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BumRushDaShow

(156,766 posts)
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:45 AM Saturday

Tommy Tuberville Praises Funding Cuts to NPR: 'Farmers Are Not Gonna Miss This'

Source: MEDIAite

Jul 18th, 2025, 8:55 pm


Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) praised federal funding cuts to public broadcasting entities like NPR and PBS, saying, “Farmers are not gonna miss this.”

In a Friday appearance on Laura Ingraham‘s The Ingraham Angle, Tuberville claimed that 90% of NPR content was left-leaning.

“There was very little right. Anything positive about the right was never on,” Tuberville said. “We were about 30 years too late. This should have been gone a long time ago. People can get their news and weather. Farmers are not gonna miss this. It’s been a disaster. It is a left-wing propaganda network. It is gone, and thank God.”

His statements come as House Republicans voted late Thursday night to strip more than $9 billion in funding from foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which finances more than 1,500 PBS, NPR, and local radio and television stations across the United States.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tommy-tuberville-praises-funding-cuts-to-npr-farmers-are-not-gonna-miss-this/



Of course, he's not running for reelection.
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Tommy Tuberville Praises Funding Cuts to NPR: 'Farmers Are Not Gonna Miss This' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Saturday OP
Small to medium sized farms are going bankrupt anyway due to GOP polices. Irish_Dem Saturday #1
He's running for Governor. sop Saturday #2
But not running for re-election in the Senate BumRushDaShow Saturday #9
He will win Stuckinthebush Saturday #16
I feel for you. When California is run by their right wing nutballs, it is a nightmare. travelingthrulife Saturday #20
He'll definitely win. sop Saturday #23
Tuberville does not want creon Saturday #3
Bankruptcy regarding farms are on the rise................ Lovie777 Saturday #4
One of the dumbest politicians in DC PJMcK Saturday #5
He wants to eliminate smart people. Kid Berwyn Saturday #13
The Sarah Palin of men Jvp Saturday #28
He and many other MAGATS want all others to be a stupid as them Maraya1969 Saturday #6
'90%', eh? OldBaldy1701E Saturday #7
One thing's for certain Zorro Saturday #12
I am surprised that he could spell it! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Saturday #15
That's it exactly! mwb970 Saturday #18
BooberVille Would Praise a Car Wreck MrWowWow Saturday #8
It's not going anywhere, Tommy. tanyev Saturday #10
Good riddance to this brain-dead piece of shit. Paladin Saturday #11
Fits in with the low opinion heckles65 Saturday #14
Typically idiotic. mwb970 Saturday #17
Because there is NOTHING positive about the right. louis-t Saturday #19
Tommy--- TELL US SOMETHING GOOD FROM RIGHT-WING POLITICS. BurnDoubt 23 hrs ago #41
Snowflake Red Mountain Saturday #21
Yes they will Figarosmom Saturday #22
Trump's victory over PBS and NPR 'bias' will be 'devastating' for rural areas, station leaders say. generalbetrayus Saturday #24
I think Teeter's description in Yellowstone popsdenver Saturday #25
No dumb shit they won't but the people who do science in this world Eliot Rosewater Saturday #26
Farm and ranch families account for less than 2% of the U.S. population VMA131Marine Saturday #27
Once again, Tooberville strives to be... WestMichRad Saturday #29
This coming from the guy who never shuts up about "illegals" and jacks off to ICE arrests every day. Karasu Saturday #30
Do we know what state Tommy lives in? stollen Saturday #31
Listen, you filthy cockroach. Maybe start pulling your embarrassing state out of the shit can. chouchou Saturday #32
Crimson Tide..................... turbinetree Saturday #33
Just so everyone at DU knows, myself and 920,000+ people in Alabama tried our damndest to get Doug Jones re-elected. Crowman2009 Saturday #34
Now do Fox, Tubby! Nm Grins Saturday #35
The farmers' wives will. truthisfreedom Saturday #36
And most of all, their kids. nt eppur_se_muova 20 hrs ago #42
the TRUTH is "left-leaning" to these fucking Trump humping nazis Skittles Saturday #37
Goodness forbid the truth be told in an easy to understand format tonekat Saturday #38
I doubt .. . AverageOldGuy Yesterday #39
Just goes to show Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #40
What an appallingly pig-ignorant asshole. He needs to learn something about the state he purportedly represents: eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #43

Irish_Dem

(72,427 posts)
1. Small to medium sized farms are going bankrupt anyway due to GOP polices.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:51 AM
Saturday

The big corporate farm industry doesn't need any help from NPR.

Stuckinthebush

(11,163 posts)
16. He will win
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:09 AM
Saturday

Alabama will overwhelmingly vote for him. Birmingham, Huntsville, and Montgomery don't have enough blue to turn the state around. Decades ago I was part of the Alabama Democratic Party. It is virtually dead now. I remember seeing an old friend who was high up in the Doug Jones campaign for reelection. He was meeting Doug that night and I had a chance to say hi. Later my friend said, "I think we can do this!" I looked at him and smiled and said, "Dude. You know better". He grimaced and replied, "There is always hope I guess".

Alabama. Beautiful state. Dumb politics.

travelingthrulife

(2,886 posts)
20. I feel for you. When California is run by their right wing nutballs, it is a nightmare.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:34 AM
Saturday

And it inevitably crashes our economy. Thank goodness for public involvement to produce legislative districts.

Lovie777

(19,363 posts)
4. Bankruptcy regarding farms are on the rise................
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:54 AM
Saturday

but republicans don't care, they truly do not.

Fuck off.

Kid Berwyn

(21,339 posts)
13. He wants to eliminate smart people.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 09:26 AM
Saturday

More than just gutting Department of Education and PBS/NPR, that includes us Democrats.

Maraya1969

(23,306 posts)
6. He and many other MAGATS want all others to be a stupid as them
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:01 AM
Saturday

Anything to do with education they want to kill. Tommy Tuberville is one of the dumbest politicians I have ever had the misfortune of listening to.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,391 posts)
7. '90%', eh?
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:02 AM
Saturday

Why is it that anything that has common sense and intelligence in it is considered 'left-wing' by these idiots?

I guess being intelligent is 'left-wing' these days. Being concerned about the damage being done to our planet is 'left-wing'.

In other words, bring a decent, sensible human is 'left-wing'.

The rethugs certainly think so.

tanyev

(47,144 posts)
10. It's not going anywhere, Tommy.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:33 AM
Saturday

Federal funds are a small portion of the NPR budget. It will be interesting to see how much corporations and individuals step up to replace those funds.

They might have to tighten their belts—or maybe they will be set free from government interference.

heckles65

(626 posts)
14. Fits in with the low opinion
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 09:34 AM
Saturday

I have of footballers, in comparison to other athletes....players and coaches both.

louis-t

(24,421 posts)
19. Because there is NOTHING positive about the right.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:29 AM
Saturday

NPR would have to make something up to find anything positive about the right. Like fox news does.

BurnDoubt

(822 posts)
41. Tommy--- TELL US SOMETHING GOOD FROM RIGHT-WING POLITICS.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 03:06 AM
23 hrs ago

Making Racism Cool Again?
Making Child Food Insecurity Horrible Again?
Making It Cool To Say "Cunt" In The Boardroom Again?
Making "Gestapo" A Job Again?
Making the Beatitudes Subversive Again?
Sir, you're a booger on the face of Humanity.
Enjoy your stay in Hell!

Red Mountain

(2,144 posts)
21. Snowflake
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:49 AM
Saturday

This farmer would miss it. I'm lucky, though. I live in an area where it is economically viable without the government money.

I hope npr takes the hint. They've gotten a little too both-siderish in my opinion. Lay out the facts and let the chips fall where they may.

The repukes don't like facts because the truth has a liberal bias.

Figarosmom

(6,981 posts)
22. Yes they will
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:49 AM
Saturday

My family were dairy farmers who loved the nature shows, garden shows and travel shows.

Republicans don't like Rick Steve's rise of The nazi shows, hits too close to home.

generalbetrayus

(1,086 posts)
24. Trump's victory over PBS and NPR 'bias' will be 'devastating' for rural areas, station leaders say.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:20 AM
Saturday

[PBS CEO Paula] Kerger said in a statement that “these cuts will significantly impact all of our stations, but will be especially devastating to smaller stations and those serving large rural areas.”

She pointed out that the stations “provide access to free unique local programming and emergency alerts.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/media/pbs-npr-trump-rescission-devastating-public-media

popsdenver

(23 posts)
25. I think Teeter's description in Yellowstone
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 02:31 PM
Saturday

describes him best:

"He's a cheating little squirrelly haired little twat mouth motherfucking face dick nose".


AND that precise description could be used on the predominate number of Republican Politicians........................

LOL LOL LOL LoL

Eliot Rosewater

(33,180 posts)
26. No dumb shit they won't but the people who do science in this world
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 02:33 PM
Saturday

And create the things that they grow, will.

Or the people who make it easier for distribution systems etc. whether it’s legitimate honest media reporting the truth about things or an infrastructure, it’s all gone because of you stupid fucking assholes!

I can’t wait to laugh at you when they take your Social Security and Medicare, it will be hard for me to laugh because they will take mine also.

VMA131Marine

(5,055 posts)
27. Farm and ranch families account for less than 2% of the U.S. population
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 02:58 PM
Saturday

Tuberville is the dumbest person ever to serve in the Senate.

WestMichRad

(2,404 posts)
29. Once again, Tooberville strives to be...
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 03:57 PM
Saturday

the dumbest person in government. And racks up another point.

Your turn next, Ron Johnson!

Karasu

(1,638 posts)
30. This coming from the guy who never shuts up about "illegals" and jacks off to ICE arrests every day.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:03 PM
Saturday

Last edited Sun Jul 20, 2025, 04:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Because mass deportation is totally a policy that benefits farmers, don't you know.

chouchou

(2,151 posts)
32. Listen, you filthy cockroach. Maybe start pulling your embarrassing state out of the shit can.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:40 PM
Saturday

Rankings Scorecard 2024 December
Crime & Corrections
#37
Economy
#36
Education
#46
Fiscal Stability
#35
Health Care
#44
Infrastructure
#34
Natural Environment
#33
This is WHAT-YOU-GET, when you vote for republicans.

Crowman2009

(3,178 posts)
34. Just so everyone at DU knows, myself and 920,000+ people in Alabama tried our damndest to get Doug Jones re-elected.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:01 PM
Saturday

Unfortunately thousands of dumb-as-fuck college football fans decided to vote for Tommy Tuboshit solely due to the fact that he coached football and that made him tough or some shit.

Frankly, had the GOPer candidate been Roy Moore, Jeff Sessions or some other racist good-ole-boy, Doug Jones would have won in 2020.

tonekat

(2,283 posts)
38. Goodness forbid the truth be told in an easy to understand format
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:58 PM
Saturday

You can't get more plain speaking than NPR.

eppur_se_muova

(39,442 posts)
43. What an appallingly pig-ignorant asshole. He needs to learn something about the state he purportedly represents:
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:06 AM
19 hrs ago
The state of Alabama has invested in aerospace, education, health care, banking, and various heavy industries, including automobile manufacturing, mineral extraction, steel production and fabrication. By 2006, crop and animal production in Alabama was valued at $1.5 billion. In contrast to the primarily agricultural economy of the previous century, this was only about one percent of the state's gross domestic product. The number of private farms has declined at a steady rate since the 1960s, as land has been sold to developers, timber companies, and large farming conglomerates.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Alabama


There are plenty of well-educated people in AL who want to see their kids grow up with access to educational TV, and supporters of APT know that it played an important historic role:
1955 was a year of important firsts in America. The opening of McDonalds would help revolutionize the restaurant industry. The opening of Disneyland would transform the definition of theme park. And in Alabama, the sign-on of Alabama Public Television’s transmitters in Birmingham and on Mt. Cheaha would make it the first educational television network in the nation, demonstrating enormous new possibilities for students across the country.

In the following years, Alabama would be a prototype for broadcasters and educators in the U.S. and around the world. APT’s founding director, Raymond Hurlbert, was elected chairman of the board of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters for 1962-63, and he was president of the National Association of Educational Television in 1968. His participation in legislative hearings on behalf of the Public Broadcasting Act was recognized as key testimony in passage of the legislation, and he was honored by President Lyndon Johnson for his efforts on behalf of what would become national public broadcasting.

https://aptv.org/apt-news/celebrating-americas-first-2/
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