The liberal rag known as NPR is on the verge of losing federal funding after the Senate passed a rescission bill targeting wasteful spending.
In light of this development, it is important to remember just how bad this so-called news outlet has been while receiving taxpayer dollars.
Users on X have gathered many examples:
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I’m not sure people realize just how egregious some of NPR’s “journalism” has been. Amid the debate about defunding the network, I wanted to walk down memory lane to revisit some of its worst coverage.
The Republican-controlled Senate narrowly approved a sweeping Trump-endorsed rescission bill that slashes nearly $9 billion in previously approved federal spending—including full defunding of PBS and NPR and deep cuts to U.S. foreign aid—by a razor-thin 51–48 vote during a late-night vote.
The measure advanced through a late-night vote-a-rama.
Only two GOP senators—Susan Collins (R‑ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R‑AK)—sided with Democrats to try to block Trump’s efforts to restore fiscal sanity.
Because the Senate made minor changes to the bill, it now heads back to the House for final approval, where Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to fast-track the vote.
President Trump is poised to sign the bill into law by Friday, delivering yet another blow to the radical globalist agenda that has drained American taxpayer dollars for far too long.
After years of promoting transgenderism for children, lying about Covid, and misrepresenting conservatives, I hope NPR doesn’t miss that funding too much, because I won’t miss sending it to them.
TV’s ongoing problems with late night have come for Stephen Colbert, with CBS announcing Thursday that it plans to end his “Late Show” after the next TV season, citing a “financial decision.”
The decision — which ends years of original late-night programming at CBS that started when the network lured David Letterman from NBC in 1993 — comes as the economics of wee-hours TV have begun to accelerate, with media companies growing wary of the high price tags involved in producing the shows while the young viewers they try to attract watch more of them via digital video.
“We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire ‘The Late Show’ franchise” in May of 2026,” CBS executives said in a statement. “We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television. This is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
Earlier this year, self-important loser Stephen Colbert said Trump would pull him off the air.
“Yeah, it’s been a good run. It’s been a good run, Joe. Thank you. Thank you for all your efforts. The next time you all see me, Donald Trump will be president. And you may not see me,” the anti-Trump comedian told viewers.
“Tonight, it’s just a little, little, a little bit of sweet and sour, a little semi-sweet chocolate chip. It’s the end of an era, because this is our last show of the Biden Administration.”
WATCH:
Colbert: “The next time you all see me, Donald Trump will be president. And you may not see me.” pic.twitter.com/A5v92TEXZQ
On Thursday, Chairman of the Board of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bill Pulte, said Fed Chair Jerome Powell may be criminally referred to the Justice Department for alleged perjury about the $2.5 billion building renovation plan.
“I am told by very reliable Congressional sources that there may be a criminal referral coming from one or more Congress members to the DOJ for Jay Powell’s alleged perjury about the $2.5BN building,” Pulte said on X.
I am told by very reliable Congressional sources that there may be a criminal referral coming from one or more Congress members to the DOJ for Jay Powell’s alleged perjury about the $2.5BN building.
Powell is under fire for the cost of renovating the Fed’s DC headquarters. The cost ballooned from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion.
“Powell has asked the central bank’s inspector general to conduct an additional review of the ongoing renovation, CNN previously reported. Last month, some Senate lawmakers grilled Powell over what they depicted as lavish upgrades to its DC headquarters at Powell’s semiannual monetary policy hearing,’ CNN reported.
“The Fed’s renovation project was approved by its board in 2017 and originally cost $1.9 billion in 2019. Construction began in 2021, but the cost swelled to $2.5 billion because of “unforeseen conditions” requiring more spending to rectify, such as “more asbestos than anticipated, toxic contamination in soil, and a higher-than-expected water table,” according to the Fed’s website,” CNN reported.
President Trump earlier this week said Jerome Powell’s renovation scandal may be enough to fire him as the Fed Chair.
“I can’t imagine why the Fed would need a palace,” Trump said.
WATCH:
President Trump slams Jerome Powell for spending $2.5 billion on a luxurious renovation of the Fed while keeping our interest rates ridiculously high and costing us billions.
“If Jerome Powell stepped down, it would be a great thing.”
Pope Francis’ friend, Father Gabriel Romanelli, was among the wounded. following the Israeli strike.
Israel said it “deeply regrets” on Gaza’s only remaining Catholic Church.
Three people were reportedly killed in the strike by a stray ammunition that hit the Holy Family Church.
Israel announced their regrets after President Trump called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel says deadly Gaza church strike was mistake, after Trump called Netanyahu https://t.co/H31k4eBdDe [odds that it was done on purpose? people who have lived there tell me that Israel treats Christians poorly]
An Israeli strike on Gaza’s sole Catholic Church killed three people and injured several others, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the small parish, said on Thursday.#Gaza#Jerusalem#Palestine#Israelpic.twitter.com/i2WDKd63by
Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire after the deadly strike on Gaza’s only remaining Catholic Church.
Pope Leo XIV: I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in #Gaza. I assure the parish community of my spiritual closeness. I commend the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, and pray for their families and the injured. I renew my call for an immediate ceasefire. Only dialogue and reconciliation can ensure enduring peace!
The Pope tweeted this out.
I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in #Gaza. I assure the parish community of my spiritual closeness. I commend the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, and pray for…
A federal judge on Thursday rehired the Democrat FTC Commissioner who was fired by President Trump earlier this year.
US District Judge Loren AliKhan, a Biden appointee, said President Trump’s firing of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democrat FTC Commissioner was illegal.
A federal judge has restored commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her role at the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire the Democratic appointee in March was illegal.
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan issued the order on Thursday, saying that the Trump administration’s firings violated the FTC Act and protections under a 1935 Supreme Court precedent that prevented a president from unilaterally firing officials at independent agencies.
“Because those protections remain constitutional, as they have for almost a century, Ms. Slaughter’s purported removal was unlawful and without legal effect,” AliKhan wrote in her opinion.
In March President Trump fired both Democrat commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
And they both sued to get their jobs back.
“President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies,” NBC News reported in March.
“A White House official confirmed the firings of Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter after they were first reported by Reuters, but had no additional comment,” the outlet reported.
“President Donald J. Trump is the head of the executive branch and is vested with all of the executive power in our government. I have no doubts about his constitutional authority to remove Commissioners, which is necessary to ensure democratic accountability for our government. The Federal Trade Commission will continue its tireless work to protect consumers, lower prices, and police anticompetitive behavior,” Andrew Ferguson, Chairman of the FTC said in a statement.
“I wish Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya well, and I thank them for their service,” he added.
Starmer found new voters for his failing Labour party: teenagers.
Highly unpopular British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his train-wreck Labour government are moving to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections.
This move will probably ensure an avalanche of youth votes to the leftists, thanks to the school system bias.
“’They’re old enough to go out to work, they’re old enough to pay taxes’, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told ITV News. ‘If you pay in, you should have the opportunity to say what you want your money spent on, which way the government should go’.”
This will still require parliamentary approval, but it is expected to pass due to Labour’s large majority.
Starmer’s sinking popularity puts him in second place in the polls behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
“A poll of 500 16 and 17-year-olds conducted by Merlin Strategy for ITV News showed 33% said they would vote Labour, 20% would vote Reform, 18% would vote Green, 12% Liberal Democrats and 10% Conservative.”
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage opposed lowering the voting age, because of a ‘left-wing bias in the educational establishment’. But he vowed to conquer these voters.
“’We’re going to get 16 and 17-year-olds to vote for us. You know why? Because, like me, they want to make Britain great again’, he said in a video posted on X.”
Giving 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote is an attempt to rig the political system.
“[Starmer] faced a furious backlash from Tory and Reform UK figures who claimed Sir Keir had only pressed ahead with the move in an attempt to boost Labour’s chances of re-election.
Labour continues to trail Reform in national opinion polls after suffering a post-election slump in popularity but a recent Merlin Strategy survey suggested Sir Keir’s party was ahead of its rivals amongst 16 and 17-year-olds.”
Sir James Cleverly, the former home secretary:
The cynicism is breathtaking.
Labour dropped it from the King’s speech after getting a big majority without it.
Video of the married CEO of the tech company Astronomer Andy Byron and the company’s “Chief People Officer” Kristin Cabot caught in a warm embrace on the ‘kiss cam’ at a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium near Boston Wednesday night has gone viral.
Viral video screen image.
Coldplay singer Chris Martin was commenting as the camera panned the concert crowd when the couple was seen snuggling but then got stunned looks on their faces when they saw themselves on the stadium video. Each of the couple reacted as if they were caught, with Cabot turning around with her face buried in her hands and Byron quickly ducking out of view. Cabot then was seen walking away.
Martin observed as the impromptu melodrama played out on screen, “Oh, look at these two. Alright, come on, you’re okay. Oh, what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”
This version posted to X has garnered well over 50 million views since being posted Thursday morning:
Coldplay puts CEO of Astronomer and Head of HR on jumbotron looking cozy during their concert. pic.twitter.com/yuy2R5FAEc
Page Six reported Byron’s wife initially took off her married name from her Facebook page Thursday morning, and then later deleted her account after it was targeted with comments on the video of her husband (excerpt):
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron’s wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, quickly deleted her social media page after a video of her husband allegedly cheating at a Coldplay concert went viral.
Page Six observed that Megan’s Facebook page, which contained family photos, was no longer accessible as of Thursday morning.
Shortly before taking down her profile, she deleted her surname from her account.
Megan was quick to take action after several people bombarded her account with comments on Andy being spotted with his company’s chief human resources officer, Kristin Cabot, at Wednesday night’s concert in Boston.
The New York Post reported Byron recently ‘gushed’ about hiring Cabot:
President Trump delivers remarks at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville
House Republicans passed three crypto bills, including the Senate-approved Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, which creates regulations on “stablecoins” on Thursday.
Per Forbes:
The House passed the stablecoin bill, known as the Guiding And Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, in a 308-222 vote, sending it to Trump’s desk for a signature.
The House approved the rules for debate for the three bills late Wednesday, clearing a procedural hurdle to tee them up for final votes Thursday, after the initial rules vote failed amid a conservative revolt.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters “I do,” when asked if he expects all three bills to pass Thursday.
Thirteen, including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Chip Roy, R-Texas, Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., Michael Cloud, R-Texas, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., among others, vote against the initial procedural motion Tuesday. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who supports the bills, also changed his vote to a “no” to allow him to reintroduce the legislation later. They ultimately changed their votes when the Anti-CBDC Act was merged with the NDAA, resulting in a 217-212 vote to advance the bills after the vote remained open for a record nine hours.
Ahead of the votes, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by Bitcoin Magazine’s political correspondent, Frank Corva, about the GENIUS Act and the President’s plan for a de minimis exemption for crypto. She revealed that the President is planning to sign the GENIUS Act tomorrow afternoon.
She further clarified that the President is opposed to a central bank digital currency under the Fed, which the House passed a ban for on Thursday.
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Corva: I was curious to hear if the President was in favor of removing any and all language around central bank digital currencies from the GENIUS act, maybe as a means to get it across the line and get it on his desk. And then my second question was about something the President spoke about in this room. He talked about a $600 de minimis tax exemption for Bitcoin and other crypto spending. So just wanted to get your comment on this.
Leavitt: Well, the President did signal his support for a de minimis exemption for crypto, and the administration continues to be in support of that. We are definitely receptive to it to make crypto payments easier and more efficient for those who seek to use crypto as simple as buying a cup of coffee. Of course, right now, that cannot happen, but with the de minimis exemption, perhaps it could in the future, and we will continue to explore legislative solutions to accomplish that. As for the central bank digital currency, and the GENIUS Act, which you noted, has passed through Congress and will be sent to the President’s desk. I believe the house is voting on it. If they have it, they should be passing it. We know we have the votes, and we expect it to get to the President’s desk. And we are planning a signing ceremony tomorrow afternoon. All of you will get more details on that. This piece of legislation is going to make America the Crypto Capital of the world, and that’s what the President promised. As for a central bank digital currency, the President opposes that. He made that promise to the American people on the campaign, and while it’s not in this specific piece of legislation, he did sign a January executive order banning a central bank’s digital currency. The administration supports Congress’s efforts to codify that executive order into law, and I believe there will be future pieces of legislation in regards to crypto that will be moving through Capitol Hill. The President looks forward to signing them, and he looks forward to signing ceremony this afternoon.
The House later began voting on the three bills, sending the GENIUS Act to President Trump’s desk, and passing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which provides a framework to address confusion over the categorization of digital assets, as well as a bill barring the Federal Reserve from creating a digital currency. The latter two bills will now be transmitted to the Senate.
The Clarity Act passed along party lines, with 78 Democrats joining Republicans.
House approves the Clarity Act, establishing “lanes” for regulation when it comes to cryptocurrency. The vote: 294-134. 78 Dems voted yes. All 134 noes were Dems
The GENIUS Act passed with 12 Republicans voting against.
House passes the GENIUS Act the establish a regulatory framework for “stablecoins” – which are pegged to other currencies. The vote: 308-122. 110 Democrats voted nay. 12 GOPers voted no
According to Barron’s, Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer says, “If passed, the bills could open the floodgates for new crypto use cases, corporate adoption, and institutional investment.”
The iconic rock band Jane’s Addiction was supposed to have performed a 33-date North American tour in 2024, and tied it all up with a new album.
But it all came crashing down in September, when singer Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro onstage, suspending the Boston show and resulting in the cancellation of the tour.
Now, the California rockers are back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, as they fight in the courts in parallel lawsuits.
“Perry Farrell has filed a lawsuit of his own against Jane’s Addiction members Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins over the 2024 onstage altercation that derailed the band’s tour, his complaint coming just hours after the three members sued him earlier on Wednesday.”
Farrell argues that the other band members were the ‘original aggressors’, for their ‘years-long bullying campaign’, harassing him onstage, ‘playing their instruments at a high volume so that he could not hear himself sing without blasting his own in-ear monitors at an unsafe level’.
“Farrell claimed in the lawsuit that the band’s alleged harassment ‘escalated on September 13, 2024 to physical violence by Navarro and Avery against Farrell onstage during the Boston show and the assault of both Perry and Etty Lau Farrell backstage by Navarro’.”
The suit was filed by the singer, his wife Etty Lau Farrell and the company Wilton Hilton Inc.
According to Farrell, the band ‘scapegoated’ him to cancel the rest of the tour.
“’Perry Farrell was blindsided by not being allowed either input into this decision or even to be heard, leaving him unable to plead his case to continue the tour for Janes Addiction’s fans’, the suit said. ‘Perry Farrell played no role whatsoever in these ill-conceived decisions utterly lacking in legal authority since he was not even consulted about cancelling the tour and would not have agreed to do so due to the financial and reputational consequences’.
[…] In the suit, Farrell denied that he ‘sucker punched’ Navarro backstage and alleged that Navarro ‘menacingly charged at and aggressively assaulted both Farrell and his wife Etty Lau backstage’.”
