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#lisamurkowski

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joe•iuculano :mastodon:

#LisaMurkowski says she doesn't think Trump's past comments about making #Canada the 51st state r helpful as the 2 countries r locked in nego 2 reach some sort of #trade agreement

"I cannot explain [his] rhetoric re 51st state. That→his statement [and] I think it has been made very clear most view that as no more than positioning, to..agitate"

"I don't think that's constructive, honestly. In Canada you can sense there is direct hostility, if u will, 2 that suggestion"

cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-51s

CBCRepublican senator says Trump's 51st state rhetoric not 'constructive' during Ottawa visit | CBC NewsA U.S. Republican senator says she doesn’t think President Donald Trump’s past comments about making Canada the 51st state are helpful as the two countries are locked in negotiations to reach some sort of trade agreement.
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DoomsdaysCW

Only Two Republicans Voted Against #Trump Defunding #SesameStreet

Senate #Republicans just took a wrecking ball to #PublicBroadcasting.

Malcolm Ferguson
July 17, 2025

"Only two Republican senators broke the line to vote against their party’s plan to defund the #CorporationForPublicBroadcasting.

"#Alaska’s #LisaMurkowski and #Maine’s #SusanCollins joined Senate Democrats in opposition to Republican cuts to organizations like PBS and NPR, and the smaller stations that they fund. While PBS and NPR would still continue at the national level, the cuts would likely devastate those local stations that rely on them.

"The Senate approved $9 billion dollars of cuts early Thursday morning, with $1.1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting and $8.8 billion from foreign aid programs like #USAID, which #ElonMusk’s #DOGE slashed earlier this year.

" 'The vast majority of this funding, more than 70 percent, actually flows to local television and radio stations,' Collins said last month during an earlier stage of the deliberation. 'In #Maine, this funding supports everything from #EmergencyCommunications in rural areas to coverage of high school basketball championships and [a] locally produced high school quiz show. Nationally produced television programs such as #AntiquesRoadshow, #DanielTigersNeighborhood, are also enjoyed by many throughout our country.'

" 'I understand … the concern about subsidizing the national radio news programming that for years has had a discernibly partisan bent,' she added.
'There are, however, more targeted approaches to addressing that bias at NPR than rescinding all of the funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.' She backed up that thinking with her vote on Thursday morning, along with Murkowski."

newrepublic.com/post/198063/tw

#CPB #CommunityRadio #PublicTelevision #GOPHatesSesameStreet #TrumpHatesSesameStreet #GOPAreHaters #Fascism #Corporatocracy #FuckTheGOP #CommunityRadio
#CollegeRadio #NativeAmericanRadio #SesameStreet #MisterRogers #ReadingRainbow #MollyOfDenali

The New Republic · Only Two Republicans Voted Against Trump Defunding Sesame StreetSenate Republicans just took a wrecking ball to public broadcasting.
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DoomsdaysCW

'If I wasn't here, people could die': Trump public media cuts could hit rural America

Thomas Copeland, BBC World Service
July 15, 2025

"A gale-force storm hit north-eastern #Alaska last winter. Residents of #Kotzebue, a town of about 3,000, are used to polar conditions, so Desiree Hagan still had to get to work.

" 'The snow was so intense you could not see in front of you,' Ms Hagan remembers. 'I was walking backwards to work.'

"Ms Hagan is a reporter at a public radio station, #KOTZ, which airs across Kotzebue and its 12 surrounding villages.
She also happens to be the only US journalist stationed inside the Arctic Circle, so as the storm intensified, she had to get on the air.

" 'It's go time, I have to report on this,' recalls Ms Hagan. 'We have to make sure we know where people can go. Oh, the electric is out. Okay, now the airport is flooded.'

" 'Winter is not a joke here, it is life and death,' she tells the BBC. 'As a reporter I try not to make emotional statements like, if I wasn't here, people could die, but that is a reality.'

"On the other side of the country in #WashingtonDC, however, a historic vote could bring federal support for KOTZ to an end.

"The Senate must decide by the end of the week whether to claw back $1.1bn (£800m) from the #CorporationForPublicBroadcasting, the body that distributes federal funding to public radio and television stations.

"While the #PublicMedia cuts are part of a broad spending package, which includes requests to rescind $8.3bn from the United States Agency for International Development and other foreign aid programmes, they are especially dear to President Donald Trump, who frequently accuses media of bias.

"The president has now threatened to pull his support from any Republican senator who does not support the cuts.

" 'It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together,' Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday night.

"Executives at National Public Radio (#NPR) and the Public Broadcasting System (#PBS) reject accusations of bias and say they abide by all journalistic standards.

"Republican voters, however, are about three times less likely than Democrats to consume or trust news coverage from either outlet, according to the Pew Research Center.

"While the cuts will affect national broadcasters like NPR and PBS, more than 70% of federal funding goes to local media stations and about 45% of the stations that received funding in 2023 are in rural areas.

"For half of those rural stations, federal grants made up a quarter or more of their revenue. At KOTZ in Kotzebue, public funding constitutes 41% of its income.

" 'By no means is it assured of being passed in the Senate, where many of the Republican senators represent rural states that really do benefit from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,' Democratic congressman Dan Goldman, co-chair of the Public Broadcasting Caucus, told the BBC World Service's Weekend programme.

"Republican Senator #LisaMurkowski of Alaska has said she opposes the cuts to public media stations, warning that "what may seem like a frivolous expense to some has proven to be an invaluable resource that saves lives in Alaska".
'Almost to a number, they're saying that they will go under if public broadcasting funds are no longer available to them,' Murkowski told a Senate hearing last month. "

Read more:
bbc.com/news/articles/c20w51rk

Archived version:
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www.bbc.comHow Trump public broadcasting cuts could hit rural AmericaThe Senate will decide soon on whether to claw back $1.1bn (£800m) from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
#USSenate#BudgetCuts#CPB
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Alan Lewis

US SENATE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO PASS TRUMP'S ONE BIG POISON PILL BILL UNTIL LISA MURKOWSKI RUTHLESSLY SOLD HER VOTE IN EXCHANGE FOR TRINKETS FOR ALASKA AND, THUS, SCREWED THE MOST VULNERABLE AMERICANS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY

EVIDENTLY THE ATTACHMENT REPRESENTS MURKOWSKI'S PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR HER TREACHERY
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So much for the going, going, gone old party (GggOP)

Eightysix47

: #bigpoisonpillbill #bigviciousbill #democrats #donaldtrump #eightysix47 #lisamurkowski #medicaid #snap #uspol #uspolitics :

Alan Lewis

LISA MURKOWSKI
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After the US House final vote on Trump's Big Vicious Bill, Rand Paul made, let's just say, unfavorable remarks about Lisa Murkowski's Yes vote which broke the deadlock and brought about enactment of this horrid legislation. A reporter asked her to comment. In the longer clip of her answer, Murkowski, in addition to totally disgracing herself, singled herself out more than anyone else could as the person who made it all happen. She sold out individuals and families, who are struggling, for pieces of silver. It is amazing how many people don't seem to know this. Senate Republicans were one vote short of passing this godawful legislation - IT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN - until they bought Murkowski's vote, allowing JD Vance to break a tie. It all came down to Lisa Murkowski and she chose to royally screw the poor from sea to shining sea.

Eightysix47

: #bigpoisonpillbill #bigviciousbill #democrats #jdvance #lisamurkowski #medicaid #snap #uspol #uspolitics :

WYM Mod

Cliff Schecter exposes Lisa Murkowski as a deceptive force within the GOP. Despite her initial fears of leaving the party, her recent pushes for tax cuts for the wealthy come at a dire cost to vulnerable Americans. Schecter claims she’s betraying her constituents, endorsing cuts to vital programs while negotiating Alaska’s Medicaid funding. The article emphasizes the urgent need for public accountability. Read more here: crooksandliars.com/2025/07/awf #LisaMurkowski #CliffSchecter #MedicaidCuts #Healthcare #PoliticalAccountability

Crooks and Liars · This Awful Mistake Will Haunt Her For The Rest Of Her LifeBy Cliff Schecter
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