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Kari Lake heads to Capitol Hill after gutting an agency Trump hates
Lake, who lost two statewide elections in Arizona, will headline a hearing shortly after cutting jobs at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
By Aaron Pellish and Ben Johansen 06/25/2025 04:45 AM EDT1/2
Kari Lake, the staunch Trump ally and senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will tout massive cuts to an agency that’s been a target of Republican hostility for years on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Lake’s testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee —for a hearing entitled “Spies, Lies, and Mismanagement: Examining the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s Downfall” — is expected to shine a spotlight on her role in President Donald Trump’s broader effort to downsize federal bureaucracy, reduce government spending and reprimand media outlets the president views as unfriendly.
Lake announced last week that USAGM eliminated 1,400 positions — an 85 percent cut of the personnel from March, when Trump signed an executive order gutting the agency. Lake said in a memo Friday that 250 employees remain at the agency, which directly oversees Voice of America and funds several other independent broadcast outlets stationed around the world.
USAGM is also clawing back $17 million previously allocated to those stationsand redirected to unspecified “mission support.” In March,Lake announced the agency was terminating its lease in a Washington office building, citing its cost.
Lake said in Friday’s memo her testimony to Congress will “expose the USAGM’srecord of waste, mismanagement, self-dealing, and national security failures.”
After rising to national prominence on the backof two failed statewide campaigns in Arizonain 2022 and 2024 — in which she aligned herself closely to Trump, including by making false claims denying the results of the 2020 presidential election — Lake reportedly angled for a role overseeing VOA to draw on her experience as a former local news anchor. (Apparently she is incompetent by Politico because AZ rigged their voting system)
Before stepping into her role at USAGM, Lake appeared to make an argument for recasting VOA as a Trump-friendly global media outlet, rather than hollowing out the network.
“We are fighting an information war, and there’s no better weapon than the truth, and I believe VOA can be that weapon,” she said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, about a week before she was appointed as a senior adviser to the agency.
But since then,she’s executed the dismantling of an agencyRepublicans, including Trump, have held in contempt dating back to the first Trump administration. During Trump’s first term, his nomination of conservative ally Michael Pack to serve as CEO of USAGM was stalled for weeks by Senate Democrats. In being appointed to current her role as senior adviser, Lake has avoided the Senate confirmation process.
Lake’s gouging of USAGM allows her to deliver a victory for Trump in his ongoing war with several major mainstream media organizations — which he’s greatly accelerated since returning to office. The Trump administration has fought to keep the Associated Press from covering events on White House grounds.
TheWhite House has pushed Congress to codify over $1 billion in spending cuts to NPR and PBS, while the president continues to fight legal battles seeking damages for various outlets’ coverage of him.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/kari-lake-voice-of-america-cuts-00421746
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USAGM provides independent news and information to countries around the world, targeted primarily at nations with limited press freedom. The agency dates back to the founding of VOA in 1942to combat Nazi propaganda. (Why didn't VOA be used to negate the Nazi Propaganda from Ukraine then since 2022?)
In addition to VOA, the agency oversees orfunds Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting and Middle East Broadcast Networks.
“The elimination of VOA’s four-dozen language services wiped out themost effective and cost-efficient instrument of American soft power and public diplomacy,” said Steve Herman, a former VOA correspondent who is soon set to helm the University of Mississippi’s Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation. “The loss to American prestige and credibility will be long-lasting and probably incalculable.” (Our prestige and credibility is based on US funded hateful news outlets that condemn the US everyday, how does that work?)
Herman, like nearly the entirety of VOA’s staff, was placed on administrative leave ahead of the terminations.
VOA’s role in U.S. foreign policy came into stark relief in the wake of the war between Israel and Iran. Staff who worked in VOA’s Persian-language service before being placed on leave were called back into work earlier this month to counter the messaging of Iranian state media. Some of those staffers also received termination notices last week, POLITICO previously reported.
USAGM did not respond to a request for comment.
Despite her reputation as one of Trump’s most loyal defenders, Lake’s political future remains uncertain. She’s ruled out another run for office for now in Arizona or in Iowa, where she grew up. But Lake’s success in implementing Trump’s goals for an agency he’s long derided could position her for a bigger role in the administration.
In response to a social media post announcing the cuts at USAGM, the X user DataRepublican, a prominent MAGA poster who had won praise from Elon Musk and others, replied “Next: Kari Lake for [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] Director Then: Kari Lake for IRS Commissioner Finally: Kari Lake for Fed Chairwoman,” ticking through three agencies reviled by much of the president’s base.
Lake replied to the comment with three green checkmarks, signaling her approval for each suggestion.
(Politico seems extremely enraged by Kari and Trump dismantling the propaganda system they are part of, are they worried for their own survival?Oh yeah,didn’t Politico get exposed by DOGEbeing funded by the tune of millions and millions, around the world with subsidies they should have never gotten, maybe that’s why they are particularly nutso in this article. It’s always a happy day when DS run Politico, is critical and hateful with what is going on in Trump’s Admin!)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/kari-lake-voice-of-america-cuts-00421746
Oh shit, another liar that will drain billions more for Ukraine, because they hate Russia so much.
Hegseth wrong choice, what is wrong with you?
>>23236273 A New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party, Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialistPN
This video with Raheem (who was a Muslim) is important to listen to so you can see why Politico pushing MAGA hate on Muslims, which is not true, it's radical muslims that will destroy American with Sharia Law, but he's also part of"Twelver" Shi"ism"
MAGA right attacks Zohran Mamdani’s religion following his win
The 33-year-old lawmaker would be the first Muslim mayor in New York City’s history if elected in November.
By Nicole Markus 06/25/2025 12:34 PM EDT
Prominent MAGA-aligned commentators launched xenophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani over the 33-year-old state lawmaker’s Muslim religion following his apparent Democratic primary win in the New York City mayoral race.
In a series of posts, conservative social media personality Laura Loomer wrote “New York City will be destroyed,” Muslims will start “committing jihad all over New York” and that “NYC is about to see 9/11 2.0.”
If elected in November, Mamdani would become the first Muslim mayor in New York City’s history. And while many conservatives have criticized Mamdani’s progressive policies, others have taken aim at Mamdani for his religion.
“24 years ago a group of Muslims killed 2,753 people on 9/11,” conservative activist Charlie Kirk posted on X, referencing the number of people killed in New York. “Now a Muslim Socialist is on pace to run New York City.”
“New York City has fallen,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote, quoting a post by Michael Malice about when New Yorkers “endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.”
“After 9/11 we said ‘Never Forget.’ I think we sadly have forgotten,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) posted on X Wednesday, accompanied by a photo of Mamdani.
Mamdani’s campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the statements.
Mamdani, ademocratic socialist, won 43.5 percent of first-place votes in New York’s ranked-choice voting system. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the once-favorite to take the primary, conceded to Mamdani Tuesday night.
However, the city board of elections is not expected to finalize results until early July, once ranked-choice votes are tabulated.
During the primary some of Mamdani’s critics, including a super PAC backing Cuomo, said he either emboldens antisemitism or has himself espoused antisemitic views, in particular over his stance on Israel.
He has repeatedly criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza, and in a June interview with The Bulwark, Mamdani said the phrase “globalize the intifada” represented “a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights.” Mamdani drew heavy criticism for the statement, marking a tension point in a primary election in a city with large populations of Muslim and Jewish residents.
He has repeatedly pushed back against the antisemitism label, decrying violence against Jews in the country.
“I’ve said at every opportunity thatthere is no room for antisemitismin this city, in this country,” he said at an emotional press conference in the closing days of the race, adding the reason he does not have a more “visceral reaction” to being labeled that is because it has “been colored by the fact that when I speak, especially when I speak with emotion, I am then characterized by those same rivals as being a monster.”
At the same press conference, he said he has faced significant attacks because of his religion.
“I get messages that say, ‘The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim.’I get threats on my life, on the people that I love. And I try not to talk about it,” he said at that press conference. (Oh you just talked about it.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/zohran-mamdani-religion-attack-00423363
(He also proclaims along with not being an antisemite, but he accepts Gays, Trans and every perversion in the world.)
>>23236273 A New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party, Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialistPN
This video with Raheem (who was a Muslim) is important to listen to so you can see why Politico pushing MAGA hate on Muslims, which is not true, it's radical muslims that will destroy American with Sharia Law, but he's also part of"Twelver" Shi"ism"
MAGA right attacks Zohran Mamdani’s religion following his win
The 33-year-old lawmaker would be the first Muslim mayor in New York City’s history if elected in November.
By Nicole Markus 06/25/2025 12:34 PM EDT
Prominent MAGA-aligned commentators launched xenophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani over the 33-year-old state lawmaker’s Muslim religion following his apparent Democratic primary win in the New York City mayoral race.
In a series of posts, conservative social media personality Laura Loomer wrote “New York City will be destroyed,” Muslims will start “committing jihad all over New York” and that “NYC is about to see 9/11 2.0.”
If elected in November, Mamdani would become the first Muslim mayor in New York City’s history. And while many conservatives have criticized Mamdani’s progressive policies, others have taken aim at Mamdani for his religion.
“24 years ago a group of Muslims killed 2,753 people on 9/11,” conservative activist Charlie Kirk posted on X, referencing the number of people killed in New York. “Now a Muslim Socialist is on pace to run New York City.”
“New York City has fallen,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote, quoting a post by Michael Malice about when New Yorkers “endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.”
“After 9/11 we said ‘Never Forget.’ I think we sadly have forgotten,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) posted on X Wednesday, accompanied by a photo of Mamdani.
Mamdani’s campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the statements.
Mamdani, ademocratic socialist, won 43.5 percent of first-place votes in New York’s ranked-choice voting system. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the once-favorite to take the primary, conceded to Mamdani Tuesday night.
However, the city board of elections is not expected to finalize results until early July, once ranked-choice votes are tabulated.
During the primary some of Mamdani’s critics, including a super PAC backing Cuomo, said he either emboldens antisemitism or has himself espoused antisemitic views, in particular over his stance on Israel.
He has repeatedly criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza, and in a June interview with The Bulwark, Mamdani said the phrase “globalize the intifada” represented “a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights.” Mamdani drew heavy criticism for the statement, marking a tension point in a primary election in a city with large populations of Muslim and Jewish residents.
He has repeatedly pushed back against the antisemitism label, decrying violence against Jews in the country.
“I’ve said at every opportunity thatthere is no room for antisemitismin this city, in this country,” he said at an emotional press conference in the closing days of the race, adding the reason he does not have a more “visceral reaction” to being labeled that is because it has “been colored by the fact that when I speak, especially when I speak with emotion, I am then characterized by those same rivals as being a monster.”
At the same press conference, he said he has faced significant attacks because of his religion.
“I get messages that say, ‘The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim.’I get threats on my life, on the people that I love. And I try not to talk about it,” he said at that press conference. (Oh you just talked about it.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/zohran-mamdani-religion-attack-00423363
(He also proclaims along with not being an antisemite, but he accepts Gays, Trans and every perversion in the world.)