Urgent news for all PBS viewers
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have launched a multipronged campaign to defund PBS â and Marjorie Taylor Greene ramped up the attack with a Joseph McCarthyâstyle congressional hearing attacking PBS as âanti-American.â
I appeared on PBS countless times while I was serving as Secretary of Labor under President Clinton. Their questions were always tough, smart, and informative â and I knew Iâd be held accountable if I refused to answer or got my facts wrong.
Thatâs exactly why Trump and Musk want all public media to go away. Because they donât want anyone to hold them accountable.
PBSâs chief executive is warning that âstations across the country will be in jeopardyâ if PBS is defunded, and Iâm deeply worried that it could happen unless thereâs a major public outcry.
So Iâm asking you today: Will you make a donation to help alert the public, get the truth out, and stop Trumpâs plan to defund PBS?
PBS is a national treasure. Childrenâs programs like Sesame Street, Mister Rogersâ Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, and Dinosaur Train have been beloved by generations.
Award-winning shows like Nova, Masterpiece, Frontline, and the Ken Burns collection are some of the best things ever shown on television. Thatâs why a huge majority of voters across party lines oppose defunding PBS.
But Trump and Musk know that if they can kill off public broadcasting, they will have even more power to push disinformation, avoid accountability, and ultimately complete their mission of dismantling American democracy.
Trump called for the defunding of PBS during his first term in office but was stopped. Now Elon Musk is leading the charge, calling for the total elimination of all PBS funding as part of his so-called âDepartment of Government Efficiency.â
Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr is also piling on with a bogus investigation accusing PBS of running illegal commercial advertisements. And at yesterdayâs shameful congressional hearing, Marjorie Taylor Greene smeared PBS with an avalanche of hateful anti-LGBTQ attacks.
Inequality Media Civic Action is mobilizing grassroots support to help save PBS, but with these attacks escalating, we need to do even more. So Iâm asking you today: Will you make a donation to help alert the public, get the truth out, and stop Trumpâs plan to defund PBS?
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