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Brian Boyer (brianboyer@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 17:31:04 JST Brian Boyer

Not surprising that they’re gunning for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I’ve got more than a little public media PTSD, but dang, this would be very bad. https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24301975/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-plan
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  Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have spelled out their plans for DOGE
  
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  They’re going to recommend massive federal cuts.
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  Add on the very real possibility that congress will hand the White House the ability to murder nonprofits on a whim, and we’re looking at some very dark times for local news. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-not-to-weaponize-the-treasury-department-against-nonprofits
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    Tell Congress Not To Weaponize The Treasury Department Against Nonprofits
    
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    A dangerous bill that gives broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. Nonprofits would not have a meaningful opportunity to defend themselves, and could be targeted without disclosing the reasons or evidence for the decision. Even if they are not targeted, the threat alone could chill the activities of some nonprofit organizations. Over 130 civil liberties, religious, reproductive health, immigrant rights, human rights, racial justice, LGBTQ+, environmental, and educational organizations signed a letter opposing the bill as written. Congress must not pass H.R. 9495, the so-called “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.”
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  Folks equate public media with NPR and PBS, but this ain’t about killing a couple Washington newsrooms.
  If CPB is cut it would mean the death of most public TV and radio stations, nationwide. That would be the end of the only news source in many, many places.
  The big city ones would survive, but the small ones (almost all of them) go kaput.
  
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  Glyn Moody repeated this.

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