Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2025-07-18-049
Congress rescinds $1.1B for public broadcasting
Congress clawed back $1.1 billion already appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ending federal support for NPR, PBS, and their member stations on a 216-213 vote.
Verified through 2026-08-26Source: npr.orgCorrections: none logged
What happened
Congress clawed back $1.1 billion already appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ending federal support for NPR, PBS, and their member stations on a 216-213 vote.
Why it matters
Journalists, inspectors, universities and public media make abuses visible. Pressure on them narrows the independent record the public can use to judge power. It is tracked here under “Defund public media”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.
Receipt details
- Phase 1
- Silence the watchdogs
- Defund public media
