I am in total agreement with Melissa on this. There are always ways to improve efficiency, but eliminating entire departments and agencies without bothering to review what they do is jackassery. And putting bobble heads in charge who shouldn’t be allowed outside without supervision is moronic.
I keep hearing this will take generations to undo, but I disagree. I believe this is the end of the United States as a global power/influence. We can never regain the respect of other nations; not after this. Kevin M. (RPCV) On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote: > We seem to be listening to different groups of former federal employees, > (1) perhaps because I live in the DC area and news coverage of damage done > is all day and all night, and (2) I am particularly focused on the science > community because that's where I spent 30 years working for the federal > government. The damage being done, especially in the education of future > scientists and engineers -- the foundation of wealth generation for this > country -- cannot be undone, especially in our lifetime. > > Secondly, not only is Trump the most ignorant, incompetent, and corrupt > president in this country's history -- but almost all of his appointees are > equally unqualified for the jobs they've been given, with Kari Lake among > those at the top of the list. She has no credibility whatsoever, and that > alone makes her choices the wrong ones. > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In a number of political podcasts I listen to, the guest would be a >> former employee of a federal agency or governmental organization that just >> got obliterated, and the guests always said, “We knew we were inefficient >> due to all of the regulations we got from Congress but eliminating the >> agency wasn’t the answer.” >> >> Keeping this in mind, what is the current function of the VOA and what is >> lost by its elimination? When I think of VOA I think of the Cold War and >> someone behind the Iron Curtain tuning in on a shortwave radio to get the >> American side of the news. But in this online connected world who is served >> by the VOA? What is the audience who isn’t already flooded with content >> from the US in their social media? >> >> I of course don’t want to see people lose their jobs or government >> agencies disappear by executive fiat. In the case of the VOA though it >> doesn’t seem like that much damage is being done. >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM Melissa P <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I had the opportunity to chat with (former) Chief National Correspondent >>> Steve Herman a couple of weeks ago -- and suggested that VOA move its >>> operations to Canada. I wasn't the first person to make that suggestion, >>> but he questioned its feasibility. >>> >>> Another workaround we need: the vaccine approval committee. I read >>> that the medical associations are talking about it. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Setting the stage for loyalists in the communications industry to come >>>> up with a privatized solution (if the equally-private funding ever comes >>>> through)... >>>> >>>> Mark Jeffries, June 24th: >>>> >>>> Over 600 employees of the global radio network that provided honest >>>> news and information to listeners around the world for over 8 years >>>> received layoff notices last week, including members of the >>>> Persian-language service who had been taken off administrative leave last >>>> week to give reports on the Israeli attack on Iran--the net has been a >>>> target of the Trump Administration because of its straightforward coverage >>>> of the government, which Il Douchebag and the idiot ex-news anchor Kari >>>> Lake, put in charge of VOA and the managing agency the US Agency for Global >>>> Media, consider "liberal bias" (they also claim that rightwing catch phrase >>>> "fraud, waste and abuse")--many former VOA employees say that the net will >>>> be difficult to reassemble under a future adminstration: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/layoff-notices-delivered-to-hundreds-of-voice-of-america-employees/ar-AA1H7v2Y >>>> >>>> >>>> For those wondering, I am well... the dad in me surmised that camping >>>> out in the basement workshop would be the coolest (climatically) thing to >>>> do... 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