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GOP Speaker announces plans to axe all funding for Planned Parenthood and PBS in 2025

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he wants funding for Planned Parenthood and PBS to be on the chopping block next year as Republicans ramp up their plan to scale back the federal government during President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration. “I would like to, that’s for sure,” Johnson responded when asked during an interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum whether he was planning to “axe” them.

The party is putting an emphasis on cutting the size and influence of the federal government, including through Trump’s new effort, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, led by businessmen Elon Musk and Viviek Ramaswamy. Planned Parenthood in particular has long been a target of Republicans for the fact that abortions are one of the many different services it provides. He said that the Trump White House will have “broad authority” to act on government downsizing efforts themselves, predicting some of it will be done unilaterally through executive orders.

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by Anonymousreply 5December 8, 2024 1:16 AM

Johnson said he invited Ramaswamy and Musk to Capitol Hill on Thursday. He wants all Senate and House Republicans to come together and hold a "brainstorming session" to formulate plans for the new Congress.

"We've got a long list of areas where we know there are waste, fraud and abuses, and [the] Oversight Committee's been doing a lot of aggressive work on that. We'll end the Oversight Committee in the House. We've just created a new subcommittee that will be laser-focused on that, finding the places for the easy cuts. And then it's about scaling back the regulatory state," he said.

"We have the ingredients. We have the conditions right now to actually be able to make really dramatic generational change."

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by Anonymousreply 1December 8, 2024 12:49 AM

Miss Johnson likes to talk tough but she's a basic bottom bitch.

by Anonymousreply 2December 8, 2024 12:57 AM

Planned Parenthood I can understand why the Republican religious zealots want it gone but why PBS? Because they report facts?

PBS is the only news I watch these days because it's excellent.

by Anonymousreply 3December 8, 2024 1:00 AM

maybe Melinda Gates can help out?

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by Anonymousreply 4December 8, 2024 1:03 AM

They already donate to PBS R4.

by Anonymousreply 5December 8, 2024 1:16 AM
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