John,

We wanted to update you on the message we sent yesterday—because things are moving fast.

The MAGA Senate just passed $1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting. It’s not just a budget cut—it’s the first step in Donald Trump’s plan to replace trusted journalism with MAGA-controlled state media.

This move comes straight from the Project 2025 playbook: defund public media, seize local broadcast infrastructure, and flood it with partisan propaganda.

Public stations provide emergency alerts, local reporting, and critical information in communities that have no other coverage. If MAGA gets their way, those signals go dark—and Trump’s disinformation takes their place.

COURIER was built to expose far-right scheme's like this. We run 11 local newsrooms in battleground states, reach millions online with fact-based reporting, and never answer to billionaires or corporate sponsors.

If you believe in a free press, now is the time to get the word out about these attacks.

Can you chip in $25 or whatever you can to help us expose this plan and defend independent journalism? [[link removed]]

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If you missed our message yesterday, please keep reading below for what this takeover could look like in practice—and how Project 2025 would turn the public airwaves into a MAGA propaganda machine.

In solidarity,
The COURIER Team




John,

Donald Trump’s war on the free press is unlike anything we’ve seen.

He’s already forced CBS and ABC into legal settlements, launched a propaganda site hosted on the White House homepage, and replaced press briefings with staged performances for MAGA influencers. Now, his administration is moving to complete the transformation of America’s free press into state media.

This week, the Senate will vote on a Project 2025 proposal to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting — a move that would gut hundreds of local stations, especially in rural communities.

Project 2025 outlines what happens next: once local public stations shut down, the Trump administration would seize their call signs and frequencies — and replace trusted local journalism with government-controlled MAGA programming.

We’ll break it down more below. But the latest MAGA attempt to silence the free press is a clear alarm bell: now is the time to double down on support for independent media like COURIER.

Please — if you can — chip in $25 today to help us expand our coverage into the very communities Trump is targeting for takeover. [[link removed]]

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Here’s what that takeover looks like in practice:

Stations like KGHR in Tuba City — which serves the Navajo Nation and provides emergency alerts, weather updates, and youth media training — would be wiped off the air. The station currently relies on federal grants for more than 70% of its funding. Without it, the signal goes dark.

And under Project 2025, once that happens, the Trump administration can legally seize the frequency — then fill it with partisan content produced by the executive branch.

Other rural public radio stations — like KAWC and KOFA in Yuma, Arizona — face the same threat. For them, federal support makes up a quarter of their operating budget. When that vanishes, so does local news, community bulletins, and emergency broadcasting that many residents rely on.

These aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet — they’re lifelines for communities the mainstream press ignores.

And most Americans have no idea it’s happening.

That’s why COURIER is working around the clock to expose this plan — and why we need your help to keep going. Our local newsrooms in battleground states are telling the stories others won’t, connecting the dots before it’s too late.

If you believe in a free press — and that families in rural America deserve better than MAGA propaganda — chip in $25 or whatever you can today. [[link removed]]

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The COURIER Team

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