PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
Will there be a next Democrat in power? We just lost a presidential election partly because of their stance on immigration & it seems like they still haven’t learned. Americans want immigration laws enforced
General Trump Administration F**kery Thread (2025-2029)
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Then you are likely to see a revolt. In America, that is extra bloody.
PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
Most Americans don’t even vote, they certainly aren’t going to revolt lmao.
That changes once authoritarianism affects quality of living.
the next guy
Superstar
You're overestimating Americans.
Even when it gets bad Trump will just tell his people it's the fault of Biden, immigrants, DEI, or whoever else they don't like.
Outlaw
New Hope For the HaveNotz
I disagree, once conservatives are personally affected they immediately become “woke”. Conservatives have a genetic defect where they cannot envision perspectives other than their own.
There is probably a correlation to how selfish you are to how conservative your political views are
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
I'm calling it now, it's only a matter of time before Trump encourages supporters to shoot democrats that are participating in un-American activities like speaking out against dear leader. It's fukking coming
I wouldn’t go that far I don’t even think don taco has the balls to do that. He’ll just dog whistle like he always does and his cult as always will hear it loud and clear
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Voice of America brings back Farsi-speaking staff amid Israel-Iran conflict
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/brian-stelter
By Brian Stelter, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 9:12 PM EDT, Fri June 13, 2025
The Voice of America building in Washington, DC on April 27, 2025. President Donald Trump recently fired hundreds of VOA employees, with cuts scheduled to continue after an appeals court ruling.
Annabelle Gordon/SIPPL Sipa USA/AP/File
CNN —
Several dozen sidelined Voice of America staffers have suddenly been called back to work as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.
It is a dramatic turn of events for the American government-funded broadcasting system that was shut down by the Trump administration in March.
Steve Herman, who has been VOA’s chief national correspondent since 2022, said the broadcaster specifically brought back Farsi language speakers who have been on paid administrative leave. The move suggests that the US government wants to bolster its programming into Iran.
Before the cutbacks were instituted in March, VOA said that it produced four-plus hours a day of “Persian-language programming to Iran.”
The VOA website said the content “confronts the disinformation and censorship efforts of the Iranian regime and enhances U.S. efforts to speak directly to the Iranian people and the global Persian-speaking diaspora.”
It is unclear how much content VOA has been beaming into Iran in recent weeks. The broadcaster’s VOA Farsi channel on YouTube showed eight new videos since Israel struck inside Iran early Friday.
Staffers from some other VOA language services have also been called back to work.
Brett Bruen, president of the consulting firm Global Situation Room, reacted to Herman’s X post about the news by tweeting to Kari Lake, the Trump loyalist who has been tasked with gutting VOA.
“Turns out not having a channel to communicate with the Iranian people was a pretty bad idea, @KariLake,” Bruen wrote.
A spokesperson for Lake did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.
Patsy Widakuswara, one of the sidelined journalists who is suing the Trump administration to salvage the broadcaster, told CNN on Friday that “VOA’s role in providing independent, factual and authoritative news has been proven throughout countless times of crisis. But after months off the air, we’ve already lost a lot of audience and credibility. They should bring us all back so we can respond to breaking news in all parts of the world.”