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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who runs the administration's Department of Government Efficiency which is cutting fraud, waste and corruption in federal spending programs, already have taken on a long list of federal departments.
The U.S. Agency for International Development, for example, was revealed to have delivered millions and millions of taxpayer dollars for highly questionable projects, and largely has been closed down with a few remaining functions taken over by the State Department.
Taxpayers are being saved, actually, billions of dollars through DOGE.
And some members of Congress have come alongside the president's work, including U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who during a congressional hearing brought the receipts for why she believes biased and partisan government operations like National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting System should be defunded.
She pointed out the obvious bias they exhibit, specifically for having claimed Musk gave a Nazi salute, following an arm motion that repeatedly had been exhibited by Democrats:
The news that these entities produced is either resented or increasingly tuned out and turned off by most of the hardworking Americans who are forced to pay for it. They no longer view NPR and PBS is trusted news sources. As a matter of fact, with these people, they're a threat. In fact, when Elon Musk put his hand over his heart and extended it and told the American people, his heart goes out to them, PBS News posted the clip, called it a fascist Nazi salute and described how it was similar to the same he used by Nazis and their victory rallies. Not once did PBS or NPR report on the numerous accounts of Democrats making the same gesture — AOC, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren, somebody that lost a presidential race, Hillary Clinton, Governor Tim Waltz. Why wasn't this treated exactly the same way? Is there not a standard in journalism today? Apparently not.
She also highlighted the so-called "children's content" that is present, and viewed as offensive.
For example, she said, PBS' use of a drag queen for children's programming was a problem: "If I walked in my living room and seen this child predator, this monster targeting my children, I would become unglued."
A report at RedState explained that chiefs of the publicly funded organizations were feeling "the heat" and she came "loaded for bear."
"As if this week wasn't bad enough for the Democrat Party and their mainstream media allies, the DOGE subcommittee is currently holding a hearing on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), where the CEOs of both purported "news" and information outlets are in attendance as witnesses," the report said.
Those officials are PBS' Paula Kerger and NPR's Katherine Maher.
Greene called the people at those agencies a "threat" that "hard-working Americans" are forced to fund.
The report explained, "while the hearing undoubtedly was designed to show the American people more evidence against PBS and NPR as various Republican-sponsored bills on the matter make their way through the House and Senate, satisfaction will only be gained if their defunding finally becomes a reality after many years of talking about it."
Later in the hearing, U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, asked Maher several pointed questions about opinions that have been given a venue via NPR, including support for "the whole community of genderqueer dinosaur enthusiasts."
President Trump already has supported cutting of tax money flowing to both groups.
