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01 May 2025

PBS CEO weighs in on the potential impact of cutting public media funding & Congress to vote NEXT WEEK on defunding PBS and public radio 29&30APR25

 

THE greed of the drumpf / trump-vance-musk administration overwhelmingly supported by the gop / greed over people-republican party controlling the U.S. House continues to astound as well as dismay and disgust. Their latest target in order to maintain the rich peoples tax cuts is not only cutting or eliminating funding for the CPB / Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS / Public Broadcasting System and NPR / National Public Radio. They are also attempting to claw back $1.1 billion in past funding. They are focused on eliminating an agency that cost each American $1.60 A YEAR! Please watch this PBS NewsHour report on the issue, then check out the call to action by Demand Progress and take the time to e mail your representative and senators telling them they can not allow the CPB, PBS and NPR to be eliminated to maintain the drumpf / trump tax cuts for billionaires and mega millionaires. Taking action is critical. For those who want to participate in e mailing congress but are not sure what to say I will post my e mails here so anyone can use them for ideas or copy and past them in their own e mails ( Be sure to change the representative's and senator's names as necessary. ) Please share this with family, friends and coworkers. We can and must win this battle!

MY E MAIL TO REP SUHAS SUBRAMANYAM D-VA 10TH DISTRICT

The CPB, PBS and NPR are targeted by the drumpf / trump-vance-musk administration along with the heritage foundation controlled gop / greed over people-republican party for debilitating budget cuts with the ultimate goal of their total elimination. You can not allow this to happen and must take whatever action permitted under House rules to deny the diversion of any of this funding to maintain drumpf's / trump's rich people's tax cuts. The CPB, PBS and NPR budgets must be fully funded. Please work with your colleagues in the Virginia delegation to the U.S. House as well as Virginia Senators Warner and Kaine to fully fund, maintain and protect the CPB, PBS and NPR. Thank you.

MY E MAIL TO SEN WARNER D-VA

The CPB, PBS and NPR are targeted by the drumpf / trump-vance-musk administration along with the heritage foundation controlled gop / greed over people-republican party for debilitating budget cuts with the ultimate goal of their total elimination. You can not allow this to happen and must take whatever action permitted under Senate rules to deny the diversion of any of this funding to maintain drumpf's / trump's rich people's tax cuts. The CPB, PBS and NPR budgets must be fully funded. Please work with Sen Kaine as well as Rep Suhas Subramanyam D VA 10th district  and the rest of Virginia's U.S. House delegation to fully fund, maintain and protect the CPB, PBS and NPR. Thank you.

MY E MAIL TO SEN KAINE D-VA

The CPB, PBS and NPR are targeted by the drumpf / trump-vance-musk administration along with the heritage foundation controlled gop / greed over people-republican party for debilitating budget cuts with the ultimate goal of their total elimination. You can not allow this to happen and must take whatever action permitted under Senate rules to deny the diversion of any of this funding to maintain drumpf's / trump's rich people's tax cuts. The CPB, PBS and NPR budgets must be fully funded. Please work with Sen Warner as well as Rep Suhas Subramanyam D VA 10th district  and the rest of Virginia's U.S. House delegation to fully fund, maintain and protect the CPB, PBS and NPR. Thank you.

( THE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT IS AT THE END OF THIS POST)

The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally-created body through which NPR and PBS get federal funding, including for this program. The CPB is also suing the administration saying it illegally fired three members of the board. Amna Nawaz discussed more with PBS CEO Paula Kerger. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show.   Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6   Follow us: TikTok:   / pbsnews   X (formerly Twitter):   / newshour   Instagram:   / newshour   Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour   Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe

Congress to vote NEXT WEEK on defunding PBS and public radio

Donald Trump is pushing to completely eliminate all federal funding for PBS and public radio — and the House of Representatives is expected to vote next week on a draconian measure that would force them to give back $1.1 billion in past funding.1

This is not a drill. This would be a crushing blow to PBS and public radio stations around the country.

Demand Progress has mobilized tens of thousands of people to contact Congress and help stop the defunding of public broadcasting. With this critical vote fast approaching, we need to turn up the pressure.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) represents a tiny fraction of the federal budget, but it is an essential source of funding for more than 1,500 local public television and radio stations around the country. Over 70% of the CPB's funding is passed through to locally owned public radio and television stations.2

That funding has made it possible for generations of kids to benefit from educational programming like Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In addition, public broadcasting is a vital source of reliable news and information, especially in rural areas where local newspapers have disappeared.

That's why a majority of the American people support funding public broadcasting by a nearly 20 point margin.3

Yet Donald Trump has relentlessly attacked public broadcasting for years, calling it a "total scam" and a "liberal disinformation machine."4 In fact, news broke yesterday that he fired three of the five members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board as part of his escalating attacks.

Trump's attempts to defund public broadcasting were stopped in his first term, and we're fighting even harder to stop him this time around.

Sources:
1. Punchbowl News, "House Republican leaders eye rescissions vote in early May," April 21, 2025.
2. WHYY, "‘Essential’ or ‘propaganda’: Pa. lawmakers differ on support for Trump’s call to eliminate funding of NPR and PBS," April 25, 2025.
3. Pew Research Center, "Americans more likely to support than oppose continuing federal funding for NPR and PBS," March 26, 2025.
4. Newsweek, "Donald Trump Demands NPR Lose Funding," April 10, 2025


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