Anthony Kaufman

The Normalization of our Destruction The shuttering of the CPB; docs in peril; and looking for new/old indie film models

"These are challenging times for independent U.S. filmmakers and artists, with the one-two punch of corporate consolidation/cowardice and extreme-right-wing power conspiring together to limit complex thought, dissenting views, and artistic output."
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The Normalization of our Destruction The shuttering of the CPB; docs in peril; and looking for new/old indie film models

“We have to look for a new funding model,” he said, “and I don’t know what that would be.”https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/the-normalization-of-our-destruction

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Minding the Gaps: How CPB’s Closure Fragments the U.S. Documentary Ecosystem In this investigation, independent documentary filmmakers and public media executives describe the far-reaching effects of federal funding cuts

“The whole industry has to recalibrate. We have to change how we work. Whatever was before—that’s never coming back.” #PBS #CPB
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But you can totally see it

PREDICTION: Eric Adams will be persuaded to drop out of the NYC mayoral race to take a job in the Trump Administration in deparate bid to consolidate votes for Cuomo.

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid ***

Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites.
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Trump calls New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani 'a communist' Some New York investors and business leaders are dismayed that democratic socialist Zohram Mamdani will become the next mayor of New York City.

This CNBC story repeatedly mis-spells Mamdani's name and in different ways.
www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/t...

#NoKings

#WhoseStreetsOurStreets #NoKings

Thousands yelling Fuck Trump in Chicago #NoKings

Thousands yelling SHAME at Trump Tower in Chicago
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#NoKings Chicago

Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody

Some rare good news...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/s...

Dr. and Senator Bill Cassidy needs to hear from you! All of you! Call his D.C. office : (202) 224-5824

RFK Jr. names 8 new members of vaccine advisory panel Several of the new members appear to have a history of expressing anti-vaccine sentiment.

I'll give non-anti-vaxxers a chance but I know what Malone, Kulldorff, Levi, & Pebsworth will do.

They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...

CALL TODAY

CALL TODAY

Tell these GOP Congresspeople to vote NO on the "Rural Media Killer" rescission bill. Their local PBS stations, which are among the most reliant on federal funding in the U.S., provide jobs, education, culture, & vital emergency info to their districts. Without federal funds, they will die.

It's f***ing crazy that DHS and ICE are claiming it's the judge's fault that they're all getting sick in Djibouti. Perhaps they should have given them due process before they boarded a plane to Africa!

Yes, the Trump Administration is killing people. Since Jan. 20, there have been at least 9 deaths of individuals in I.C.E. custody, the largest # of deaths over the same period since the COVID pandemic in 2020.
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Some actual fact checking for your Republican neighbors

Good fact checking going around...

Good fact checking going around.