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Listen buddy if I am going to spend 12 hours watching The American Revolution you goddam well better not tell me who wins it
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Listen buddy if I am going to spend 12 hours watching The American Revolution you goddam well better not tell me who wins it
Jays 4 outs from ALCS, and it’s all Yankees all the time on this broadcast.
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Jays 4 outs from ALCS, and it’s all Yankees all the time on this broadcast.
This team that just had two batters hit by pitches “never quits”
October 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This team that just had two batters hit by pitches “never quits”
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Paul sat down with Maurice “Moss” Bresnahan and John Steinbacher to discuss the impact of the potential funding cuts. Bresnahan said this is “the most dangerous moment” in his more than 25 years in public media.
Illinois Public Media responds to the threat of federal funding cuts - Culture
President Trump recently signed an executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. While the ramifications of the order are still unknown and there will be court challenges about if it is even...
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May 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Paul sat down with Maurice “Moss” Bresnahan and John Steinbacher to discuss the impact of the potential funding cuts. Bresnahan said this is “the most dangerous moment” in his more than 25 years in public media.
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Congratulations to Pope Leo XIV!
May 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Congratulations to Pope Leo XIV!
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If you also appreciate all the great programs on WILL, join Carrie with a gift today at willgive.org!
May 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you also appreciate all the great programs on WILL, join Carrie with a gift today at willgive.org!
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“We know that the existence of local news, and public radio in particular, contributes to lower rates of polarization, higher rates of civic engagement, and higher rates of civic trust.” NPR CEO Katherine Maher joins Jordan Klepper to stress the important functions of public media.
Katherine Maher - Why America Needs Public Media | The Daily Show
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April 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“We know that the existence of local news, and public radio in particular, contributes to lower rates of polarization, higher rates of civic engagement, and higher rates of civic trust.” NPR CEO Katherine Maher joins Jordan Klepper to stress the important functions of public media.
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The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally created body through which NPR and PBS get federal funding.
Watch @amnanawaz.bsky.social's interview with PBS CEO Paula Kerger.
Watch @amnanawaz.bsky.social's interview with PBS CEO Paula Kerger.
PBS CEO weighs in on the potential impact of cutting public media funding
The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally-created body through which NPR and PBS...
www.pbs.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Trump administration is expected to ask Congress to rescind more than $1 billion of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the congressionally created body through which NPR and PBS get federal funding.
Watch @amnanawaz.bsky.social's interview with PBS CEO Paula Kerger.
Watch @amnanawaz.bsky.social's interview with PBS CEO Paula Kerger.
Indeed, the law specifically states that the CPB "will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government" and sets up a series of measures intended to "afford the maximum protection from extraneous interference and control."
President Trump seeks to fire three of the five board members for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The CPB - led by a former head of the GOP - sues the White House, saying Trump doesn't have the authority to do so.
My latest story for NPR
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The CPB - led by a former head of the GOP - sues the White House, saying Trump doesn't have the authority to do so.
My latest story for NPR
www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues Trump in fight for control
Hours after President Trump tried to remove three board members, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting responds with a lawsuit arguing he does not have that authority.
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April 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Indeed, the law specifically states that the CPB "will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government" and sets up a series of measures intended to "afford the maximum protection from extraneous interference and control."
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Note: This is not like any other "removal" case, not even from a multi-member board. CPB is a private corporation.
The lawsuit reflects that: It is not just the purportedly fired people suing; this is the entity & the whole board. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the lead plaintiff here.
The lawsuit reflects that: It is not just the purportedly fired people suing; this is the entity & the whole board. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the lead plaintiff here.
![COMPLAINT
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("CPB"), a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation created by Congress in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 (the "Act"), 47 U.S.C. § 396, the entirety of the Board of Directors for CPB, and individual Board members Laura G. Ross, Thomas E. Rothman, and Diane Kaplan file this Complaint seeking a judicial declaration that an email dated April 28, 2025, purportedly from Trent Morse, Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel, to three of the Board members of CPB asserting that President Trump had purportedly terminated their positions on the Board is of no legal effect given that the President has no power
to remove or terminate CPB's Board members. As set forth in the Act, government guidance, and well-established legal precedent, the CPB was created by Congress to expressly be "a private corporation [to] be created to facilitate the development of public telecommunications and to
afford maximum protection from extraneous interference and control." Id. at § 396 (a)(10). To
ensure that CPB was insulated from partisan governmental interference and control and ensure its
autonomy, Congress expressly provided various protections, including that:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifowjers6ihvjruftv2mrxphqkndewhn2hngdj3ot5ut57y5p7kba@jpeg)
![CPB is not a federal agency subject to the President's authority, but rather a private corporation. See Id. at § 396(b) ("[CPB] will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this section, and, to the extent consistent with this section, to the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act.");
• CPB's Board members are not officers of the United States, and thus are not within the removal provisions of Article Il of the Constitution. See Id. at § 396(d)(2) ("The members of the [CPB] Board shall not, by reason of such membership, be deemed to be officers or employees of the United States.");
• CPB Board members cannot be affected, controlled, or disturbed by the actions of the government. See Id. at § 398(c) (forbidding "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] ...");
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• CPB Board members forfeit their membership in only one scenario, not present here.
See Id. at § 396(e)(7) ("Members of the Board shall attend not less than 50 percent of all duly convened meetings of the Board in any calendar year. A member who fails to meet the requirement ... shall forfeit membership.");
• The Act omits the typical statutory provision when creating a federal agency that the Board members serve at the pleasure of the President.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigkkoraiusjeiqiwl525qryeeypzcej2dmsjzjdx6tobpztm3dbym@jpeg)
April 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Note: This is not like any other "removal" case, not even from a multi-member board. CPB is a private corporation.
The lawsuit reflects that: It is not just the purportedly fired people suing; this is the entity & the whole board. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the lead plaintiff here.
The lawsuit reflects that: It is not just the purportedly fired people suing; this is the entity & the whole board. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the lead plaintiff here.
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"Public media is one of the few civic institutions that still commands broad trust in an age of division and disinformation," shares Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, president and CEO of the Knight Foundation.
Public media is a pillar of our communities — don’t defund it
Public media is one of the few civic institutions that still commands broad trust in an age of division and disinformation.
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April 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Public media is one of the few civic institutions that still commands broad trust in an age of division and disinformation," shares Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, president and CEO of the Knight Foundation.
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Friend of WILL Masumi Iriye shares that Illinois Public Media is important to her because of our nuanced and deeply reported news. Join her in keeping our central Illinois community connected with a gift at willgive.org.
April 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Friend of WILL Masumi Iriye shares that Illinois Public Media is important to her because of our nuanced and deeply reported news. Join her in keeping our central Illinois community connected with a gift at willgive.org.
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This Cubs team is something.
April 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This Cubs team is something.
Casually paying attention to this Cubs game while at work has been a ride.
April 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Casually paying attention to this Cubs game while at work has been a ride.
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OUR GOLD GLOVE LEFT FIELDER.
April 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
OUR GOLD GLOVE LEFT FIELDER.
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Here's the last 40 seconds of Bulls/Lakers. Insane ending.
March 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Here's the last 40 seconds of Bulls/Lakers. Insane ending.
Me, every time I order at a restaurant, according to my wife.
March 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Me, every time I order at a restaurant, according to my wife.
Boswell actually seems to care about being Illini. No offense to freshmen, but just don’t think they care that much about playing here.
March 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Boswell actually seems to care about being Illini. No offense to freshmen, but just don’t think they care that much about playing here.
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Illini Men's Basketball | Morez Johnson Jr. is back
Reloading for postseason.
Morez Johnson Jr. is back!
Reloading for postseason.
Morez Johnson Jr. is back!
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Illini Men's Basketball | Morez Johnson Jr. is back
Reloading for postseason.
Morez Johnson Jr. is back!
Reloading for postseason.
Morez Johnson Jr. is back!
