So I am reading bluesky & ran into this!!
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BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America
Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients
More details to follow--stay tuned!
— Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social) 2025-04-22T18:56:41.052Z
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America
A federal judge agreed Tuesday to block the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the 83-year-old international news service created by Congress.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the administration illegally required Voice of America to cease operations for the first time since its World War II-era inception.
Attorneys for Voice of America employees and contractors asked the judge to restore its ability to broadcast at the same level before President Donald Trump moved to slash its funding. Lamberth mostly agreed, ordering the administration to restore Voice of America and two of the independent broadcast networks operated by the U.S. Agency for Global Media — Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks — until the lawsuits are settled.
The judge denied the request for two other independent networks, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Open Technology Fund.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America and Radio Free Asia staff
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Network staff for now, and he said all congressional funding must resume to the outlets, which had been effectively shuttered by the administration.
D.C. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on behalf of the plaintiff, VOA journalist Patsy Widakuswara and her colleagues, against Kari Lake, the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. USAGM is supposed to be an independent federal agency overseeing public service media networks.
The judge instructed the defendants to take all necessary steps to return the employees and their contractors to their outlets, so they can "provide news which is consistently reliable and authoritative, accurate, objective and comprehensive."
A preliminary injunction was not granted to Radio Free Europe because it filed a separate lawsuit.
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Very hard to be in this era of the USA.
Resist!!