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Church of Jeff<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoKings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Solidarity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigrants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassDeportation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndICE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopICE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThisIsFascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionsHaveConsequences</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaveDemocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USConstitution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JustFollowingOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JustFollowingOrders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AlligatorAuschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlligatorAuschwitz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinClientList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EpsteinClientList</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OathToDefendTheConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OathToDefendTheConstitution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LetsGoTaco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LetsGoTaco</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈"Everybody who disagrees with me is Hamas/an Anti-Semite"Colonialists are as subtle and nuanced as a brick in the face<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">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/israeli-military-unit-reportedly-tasked-with-linking-journalists-in-gaza-to-hamas</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IDF</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colonialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈If we express outrage at this crime in the UK does that make us Terrorists? The law is a joke now, let's all ignore it like the Rich do!<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">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/11/funeral-held-for-anas-al-sharif-and-other-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPOLITICS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlJeezra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlJeezra</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IDF</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalestineAction</a>

Claire 🌊🇪🇺🇫🇷🌍5/16 Arfi notes that all journalism involves subjective choices (choosing one topic over another), but honesty and independence must remain at its core.<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Media</a>

MarthaJournalistenverbände hatten zuvor vor Angriffen auf Sharif gewarnt.“<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnasalSharif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnasalSharif</a> 🖤 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Netanyahu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kriegsverbrecher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kriegsverbrecher</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> Er war ein Dorn im Auge von Israels Machthabern. Er war ein mutiger Journalist und wurde unbequem. Ein Sprachrohr für Netanyahu war er nicht. Das ist wahr.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stanford</a>'s student paper sues <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KristiNoem</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</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">#detention</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportation</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5438377-stanford-daily-sues-trump-officials/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5438377-stanford-daily-sues-trump-officials/</a>

Nonilex…Trump’s impact on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</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">#independence</a> charters, including the venerable <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoiceOfAmerica</a>, ending that media outlet’s operations after many decades.Trump also fired 3 members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPB</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.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicBroadcasting</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, who has called the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPB</a> a “monstrosity,” has long said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicBroadcasting</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">#Congress</a> & 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">#cultural</a> ones—that produce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#content</a> or espouse attitudes that he considers “un-American” [different than his views].<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a>

Nonilex“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, & petitioned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> to preserve federal funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPB</a>, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said Patricia Harrison, the corporation’s president & CEO.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicBroadcasting</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPB</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">#law</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">#Congress</a> of a package that clawed back its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</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">#Senate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Appropriations</a> Cmte reinforced that policy change Thurs by excluding funding for the corporation for the first time in >50 years as part of a broader spending bill.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPB</a> helps fund both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PBS</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NPR</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">#PublicRadio</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#television</a> stations around the country.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">#AllThingsConsidered</a>” to, historically, “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SesameStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SesameStreet</a>,” “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MisterRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MisterRogers</a> Neighborhood” & the documentaries of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KenBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KenBurns</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe demise of the corporation, known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPB</a>, is a direct result of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s targeting of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicMedia</a>, which he has repeatedly claimed is spreading political & cultural views antithetical to those the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> should be espousing [meaning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facts</a> instead of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a>]. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/closure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#closure</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">#journalistic</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cultural</a> landscape — in particular, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicRadio</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TV</a> stations in small communities across the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a>

Nonilex‼️🚨Corporation for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicBroadcasting</a> to shut down after being defunded by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>, targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPB</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">#closure</a> after being <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defunded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defunded</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">#educational</a> programming, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cultural</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#content</a> & even <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emergency</a> alerts.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-defunding-pbs-npr-94708ffb8313d4811fa6ca199fe454ad?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-01-CPB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-defunding-pbs-npr-94708ffb8313d4811fa6ca199fe454ad?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-01-CPB</a>