LDD

They can be sued for libel and slander for sure.

Not at shooting war yet, but yes, the West is still in a constant cold game of shadow war with Russia. I don't pretend to know what the EU end game is, but if your belief is that Russian propaganda is not being spread widely on social media platforms and that it isn't aimed at the slow decay of western power then we are in total disagreement. Your initial post from an apparently "anonymous" X source gives the appearance of an attack by the EU on the free press. Subsequent information reveals that these at least two of the three "journalists" literally live in Russia and are a part of the Russian propaganda machine. Furthermore, the German nationals will be allowed to return to Germany but not to transit freely. This would be a seemingly wise choice by the EU as these "journalists" seem to have close ties to the Russian military.

Based on the posted articles it appears that these "journalists" might be on the Russian payroll, especially since two live in Russia and one "regularly appears on...Russia military channel Zvedva" and would only return to Germany "on a tank". Doesn't sound like Leslie Stahl.

Who are these journalists? Is that a picture of one of them? Do you have a link to a verified account or news outlet beyond @amuse?? I'm trying to find out who @amuse is? Do you know?

Trump's like some woman who can't decide what dress to squeeze her fat body into before a dinner date. One thing, then the next, then some pouting, then some gratification...of course the investors picked up on it. His biggest issue is that he's used to doing business with other selfish, greedy whooores just like himself, not with people who actually have standards and morals. If he was making deals with the people he usually does, then all this would be figured out and they'd be golfing and banging hookers by now because they get antsy and need to wrap it up. Unfortunately for Donald, the MAGAS, and the United States, he's dealing with very serious people who have very specific "codes" by which they live and are highly disciplined. He has shown his hand and it is small, orange and fragile. It's unfortunate for this country because if you strip away the layer of glitzy, Vegas fat there are some good ideas there but he doesn't have the faculty to engage the world and make it happen for America.

I clicked...all of the "Alaska Energy" features are older but the site itself supports links to all kinds of relevant local Alaskan news, which was my initial point. Soooo, you have to play "gotcha cowboy" games, I get it, you want to be right here. Everything everywhere is biased in some manner. We are humans. NPR generally gets the left of center tab based on how their newsrooms choose what to cover. They definitely choose topics which are sensitive in the culture wars. So, when far right spectrum listeners hear a piece about trans issues followed by one about an abortion issue the perception is that NPR is massively left. Their reporting is overwhelming objective and follows universal journalistic standards, but their "Who cares?" method of establishing stories undoubtedly skews left of center. I believe this to be a product of the nature of public radio and public services in general being intricately connected to a diverse American population. My point is that once again the president is taking a wrecking ball to drive in a nail. Let's defund ALL public radio, which reaches the masses and performs really unique and important local reporting (you can keep clicking and see it on the KTOO tab, but don't worry, you're still right here).

Looks absolutely defunct... https://www.ktoo.org/alaskasenergydesk/ ...and if you click around on their site there's some pretty unique stories there and most of those stories cannot be found "anywhere and everywhere". The Biden laptop? Yeah, that's a pretty huge f-in deal...especially since we have elevated morality to the top of our political ideals right now. Big driver in your circles, I forgot. So, let's deprive the people of rural Alaska, (bastion of radical leftist ideology) some programming in the name of non-partisan correctness. I forgot that everything, anywhere, all the time, at every moment must be exactly one way in the culture war. My bad... (dumbazz sarcasm intended)

Theoretically, any reporting on anything ever can be done by non-government funded entities. But, it either won't be or it isn't unless the broadcast area is profitable. That's where PUBLIC services step in like radio. "Alaska Energy Desk" KSKA-FM "Arizona Science Tech Desk" KNAU-FM "Kentucky Collaboration" WVXU-FM Those are all regional shows carried by regional stations that support local citizens and issues and economic influences that impact those areas specifically and that's not even news. C'mon man, don't be so elitist, I really have no clue what the massive issue is with people getting something back locally for all the damn taxes they pay. Why is that such a huge issue?

L-O-C-A-L reporting...as in what is going on literally right where people live because there isn't a radio station except the local public one. There are also lots of elderly in those areas and poor people who may or may not have internet and/or computer access. It's a reality. You don't have to like NPR but it does serve a public purpose.

NPR provides valuable local reporting in many rural areas of the country where people actually live their lives and don't hang breathlessly on every change in the political winds like everyone here. This would be a huge blow to rural America and will simply be a continuation of the degradations that Trump has imposed on poor, white Americans since inauguration day.

I agree with that statement to a degree. If it came to it, we could force our will anywhere. However, if Donald keeps cutting away the fabric of our controls over these countries, we will find ourselves very shortly on an island where it will be much, much more difficult to enforce our position, unless of course we want the bombs to fly. His insistence on how "unfairly" we have been treated is alienating a lot of good will throughout the world. People don't like to hear the richest, most powerful country in the world who is x times more capable than them and x times richer than them is a victim somehow.

I don't go to "platforms" for real information. I find it absurd that people post X account opinions as facts here and then use those subjective, random and often HEAVILY biased opinions as a fact or as some sort of justification that they then assume is meaningful. I might as well create some username, start an X account and then repost my own opinions that I created on X as PROOF of something. It's f-in dumb. Literally everyone has an opinion. Reposting one that confirms yours doesn't mean anything.

I’ll assume you meant “don’t”. I’m not sure I agree with your “majority” statement since it’s been about 70 years since we took the lead in the world and there are very few people alive in America right now who were around when we weren’t massively influential. I’m not a rest on the laurels type so I prefer leadership. I can see your point though, you live in God’s country…it’s peaceful out there…till it’s not. We either make a continual sacrifice of leadership or we make a huge one down the road. I’m good NOT passing it to my grandkids.

I had to Google those…neither, I’m into grazing…it’s a new/old practice.

Buy me one, I’ll post a pic of me wearing it. When you send it, wrap it around a bottle of Blantons. Take a deep breath. You sound like you’re advertising.

Nah, not “in the tank” for Harvard per se…way more against the garbage X feeds puked up here every day which are short on context and heavy on hyperbole to incite political mayhem. However, I do appreciate “research” that I will never do about things that may affect me. I know 50 dudes that can weld a pipe and nobody personally to remove a tumor… That would be my point.

So, I guess it would be the fight against that type of ignorance that educators seek to overcome. That idea is nothing more than a line from political theatre. Harvard and Trade Schools perform two completely separate purposes with neither being more or less important than the other in the end game. We need both desperately and to rob one to feed another is a f-in joke. The only people not concerned with Harvard's research funding being pulled don't understand how Harvard's research benefits their life. It's not some club. These are some of the most serious academics, laboratories and think tanks on the planet and they serve our country...ours. Trump's little hissy fit only strengthens and emboldens our enemies.

Hahahaha, ok... The fact that some college kids got in a fight at a protest and were charged by police and then those charges were dropped and then their lives resumed is NOT an international incident even though the completely random X account makes it out to be. Clearly anti-semitism should not be tolerated, to assume that Harvard is a hot bed of it based on outraged X accounts and Alex Jones types is reactionary and naive of you. That's what I was thinking. Ouch, one of the site's name caller types I see. Have fun with that.

Oh, right...because you posted some random X feed information then it all definitely happened "just like that" and it's suuuuuuper simple and we SHOULD destroy Harvard...right, right...my bad. What was I thinking??

So, just because Donald has some issue with Harvard the entire country needs to suffer?? Harvard is one of the most important RESEARCH schools on the planet earth. It supports all kinds of developments in math/science/health that the federal government supports through funding and that we all benefit from. I don't get the excitement over decimating one of the havens of higher ed. that propels all of us forward. As far as the above post about diverting money to trades...great, great, my son goes to a trade school...great school, he's going to get a great job, has a great internship this summer, however, we need welders to weld (yes) but we don't need doctors and immunologists to weld.

Govern? No... Lead? Yes.... Shame on your for living under the umbrella of leadership and sacrifice your entire life and not understanding that our standard depends on a world order led by the United States. Freedom and morality from the US has led the world since we figured ourselves out in the Civil War and we have all benefitted. To allow Russia its atrocities unchecked is a failure and also a great shame. If we rest on our fatted laurels long enough then we are neither the big kid nor are we the scrappy little fak able to defend himself. We become the little piggy, which is what they all want. Wake up. Who is @amuse? Your first tag with all of the info?

https://www.newsweek.com/harvard-hkust-china-college-international-students-offer-2076257?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawKdvI1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoGQI29Jr5RYvzp5sW98Xdlrwhs8yd13ZOg3xwHV-pdXcY-N80WreMQMOaei_aem_3EiiNiP5eG515G_kd0l2SA#Echobox=1747996409

I mean...

Pot, meet kettle...Good Lord...

I would agree some of the most disgusting acts were during Biden's term. Joe obviously failed at a lot of things but he did get them arms to protect themselves (I seem to remember some grumbling about that) and I'm supportive of Trump's decision to keep them flowing. I'm disappointed that Donald didn't form an even stronger coalition to pressure Russia but we all know he fancies Putin. It's a mess and without US global leadership at the front we will see who fills the void.