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Democrats for Trump Must Be Very Proud: “Thanos” Orders End of Public Funding for PBS, NPR

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Democrats who supported Donald Trump must be very proud right now.

The totalitarian president who we could nickname “Thanos” has signed an executive order to destroy PBS and NPR.

Congrats! This news comes as the AP — which Trump has banned from the White House press room — scoops that Trump’s planning a military parade in his own own honor on his birthday, June 14th, that could cost $100 million. It’s the kind of parade Hilter or Stalin would organize to show the world military strength.

Meanwhile, kidnappings and illegal deportations rage on.

As for PBS and NPR, Trump calls them “biased media.” He wants to eliminate any objective reporting that would cast a negative light on the hundreds of treacherous actions he’s taking.

The Order begins: “National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).”

It’s a smokescreen to destroy freedom of the press while declaring this in the interest of preserving it. This week, only press that kowtows to him as been allowed in the White House to ask his singularly devoted press secretary about his plans.

Here’s a link to the Executive Order. We anxiously await resistance to this absurd move from anyone.

Here’s a full report from ABC News.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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