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Nonilex

Conservatives Get the #PBS & #NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades

The cuts speak to #Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in #media.

They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the #House, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the #Senate.

But for 5 decades, #Republicans failed time & again to choke off #federal #funding for #PublicBroadcasting.

#censorship #autocracy
nytimes.com/2025/07/18/busines

The Muppets of Jim Henson, center, helped make “Sesame Street” a hit for PBS in its early days.
The New York Times · Trump’s NPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the MakingBy Jim Rutenberg
Raye :tattoo_butt:

Today's fun in house remodeling had the community park emailing me to say they had seen what looked like a month's worth of water usage at my new home just yesterday.

Turns out the toilet ran for part of the day until the contractor guys noticed it and they went out and got a new toilet flapper, and fixed it.

But not before 2310 gallons of water had run. :blobcateyes:

#OyVey#House
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

" #MarcoRubio told representatives on the #House Appropriations Committee that he would ensure that food aid would reach its intended recipients before spoiling. But by then, the order to incinerate the biscuits... had already been sent...

Over the coming weeks, the #food will be destroyed at a cost of $130,000 to #American taxpayers (on top of the $800,000 used to purchase the biscuits)"
theatlantic.com/health/archive

#Trump#Musk#GOP
Nonilex

Holy shit

#Trump showed off a draft of a letter firing the chair of #FederalReserve, #JeromePowell, during a meeting with roughly a dozen #House #Republicans on Tues night, polling them as to whether he should do it & indicating that he likely would….

The meeting in the Oval Office was on an unrelated topic…. But Trump used it to discuss what has become one of his favorite topics: his hatred of Powell, whom he elevated to chair in 2017….

#law #economy #independence
nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/poli

President Donald J. Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the White House in 2017.
The New York Times · Trump Has Penned Letter To Fire Fed Chair Jerome PowellBy Maggie Haberman
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Nonilex

In a Saturday social media post, #Trump made clear he remains focused on #election policies & his 2020 lies, writing that AG #PamBondi is looking into “The Rigged & Stolen Election of 2020.” His admin’s latest push for #voting #data comes a year & a half before the midterms, when #Democrats hope to take control of the #House, chip away at the Republican majority in the #Senate & win more governorships.

#law#ElectionLaw#ElectionInterference
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