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President Trump Signs Executive Order to Defund NPR and PBS

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The Biden regime, the control, the Ministry of Truth, the political prisoners, and the continued hatred of Jews is much closer. It is ILLEGAL to use taxpayer funding for political purposes, I guess many Democrats are so used to it they forget. NPR and PBS are essentially branches of the Democratic Party. It's the same with the FBI and Justice Department using taxpayer funding to try and stop Trump from being elected--it's against the law. I think individuals involved should be prosecuted, but the first step is to cut funding.
It won't work. I'll miss the arts and drama programs on PBS and no doubt NPR will have to cut back on it's news programming but there are other sources of real news, not just in the US but from abroad where the content is hard for MAGA to control.
 
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Sure, the jury was protected from his attempts at intimidation and threats, but potential witnesses weren't. And that's largely why the gag order was imposed.

-- A2SG, not to mention the very real threat of retaliation from those who listen to him, and take him seriously....
Right - I was agreeing with you and heading off the counter that allowing witnesses to speak publicly would affect the outcome of the trial.
 
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The Biden regime, the control, the Ministry of Truth, the political prisoners, and the continued hatred of Jews is much closer. It is ILLEGAL to use taxpayer funding for political purposes, I guess many Democrats are so used to it they forget. NPR and PBS are essentially branches of the Democratic Party. It's the same with the FBI and Justice Department using taxpayer funding to try and stop Trump from being elected--it's against the law. I think individuals involved should be prosecuted, but the first step is to cut funding.
Political prisoners? You may mean the insurrectionists--SMH, but the real political prisoners are the hundreds sent to a Salvadoran Gulag without due process, some here legally, in defiance of the courts, and the university students on visa deported.
A young man who went to school with my daughter was at a protest in Texas and was thrown into jail by ICE--although he was a citizen born here. Fortunately his family had his BC available and he was released.
He wasn't storming the Capitol breaking windows and hitting people with bats like the insurrectionist. He was standing on the street with a sign looking Mexican--his heritage, not his nationality.
 
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Have you? Were you outraged when witnesses could speak out against Trump in public but Trump, the defendant, and the leading candidate for president, was ordered by a judge not to speak out and defend himself? What kind of government gags the defendant?
You do realise that the gag order was against speaking about the jurors/witnesses/etc outside of the court? He could defend himself as much as he wanted to. But of course you don't. Or don't want to. Or do but pretend not to. Sorry, I don't read minds. My bad.
 
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They have continued pushing false narratives, especially about the Trump Administration. Just this week, NPR, citing two anonymous sources, reported that two DOGE workers gained accounts on classified networks, used by the National Security Administration and the Department of Energy, and accessed nuclear secrets.
“This reporting is false. No DOGE personnel have accessed these NNSA systems. The two DOGE individuals in question worked within the agency for several days and departed DOE in February,” a Department of Energy spokesperson told NPR.

There is no reason for the U.S. taxpayer to fund such biased "news" networks.

NPR and PBS aren't "news networks". They are broadcasters (or rather associations of broadcaster as neither one owns a single station). Your local commercial TV station spends more time broadcasting and producing news than any NPR/PBS station broadcasts.
 
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They have continued pushing false narratives, especially about the Trump Administration. Just this week, NPR, citing two anonymous sources, reported that two DOGE workers gained accounts on classified networks, used by the National Security Administration and the Department of Energy, and accessed nuclear secrets.
“This reporting is false. No DOGE personnel have accessed these NNSA systems. The two DOGE individuals in question worked within the agency for several days and departed DOE in February,” a Department of Energy spokesperson told NPR.

There is no reason for the U.S. taxpayer to fund such biased "news" networks.
It’s amazing how you’re able to easily see thru the lies from one side but absolutely refuse to see the lies from the other side.
 
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When did anti discrimination become limited to one political position?

You know you are claiming that MAGA folks WANT to be able to discriminate and anyone trying to stop said discrimination is being silenced?
No silly, no one is claiming that. Its all about what specific viewpoint on what is and isn't discrimination and how do we deal with it. The internal workings and viewpoints of NPR are obvious according to the article posted earlier. Our tax payer dollars should not be spent on any particular ideology. Whether that be liberal or conservative. NPR ought to be the most neutral and unbiased organization out there because it funded by taxpayer money. It shouldn't be pushing ANY kind of political agenda. Internally or externally.
 
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I for one am happy that Big Bird is going to be unemployed. Tyson chicken is hiring.

Savings taxpayers money is important, it results in larger tax breaks for the Americas who matter.

And on savings taxpayers money, why are we still paying Congress since everything is Executive Order?
Big bird is not going to be unemployed. Sesame Street makes millions of dollars. It doesn't need taxpayer money.
 
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They have continued pushing false narratives, especially about the Trump Administration. Just this week, NPR, citing two anonymous sources, reported that two DOGE workers gained accounts on classified networks, used by the National Security Administration and the Department of Energy, and accessed nuclear secrets.
“This reporting is false. No DOGE personnel have accessed these NNSA systems. The two DOGE individuals in question worked within the agency for several days and departed DOE in February,” a Department of Energy spokesperson told NPR.

There is no reason for the U.S. taxpayer to fund such biased "news" networks.
I haven't even looked at it yet, but any bets on that somewhere in the actual reporting they say that this is according to their sources, but are unable to independently confirm this? Anyone?
 
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Yeah, who needs to teach kids like Mr Rodgers or have arts programs like night at the Met? Oh that's right, he is trying to ruin that at the source as well.
No one would be concerned if they were still just reaching like Mr. Rogers or simply showing arts programs. Nobody would care. I grew up with Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Today's Sesame Street isn't mine I grew up with.
 
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No one would be concerned if they were still just reaching like Mr. Rogers or simply showing arts programs. Nobody would care. I grew up with Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Today's Sesame Street isn't mine I grew up with.
Mister Rogers? Are you kidding? He was the Wokest guy on TV.
 
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They have continued pushing false narratives, especially about the Trump Administration. Just this week, NPR, citing two anonymous sources, reported that two DOGE workers gained accounts on classified networks, used by the National Security Administration and the Department of Energy, and accessed nuclear secrets.
“This reporting is false. No DOGE personnel have accessed these NNSA systems. The two DOGE individuals in question worked within the agency for several days and departed DOE in February,” a Department of Energy spokesperson told NPR.

There is no reason for the U.S. taxpayer to fund such biased "news" networks.
Oh wait, this is even better. Valletta is complaining about false narratives being pushed by NPR, in an article where they say two sources claim two DOGE were given access, while the same article says that this was denied right after it. And then adds that DOE clarified after this that the accounts WERE created but never used. So what exactly is this false narrative supposed to be? Sounds like they reported on the situation quite accurately.

Valletta, is this again a case where you haven't actually read the article ?
 
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Oh wait, this is even better. Valletta is complaining about false narratives being pushed by NPR, in an article where they say two sources claim two DOGE were given access, while the same article says that this was denied right after it. And then adds that DOE clarified after this that the accounts WERE created but never used. So what exactly is this false narrative supposed to be? Sounds like they reported on the situation quite accurately.

Valletta, is this again a case where you haven't actually read the article ?
You are confused, those are not my quotes, that's a quotation from the article.
 
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You are confused, those are not my quotes, that's a quotation from the article.
"There is no reason for the U.S. taxpayer to fund such biased "news" networks. "

No, that is all you. And you posted the article to make your arguement that it was false narrative and even said it's biased. So what's the bias in this article? And I'll take the lack of any remark as admission that no, you again did not read the actual article.
 
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Political prisoners? You may mean the insurrectionists--SMH, but the real political prisoners are the hundreds sent to a Salvadoran Gulag without due process, some here legally, in defiance of the courts, and the university students on visa deported.
A young man who went to school with my daughter was at a protest in Texas and was thrown into jail by ICE--although he was a citizen born here. Fortunately his family had his BC available and he was released.
He wasn't storming the Capitol breaking windows and hitting people with bats like the insurrectionist. He was standing on the street with a sign looking Mexican--his heritage, not his nationality.
Hardened gang members who have committed violent crimes are not political prisoners. Non-violent American citizens who are imprisoned for their political beliefs, whether they prayed or were just in the wrong place or because they supported Trump but are imprisoned are the real political prisoners. I just don't understand the affinity from the left to sympathize with human traffickers and wife beaters and violent gang members.
 
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