Democrats are doing their best not to let the coronavirus pandemic go to waste.

When a crisis hits and a massive legislative package is needed in order to address the issue, it’s never surprising when Democrats try to slip in funding for their allies — which now apparently includes the Obamas.

Buried on page 746 of the “stimulus” bill is a provision granting $75 million to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting “to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for fiscal stabilization grants to public telecommunications entities.”

This isn’t about ensuring the public is informed because nearly every news network is offering coronavirus information — free of charge — every single day.

This is about funding PBS and NPR stations, which are left-leaning and obviously the Democrats think this will help them with messaging.

The bill directs the CPB to take out “no administrative costs” to pass the money along, “to maintain programming and services and preserve small and rural stations threatened by declines in non-Federal revenues.”

The pubcasting website Current reported on these “fiscal stabilization grants”:

Patrick Butler, CEO of America’s Public Television Stations, said that corporate, foundation and individual giving to public television stations has “rapidly decreased in the wake of the economic downturn accompanying the contagion.”

….Earlier this week, the advocacy group Protect My Public Media emailed its activists about a proposal to provide $300 million in emergency funding for stations.

“While even $75 million only begins to address these unprecedented needs while private revenues are plummeting, we are grateful for the broad support for this emergency funding for public media among both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate,” Butler said. “We will do our best with the resources we have to serve our country and our fellow citizens in this time of shared crisis.”

Here’s the cherry on top: former First Lady Michelle Obama will be hosting a weekly children’s show for the next four weeks, reading books to kids who are being kept at home while schools are closed due to pandemic stay at home orders.

Below is an excerpt from the PBS press release:

“MONDAYS WITH MICHELLE OBAMA,” STORY-TIMES WITH PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AND PBS KIDS STREAMING ON YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK, START MONDAY, APRIL 20, 12 NOON (ET)

(Friday, April 17—NEW YORK, NY)—Penguin Young Readers, Random House Children’s Books, and PBS KIDS today announced a special collaboration with former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, in support of the recently announced “Read Together, Be Together” Penguin Random House literacy initiative and PBS KIDS’ “Read-Along” effort on Facebook and YouTube. On Monday, April 20, at 12 noon (ET), “Mondays with Michelle Obama” will kick off a four-week series of videos that will feature Mrs. Obama reading aloud from beloved children’s books (one book every Monday through May 11). “Mondays with Michelle Obama” (#PBSKIDSRead, #ReadTogetherBeTogether) will be live-streamed simultaneously on PBS KIDS’ Facebook page and YouTube channel, and on Penguin Random House’s Facebook page, and will remain available for viewing on-demand on all of those platforms immediately thereafter. The four books Mrs. Obama will read are:

Michelle Obama says, “As a little kid, I loved to read aloud. And when I became a parent, I found such joy in sharing the magic of storytelling with my own children—and then later, as First Lady, with kids everywhere. At this time when so many families are under so much stress, I’m excited to give kids a chance to practice their reading and hear some wonderful stories (and to give parents and caretakers a much-needed break).”

Her series just started and PBS is already releasing video clips:

Former first lady Michelle Obama is teaming up with PBS Kids and Random House to read stories to children virtually! https://t.co/OvtyKoLlWR pic.twitter.com/rHk46Jvs2T — Good Morning America (@GMA) April 18, 2020

Join us for “Mondays with @MichelleObama!” In this weekly read-along series, she’ll read 4 of her favorite children’s books (one book every Monday). It begins Mon. @ 12pm ET with “The Gruffalo” on @PBSKIDS & @PenguinRandomHouse Facebook pages! #ReadTogetherBeTogether #pbskidsread pic.twitter.com/JrJ3n13pBu — PBS KIDS (@PBSKIDS) April 17, 2020

Remember: taxpayer funds — which is your money — are being used to fund this.