Carrie Lake

Yes. I mean, when she first arrived, there were a couple of people who were in the building with her. First of all, she arrived with a few Doge staffers. And there was another woman who wrote Project 2025's chapter on Doge. What should happen to Voice of America? And it was full of allegations that there were spies in the agency, that there were leftists who had taken over.

And Carrie Lake was eager to kind of clean all that out. What she did when she first got there was she targeted... two journalists. One of them, a reporter named Steve Herman, who you've heard from earlier in the show, was placed on administrative leave for his social media activity, which was alleged to be biased and anti-Trump. And then Carrie Lake was

And Carrie Lake was eager to kind of clean all that out. What she did when she first got there was she targeted... two journalists. One of them, a reporter named Steve Herman, who you've heard from earlier in the show, was placed on administrative leave for his social media activity, which was alleged to be biased and anti-Trump. And then Carrie Lake was

And Carrie Lake was eager to kind of clean all that out. What she did when she first got there was she targeted... two journalists. One of them, a reporter named Steve Herman, who you've heard from earlier in the show, was placed on administrative leave for his social media activity, which was alleged to be biased and anti-Trump. And then Carrie Lake was

canceled all of the wire contracts that Voice of America had. So she took away Agence France-Presse, the AP. She was sort of trying to doge the agency herself, but she was not talking about shutting it down altogether.

canceled all of the wire contracts that Voice of America had. So she took away Agence France-Presse, the AP. She was sort of trying to doge the agency herself, but she was not talking about shutting it down altogether.

canceled all of the wire contracts that Voice of America had. So she took away Agence France-Presse, the AP. She was sort of trying to doge the agency herself, but she was not talking about shutting it down altogether.

Carrie Lake is sort of a microcosm of what's happening to a lot of these Trump loyalists who are placed at the top of very high profile agencies. Voice of America is not a high profile agency. You know, Voice of America is sort of this backwater. But what you see happening with her is that she's coming in. She's there because she's loyal.

Carrie Lake is sort of a microcosm of what's happening to a lot of these Trump loyalists who are placed at the top of very high profile agencies. Voice of America is not a high profile agency. You know, Voice of America is sort of this backwater. But what you see happening with her is that she's coming in. She's there because she's loyal.

Carrie Lake is sort of a microcosm of what's happening to a lot of these Trump loyalists who are placed at the top of very high profile agencies. Voice of America is not a high profile agency. You know, Voice of America is sort of this backwater. But what you see happening with her is that she's coming in. She's there because she's loyal.

And Donald Trump has rewarded her and she has ideas for what she wants to do with this agency. And whether it's Rick Grinnell or Elon Musk, they're just crazy. gutting the entire operation. They are not interested in reform.

And Donald Trump has rewarded her and she has ideas for what she wants to do with this agency. And whether it's Rick Grinnell or Elon Musk, they're just crazy. gutting the entire operation. They are not interested in reform.

And Donald Trump has rewarded her and she has ideas for what she wants to do with this agency. And whether it's Rick Grinnell or Elon Musk, they're just crazy. gutting the entire operation. They are not interested in reform.

Or if they are interested in reform, it's more of a kind of break this thing down and rebuild it from absolute scratch, which was not what Carrie Lake was planning to do, according to our reporting.

Or if they are interested in reform, it's more of a kind of break this thing down and rebuild it from absolute scratch, which was not what Carrie Lake was planning to do, according to our reporting.

Or if they are interested in reform, it's more of a kind of break this thing down and rebuild it from absolute scratch, which was not what Carrie Lake was planning to do, according to our reporting.

So Carrie Lake is trying to kind of cancel contracts and cancel the lease on this building as a way to sort of doge the agency herself. And then she starts to talk about how once she got in the building, she was so aghast to see all of this corruption. And it was really an unsalvageable place based on everything that she had learned.

So Carrie Lake is trying to kind of cancel contracts and cancel the lease on this building as a way to sort of doge the agency herself. And then she starts to talk about how once she got in the building, she was so aghast to see all of this corruption. And it was really an unsalvageable place based on everything that she had learned.

So Carrie Lake is trying to kind of cancel contracts and cancel the lease on this building as a way to sort of doge the agency herself. And then she starts to talk about how once she got in the building, she was so aghast to see all of this corruption. And it was really an unsalvageable place based on everything that she had learned.

Oh, I mean, I don't think there's much that she can really do. What you're seeing when you look at the Voice of America's website and its different sort of broadcasts, there's no one left to report the news. So, you know, Carrie Lake, I wouldn't say that... I wouldn't overstate, you know, she saw this as a possibility for her, but if there's anything that we have seen...