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Radio Free Asia set to furlough most US-based staff due to government funding freeze. ๐ŸŽ‰ (www.politico.com)
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[โ€“] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 4 months ago

DOGE finally does good for Asia.

[โ€“] SkingradGuard@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 4 months ago

LMFAO I thought their shift to Asia would leave them untouched. Guess not

[โ€“] davel@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 4 months ago

[โ€“] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Look, I fully understand this is a case of doing a good thing for probably the wrong reasons/by accident, but yoooo I will take it.

But man, the easy pickings for Shit Reactionaries Say will be gone.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 months ago

lol yeah critical support

[โ€“] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 4 months ago

Yaayyy

[โ€“] PinkTankiePrincess@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 months ago

BASED

[โ€“] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tbf even if all anti China and NK stories stop this exact moment, USians are so brainwashed it would take an entire generation before the sentiment really changed and they plan on going to war before that happens anyway.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I really don't think they have the resources to go to war at this point. They couldn't take on Russia in Ukraine, and China is a vastly bigger economy. Any kind of war on China is just fantastical thinking.

[โ€“] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes but that fantasy is great for MIC profits.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago

indeed

[โ€“] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They have 5,000 nukes and are led by the most deranged humans Earth is capable of producing.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think even the crazies in charge of the US understand deep down that a nuclear holocaust will not be in their interest.

[โ€“] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You are still thinking like a rational human being. Not one that's senile as fuck and/or had their brain mushed by ketamine.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

We'll see I guess, but from what I'm seeing, these people would rather rule over a diminished empire than live in bunkers like rats.

[โ€“] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 months ago

That's probably why this is happening. They realise that they don't need to waste resources on this, as the US public will do the work for free.

[โ€“] PanArab@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And nothing of value is lost

[โ€“] Tech_Issus@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Oh it was of value! And I applaud it's shutdown as I see it sink beneath the waves