CPB is the non-profit corporation which funds NPR and PBS.
“CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority,” Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the CPB, said in a statement Friday. “Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government.”
She continued, “In creating CPB, Congress 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.’”
None of the people involved in drafting this order knew any of this lmao? I don’t but I’m just some idiot that works wholly outside of government
Or did someone know and they just went along with it
In general the Trump admin doesn’t know how any of it works, there’s no actual people with experience with government just yes men and opportunists
It’s just hilarious how openly stupid or craven they all are
I disagree with that assessment. Is it craven? Absolutely. But the entire empire is craven, it only acts when it thinks it is in complete control.
However, this kind of stuff is only stupid if they are going to face any consequences for it personally. They will not, and they will be rewarded for pulling out the copper wiring of government control.
They’re just trying whatever they can and seeing if they can get away with it.
Does it matter? If there’s anything the US government is number one in, it’s not honoring the deals that it makes.