of America. Illegal for presidents to withhold funding authorized by congress. No justification for draconian spending cuts. For 80 years, Voice of America has been a reliable source of news in areas of the world without free press.

Even the top producer of the show 60 Minutes has had enough and is calling it quits cuz making decent journalism anymore is almost impossible due to the control that is put on it by higher ups and or money influence 

“If you’re having DEI policies, we’re not going to fund your projects,”

said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, bragging about how

[der Fuhrer's regime] will use taxpayer dollars to kill diversity efforts in states.

“We’ve ripped wokeness out of the military, sir, DEI, trans.
And it’s Fort Benning and Fort Bragg again at the DOD,”

said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, referring to bases that again share names with [pro-SLAVERY/seditious] Confederate generals.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Der Führer of the GOP is invoking the “ state secrets privilege ” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge's questions about [the FASCIST trump regime's] mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an El Salvador prison.

so hes a fcking racist too just like rump ?!  

National public radio files lawsuit against Trump administration over illegal defunding. Alleging violations of first amendment freedom of speech and will of congress which has already approved funding.

turns out that America is just not that into you whiners. who would have thunk?????