As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void

“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”

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The Seven Ugliest Provisions in Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Weakened courts, happy heirs, and work requirements. The House-passed version of Donald Trump's tax plan takes from poor, gives to rich.

“Penn Wharton, Trump's alma mater, finds that most households earning less than $51,000 will immediately see their after-tax income drop.

Meanwhile, the bill boosts incomes of members of the top 1% by nearly $70,000 in the first year alone…”

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Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think.

The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.

Outrageous. Be mad, everyone.

Did staffing cuts at weather service affect Kentucky’s tornado response? Due to staffing shortages, the National Weather Service in Jackson no longer has overnight staff. But NWS and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear say the office was staffed Friday night and early Saturday.

"Some National Weather Service offices, including Jackson, no longer have overnight staff from midnight to 7AM.

All three Kentucky offices - Jackson, Paducah and Louisville - are short-staffed.

There is no meteorologist in charge at any of the three offices..."

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot
in a Texas Warehouse. Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the
minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
#standwithUSAID

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in
Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people,
reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid

Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:

🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.

Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID