Trump’s EO defunding PBS and NPR will likely be struck down as an abuse of executive power, but it is another example of Trump’s attack on the free press. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/... - ThreadSky

barbmcquade.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Trump’s EO defunding PBS and NPR will likely be struck down as an abuse of executive power, but it is another example of Trump’s attack on the free press.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/05/02/trump-npr-pbs-executive-order-funding-cut/

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oeishik.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is facially unconstitutional & infringes on the freedom of press. Donald is showing us his collective disdain for American rule of law. https://youtu.be/fIz3tnjz4Co

zelon-puss.bsky.social•1 day ago

the only unbiased media fatty sees are the scumbags on fox. 24 hours of scumbags.

damlamb.bsky.social•3 days ago

He is also attacking arts and culture. Many Detroit nonprofits received emails tonight learning their NEA grants were terminated. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/arts/nea.html

summer-someplace.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope so!

hivizbearhug.bsky.social•2 days ago

No, this is what the orange shit bird does to keep people like you talking about him ALL THE TIME instead of discussing ways to get the press to pay attention to a solution and annihilating this asshole. Take a note from Sen. Van Hollen who dominated the press with Garcia and stole MAGA’s thunder.

majorproblem.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is using EOs like I used my first credit card.

vickiecarey.bsky.social•2 days ago

The CPB was created by Congress to be independent and separate from political parties. tRump once again has NO authority here. Not surprising. He wants so badly to be like Orbán.
#ImpeachtRumpAdmin
Yes, ALL of them!

drlendall.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope you are right about this.

herculesmulligan.bsky.social•3 days ago

BASTA!

Purge the magaTs

Salvage democracy

jeffvazsr.bsky.social•2 days ago

👇👇👇

blueweevil.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump hates truth. Truth hates liars.

gbaker1.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wish to see hundreds of Grovers and Elmos at next month's protest

theresaapodaca.bsky.social•3 days ago

bewildered37.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump’s use of the “Alien Enemies Act” is a criminal collusion of Fascist President Trump with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Department of (Partisan) Justice, and the hopelessly corrupt Supreme Court. Their intent: change the USA into a Fascist, Christian-Nationalist, White-Supremacist Kleptocracy.

annboland.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don't forget misogynist!

ellemacnab.bsky.social•3 days ago

Indeed.

tmarie829.bsky.social•2 days ago

AND destroying all the things REAL Americas love.

doctahgee.bsky.social•2 days ago

They need to keep him occupied somehow.

timplex.bsky.social•3 days ago

At what point does someone get punished for repeated violation of law? I mean, I don’t get to test my novel theories of bank robbery law without knowing I will go to jail if I’m wrong. Maybe Trump is immune, but what about those who follow illegal orders? Larceny? Kidnapping?

thestoicone.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank for all that you are doing for this nation. These EOs may come back to bite him before it’s all said and done.

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Chris Hayes has a good segment on this.
Worth it just for the Fred Rogers testimony.

2asnme.bsky.social•3 days ago

He also showed EVERY Repub president but Ford wanted the same defunding. It’s a Repub thing yet I bet Repub voters’ kids have all watched Sesame Street. Hypocrites

bernipip.bsky.social•2 days ago

Who’s keeping track of OUR money that’s being spent on defending his petulant, illegal, nonsense law suits. It’s not costing him a dime. We are footing the bill to sue ourselves!!!

rationalpear.bsky.social•3 days ago

how much irreversible damage will done before the courts stop it?

cillasel.bsky.social•3 days ago

What a big waste of time he is

mcbeth0943.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don’t expect he will stop trying, either.

quackdoc91.bsky.social•2 days ago

How much of our tax dollars has the government wasted defending his idiotic/illegal EOs in court?? The 🍊💩 IS A YUGE WASTE & FRAUD!!

bloomer1967.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please remind all of congress and judicial people that Doge has ALL their personal information too. They think they are above being tracked.

solidporcelain.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder if there’s any way of knowing how much DoJ lawyer time has been spent writing/defending these EO’s. We really need to show people that Donald’s method of governance is not cost effective.

arlene14.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians...." (AP)
So much for cutting costs. The child needs his toys. Disgusting

richlevine6.bsky.social•3 days ago

It sure as heck ain’t a Masterpiece of an executive order.

neon8ive.bsky.social•3 days ago

And another example of his unwillingness to govern; just overwhelm the courts, regardless of outcome because he knows he can simply disregard rulings against him.

a-time-traveler.bsky.social•3 days ago

Congress has the power of the purse, not the Executive Branch.

rar44.bsky.social•2 days ago

Call to Action‼️
Protect My Public Media‼️
https://protectmypublicmedia.org/.

s-hq.bsky.social•3 days ago

Defund PBS because you aren't smarter than a muppet

tom2050.bsky.social•2 days ago

PBS and NPR are the last and only bastions of news and truth…the rest of the news is propaganda and psychological operations to misdirect, lie, and fuck with our heads… We should be focused on the rich and powerful as the real enemies of our Nation

karenshareharr.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬

bugtussle.bsky.social•3 days ago

Following in hitlers playbook. How SHAMEFUL!

rosenjeff.bsky.social•3 days ago

Since we seem to be living in a poorly written movie, wouldn't a great plot twist be Paul Weiss providing pro bono legal service against the EO.

maybeteresa.bsky.social•3 days ago

Attack on the free press and everything else Americans enjoy-free speech, health, rule of law, freedom, and on and on and on!

usvsworld.bsky.social•3 days ago

🙏 that the courts will strike it down

marklaporta.bsky.social•2 days ago

We need the D billionaires who backed Kamala Harris to pool resource and. create a permanent endowment for PBS, NPR and CPB. They should be able to manage it. Thereabouts reason to believe that they aren’t evading taxes too, so they should be able to handle it. Step up!

jeanniek.bsky.social•3 days ago

It did serve to make me double my contributions.

lisahockey.bsky.social•3 days ago

💯

l7-gobirds.bsky.social•3 days ago

When I die, don't send flowers. Donate to PBS.

also, I enjoy the idea of PBS hounding my loved ones twice a year. What a way for them to remember me!

davidac64.bsky.social•3 days ago

Indeed it is.

mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social•3 days ago

When will a concerted effort be made to describe “impoundment” not only as unlawful but unconstitutional?

blurredbits.bsky.social•3 days ago

Such a shame that he keeps clogging up our legal system with spaghetti on the wall tactics.

wwwmom.bsky.social•2 days ago

@HeatherCoxRichardson compared Trumps actions to playing Red Light/ Green Light when you were a little kid. It seems like a perfect analogy.

trixxyil.bsky.social•3 days ago

He thinks he rules the world because not one republican will tell him there are limits to his power.
And John Roberts pronounced him immune.

photoguerilla.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.alternet.org/amp/trump-sesame-street-2671883947
Also, this.

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