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Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsHaveConsequences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JustFollowingOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustFollowingOrders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AlligatorAuschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAuschwitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinClientList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinClientList</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OathToDefendTheConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OathToDefendTheConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LetsGoTaco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetsGoTaco</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"Everybody who disagrees with me is Hamas/an Anti-Semite"</p><p>Colonialists are as subtle and nuanced as a brick in the face</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/israeli-military-unit-reportedly-tasked-with-linking-journalists-in-gaza-to-hamas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/aug</span><span class="invisible">/15/israeli-military-unit-reportedly-tasked-with-linking-journalists-in-gaza-to-hamas</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsHaveConsequences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JustFollowingOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustFollowingOrders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AlligatorAuschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAuschwitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinClientList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinClientList</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OathToDefendTheConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OathToDefendTheConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LetsGoTaco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetsGoTaco</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsHaveConsequences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JustFollowingOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustFollowingOrders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AlligatorAuschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAuschwitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinClientList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinClientList</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OathToDefendTheConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OathToDefendTheConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LetsGoTaco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetsGoTaco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>If we express outrage at this crime in the UK does that make us Terrorists? </p><p>The law is a joke now, let's all ignore it like the Rich do!</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/11/funeral-held-for-anas-al-sharif-and-other-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/aug</span><span class="invisible">/11/funeral-held-for-anas-al-sharif-and-other-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlJeezra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlJeezra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a></p>
Claire 🌊🇪🇺🇫🇷🌍<p>5/16 Arfi notes that all journalism involves subjective choices (choosing one topic over another), but honesty and independence must remain at its core.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a></p>
Martha<p>Journalistenverbände hatten zuvor vor Angriffen auf Sharif gewarnt.“</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnasalSharif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnasalSharif</span></a> 🖤<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kriegsverbrecher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kriegsverbrecher</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a></p><p> Er war ein Dorn im Auge von Israels Machthabern.<br>Er war ein mutiger Journalist und wurde unbequem. Ein Sprachrohr für Netanyahu war er nicht. <br>Das ist wahr.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stanford</span></a>'s student paper sues <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a>, saying their policies cause non-citizen students to avoid expressing themselves freely in the Daily's pages due to fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> &amp;<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5438377-stanford-daily-sues-trump-officials/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/regulation/court-b</span><span class="invisible">attles/5438377-stanford-daily-sues-trump-officials/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Trump’s impact on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> landscape has been profound. He has also gone after US government media that had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> charters, including the venerable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a>, ending that media outlet’s operations after many decades.</p><p>Trump also fired 3 members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> board of directors in April. In legal action at the time, the fired directors said their dismissal was governmental overreach targeting an entity whose charter guarantees it independence.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, who has called the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> a “monstrosity,” has long said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> displays an *extreme liberal bias*, helped create the momentum in recent months for an anti-public broadcasting groundswell among his supporters in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> &amp; around the country. It is part of a larger initiative in which he has targeted institutions—particularly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> ones—that produce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> or espouse attitudes that he considers “un-American” [different than his views].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, &amp; petitioned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to preserve federal funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a>, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said Patricia Harrison, the corporation’s president &amp; CEO.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> said its end, 58 years after being signed into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> by President Lyndon B. Johnson, would come in an “orderly wind-down.” In a statement, it said the decision came after the passage through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> of a package that clawed back its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> for the next 2 budget years — about $1.1 billion. Then, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Appropriations</span></a> Cmte reinforced that policy change Thurs by excluding funding for the corporation for the first time in &gt;50 years as part of a broader spending bill.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> helps fund both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>, but most of its funding is distributed to more than 1,500 local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> stations around the country.</p><p>The corporation also has deep ties to much of the nation’s most familiar programming, from NPR’s “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AllThingsConsidered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllThingsConsidered</span></a>” to, historically, “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SesameStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SesameStreet</span></a>,” “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MisterRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MisterRogers</span></a> Neighborhood” &amp; the documentaries of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KenBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KenBurns</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The demise of the corporation, known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a>, is a direct result of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s targeting of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMedia</span></a>, which he has repeatedly claimed is spreading political &amp; cultural views antithetical to those the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> should be espousing [meaning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> instead of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>]. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/closure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closure</span></a> is expected to have a profound impact on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalistic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> landscape — in particular, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> stations in small communities across the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>‼️🚨Corporation for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> to shut down after being defunded by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a>, a cornerstone of American culture for 3 generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/closure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closure</span></a> after being <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defunded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defunded</span></a> by Congress—marking the end of a nearly 6-decade era in which it fueled the production of renowned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/educational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>educational</span></a> programming, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> &amp; even <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> alerts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-defunding-pbs-npr-94708ffb8313d4811fa6ca199fe454ad?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-01-CPB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/public-broa</span><span class="invisible">dcasting-defunding-pbs-npr-94708ffb8313d4811fa6ca199fe454ad?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-01-CPB</span></a></p>