TELL CONGRESS: Trump just signed an executive order ending federal funding
for PBS and public radio. But Trump doesn’t have the legal authority to do
it, so the U.S. House will vote next week on Trump’s draconian proposal to
defund public media. This is all part of the GOP plan to empower a
Trump-friendly media takeover. Sign the petition: Urge your lawmakers to
save PBS and public radio from Trump’s devastating cuts!
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Hi,

Trump just signed an executive order to end federal funding for PBS and
public radio.^1 Even though the White House doesn’t have the legal
authority to gut this funding, Trump will stop at nothing to destroy
public media.

That’s why the U.S. House is set to vote next week on a bill that would
destroy PBS and public radio^2 — a central part of Trump’s plan to
eliminate public media and allow right-wing disinformation to dominate TV,
radio, and the internet.

If Republicans succeed in stripping $1.1 billion from public broadcasting,
they will take a giant step closer to a Trump-friendly media takeover.
Trump’s campaign to destroy PBS and public radio will succeed unless we
put pressure on our elected officials in Congress.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Congress to VOTE NO next week on Trump’s
proposal to defund PBS and public radio!

ADD YOUR NAME

The CEO of PBS called Trump’s executive order “blatantly unlawful” and
said it would threaten its ability to serve the public.^3

This is the latest, and most serious, of Trump’s attacks on public media.
He recently said Republicans must “defund” public media, calling PBS
“radical left monsters.”^4 His FCC chair launched a sham investigation
targeting public media outlets, Elon Musk keeps spouting lies about PBS
and public radio, and Marjorie Taylor Greene held a phony DOGE committee
hearing to attack public media.

Trump is even turning his office into a propaganda machine, starting a
White House website to push pro-Trump news and “circumvent the mainstream
media to present itself in a positive light.”^5

Trump’s loyalists in Congress are ready to support his executive order and
proposal to strip funding from PBS and public radio. We need to show
Congress that Americans continue to overwhelmingly support public media.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Congress to OPPOSE Trump’s call to defund PBS
and public radio before the House vote NEXT WEEK!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

[ [link removed] ]DONATE

Sources:

 1. NBC News, “Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR
and PBS,” [ [link removed] ]May 2, 2025.
 2. Punchbowl News, “House Republican leaders eye rescissions vote in
early May,” [ [link removed] ]April 21, 2025.
 3. NBC News, “Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR
and PBS,” [ [link removed] ]May 2, 2025.
 4. NPR, “Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS,” [ [link removed] ]April 15,
2025.
 5. Axios, “Scoop: White House launches Drudge-style website to promote
Trump,” [ [link removed] ]April 30, 2025.

 


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