Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Tag: public broadcasting

Trump moves to slash $9.5 billion in foreign aid and public...

Trump moves to slash $9.5 billion in foreign aid and public media funding as humanitarian crises deepen.

‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund...

Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.

POPULAR

No king but madness reigns

Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.

Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns

Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.

Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...

Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.

Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses

Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.

ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis

Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.