Cindy Saine
@cindysaine.bsky.social
Retired Voice of America journalist. Non-recovering news junkie. Still passionate about democracy and human rights and interested in foreign policy.Ich spreche Deutsch y hablo español!
Pressured by sanctions, economic turmoil, and the threat of war, Khamenei has opted for diplomacy, Alex Vatanka writes.
Why Khamenei Is Betting on Trump
The calculus behind Iran’s stunning reversal on a new nuclear deal.
foreignpolicy.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to all women! 💐
May 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to all women! 💐
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"VOA is not to be the voice of left America nor the voice of right America," said Steve Herman, chief national correspondent for VOA. "USAGM cannot dictate [that] VOA run OAN content. It would be a violation of our fire wall and our charter, which are laws." https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/medi
Voice of America will carry One America News programming
Staffers at the government-funded broadcaster condemned the announcement from Kari Lake, given OAN’s right-wing slant and support of President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"VOA is not to be the voice of left America nor the voice of right America," said Steve Herman, chief national correspondent for VOA. "USAGM cannot dictate [that] VOA run OAN content. It would be a violation of our fire wall and our charter, which are laws." https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/medi
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German analysts suggest Merz will get over the line (eventually/probably). But this undermines his government’s authority before it’s even taken office and suggests significant internal fractiousness. Merz was due to be visiting Macron in Paris tomorrow. No longer.
May 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
German analysts suggest Merz will get over the line (eventually/probably). But this undermines his government’s authority before it’s even taken office and suggests significant internal fractiousness. Merz was due to be visiting Macron in Paris tomorrow. No longer.
NEW: Unexpected news from Berlin- CDU leader Friedrich Merz isn’t elected Chancellor on the first round. He needed 316 votes in the Bundestag, received 310 (and expected 328).
There will have to be another round with some v hurried conversations about those lost votes…
There will have to be another round with some v hurried conversations about those lost votes…
May 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Rock band REM releasing a remix of its first single, “Radio Free Europe,” to raise money for RFE/RL after the Trump administration froze its funding. www.instagram.com/reel/DJJluTO...
May 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Rock band REM releasing a remix of its first single, “Radio Free Europe,” to raise money for RFE/RL after the Trump administration froze its funding. www.instagram.com/reel/DJJluTO...
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It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.
April 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.
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Q: “Have you asked President Bukele to return [Kilmar Abrego Garcia]?”
Trump: “I haven’t, uh, he said he wouldn’t.”
Q: “Did you ask him?”
Trump: “I haven’t asked him positively, but he said he wouldn’t *** Nobody asked me to ask him that question, except you.”
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Trump: “I haven’t, uh, he said he wouldn’t.”
Q: “Did you ask him?”
Trump: “I haven’t asked him positively, but he said he wouldn’t *** Nobody asked me to ask him that question, except you.”
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April 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Q: “Have you asked President Bukele to return [Kilmar Abrego Garcia]?”
Trump: “I haven’t, uh, he said he wouldn’t.”
Q: “Did you ask him?”
Trump: “I haven’t asked him positively, but he said he wouldn’t *** Nobody asked me to ask him that question, except you.”
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Trump: “I haven’t, uh, he said he wouldn’t.”
Q: “Did you ask him?”
Trump: “I haven’t asked him positively, but he said he wouldn’t *** Nobody asked me to ask him that question, except you.”
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A federal district court judge rules USAGM (including its "special adviser" Kari Lake) acted unlawfully in shutting down the Voice of America. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
democracyforward.org
April 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A federal district court judge rules USAGM (including its "special adviser" Kari Lake) acted unlawfully in shutting down the Voice of America. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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While Americans are not the intended audience for Voice of America broadcasts, they are stakeholders and we're explaining to the US why VOA's TV/radio/online programming (now silenced in nearly 50 languages) has been so vital around the world. https://www.localnewslive.com/video/2025/04/22/doge-cuts
April 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
While Americans are not the intended audience for Voice of America broadcasts, they are stakeholders and we're explaining to the US why VOA's TV/radio/online programming (now silenced in nearly 50 languages) has been so vital around the world. https://www.localnewslive.com/video/2025/04/22/doge-cuts
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NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
Happy Easter to all those celebrating! Wishing everyone a lovely day.
April 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Happy Easter to all those celebrating! Wishing everyone a lovely day.
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I’m autistic, and I work. And I made sure to let RFK Jr. know it.
“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of autistic children Wednesday. "They’ll never hold a job.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of autistic children Wednesday. "They’ll never hold a job.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I know RFK Jr. is wrong about autistic people — because he's talking about me
“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of autistic children Wednesday. "They’ll never hold a job.”
www.msnbc.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’m autistic, and I work. And I made sure to let RFK Jr. know it.
“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of autistic children Wednesday. "They’ll never hold a job.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of autistic children Wednesday. "They’ll never hold a job.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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This is EXACTLY how an opposition party fights back!
THANK YOU, @vanhollen.senate.gov!
Thank you for keeping this gross violation of due process and civil rights in the news!
I can't tell you how much it means to see you fight like this. I'm so grateful for my Senators.
THANK YOU, @vanhollen.senate.gov!
Thank you for keeping this gross violation of due process and civil rights in the news!
I can't tell you how much it means to see you fight like this. I'm so grateful for my Senators.
April 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is EXACTLY how an opposition party fights back!
THANK YOU, @vanhollen.senate.gov!
Thank you for keeping this gross violation of due process and civil rights in the news!
I can't tell you how much it means to see you fight like this. I'm so grateful for my Senators.
THANK YOU, @vanhollen.senate.gov!
Thank you for keeping this gross violation of due process and civil rights in the news!
I can't tell you how much it means to see you fight like this. I'm so grateful for my Senators.
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Seems Secretary Rubio could call El Salvador's president, whom he clearly gets along with, & ask that this guy & other people wrongly deported by put on flights back to the U.S. Also — the U.S. is. paying El Salvador millions to hold deportees. We have $$$ leverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filin...
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Seems Secretary Rubio could call El Salvador's president, whom he clearly gets along with, & ask that this guy & other people wrongly deported by put on flights back to the U.S. Also — the U.S. is. paying El Salvador millions to hold deportees. We have $$$ leverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
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Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
March 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
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Europeans are mystified, disappointed and frightened by a country they thought they knew
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump and Vance Shattered Europe’s Illusions About America
This is how the bad guys act.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Europeans are mystified, disappointed and frightened by a country they thought they knew
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
March 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
#Canada 🇨🇦:
Canadian PM Trudeau on the Trump admin: "They're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin — a lying, murderous, dictator."
"Make that make sense. Canadians are reasonable and we are polite. But we will not back down from a fight, not when our country … is at stake."
"Make that make sense. Canadians are reasonable and we are polite. But we will not back down from a fight, not when our country … is at stake."
March 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#Canada 🇨🇦:
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I’m the dairy farmer running in the special election to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
March 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’m the dairy farmer running in the special election to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
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It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.