They lost their journalism jobs under Trump. Now they’re baristas and grocery clerks.

At Trader Joe's, a coffee shop, a military hospital and a real estate firm, top international broadcasters are embracing second acts they never asked for

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Danila Galperovich loves everything about working at Trader Joe’s. Well, he used to make much more money as an international broadcaster, but by every other metric, he loves it.

Galperovich adores the customers who come into the store in Arlington, Virginia. He regales them with his knowledge of French wine and learns their stories. He cherishes his co-workers — a former CNN sound engineer, a former police computer specialist, a guy on his third self-published book. And, he says, Trader Joe’s health insurance beats anything the U.S. government provides.

When President Donald Trump took office for a second term last year, Galperovich wasn’t stocking shelves, bagging groceries or dishing out advice on cabernet sauvignon. He was working as a reporter for the Russian service of Voice of America, the U.S. government-run broadcaster tasked with bringing free, fair and impartial journalism into countries where that’s either hard to come by or a dangerous act of resistance.

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