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Hi,
Moments ago, the House of Representatives voted to cut more than $1 billion from public broadcasting.1
If approved by the Senate, these cuts will be a crippling blow for local public radio and TV stations around the country.
Public radio stations that broadcast award-winning shows like This American Life and All Things Considered will be forced to shut down. Especially in rural areas, the beloved early childhood educational programs we all know and love will no longer be available.
Demand Progress has already mobilized tens of thousands of people to help in the fight to save public media, and with these devastating cuts now going to the Senate, we must ramp up our efforts.
Will you donate $10 to support our work, including our efforts to save public broadcasting?
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Last month, Donald Trump issued an executive order to "cease Federal funding" for public broadcasting, which he denounced as a "taxpayer-funded propaganda machine for the radical left" and the "messaging arm for woke, radical Democrats."2,3
Then earlier today, the House approved a package to claw back $1.1 billion appropriated to public broadcasting during the Biden administration.4
This is money that local stations are absolutely counting on. Many small town and rural stations rely on federal money for as much as half of their budget, and for them the rescission of these funds will be a fatal blow.5
Millions of kids will no longer have access to award-winning early educational programming. Public radio stations will fall silent. Remote rural and Indigenous communities will lose access to emergency broadcast alerts.6
Trump's goal isn't just to cut the budget. He wants to crush any independent media outlet that dares to challenge him. It's all part of his authoritarian assault on democracy and the free press.
Demand Progress is working to flood Capitol Hill with petition signatures and phone calls to help stop these cuts. With these cuts now headed to the Senate, this could be our last chance fight to save public media.
Will you donate $10 to support our work, including our efforts to save public broadcasting?
With gratitude,
The team at Demand Progress Action
Sources:
1. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "Roll Call Votes," June 12, 2025.
2. Fox News, "EXCLUSIVE: GOP moves to defund ‘chronically biased’ NPR, PBS after disastrous hearing," March 27, 2025.
3. The New York Times, "NPR and PBS Vow to Fight Trump’s Order to Cut Funding," May 2, 2025.
4. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "Roll Call Votes," June 12, 2025.
5. Protect My Public Media, "Urge Congress: Save Public Media," accessed June 12, 2025.
6. The Hill, "Republican urges Trump to reconsider proposed broadcasting cuts," June 9, 2025.
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