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  1. Politico: New nominee to lead Voice of America’s parent agency pledges to take ‘close, fresh’ look at staffing. “President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Kari Lake as head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media signaled plans to bring some of the agency’s on-leave employees back to work in her confirmation hearing Thursday.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/02/politico-new-nominee-to-lead-voice-of-americas-parent-agency-pledges-to-take-close-fresh-look-at-staffing/
  2. NPR: Voice of America staffers sue, alleging Kari Lake put on propaganda. “In the latest battle over the future of Voice of America, a fresh group of veteran Voice of America journalists are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, alleging that she is promoting pro-Trump propaganda on air. They also contend she has trampled the network’s editorial independence in violation of federal law […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/26/npr-voice-of-america-staffers-sue-alleging-kari-lake-put-on-propaganda/
  3. Veteran Voice of America journalists are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, claiming the network is broadcasting propaganda. Here's more from @npr.

    flip.it/FRq0Xb

    #Journalism #Media #VoiceOfAmerica #KariLake

  4. "A federal judge just delivered a huge win for the rule of law, for the American people and - not hyperbole - for global security, and a huge loss for Donald Trump, and one of his flunkies, Kari Lake.

    DC Federal District Judge Royce Lamberth just ordered 1000 federal employees to be allowed to return to work at Voice of America, ruling that Kari Lake had been unlawfully trying to dismantle the agency."

    youtube.com/watch?v=lOVCNNf8xl4 #Trump #ruleOfLaw #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #KariLake #JudgeRoyceLamberth

  5. #KariLake gets rocked as #WhiteHouse aides spill on allegations of #Trump IGNORING her for HOURS in public as she is reportedly seeking a NEW endorsement for a Congress seat after losing her last TWO races. #JohnIadarola and #LukeBeasley break it down on #TheDamageReport. youtu.be/Y8Lj86I-F1s?...

    Kari Lake ROCKED By Humiliatio...

  6. RE: journa.host/@ScottLucas/115880

    Report: #Trump acolyte #KariLake, Acting Director of US Agency for Global Media, blocks US Govt-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty from using transmitter in Kuwait to broadcast news and protest updates into #Iran

    RFE/RL turns to commercial vendors to arrange shortwave broadcasts

    #IranProtests

  7. #KariLake, the close #Trump ally & snr *adviser* to #USAGM, urged #Congress on Wednesday to gut the #VoiceOfAmerica & other federally funded #news orgs she *oversees*, as lawmakers of both parties expressed concern.

    In a hearing that grew testy at times, Lake defended proposed cuts to the #global news orgs, while #Democrats & some #Republicans warned that they could make it impossible for the #US to disseminate #information to countries w/limited press freedoms, such as #Iran, #China & #Russia.

  8. #Trump Urges #Congress to ‘Kill’ #VoiceOfAmerica as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting It

    In a heated hearing, #KariLake, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the #media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.

    #law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
    nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/poli

  9. Just 250 staff remain at Voice of America, after layoffs announced today by Kari Lake, special advisor to the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Lake says 1,400 positions have been eliminated across USAGM, an 85% decrease. When President Trump signed an order in March to shrink USAGM, advocates for the agency, including Republican lawmakers, said its networks were vital for fighting disinformation. The three VOA journalists who sued to stop the terminations were all laid off, but say their legal fight will continue. Here's more from CNN.

    flip.it/WhKAZk

    #News #Journalism #VoiceOfAmerica #USAGM #Disinformation #KariLake #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Media

  10. In the meantime, however, #KariLake has plunged back into slashing the ranks of the workforce, w/hundreds of contract employees let go for a second time over the past weekend. The #VoiceOfAmerica website hasn't posted new stories in >2 months.

    On Thurs, the full appellate court made clear it would not intervene, at least for now.

    #Trump #VOA #law #SeparationOfPowers #journalism #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy

  11. The admin laid off hundreds of contract employees & put permanent workers on indefinite leave, citing a Mar 14 #ExecutiveOrder from #Trump.

    Last month, US Dist Court Snr Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered #KariLake & #VoiceOfAmerica's federal parent, the #USAGM, to bring back workers & get the network up & running, as #Congress intended through #law. He also ruled that the admin had to restore #RadioFreeAsia & #MiddleEastBroadcastingNetworks, calling their dismemberment "arbitrary & capricious."

  12. #Trump's plans to gut #VOA get boost from appeals court

    A federal appeals court on Thurs dashed the hopes of #journalists & #FreePress advocacy groups seeking to stave off the near-total dismantlement of #VoiceOfAmerica by the Trump admin.

    The admin, led by snr adviser [& crackpot] #KariLake, has iced almost the entire workforce.

    #law #SeparationOfPowers #journalism #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
    npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-54079

  13. #KariLake, a senior adviser at #USAGM [& crackpot], which oversees #VoiceOfAmerica, said that the #Trump admin had acted within its #legal authority [it didn’t & she wouldn’t know anyway given her *concept* of the #law].

    “We are in the process of rightsizing the agency & reducing the federal bureaucracy to meet administration priorities,” Lake…said in a statement.

    She added: “Buckle up. There’s more to come.”

    #VOA #journalism #FourthEstate #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Constitution