Summary

China’s state media praised Trump’s decision to cut funding for Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), calling them “propaganda” outlets.

The move put 1,300 VOA staff on leave and drew criticism from press freedom advocates, who warn it benefits authoritarian regimes.

VOA and RFA have long reported on human rights abuses in China, North Korea, and other restricted regions.

RFA’s CEO condemned the cuts as a “reward to dictators,” while the Czech Republic has asked the EU for support to keep Radio Free Europe running.

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    A new world order is being installed in which Sociopathic Oligarchs run the world, instead of nations, and governments do their bidding.

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      And yet there are so few of them… and 8 billion of us.

      Why should we let them rule us?

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        Because they have all the money and weapons, and once they are fully in global control, they won’t have any problem murdering wide swaths of population. Reducing the global population is a basic tenet of the Sociopathic Oligarchs’ philosophy. Krasnov’s closest advisor, Kapo Stephen “PeeWee Himmler” Miller has said that he wants to reduce America’s population from 330 million to 100 million.

        They want just enough losers to be their servants, and the rest are just taking up space and consuming resources, and will be eliminated. If the enough resistance gets pesky enough, they’ll just destroy entire cities, and everyone in it. How many cities would they have to level before everyone else would not just get in line, but make sure others around them are in line as well?