The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., has confirmed that members soon will begin work on President Donald Trump’s agenda to defund leftist propaganda that has been paid for by taxpayers.
At issue is the leftist agenda that runs the reporting from organizations like National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.
NPR has a right to free speech.
It doesn’t have a right to our tax dollars. pic.twitter.com/yTPfVwif72
— Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) May 27, 2025
NPR is taxpayer-funded, propagandistic garbage.
We don’t need state-sponsored media in our country. pic.twitter.com/Y1o2aCVoZL
— Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) May 28, 2025
If NPR and PBS are as amazing as they claim, they should have no trouble securing public funding from people who want to support them.
But hardworking Americans should no longer be forced to fund content they find objectionable. pic.twitter.com/7mo2XVA8h7
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) June 4, 2025
Johnson said he would put a rescission bill that would withhold money from the organizations on the floor next week.
“Now that this wasteful spending by the federal government has been identified by DOGE, quantified by the administration, and sent to Congress, House Republicans will fulfill our mandate and continue codifying into law a more efficient federal government,” Johnson said. “This is exactly what the American people deserve.”
A report at the Daily Mail cited White House concerns about tax-funded programming that was described as “radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’”
Objectionable topics included “a 2015 report on the annual ‘furry’ festival in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a 2017 report on a book about cannibalism, and a 2024 Valentine’s Day report on ‘queer animals.’” Also programming supporting “reparations, reporting on a transgender teenage boy and that Sesame Street had partnered with CNN and held a town hall amid the “Black Lives Matter” protests in June 2020 to address racism.”
NPR and PBS have a liberal bias and have “zero tolerance for non-leftist viewpoints,” the White House said.
Trump’s demand has been to strip $1.1 billion in federal funding, and Johnson confirmed the rescission plan will involve $9.4 billion involving NPR, PBS, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
While reports contended that only about 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal government, Real Clear Wire has reported that most of $535 million budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is spent on “community service grants” to local stations, and by law they must use 23% of their grants to acquire or produce programming that is to be distributed nationally and is designed for a national audience.
“That means local stations are required to give those federal funds to NPR to license its content or risk losing funding,” the report said.
NPR brought in nearly $100 million from those fees in 2024, of which most came from CPB.
Further, the report revealed, “PBS CEO Paula Kerger earns $1,055,135 in salary and $113,526 in ‘other compensation,’ per tax returns. Three other PBS employees make more than $500,000, and another ten make more than $300,000. Former NPR CEO John Lansing made $590,252 in 2023, and anchor Steve Inskeep made $532,188. At least four other NPR hosts earned more than $450,000.”
Trump has issued an executive order regarding the cut in funding, but NPR and three leftist outlets in Colorado sued.
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Author: Bob Unruh
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