Last Thursday, Donald Trump took out his novelty-sized marker and scrawled his
jagged signature on another stupid and legally baseless “executive order.”

This one claims to zero out federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and
the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).

Why is Trump — like so many Republicans before him — attacking NPR and PBS?

* Because Trumpists are desperate to eliminate any source of objective news
that honestly reports on the stupid, cruel, and illegal things the regime is
doing.

* Because Trumpists can’t stand how programs like Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood teach kids that it is OK to have feelings and to be empathetic.

* Because Trumpists know that a thriving, independent public media system — a
xxxxxx of democracy — is fundamentally at odds with their project of
autocracy, corruption, and power.

For decades, Republicans have been ranting about money going to NPR and PBS.
Never mind that the amount of funding for public radio and television is not
even a drop in the bucket of overall federal spending. And never mind that those
same Republicans are — as we speak — actively plotting to increase the
Pentagon’s budget by tens of billions of dollars.

Now, Congress specifically set up the nation’s public broadcasting to NOT be
under the control of any president. But Trump is trying to assert control
anyway.

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There is utterly no good reason to eliminate federal funding for NPR and PBS.
And Donald Trump has no authority to unilaterally do so regardless. We call on
every member of Congress — those whose hearts have not hardened into gravelly
nuggets of grievance and insecurity, at any rate — to do everything in their
power to assert Congress’ rightful control over federal funding for public
broadcasting and to save NPR and PBS from the illegal MAGA buzzsaw.
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