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PBS Sues Trump, Claims Defunding Order Violates First Amendment
PBS sued President Trump on Friday, alleging that an executive order seeking to cut off funding violates the law and the First Amendment.
The CPB gives out government funding to local TV and radio stations, which in turn pays licensing fees to carry PBS and NPR programming. The suit recounts numerous comments made by Trump and the White House attacking PBS’ content, to underscore the point that the defunding is motivated by disagreement over speech. In a Truth Social post on April 1, Trump demanded that Republicans defund PBS and NPR, “THE RADICAL LEFT ‘MONSTERS’ THAT SO BADLY HURT OUR COUNTRY!”
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