Vince Colonese

The lawsuit that was filed in federal court in Washington by NPR and other public radio organizations, including Colorado Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio, said that Mr. Trump's order violates the Constitution and the First Amendment's protection for freedom of speech. The lawsuit says the following, quote, the president has no authority under the Constitution to take such actions.

The lawsuit that was filed in federal court in Washington by NPR and other public radio organizations, including Colorado Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio, said that Mr. Trump's order violates the Constitution and the First Amendment's protection for freedom of speech. The lawsuit says the following, quote, the president has no authority under the Constitution to take such actions.

The lawsuit that was filed in federal court in Washington by NPR and other public radio organizations, including Colorado Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio, said that Mr. Trump's order violates the Constitution and the First Amendment's protection for freedom of speech. The lawsuit says the following, quote, the president has no authority under the Constitution to take such actions.

On the contrary, the power of the purse is reserved to Congress. The White House had no immediate comment. OK, wait a second. Let me get this straight. You help me understand exactly what you're saying here. You're saying the president can't strip this funding. If he does, it's a violation of the First Amendment. But if Congress strips the funding, it's not a violation of the First Amendment.

On the contrary, the power of the purse is reserved to Congress. The White House had no immediate comment. OK, wait a second. Let me get this straight. You help me understand exactly what you're saying here. You're saying the president can't strip this funding. If he does, it's a violation of the First Amendment. But if Congress strips the funding, it's not a violation of the First Amendment.

On the contrary, the power of the purse is reserved to Congress. The White House had no immediate comment. OK, wait a second. Let me get this straight. You help me understand exactly what you're saying here. You're saying the president can't strip this funding. If he does, it's a violation of the First Amendment. But if Congress strips the funding, it's not a violation of the First Amendment.

Make it make sense. And the answer is you can't actually do that. It's impossible to make that make sense because this is incoherent gobbledygook. NPR is straight up saying, give us money or else you're violating the Constitution. My rights, my rights are being infringed. You're ridiculous. No, no more money for you. No more money for your propaganda operation.

Make it make sense. And the answer is you can't actually do that. It's impossible to make that make sense because this is incoherent gobbledygook. NPR is straight up saying, give us money or else you're violating the Constitution. My rights, my rights are being infringed. You're ridiculous. No, no more money for you. No more money for your propaganda operation.

Make it make sense. And the answer is you can't actually do that. It's impossible to make that make sense because this is incoherent gobbledygook. NPR is straight up saying, give us money or else you're violating the Constitution. My rights, my rights are being infringed. You're ridiculous. No, no more money for you. No more money for your propaganda operation.

One other big detail here that I want to emphasize from the New York Times piece. NPR always does this game. They say, oh, it's a huge violation of the First Amendment. Our ability to speak is going to disappear if we can't keep taking taxpayer money. But then the New York Times wheels out this, again, incoherent excuse for NPR's theft.

One other big detail here that I want to emphasize from the New York Times piece. NPR always does this game. They say, oh, it's a huge violation of the First Amendment. Our ability to speak is going to disappear if we can't keep taking taxpayer money. But then the New York Times wheels out this, again, incoherent excuse for NPR's theft.

One other big detail here that I want to emphasize from the New York Times piece. NPR always does this game. They say, oh, it's a huge violation of the First Amendment. Our ability to speak is going to disappear if we can't keep taking taxpayer money. But then the New York Times wheels out this, again, incoherent excuse for NPR's theft.

They say, quote, only a fraction of NPR's budget, about 2%, comes directly from federal grants. Pay attention to the language here. The New York Times never bothers to offer any other clarifying language. Only a fraction of NPR's budget, about 2%, comes directly from federal grants. Pay attention to directly. That matters a lot here. Most of the funding...

They say, quote, only a fraction of NPR's budget, about 2%, comes directly from federal grants. Pay attention to the language here. The New York Times never bothers to offer any other clarifying language. Only a fraction of NPR's budget, about 2%, comes directly from federal grants. Pay attention to directly. That matters a lot here. Most of the funding...

They say, quote, only a fraction of NPR's budget, about 2%, comes directly from federal grants. Pay attention to the language here. The New York Times never bothers to offer any other clarifying language. Only a fraction of NPR's budget, about 2%, comes directly from federal grants. Pay attention to directly. That matters a lot here. Most of the funding...

goes to local public radio and TV stations across the United States, helping fund their operations and create programming, about 15% of PBS's budget comes from federal grants. Okay, here's what they're not telling you in this deceptive little paragraph from the New York Times.

goes to local public radio and TV stations across the United States, helping fund their operations and create programming, about 15% of PBS's budget comes from federal grants. Okay, here's what they're not telling you in this deceptive little paragraph from the New York Times.

goes to local public radio and TV stations across the United States, helping fund their operations and create programming, about 15% of PBS's budget comes from federal grants. Okay, here's what they're not telling you in this deceptive little paragraph from the New York Times.

What they're not telling you is all of the government funding that goes to local NPR affiliates all across the country, you know what they do with that money? that government money, that is taxpayer funding, you know what they do with it? They send it up to NPR's national operation in order to become subscribers.

What they're not telling you is all of the government funding that goes to local NPR affiliates all across the country, you know what they do with that money? that government money, that is taxpayer funding, you know what they do with it? They send it up to NPR's national operation in order to become subscribers.