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Conservatives Get the #PBS & #NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades

The cuts speak to #Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in #media.

They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the #House, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the #Senate.

But for 5 decades, #Republicans failed time & again to choke off #federal #funding for #PublicBroadcasting.

#censorship #autocracy
nytimes.com/2025/07/18/busines

The Muppets of Jim Henson, center, helped make “Sesame Street” a hit for PBS in its early days.
The New York Times · Trump’s NPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the MakingBy Jim Rutenberg
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#Federal law gives the #DOJ the ability to ensure #states have procedures in place to remove ineligible voters & otherwise properly maintain their rolls. It does not expressly give the agency the authority to review the voter rolls themselves.

States routinely check their rolls to identify people who are ineligible because they are not citizens, have moved to another voting jurisdiction, have been convicted of a felony or have died.

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>350 #election ofcls from at least 33 #states joined a conference call Monday to learn more from Becker’s group & Democratic & Republican lawyers about the potential implications of the admin’s moves. Election ofcls have long bristled at the notion of #federal intrusion. In 2017, during #Trump’s 1st term, ofcls from both parties declined to give a presidential commission detailed info on voters, w/Mississippi’s GOP secy of state telling the task force to “go jump in the Gulf of Mexico.”

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“This is an extraordinary imposition of #federal power over #states#election processes that, if it is accepted by the states in this context, will be absolutely used by Democrats in another context,” said David Becker, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research, who worked in the #DOJ’s voting section under Presidents Bill Clinton & George W. Bush.

#Federal charges against key participants involved in #Oakland #Waste processing proposal at old #Army base not helping progress of project amidst detritus, disputes, bureaucratic bogus biz bs, and constant contractual crap

Essentially article reveals "#California Waste Solutions" is not necessarily providing solutions, but local govt is pretty good at waste?

While city and developer feud, both fail to follow thru and serve #WestOakland #Community, as residents, #ratepayers and #taxpayers suffer during decades delayed deferred dreams of improved #recycling facility that just seems to #recycle hopes and turn them into more cockroach attracting stink.

oaklandside.org/2025/07/11/cal

The Oaklandside · California Waste Solutions — key player in Oakland FBI case — loses land deal at former Army BaseBy Eli Wolfe

A #California #farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when #US #immigration agents raided a cannabis operation & arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farmworker advocacy group.

Dozens of #ImmigrantRights activists faced off w/ #federal agents in rural Southern California on Thursday. It was the latest escalation of #Trump's campaign for #MassDeportations of immigrants in the US.

#law #HumanRights #ICE #Gestapo #PoliceBrutality
reuters.com/legal/government/o

Forget It #Ketanji, It’s #Chinatown. #JusticeJackson stood alone against #shadowdocket ruling opening door to #Trump gutting #federal #workforce. The phrase lives on warning when #corruption runs so deep that there’s no fighting it. In the film the bad guy is a rich #realestate baron who manipulates a government agency, bilks #senior citizens for personal profit. Despite pervasive criminality, he’s actually backed up by law enforcement who aid abet his dirty work. abovethelaw.com/2025/07/forget

Above the Law · Forget It Ketanji, It’s ChinatownJustice Jackson stood alone against the shadow docket ruling opening the door to Trump gutting the federal workforce.