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After the Senate voted 51-to-48 and the House of Representatives voted 216-to-213, Trump's $9 billion rescission package (which includes stripping $1.1 billion in funding from PBS, NPR, and others under the umbrella of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting over the next two years) is heading to his gaudy desk for someone or something to sign[...]

"One Nation Under FOX 'News'" by voting to pull $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (PBS, NPR, and public broadcasting networks across the country), a move that would impact the next two fiscal cycles Reportedly, the bill was close to going down in flames until House Speaker Mike Johnson stepped in[...]

"Project"? "2025"? Where have we heard that before? Anyway… heading into Friday, Trump signed an executive order that directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to kill federal funding to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) We're talking about now and in the future, and the EO even directs the CPB[...]

It will also be notable to see how people react to Saachi's Stories, eir upcoming graphic novel aimed at middle-grade readers. Gender Queer on NPR Maia Kobabe was interviewed by NPR about the book, and its impact on America this past year E wrote an essay for NPR that began "In mid-2018 I showed a partial draft[...]

The actor spoke with NPR about how his fame and recognition prevent him from doing more with the character and his deep undercover nature, rationalizing the ethics when dealing with the subject matter, and what made him decide to quit while he was ahead. Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to[...]

NPR has run a series of memories and thoughts from comic book creators and cartoonists over what comics — and cartoons — mean to them And Carla Speed McNeil has chosen to illustrate her own comic book coming of age steeped in the writings of one fellow familiar to most Bleeding Cool readers, a certain[...]

NPR this weekend ran an article focusing on women comic book creators, that touched on the role of Kickstarter in finding audiences for certain books that might not have found them in through traditional means And quotes Amy Reeder, co-creator and artist on Image series Rocket Girl, saying, Creators who work for the top publishers occasionally[...]

With Gone Girl opening this weekend, Ben Affleck has been out there promoting the film and of course questions about his next project, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice come up even on NPR. Affleck was asked if he had an trepidation putting on Batman's cowl after having regrets over 2003's Daredevil movie. Indeed I have regrets[...]