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  • 'Leap together,' Kermit the Frog says in address at University of Maryland graduation

    05/23/2025 8:14:32 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 38 replies
    NPR ^ | 5/23/25 | AP
    COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Kermit the Frog knows it's not easy being green — or graduating from college and entering the real world, especially during a time of economic uncertainty and political turmoil. Members of the University of Maryland's class of 2025 received their diplomas Thursday evening with sage advice from the amphibious Muppet ringing in their ears.
  • Begala: Democrats’ Credibility Isn’t Hurt at All by Biden Decline, They Were ‘Hoping That He Was Doing Fine’

    05/21/2025 7:02:25 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 41 replies
    On Tuesday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” CNN Contributor and Democratic strategist Paul Begala said that the revelations about then-President Joe Biden’s mental fitness don’t impact the credibility of the Democratic Party at all and “I don’t think any Democrat who’s going to be facing voters in the midterms was at all complicit.” And there were “a whole bunch of politicians who understandably were rooting for him and hoping that he was doing fine, but they didn’t know.”Co-host Mary Louise Kelly asked, “What does this mean to your party’s ability to hold President Trump, his administration, and Republicans accountable...
  • PBS-featured trans activist pleads guilty to $100k Covid relief fraud in Louisiana

    05/11/2025 8:23:28 PM PDT · by CFW · 8 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | 5/11/25 | Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
    A biological male trans activist once highlighted by PBS as a “trans woman of color” has pleaded guilty to stealing over $100,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds through fraudulent business loan applications. Brandon Jarrow, also known as Brandi Jarrow, admitted to submitting false information in applications for two separate pandemic relief programs. He pleaded guilty on May 8 before US District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo in New Orleans, according to the Department of Justice for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Jarrow, 33, submitted a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application in June 2020, which resulted in a $95,000 disbursement...
  • NPR, PBS Funding Debated [semi-satire]

    03/31/2025 11:09:04 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 6 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 30 March 2025 | John Semmens
    The Corporation for Public Broadcasting which is comprised of the National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are budgeted to receive $535 million from the federal government for FY2025. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has recommended this funding be cut. Paula Kerger, CEO, of PBS and Katherine Maher, CEO of NPR appeared at the House of Representatives DOGE subcommittee to testify against budget cuts. Subcommittee Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) said "folks in my district listen to podcasts and internet based news. At the same time, NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical, left-wing echo...
  • GOP Speaker Cancels Vote That Would Have Slashed $9.3 Billion in Wasteful Spending – USAID, PBS, NPR

    05/10/2025 7:32:59 AM PDT · by george76 · 102 replies
    Geller Report ^ | May 9, 2025 | Pamela Geller
    President Trump requested $9.3 billion in rescissions, targeting programs like the State Department, USAID, PBS, and NPR. Congress was expected to vote on this, with Republican support aiming to codify cuts suggested by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). That vote was cancelled. ... If Congress doesn’t approve the recissions request within 45 days of receiving it, Trump will be legally required to release the money back to the agencies. Congress was scheduled to vote on rescissions this week to cut waste and fraud identified by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), targeting programs like USAID, PBS, and NPR. However,...
  • ‘Morning Joe’ Puffs PBS CEO: We Need ‘Reliable News Sources’ Now More Than Ever!

    05/08/2025 9:38:21 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 15 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | 05/08/2025 | Mark Finkelstein
    On Thursday, Morning Joe did its part in circling the wagons around PBS/NPR, bringing on PBS CEO Paula Kerger, teeing her up to make the case to keep the pipeline of taxpayer dollars open. In a moment of unintentional hilarity, Katty Kay, an employee of the government-funded BBC, told Kerger: "In an era of growing misinformation, we need reliable news sources even more than we ever have."Reliably liberal, Katty surely meant to say! As the Daily Signal has noted: "OpenSecrets reports that 100% of political donations from PBS employees went to Democrats during the 2024 political cycle."Get the rest of...
  • NPR, Truth, and Public Funding

    05/08/2025 7:07:33 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 15 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | May 8, 2025 | Dr. Jerry Newcombe
    President Trump has repeated his call to defund PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) and NPR (National Public Radio). Under the First Amendment, PBS and NPR certainly have the right to free expression, but must the American taxpayers be forced to fund them? From a Christian and conservative perspective, they are heavily biased broadcasters.
  • David Brooks Defends PBS: "Who's More Straight Down The Line Than We Are?"

    05/05/2025 9:00:21 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 43 replies
    Real Clear Politics ^ | 5/3/25 | Ian Schwartz
    DAVID BROOKS, NEW YORK TIMES: At its core, the Trump administration is based on one them, which is, they think progressive elites have destroyed the country, we need to take progressive elites down. And that's whether they're in museums and sciences and universities, whatever. And so, in some sense, they have some case to be made that the elites have become a little more progressive. But as they go after CPB, I'm reminded of the call I got 23 years ago from Jim Lehrer offering me this job. And I'm sitting there, of course, in a little league dugout. And...
  • Here Are 12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded

    05/02/2025 9:41:11 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 37 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 05/02/2025 | BRIANNA LYMAN
    ‘No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize.’On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order defunding NPR and PBS — two taxpayer-subsidized “news” organizations that have consistently published propaganda.The order proclaims that “Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.”“At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage,” the...
  • Public media ready to fight ‘unlawful’ Trump order defunding PBS, NPR

    05/02/2025 6:55:34 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 26 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 2, 2025 | Scott Nover, Herb Scribner, Frances Vinall
    President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS — because of news coverage he called “biased and partisan” — triggered a fierce backlash from public broadcasters that appears poised to expand the White House’s larger legal battleground with the media industry. Issued Thursday night, the order instructs the congressionally chartered Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cut off direct funding to the venerable public media giants — producers of long-running news shows such as “All Things Considered” and “PBS NewsHour” — as well as any grants to local stations that might underwrite the national broadcasters’...
  • Hilarious! Reporter Ends Schumer’s Entire Career After He Attacks Trump on Bogus 100-Day Poll Numbers (VIDEO)

    05/02/2025 7:05:12 AM PDT · by Beave Meister · 26 replies
    The Gateway Pundit.com ^ | 5/1/2025 | Cristina Laila
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday attempted to trash President Trump over bogus poll numbers. The fake news media attacked President Trump this week with reports claiming he has the lowest 100 day approval rating in 80 years. “Twice as many people said President Trump deserves a grade of F rather than an A for how he’s handled his first 100 days in office, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll,” NPR reported. “Forty-five percent said Trump deserves the failing mark, compared to 23% who would pass him with flying colors. It’s understandable that partisans would have strongly polarized...
  • Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Federal Funding Cuts to PBS and NPR

    05/02/2025 5:42:25 AM PDT · by bert · 22 replies
    MSN/ Hollywood Reporter ^ | May 1 2025 | Associated Press
    President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged "bias" in the broadcasters' reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies "to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS" and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets "receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.'" It's the latest move by Trump and his administration to...
  • BREAKING: @POTUS just signed an executive order ENDING the taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS

    05/02/2025 3:59:47 AM PDT · by Jemian · 86 replies
    X ^ | May 2, 2025 | Rapid Response47
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options. Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence. At the very least, Americans have the right to expect...
  • President Trump signs an executive order cutting off taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS.

    05/02/2025 2:41:16 AM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 31 replies
    https://www.yahoo.com ^ | May 1, 2025 | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs executive order aimed at cutting federal subsidies for PBS and NPR, alleging 'bias.' May 2 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to halt federal funding to PBS and NPR, calling the public news organizations "biased." Trump, who has long criticized the two news organizations for alleged bias, signed the executive order Thursday, directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease direct funding to NPR and PBS to the maximum extent allowed by law.
  • Late Breaking News: President Trump Signs “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media” Executive Order to Defund NPR and PBS

    05/01/2025 8:46:02 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 42 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | May 1, 2025 | Jordan Conradson
    In a stunning new development, President Trump has signed a sweeping executive order defunding National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the Democrats’ taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda machines. As The Gateway Pundit reported, the president previously called on Congress to defund the absurdly dishonest “news” organizations following a House Oversight DOGE subcommittee hearing, which exposed the stations’ already well-known bias and radical content. This includes documentaries about transvestites and transitioning, a documentary about “Racist Trees,” and so-called educational programming for young children, including toddlers, that featured a cross-dressing freak. They have continued pushing false narratives, especially about the Trump...
  • It is important to understand that many people in high positions of media authority are actually quite stupid and largely historically illiterate

    02/16/2025 1:41:45 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 32 replies
    X.com ^ | 2:37 PM · Feb 16, 2025 | Saagar Enjeti✓@esaagar
    This is the first time I’ve heard the theory that the Holocaust wasn’t conducted with gas chambers but with free speech zones.
  • White House readies plan for Congress to ax taxpayer funding for NPR, PBS

    04/15/2025 2:02:50 AM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/14/25 | Steven Nelson
    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took its first step Monday toward ending federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) — informing key members of Congress that it’s asking for them to eliminate “all” such spending while also codifying foreign aid cuts identified by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The major funding changes are contained in a long-awaited “rescissions” plan, obtained and first reported by The Post, that pitches a clawback of $1.1 billion appropriated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and $8.3 billion from USAID. A memo drafted by White House budget...
  • White House readies plan for Congress to ax ‘all’ public broadcasting funds, codify DOGE aid cuts

    04/14/2025 11:14:43 AM PDT · by deplorableindc · 36 replies
    NY Post ^ | April 14, 2025
    WASHINGTON — The White House has begun to notify Congress of its request to eliminate “all” public broadcasting funding and codify foreign aid cuts identified by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, The Post has learned. Major proposed clawbacks in the so-called “rescissions” plan include $1.1 billion in appropriated funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funds to PBS and National Public Radio, and $8.3 billion from USAID. A memo drafted by White House budget director Russ Vought — and requested by GOP congressional leaders — accuses CPB of a “lengthy history of anti-conservative bias” and cites “waste,...
  • ‘My heart is shattered’: Portuguese immigrants opt to self-deport amid local ICE raids

    04/10/2025 8:47:58 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 70 replies
    Helena DaSilva Hughes, president of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center, said she’s been talking with Portuguese officials in the Azores to understand what families will need in order to “self-deport.” Credit: Jodi Hilton/The Public’s Radio Lucia flips through immigration papers she keeps in a large pink folder at her home in New Bedford. She’s originally from the Azorean islands, an autonomous region of Portugal, and has lived in the U.S. with her husband and two children for about 12 years. The walls of her home are lined with family photos and potted plants with little Portuguese flags stand by the entrance....
  • GOP Bill Seeks to Cut Off NPR and PBS: “Taxpayers Shouldn’t Fund Propaganda”

    03/30/2025 7:44:48 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    Daily Fetched ^ | March 29, 2025 | Jason Walsh
    Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) introduced a bill to fully defund NPR and PBS during a viral congressional hearing this week, calling the taxpayer-funded outlets “propaganda machines for the radical left.” The move came after a House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency hearing Wednesday, where NPR CEO Katherine Maher was brutally grilled by GOP lawmakers for the outlet’s deep-seated liberal bias while taking taxpayers’ money. Jackson’s bill—titled the “No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act” or the “NPR and PBS Act”—seeks to eliminate federal funding for both NPR and PBS. “Hardworking Americans are sick of footing the bill,” Jackson told Fox...