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“Legacy media must die,” Elon Musk posted on his own media site, X -- the nation’s biggest and most influential social media source for political news.

Now that he is orchestrating the president’s budget cutting plans for “government efficiency,” it should come as no surprise that, in the process, Musk wants to kill public broadcasting. He has his sights both on radio (NPR) and TV (PBS), by eliminating their government funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which totals $535 million this year.

It seems a little like shooting fish in a barrel, considering Musk paid $44 billion -- more than 80 times as much -- when he bought Twitter in 2022.

But cutting funds for public broadcasting threatens more than the production of beloved shows like Sesame Street and All Things Considered. Public broadcasting consists of a network of public service stations across the country that produce local news and educational programs, as well as serving as the backbone for the nation’s emergency alert system.

Over 1,000 public radio stations across the United States carry NPR programming, including many of the most rural areas, and over 98 percent of Americans live within listening distance of at least one of these stations. “The most vulnerable stations serving the most vulnerable people are going to be the ones that are hurt the hardest,” said former NPR executive Eric Nuzum. “We’re talking about very rural parts of the United States.”

Send a direct message to your members of Congress today: Public broadcasting is a valuable resource well worth the public investment. Protect funding for NPR and PBS now!

NPR spokesperson Isabel Lara notes that public broadcasting is important for local journalism, including coverage of sports and culture, as she says, “Cutting public media funding means cutting funding to local communities.”

Federal funding for public broadcasting has been threatened in the past without ultimately being cut, but the increased scale and intensity of the criticism by Trump and Musk has NPR itself reporting “it would be unwise to assume that events will play out as they have in the past.”

Musk and fellow Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) czar Vivek Ramaswamy say they intend to cut $2 trillion in government spending. That’s a full one-third of the government’s total spending of $6.1 billion in 2023.

But only 16% of this total $6.1 billion went toward all of the nation’s non-defense “discretionary” programs that would even be eligible for cuts without eviscerating Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. And Musk’s SpaceX company depends on billions in defense funding that neither he nor Congress is likely to be willing to cut.

NPR and PBS are low-hanging fruit to the billionaire bean-counters.The broadcasters’ entire budgets, and then some, could be covered many times over with cuts to the Pentagon budget or a common-sense wealth tax on the fortunes of billionaires like Musk and Ramaswamy.

Send a message to Congress: Save NPR and PBS! Maintain full funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting now.

Thank you for helping to preserve this national treasure!

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As corporate outlets like ABC News and The Washington Post bend to incoming President Trump’s threats to send his FBI against them, censoring themselves and settling dubious lawsuits out-of-court, and as social media from X to Facebook blast hate and disinformation, public broadcasting remains a crucial lifeline. But this lifeline is under dire threat.

“Legacy media must die,” Elon Musk declared on X, putting public broadcasting over TV and radio (PBS and NPR) directly in his sights. No doubt, Musk sees his own tilted platform, X, as the natural heir apparent to the “legacy media” he wants to kill.

Now, his megaphone amplified as co-chair of Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk has proposed eliminating all $535 million in funding for public broadcasting. The move already has the backing of MAGA-friendly Speaker Mike Johnson.

To put this into perspective, the entire public broadcasting budget is just a fraction of what Musk spent to buy Twitter in 2022 -- $44 billion, more than 80 times the annual allocation for NPR and PBS combined.

But what is the real value of public broadcasting? Perhaps no one has put it so well as the beloved Fred Rogers, whotestified before Congress back when the Nixon administration was trying to cut PBS funding in 1969:

“We don’t have to bop somebody over the head to make drama on the screen. We deal with such things as getting a haircut… I feel that if we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service for mental health.”

Compared to the bloviations on X and Breitbart, Mr. Rogers is a breath of fresh air!

Take action today! Tell Congress: Public broadcasting is essential to the mental health of our national discourse, and must be maintained in service to our nation, rural and urban, rich and poor, young and old.

Not only does public broadcasting provide beloved programs like Sesame Street and All Things Considered, it also supports over 1,000 public radio stations, delivering local news, educational programming, and vital emergency alerts. NPR is within listening distance of 98% of Americans, including rural and underserved communities.

Back in the same 1969 hearing, Mr. Rogers showed the senators how he used simple songs and stories to promote children’s emotional resilience and self-regulation. He cited these words from his song about how to prevent oneself from having a tantrum:

“What do you do with the mad that you feel? When you feel so mad you could bite? When the whole wide world seems oh so wrong, and nothing you do seems very right? It’s great to be able to stop when you’ve planned the thing that’s wrong. And be able to do something else instead -- and think this song: I can stop when I want to. Can stop when I wish. Can stop, stop, stop anytime And what a good feeling to feel like this! And know that the feeling is really mine."

Meanwhile, Musk and DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy’s proposal to slash $2 trillion from government spending is wildly unrealistic. Their target represents nearly one-third of the $6.1 trillion federal budget -- and only 16% of that budget is allocated to non-defense discretionary programs such as public broadcasting.

Musk’s own SpaceX benefits from billions in federal defense contracts, which remain untouched in their plans. Yet, the $535 million needed to sustain NPR and PBS could be easily funded many times over by a common-sense wealth tax on billionaires like Musk and Ramaswamy.

Act now to save NPR and PBS! Urge Congress to preserve its funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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The Trump administration just opened up federal investigations into PBS and NPR that threaten to destroy the public broadcasters.1

Trump’s FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, also told the broadcasters that, “Congress is actively considering whether to stop requiring taxpayers to subsidize NPR and PBS”2 — a direct threat to funding that NPR and PBS need to survive.

Crushing public journalism will only give rise to more right-wing propaganda and disinformation — and that’s exactly what Trump wants.

Sign the petition: Save public media from Trump’s direct attacks on NPR and PBS!

The Trump media playbook is to accuse any and all trustworthy journalism as lying, propaganda, and biased against him. It’s exactly how Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are trying to destroy PBS and NPR.

After PBS reported on Elon Musk’s apparent Nazi salute after the inauguration, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened the public broadcaster. She wrote that she’d bring PBS in front of her DOGE committee to explain “why lying and spreading propaganda to serve the Democrat party and attack Republicans is a good use of taxpayer funds.”3

Musk has said he’s “gunning” for public media.4 He wrote, “Taxpayer money should not be used to fund propaganda” when referring to NPR5 — straight out of the Trump playbook.

Trump, Musk, and Greene want to destroy reliable public journalism by slashing funding for NPR and PBS, but Congress must stand for these popular public broadcasters.

Sources:

New York Times, “F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Stations,” January 30, 2025.

Ibid.

The New Republic, “MTG Threatens PBS for Accurately Describing Elon Musk’s Salute,” January 21, 2025.

New York Times, “NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump,” December 27, 2024.

Elon Musk on Twitter, “Taxpayer money should not be used to fund propaganda,” January 12, 2025.

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In a shocking miscarriage of justice, Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the criminal case against Trump for stealing classified documents from the White House.

Cannon has decided to take the law into her own hands and ruled that the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith was "unconstitutional" (it's not). "In the end, it seems the Executive's growing comfort in appointing 'regulatory' special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny," Cannon wrote.

Kick the Trump-appointed Judge off the bench!

This is beyond unacceptable behavior that damages our democracy. Enforcing the law and holding the powerful accountable is one of the most important functions of an independent judiciary, and it's now clear that Cannon is a partisan extremist abusing her power to protect those who share her radical political beliefs.

"Can we now talk about how Aileen Cannon is a clear partisan whose every single decision has been made with the intent of helping Trump? Is that allowed? Do we have to keep pretending that she keeps making shocking decisions that just happen to benefit him massively?" asks Will Stancil on Twitter. We cannot keep pretending that Cannon is capable of being objective, and she cannot be allowed to continue to rule on ANY cases — let alone a case of this importance.

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Less than two weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, Mark Zuckerberg made a sweeping announcement: Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads) is eliminating moderation policies that protect users from disinformation and hate.

Let’s be clear – this isn’t about free speech. This is about Zuckerberg bowing to Trump and the MAGA movement.

These policies – announced with fanfare and under the guise of "free speech" – were rolled out just before Trump’s second term begins. The timing is no coincidence. Zuckerberg has handed Trump exactly what he wants: a platform with no accountability and no guardrails, where hate speech and lies can run rampant and virtually unchecked, except for the reliance on “community based” fact-checking similar to what was adopted by Twitter/X.

Billions of people rely on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The decision to abandon moderation isn’t just reckless – it’s a gift to MAGA extremists who have long complained that moderation prevents them from spreading lies without consequence. But bending the rules for Trump and his MAGA enablers isn’t protecting free speech; it’s laying the groundwork for authoritarianism.

We’ve seen what happens when platforms like Twitter/X abandon moderation: an explosion of hate speech and lies.[1] Don’t let Zuckerberg do the same with Facebook.

[1] "Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk" NBC News, 4/16/24

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As chair of Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk has proposed slashing the entire $535 million budget allocated for public broadcasting.

When Musk says, “Legacy media must die,” he definitely has NPR and PBS in his sights -- even though the $44 billion he paid to purchase Twitter in 2022 would have funded 80 years of public broadcasting.

It’s not just beloved shows like All Things Considered and American Experience that are at risk. NPR and PBS support community-based stations that produce local news and educational programs, as well as providing infrastructure for vital emergency alerts.

Over the years, NPR has worked to increase coverage of Native communities, people and our culture. Some highlight include:

WXPR’s Native Voices in the Wisconsin Northwoods covers the stories of Anishinaabe people told by the people who live them -- often painting a portrait of different indigenous people that casts light on local tribes' history, culture and customs.

KYUK, an Alaska Native-owned media organization, broadcasts daily news, live and recorded programming in Yugtun, the Yup'ik language. Sarah YLiese is Diné and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and reports on Indigenous Affairs for KOSU in Oklahoma.

Public broadcasting provides an essential unbiased perspective, at a time when corporate news outlets like ABC News and The Washington Post have begun their Trump genuflections, agreeing to bogus legal settlements and egregious self-censorship.

Now, public media is facing it’s biggest threat in years. We must work to protect it. Tell your members of Congress that public broadcasting is an invaluable resource that must be protected. Keep NPR and PBS funding intact!

Within listening distance of nearly 98% of Americans, NPR’s more than 1,000 public radio stations reach some of the country’s most isolated rural communities, including reservations and Native communities deep in Indian Country.

While federal funding for public broadcasting has been under threat before, NPR itself reports that the current level of hostility from Trump and Musk makes it clear that this time, the threats may succeed when other attempts have failed.

Musk has proposed cutting $2 trillion in government spending -- a proposal that’s both unrealistic and highly damaging, considering it would eliminate a third of the $6.1 trillion federal budget. Only 16% of that is earmarked for non-defense discretionary spending, excluding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

This makes public broadcasting an easy target for these billionaire budget-cutters. The entire budget for public broadcasting could be easily covered by reducing the Pentagon budget or increasing taxes on billionaires like Musk, but neither are even on the table.

Instead, NPR and PBS are on the chopping block and that coverage of our communities, our culture and our voices could be lost. Sign and send a message urging Congress to protect and fully fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting now.

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As co-chair of Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk has proposed slashing the entire $535 million budget allocated for public broadcasting -- and House Speaker Mike Johnson is sharpening the scissors.

When Musk says, “Legacy media must die,” NPR and PBS are in his sights -- though the $44 billion he paid to purchase Twitter in 2022 would fund 80 years of public broadcasting. Which media outlet provides the greater community service is a different question.

Beyond beloved shows like All Things Considered and Sesame Street, NPR and PBS support community-based stations that produce local news and educational programs, as well as providing infrastructure for vital emergency alerts.

Public broadcasting provides an essential perspective, at a time when corporate news outlets like ABC News and The Washington Post have begun their Trump genuflections, agreeing to bogus legal settlements and egregious self-censorship. Meanwhile, under Trump’s threats of legal action and even jail, Mark Zuckerberg has announced the end of fact checking across all his Meta platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

Take action today: Tell your members of Congress that public broadcasting is an invaluable resource that must be protected. Keep NPR and PBS funding intact!

Within listening distance of nearly 98% of Americans, NPR’s more than 1,000 public radio stations reach some of the country’s most isolated rural communities. NPR’s Isabel Lara points out that public broadcasting is essential for supporting local journalism that covers sports and culture: “Cutting public media funding means cutting funding to local communities.”

While federal funding for public broadcasting has been under threat before, NPR reports that the current level of hostility from Trump and Musk makes it clear that this time, the usual outcomes may not unfold.

Musk and fellow DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy have proposed cutting $2 trillion in government spending -- a proposal that’s both unrealistic and highly damaging, considering it would eliminate a third of the $6.1 trillion federal budget. Only 16% of that is earmarked for non-defense discretionary spending, excluding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Ironically, Musk’s own company, SpaceX, relies heavily on billions in government defense contracts -- federal funding that neither Musk nor Congress seem willing to touch.

In contrast, public broadcasting is an easy target for these billionaire budget-cutters. The entire budget for public broadcasting could be easily covered by reducing the Pentagon budget or implementing a reasonable wealth tax on billionaires like Musk and Ramaswamy.

Act now to urge Congress to save NPR and PBS! Demand full funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Under Elon Musk, “X” has become a platform for hatred and racism.

In response to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s recent criticism of his conflicts of interest, Musk posted a series of AI-generated images of her wearing fake Indigenous ceremonial regalia: a large beaded headdress with feathers and a buckskin shirt. His only comment: “Guess who this is?” with laughing emojis.

Musk is amplifying Trump’s racist nickname for the senator and providing further proof that he’s turned the former “Twitter” platform into a repository for offensive and dehumanizing racist, antisemitic content.

Previous posts by the richest man on Earth have expressed support for the antisemitic “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory claiming that Jewish communities are pushing hatred against whites to destroy Western societies. Sadly, there’s so much more bigoted content on X.  

After watchdog Media Matters revealed that major companies’ ads were appearing on X directly next to neo-Nazi content, several companies, including Apple, Disney, IBM, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Fox Sports, Warner, and The Discovery Channel, pulled their ads from X.

But still, many corporations advertise on X, including the NFL, The Washington Post, and Walmart. So we’ve joined with Robert Reich and our friends at Inequality Media Civic Action in building public pressure demanding they drop X.Now is the time for action. Corporations must stop funding X’s platform of hate with their advertising dollars. Sign and send your direct message to the CEO’s of the National Football League, The Washington Post, and Walmart demanding they sever ties with X now.

Under Musk, X has been surging with disinformation, harassment, and extremist views.

Musk has reinstated banned accounts, stripped away verification for credible information, and boosted racist content. That’s right, it’s not just racism, Musk has turned X into a breeding ground for conspiracy theories, lies, and other hate speech too.

Brands that would never support dark web sites like 4chan because of fears of public backlash continue to advertise on X. That’s why they need to hear from us. We must hold these companies accountable.

Any business that values their own integrity must stop advertising on X. Demand they cut ties with a platform that fosters hate and lies by signing and sending your message now.

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Let’s cut through disinformation and share the Biden Administration’s achievements before MAGA takes over.

Please like, share, or comment on our thank you to President Joe Biden on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

We are days away from another Trump presidency. Before MAGA mercilessly tries to disorient Americans with lies, it is important to mark the end of the Biden administration by highlighting his significant accomplishments.

During Biden’s 4 years in office, he turned Trump’s tanking economy into the envy of the world. Here’s a list of some of his other accomplishments with assistance from the Democrats in Congress:

Navigated the nation out of the pandemic and away from recession.

Created millions of jobs and made historic gains in wage growth.

Fostered a resurgence in labor unions and walked the picket line!

Expanded overtime pay

Saved pensions for hundreds of thousands of workers

Attacked monopoly power

Bolstered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Boosted retirement savings

Revived American manufacturing

Passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act, all highly consequential bills!

Negotiated lower drug prices and Medicare insulin copays

Appointed a record number of progressive judges including the first Black Woman Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Ended the war in Afghanistan, America’s longest war

Effectively fought Russian aggression in Ukraine

Signed executive order to protect access to reproductive healthcare

Taken more executive action to reduce gun violence

Acted with urgency to mitigate climate change

Took steps toward tax fairness

Signed four bills to support veterans

Granted legal protections to Dreamers and undocumented spouses of US citizens

Led the nation with honor and integrity

Biden never spread election lies, threatened local officials, or retaliated against Trump or his critics.

During the Biden administration, Joe made America a better place.

We will forever preserve these truths in our nation’s history. History will judge Republican pundits and MAGA mouthpieces as dizzy on their own lies.

We’ve just posted this thank you note - please like, share, and comment below. How has the Biden administration helped you?

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A world where Elon Musk and Donald Trump control the flow of information and where independent voices like PBS are silenced to make way for disinformation and corporate propaganda is dangerously close to becoming a reality.

PBS, America’s most trusted network, is under attack from a powerful alliance of MAGA Republicans, led by Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, with support from corporate figures like Musk.

Their goal? To slash PBS funding, cripple its operations, and leave Americans dependent on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Truth Social for news -- platforms rife with disinformation and divisive rhetoric.

PBS is more than a news network. It delivers local reporting, free educational programming, and unbiased coverage, especially in communities where private networks don’t reach. Unlike corporate media outlets, PBS doesn’t bow to billionaires or lobbyists; it serves the public. And that’s why Musk, Trump, and their allies want it gone.

Sign the petition to demand Congress protect PBS funding from Republican attacks now.

A world where Elon Musk and Donald Trump control the flow of information and where independent voices like PBS are silenced to make way for disinformation and corporate propaganda is dangerously close to becoming a reality.

PBS, America’s most trusted network, is under attack from a powerful alliance of MAGA Republicans, led by Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, with support from corporate figures like Musk.

Their goal? To slash PBS funding, cripple its operations, and leave Americans dependent on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Truth Social for news -- platforms rife with disinformation and divisive rhetoric.

PBS is more than a news network. It delivers local reporting, free educational programming, and unbiased coverage, especially in communities where private networks don’t reach. Unlike corporate media outlets, PBS doesn’t bow to billionaires or lobbyists; it serves the public. And that’s why Musk, Trump, and their allies want it gone.

Sign the petition to demand Congress protect PBS funding from Republican attacks now.

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Elon Musk filed a lawsuit to halt the implementation of Common Cause’s flagship anti-disinformation law in California.

I’m urging Common Cause members across the country to help us fight back and win because what happens in this case will have nationwide consequences.

The law, which California Common Cause helped pass just this year, is one of the most concrete actions we’ve taken to address the dangers that AI and disinformation pose to our elections. It requires online platforms to remove or label deceptive AI deepfakes, with real teeth to hold websites like Facebook or X (formerly Twitter) accountable if they refuse to comply.

Elon Musk is claiming an absolute “free speech” right and he’s using all the high-powered lawyers he can to win this case.

We’re not buying it. This is about Elon Musk’s profit margins – protecting the right to free speech also means protecting the right to an information ecosystem that people can trust.

That’s why I’m mobilizing Common Cause members across the country to fuel our fight against this lawsuit in court.

In August, Elon Musk shared a deepfake video of Presidential candidate Kamala Harris that was viewed over 150 million times. And after lawmakers and technology policy advocates spoke out against the deepfake video, Musk doubled down. This isn’t free speech; this is an attempt to undermine the integrity of our elections by manipulating voters.

Deepfakes have already destabilized national elections in Argentina, India, Slovakia, Taiwan, Bangladesh, and most recently, the 2024 US presidential election. Just as this problem is peaking, technology and social media leaders like Musk have attempted to avoid responsibility, cut safety teams, and prioritize their bottom lines.

We deserve better and we know how to get it.

Common Cause first identified deepfakes and AI-driven disinformation as a serious threat to our democracy years ago, and helped California lead the fight for solutions to the threats that disinformation, AI, deepfakes, and other emerging technologies pose to our democracy and elections.

California Common Cause stepped up and worked to pass the country's toughest laws to fix the problem of AI disinformation via the California Legislature, AB 2655 and AB 2839, because just like with climate standards and automobile emissions, passing such a law in California can yield nationwide results.

And this technology continues to get more advanced, with the potential to manipulate and scam millions of people. That’s why we urgently need common sense regulation to make sure our democracy is safe from AI-driven disinformation.

Your support enables us to take hard-hitting legal action for our democracy – and to STOP billionaire disinformation peddlers like Elon Musk. Can you rush your contribution to our Stop Disinfo Legal Fund today?

Ends midnight 12/31!

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