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Trump tried to shutter Radio Free Europe. The EU threw it a lifeline
NPR ^ | May 21, 202511:50 PM ET | David Folkenflik

Posted on 05/22/2025 7:26:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 05/22/2025 7:26:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Why can’t European pay for…..European radio???


2 posted on 05/22/2025 7:29:12 AM PDT by ealgeone
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If you went out and asked around all of eastern/western Europe....it’s fewer than 1,000 people who listen to RFE. If you are spending $300-million to reach 1,000 people...is it really worth the effort?


3 posted on 05/22/2025 7:33:28 AM PDT by pepsionice
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It should be kept, but with only pro-American programming and no woke garbage.


4 posted on 05/22/2025 7:34:44 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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Did Trump try to “shutter” it? Or, as the result of a cost/benefit analysis just realize it’s not worth it? My guess is the latter.


5 posted on 05/22/2025 7:35:16 AM PDT by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist.)
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Why can’t they just ...do it themselves? No people skills?


6 posted on 05/22/2025 7:36:05 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: pepsionice

RFE was captured by the LGBT perverts as part of their long march through the institutions.

Here are some examples:

https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-lgbtq-constitutional-ban-protest-rights-crackdown/33386503.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/lgbt-rights-eastern-europe-backsliding/31622890.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-lgbt-conversion-therapy/32858475.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-lgbt-law-veto-letter/33079866.html

Notice the slant on the articles.


7 posted on 05/22/2025 7:37:41 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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See post 7.

RFE joined the evil team.


8 posted on 05/22/2025 7:38:17 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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It must be a very important base for globalist/neo-marxist operations if Brussels is so desperate to keep it alive.


9 posted on 05/22/2025 7:39:14 AM PDT by PGR88
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They’d have to spend THEIR money.


10 posted on 05/22/2025 7:39:35 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: LouAvul

Exactly. Its a waste of money. If some other fool wants to prop it up, then keep it un shuttered… Im sure Trump doesn’t care one way or the another.


11 posted on 05/22/2025 7:40:26 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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Correct answer.

This is about waste, fraud and abuse—for sure.

But—it is also about evil.


12 posted on 05/22/2025 7:42:12 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: BenLurkin

Which tells you all you need to know about RFE. Its globalist Leftist propaganda.


13 posted on 05/22/2025 7:43:24 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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bttt


14 posted on 05/22/2025 7:43:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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These anti-freedom globalists are soooooo tiresome. Just why arethe US Taxpayers giving these manipulative jerks anything?


15 posted on 05/22/2025 7:50:59 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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It should be the European’s job anyway. I don’t know anyone who listens to it in America.


16 posted on 05/22/2025 7:56:10 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Where can Americans go to seek justice now that the RATS own the judiciary?)
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This is how it should be. It is broadcast for their benefit...


17 posted on 05/22/2025 8:18:15 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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This is Radio Clash on pirate satellite
This is not Free Europe
Not an armed force network
This is Radio Clash using audio ammunition
This is Radio Clash can we get that world to listen?
This is Radio Clash using aural ammunition
This is Radio Clash can we get that world to listen?
This is Radio Clash on pirate satellite
Orbiting your living room,
Cashing in the bill of rights


18 posted on 05/22/2025 8:21:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Well since the USSR is no more there’s no need for this dollar sucking job generator.


19 posted on 05/22/2025 8:57:56 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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I hear Zelensky gives Free Piano Concerts on Radio Fag Europe!


20 posted on 05/22/2025 11:11:10 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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