Saturday, January 17, 2026

Kari Lake Stops Radio Free Europe from Broadcasting Into Iran

The Trump loyalist said she denied the outlet access to a transmitter because it had failed to "align their message" with Trump's foreign policy.

Posted by retort at 03:27 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

Does this make sense to anyone?

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-17 07:01 PM

failed to "align their message" with Trump's foreign policy.

That might be easier if he actually had a foreign policy.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-17 07:04 PM

Does this make sense to anyone?
#1 | Posted by Zed

Sure thing.
Europe is Woke.
They let women get abortions in Europe.
That's contrary to our American Values.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-17 07:13 PM

That might be easier if he actually had a foreign policy.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-17 07:04 PM | Reply

Ye of little faith.

#4 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-01-17 10:00 PM

What she means is that they are a personal profit center for the Trump Crime Family like so many other Gov entities are.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-17 10:58 PM

What she means is that they are NOT* a personal profit center for the Trump Crime Family like so many other Gov entities are.

*Edit!

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-17 11:01 PM

Another example of the stupid club. How do you inject your message into Iran? Maybe your administration's controlled media outlet? Jesus, can these people get any stupider?

It's tiring.

#7 | Posted by et_al at 2026-01-18 12:16 AM

"Jesus, can these people get any stupider?"

Despite their stupidity, they continue to dismantle the world order that was set in place in Tehran, Malta, Yalta, and in the UN Charter.

And yes I know you know that.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-18 01:25 AM

I remember when she was a eager beaver news reader on local Phoenix television not that long ago. The botox made the camera lenses all fuzzy.

#9 | Posted by dutch46 at 2026-01-18 02:36 AM

... because it had failed to "align their message" with Trump's foreign policy. ...

Lies of the Trump admin ineptly disguised as foreign policy?

In Iran, witness accounts of atrocities counter regime claims of calm
www.csmonitor.com

... The Iranian mechanical engineer hadn't slept for days, fearful his masked presence at the peak of anti-regime protests last week would prompt his arrest at home at any moment.

Still in shock, his voice shaking and sometimes choking with emotion, he describes over the phone what he witnessed in Tehran of the Iranian government security forces' lethal crackdown on protests that had swept the country.

"Almost everyone knows someone within their circle who has been killed," says the engineer, who asked not to be named for fear of retribution. He says he saw a government sniper on a rooftop, using a laser sight to target protesters burning dumpsters. ...



#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-18 10:57 PM

Back when I was a teenager, I assembled a Heathkit shortwave radio from a box of parts that Heathkit had sent to me.

I used that radio to listen to the world.

Yeah, in the days of the Vietnam War, I listened to Radio Hanoi. And Radio Moscow, and Radio Peking (as it was called back then). And Voice of America, and Radio Free Europe.

The latter two were like sunshine in the dark world of shortwave radio propaganda.

Now, Pres Trump seems to be turning the [formerly, highly respected and sought after] Radio Free Europe and Voice of America into the same type of propaganda outlet I saw in Radio Moscow back in the days of the Vietnam War.


#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-19 12:57 AM

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