Donald Trump is on a rampage to eliminate all media reporting of the horrible truths of his first six months in office.
He is trying to eliminate the free media and press through lawsuits of privately owned media, including most notably CBS and ABC; and to wipe out financial support of two institutions that have been crucial in public information and truth—National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), created during the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson six decades ago.
Both NPR and PBS are great treasures, who have always had citizens contribute to their well-being, including this author and blogger. But there has also, always, been public tax support of the massive positive impact of both agencies, which is a pittance, when one considers federal expenditures.
Trump’s attempt to destroy NPR and PBS, and to promote censorship of major television and cable news, as well as the best newspapers that keep America free (specifically the NY Times and Washington Post, along with the Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal), along with other major print media, needs to be resisted at all costs, as the one way to insure American democracy survives the nightmare of Trump authoritarianism!
It is urgent that Republicans in Congress show some courage, conscience, and principle, and resist threats from Trump to oppose any party member who resists his desire to destroy public media that has done so much good for 60 years!
If they do not, on such a small investment as this, then it is time for the Republican Party of history to be declared dead, and admit we have a Fascist party, with elements of Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, Juan Peron, and even Adolf Hitler!
Foreign journalists in the U.S. are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration.
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/foreign-journalists-in-the-u-s-are-self-censoring-to-protect-themselves-from-the-trump-administration/
Key Senate Republican to meet with Trump on funding clawback request.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/14/congress/key-senate-republican-to-meet-with-trump-on-funding-clawback-request-00451417
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/07/usaid-emergency-food-incinerate-trump/683532/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK34UoPtkCxvKSW-rp40Qt1-Q&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Roughly 6 in 10 Americans oppose Trump’s megabill, CNN poll finds.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/politics/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill
Senate takes step forward on foreign aid, public broadcasting clawback.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/16/senate-republicans-early-vote-doge-cuts-trump-rescissions-bill
Hawley introduces bill to reverse Medicaid cuts he voted for.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/medicaid-cuts-hawley-trump-megabill-missouri
Hawley is unfit to be a US Senator – or to hold any public office.
The cowardly Republican Senate passed the bill, which cuts funding to public broadcasting, as well as making cuts to foreign aid. The only two Republicans who opposed the bill on the final vote were Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. Final tally was 51-48.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/politics/senate-vote-trump-doge-cuts
11+ Critical Consequences of PBS & NPR Losing Federal Funding
https://taxsharkinc.com/critical-consequences-of-pbs-npr-losing-federal-funding/
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/
Let’s just say it’s VERY difficult to believe that CBS is doing this for financial reasons, as opposed to desperately trying to stave off anger from Trump.
Skydance CEO met with FCC chair ahead of CBS canceling “The Late Show”.
Skydance CEO David Ellison and his lawyer met with Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr and an FCC lawyer on Tuesday, a new regulatory filing shows.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/stephen-colbert-late-show-skydance
That sounds super sketchy/slimy.