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May 03, 2025 12:22 AM UTC

Weekend Open Thread

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“There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.”

–Sophocles

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  1. Trump issued the expected Executive Order telling the Corporation for Public Broadcasting [CPB] to stop funding NPR and PBS.  CPR's coverage

    President Trump issued an executive order late Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS," the nation's primary public broadcasters, claiming ideological bias….

    "CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President's authority," the corporation wrote in a statement issued Friday morning. "Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government."

    The CPB noted that the statute Congress passed to create it "expressly forbade 'any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over educational television or radio broadcasting, or over [CPB] or any of its grantees or contractors."

    If the denial is legal and actually happens … it will be about 5% of the CPR budget, $1.4 million.  Not a death blow, by any means, but consequential.

    1. I sort of doubt FDFQ watches PBS, but I do. It's hardly "woke" in my opinion, but outside of politics I turn to it for nature shows, music, documentaries, theater, and other stuff. Very often, the PBS fare is just plain better than what's on commercial TV. Even with politics, one who doesn't like lefties could probably just watch something else when Democracy Now is on. The Media Bias/Fact Check outlet ranks PBS Newshour as "slightly left-center," hardly worth getting one's maga fee-fees hurt over. The local PBS even runs Jon Caldara's talk show for the righties.

      I don't expect anyone to get our fearless leaders to understand that the "P" in PBS/NPR stands for "public," and I'm not saying that means any certain dollar amount has to go their way but some public funding is appropriate. I hope everyone involved in PBS/NPR will stand their ground, legally and morally, and that maybe a few members of Congress will raise a little hell.

      1. Kiss that goodbye they are putting out the WHwire a Druge report which is all pro trump so get ready for a pay per view public TV of wet tee shirt contest and gospel music. 

      2. I watch it, too. And in particular, the BBC News which is the most professional and credible source of news in broadcast media.

      3. I wouldn’t even call PBS/NPR “slightly left-center”, its boringly nonpartsian and centrist, the way its bascially been forerver. There’s a reason that Media Bias isn’t even used in Wikipedia as a reliable source for claims of news bias. From my understanding, academic sources have discussed the radicalization of conservative media since the 2010s even among mainstream ones and how even far-right sites are now considered just “right-wing” by fact checkers or media analysts so they can come across as falsely neutral or objective (and stop accusations of being biased by conservatives and misinformed centrists).

        Also the fact that far-right politics is now the norm in American politics and exclsuive among conservatives, we get the false balance since it’s so mainstream now we have to pretend it’s a legitimate. And stuff like Media Bias, NewsGuard, etc. engages in similar tactics as mentioned earlier. Remember when the news used to casually accept climate denial and intelligent design aka creationism as simply another side of the debate and science as mere opinion to both sides the issue? Yeah it’s alot like that.

        1. I agree with you that PBS/NPR are pretty centrist. I just chose Media Bias as an example because it was the first thing I found with a 10-second search. Just wondering – is there a media rating site that you prefer or trust?

    2. But T***** is undoubtedly planning executive orders to make up for all that with his new beautiful tariffs on foreign programming that’s been stealing viewers from FoxNews American broadcasters — The BBC, Al Jazeera, RT America (Sorry, my bad.  Russia’s still OK; no tariffs for RT), CNN, Telemundo, all the rest.

      Christiane Amanpour — or however you say it — does anyone even know what she is? Is she British? Is she Indian? So, what tribe? I don’t know. Nobody knows! Nobody!

      Sir David Attenborough’s days of his unfairly taking advantage of hardworking American airwaves, and spreading hoaxes about climate changing, for free are finally through.  No more. Over!

      1. Yes, Attenborough is one bad mother. But last night, I watched a show in which a guy liberal indoctrinist named "Ben Folds" worked with young musicians performing with a symphony orchestra. Don't turn me in, but it made me want to contribute and pick up a sweet PBS tote bag!

        1. And I watched a PBS show about a Paraguayan guitarist and composer from the first half of the 20th century – Barrios. He must have been a member of Tren de Aragua (I didn't see a photo of his knuckles, though). 

          1. The gang affiliation does not matter, tho there surely was one since Paraguay is south of the Rio Grande. The main question – how woke did you become after watching?

  2. Interesting decision by Trump's newly embarrassed and incompetent DOJ to sue Colorado and Denver in particular

    I liked Denver's response which reminded me of the Castle wall scene from Monty Python "I fart in your general direction!"

    “Denver will not be bullied or blackmailed, least of all by an administration that has little regard for the law and even less for the truth,” city officials said Friday.

    I'm betting that AG Phil Wieser is looking forward to this, since it will keep his name in the public eye and boost his campaign for Governor.  There be Dragons to slay! 🙂

     

  3. Question for you all – can an individual fund an interim committee of the legislature? I ask because I think they should create one this year on energy (should of done this 3 years ago) and there's no money for it.

    ??? – dave

    2. Picture the downside for a second. Let's say Xcel decides to fund one, or Black Hills, or 350. The allegations of bias would be off the charts. Remember the "p" in public stands for public. And the legislature can run any of the bills that might come out of a committee without a committee.

      1. I hadn't thought of that. Really good point.

        I've got a question in to a legislator and I assume based on what you point out the answer will be no. And I'll accept that as necessary.

        thanks

  4. Joe Neguse on MSNBC "The Weekend"now.

    The proposed budget includes $163B in cuts to Medicaid, health research, housing, transportation, United Nations, and international spending.

    . Neguse says it would take only 4 Republicans to stop it.

    1. Simply, utterly shocking.  

      Saying that “[he does] not know” is truly an historic moment.  
       

      Likely, the very first time MAGA America’s “stable genius” has ever been recorded telling the truth about himself?

  6. Mike Littwin has some evaluation of the possibility:  Does anyone really think Jared Polis can be president?

    It took many Democrats a while to notice, but 100 days into the Trump/MAGA regime, we have finally reached a time of resistance. Polis has voiced objections to Trump policies, but he is in no way part of any resistance. He has said repeatedly that, as governor, he can work with a wannabe authoritarian who is attempting to destroy American democracy. …

    I’m wondering how anyone believes normalizing the entirely abnormal (or is it Abby Normal?) Trump is the way to get to the White House. Polis is certainly not alone. He has been joined, to varying extents, by Big Gretch Whitmer and Newsom, who would seem to otherwise be strong candidates, in acting as though dealing normally with Trump is somehow OK…..

    Anyone who wants to be the next president must, first and foremost, oppose Trump in the strongest possible terms. And stop pretending that the cruelty can be accommodated.

    1. Anyone in public office (or aspiring to public office) who cannot "oppose Trump in the strongest possible terms" needs to get out of the way. 

      1. I disagree. If a Governor is focused on what's best for their state, they need to walk a fine line with Trump. Become his enemy and he'll hurt the state even more. Roll over and you don't stop any of the bad stuff.

        So they need to find a way to oppose what they can in a way that keeps communication channels open.

        That'll piss off the base and hurt them politically. But it will minimize damage to their state.

        1. If the question is on serving the state, I'd agree. If the question is who will be a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, as it is for Littwin's column, opposition to Trump may well be a required card.

          2028 is a ways off and I don't know which issues will catch fire and become the focus for key blocks of Democratic voters.  But "my state didn't get hurt as bad as it could have been by Trump" doesn't sound like a winning appeal. And I can't think of the last time a Governor's performance in office was a central issue for a Presidential campaign.  It may be an element of the hidden primary of getting staff and contributions — but in the Trump era, "Governors" haven't fared well.

          The 2016 primary races included even more governors. Eleven current or former governors officially declared themselves candidates – Jeb Bush (R-FL), Lincoln Chafee (D-RI), Chris Christie (R-NJ), Jim Gilmore (R-VA), Mike Huckabee (R-AR), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), John Kasich (R-OH), Martin O’Malley (D-MD), George Pataki (R-NY), Rick Perry (R-TX), and Scott Walker (R-WI).

          The 2020 primary race showed a different trend, however. Only four candidates with gubernatorial experience entered the Democratic primary: sitting Governors Steve Bullock (MT) and Jay Inslee (WA) and former Governors John Hickenlooper (CO) and Deval Patrick (MA)…. [Entries by Republicans:] Mark Sanford (SC) and Bill Weld (MA). Neither posed a serious threat to Trump, however. Finally, former Governor Lincoln Chafee (RI) announced that he would seek the Libertarian nomination.

          For 2024, Nikki Haley (SC)–was the first former governor to announce her entrance into the Republican primary; she is also the first woman governor or prior governor to enter a presidential primary. Since her entrance, five more current or former governors have entered the race: Doug Burgum (ND); Chris Christie (NJ): Ron DeSantis (FL); Asa Hutchinson (AR); and former Vice President Mike Pence (IN).

          Among all of those, "performance as Governor" didn't seem to be a highlight of their campaign.

  8. I’m wondering if I am the only one lucky enough to sit through most of Kristen Welkers’ interview of our Awesome Adolescent Autocrat this morning on NBCs’ Meet The Press? Words fail me on that one. YEESH!

     

    On a different matter, I have an opinion I would like to share.

    As a construction supervisor and general contractor/home builder for some 30 years, I have had the opportunity to work with, lead, teach, and get to know, quite literally, hundreds of workers. To me, DEI stands for Dependable, Energetic, and Industrious. Women and minorities, in my experience are hardworking and reliable. No less so than any white man.
    Jesus Christ of Nazareth preached a gospel of diversity, equity, and inclusion. I thought those MAGA folks believe in him.

    Guess not.

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