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When Republicans gut weather, climate, and ocean programs, they’re not just cutting funding—they’re cutting lifelines. NOAA is our early warning system. Without it, disaster strikes in silence. When the climate crisis knocks, we need science to answer—not silence from leaders.
State AGs are pretty clear:
Gutting public broadcasting hurts New Mexicans. Period.
“Why don't we want to be the most weather-ready nation we can?” @SenatorCantwell
Senate Republicans passed an extreme bill in the dead of night to slash funding for public broadcasting – cutting off a critical source of local news and emergency alerts for rural NV communities. They’re happy to add trillions to the national debt to give billionaires more tax…
Last night, Senate Republicans abdicated their responsibility to the American people and put their loyalty to President Trump first. In voting to cut over $9 billion in foreign assistance and public broadcasting, Republicans went back on their word and clawed back funds they had…
Senate Republicans voted to pass a dangerous and widely unpopular rescissions package that claws back $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, leaving an estimated 13 million Americans without life-saving emergency information.
Public radio isn’t a luxury — it’s a lifeline. When a historic EF4 tornado tore through Kentucky in 2021, knocking out power and cell towers, WKMS stayed on air — the only source of information for thousands. That’s what we’re fighting to protect.
Public radio saves lives. Period. Last year alone, PBS transmitted 11,000+ emergency alerts — floods, fires, tornadoes, evacuations. Cutting its funding means silencing the alarms. This isn’t politics — it’s public safety. #SavePublicBroadcasting #EmergencyAlerts
We’re fighting this reckless rescissions package in any way we can. We’re proposing amendments and when it comes to the floor for a final vote, I’ll be voting NO.
.@SenatorCantwell is heading to the floor to fight for emergency broadcasting funding!
The Republicans’ Rescission bill would directly impact emergency communications in rural areas.
National Congress of American Indians urges Senate R’s “to reject proposals to rescind, eliminate or reduce Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting” Notes that for many tribes, public radio is only way for emergency communications punchbowl.news/file_8808/
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds local radio emergency broadcasting in disaster prone areas.
What’s truly catastrophic is that these rural stations are often the sole source of information during disasters. Cutting CPB = Cuts to Emergency Broadcasting.
The Senate is planning to vote this week on a proposal to strip funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a move that could be catastrophic for radio and TV stations across the U.S., including PBS and NPR. Here’s what to know. nyti.ms/3Ipo7qN
“Public broadcasters are often the ONLY LIFELINE connecting families in rural communities to crucial emergency information” @SenatorCantwell
Agree Ken! It’s incredibly shortsighted to cut the major funding source for emergency broadcasting.
Filmmaker Ken Burns said it's "shortsighted" to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as public media has become a target of the White House in recent months. cbsn.ws/44NbRce
The cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will most likely leave 13 million people without reliable access to emergency broadcasting during disasters.
Rural Americans who live in extreme weather zones will lose access to public emergency broadcasting if the Republicans vote for Trump’s Rescission bill this Wednesday.
Republicans are cutting YOUR access to emergency broadcasting in order to give tax cuts to the wealthiest 1%. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
