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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.

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Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

38 of the 43.

"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.

"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

17.04.2025 19:29 — 👍 17837    🔁 7744    💬 904    📌 498

Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS Trump and GOP Congress members accuse the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, giving Congress 45 days to approve it or allow funding to be restored.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED independent nonprofit organization. It funds 1 to 15% of PBS and NPR member/affiliate stations, which are vital connections and services to communities nationwide. Hands off allocated funding!
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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Schoolhouse Rock. Relevant.

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Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and ins...

Do you want listeria and e coli? Because this is how you get listeria and e coli.

20.03.2025 12:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I never thought this would be one of my protest/resist tshirts, but here we are.

16.03.2025 16:22 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Doing a thing! #NCARB

28.02.2025 21:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No Relief Yet - It's Getting Worse - for U.S. Farmers Pummeled Under Trump 2.0 This Week's Victim? The USDA.

And there's this. Expect groceries to keep going up as a result.

18.02.2025 14:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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Burrowing owl peers out from its burrow. California, USA. © Tom Vezo/ Nature Picture Library

It's Superb Owl Day! Please enjoy this stellar specimen of a Burrowing Owl (Western):
Athene cunicularia hypugaea/rostrata. Learn more about this Nevada priority species for conservation here: www.ndow.org/species/west...

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