Monday, April 14, 2025

I want to believe this is going to happen

NY Post: "White House readies plan for Congress to ax taxpayer funding for NPR, PBS."
The major funding changes are contained in a long-awaited “rescissions” plan, obtained and first reported by The Post, that pitches a clawback of $1.1 billion appropriated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and $8.3 billion from USAID.

A memo drafted by White House budget director Russ Vought — and requested by GOP congressional leaders — accuses CPB of a “lengthy history of anti-conservative bias” and cites “waste, fraud, and abuse” at USAID.
All of this is true, but I'm concerned about making a request to Congress, even if it can be passed on a straight majority via reconciliation.  

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