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Intimidating the free press gets pricey

Democracy dies when billionaires own and threaten media

Salon

FBI whistleblower claims he tried to get to Musk to warn him he was being targeted by Russia

Johnathan Buma, who was arrested in March and is out on bail, claims in new interview that efforts to target Musk were ‘intense’

The Guardian - US

Trump is treating the economy like COVID

The White House prepares to falsify data and cook the books in order to sell their schemes to the American people

Salon

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The MAGA war on PBS is not about money

The latest GOP push to defund public media won't save much cash. But it will disadvantage poor and rural kids

Salon

'This is not Theranos 2.0': Elizabeth Holmes' partner is the CEO behind new blood-testing startup

Billy Evans, partner of incarcerated Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has reportedly raised millions for a startup called Haemanthus.

Fortune

US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say

Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discrimination

The Guardian - UK

The attack on public broadcasting is part of a growing threat to press freedom and democracy

In a disturbing parallel between two countries, President Donald Trump’s recent attack on the two largest public broadcasters in the United States mirrors threats to Canada’s own public broadcaster that were recently dodged by the electoral defeat of Conservative Pierre Poilievre.

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Kari Lake announces partnership between far-right OAN and Voice of America to distribute pro-Trump message

‘Kari Lake providing One America News Network to our global audiences makes a mockery of the agency's history of independent non-partisan journalism,’ former USAGM Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner said in response

The Independent UK

NPR Interview on Legal Challenges to Trump's IEEPA Tariffs

Steve Inskeep of NPR interviewed me about the case against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.

Reason

Trump targets NPR and PBS as public and nonprofit media account for a growing share of local news coverage

Republicans in Washington have their sights – once again – on defunding public media.

The Conversation

Trump's War on Childhood

Plus: A listener asks if we're finally defunding NPR and PBS.

Reason

Trump news at a glance: President says he will not seek a third term

Trump says he ‘doesn’t know’ if he has to uphold constitutional due process and won’t rule out using military force to take Greenland – key US politics stories from 4 May at a glance

The Guardian - US

NPR and PBS push back against Trump’s order to cut funding: ‘This could be devastating’

PBS’s Paula Kerger and NPR’s Katherine Maher say they’re looking at legal options to defend against White House

The Guardian - US

NPR stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners during disasters

After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio

The Independent UK

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PBS chief slams Trump's executive order to cut funds to broadcaster as unlawful

The move against PBS and NPR comes as Trump's administration has been working to dismantle the US Agency for Global Media, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Reason

Trump Tries To Defund NPR and PBS by Executive Order

A new executive order would keep the Corporation for Public Broadcasting alive while telling it to cut off the two biggest public broadcasting networks. Get ready for a legal fight.

Reason

Alien Enemies No More

Plus: Depriving the children of toys, a curbside rat feast, China wants to talk, and more...

The Conversation

Trump and many GOP lawmakers want to end all funding for NPR and PBS − unraveling a US public media system that took a century to build

The Trump administration’s drive to slash government spending on everything from the arts to cancer research also includes efforts to carry through on the Republican Party’s long-standing goal of ending federal funding for NPR, the nation’s public radio network, and PBS, its television counterpart.

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The Independent UK

Trump signs executive order blocking PBS and NPR funding

‘Neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens’ The White House claims

International Business Times

Trump Signs Executive Order To Cut NPR, PBS Public Funding

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the news outlets of being biased in his latest attack on traditional media.

Al Jazeera

Trump orders funding cuts for US public broadcasters PBS, NPR

White House accuses outlets of using public money to spread ‘woke propaganda’ as alarm raised on media freedom.

The Guardian - US

Trump order targeting law firm struck down; supreme court asked to allow Musk’s Doge access to social security data – as it happened

Judge rules Perkins Coie executive order violates constitution; Trump administration asks supreme court to lift block on Doge accessing data. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi freed after federal judge orders release

Palestinian, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported despite not being charged with crime

Salon

DOJ tees up process to jail journalists

Democrats had a chance to stop this crackdown on press freedom before it happened

The Guardian - US

For Trump, the message is all. No surprise he’s targeting NPR and PBS

Trump’s anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cuts

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