Defund NPR

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I am under no illusion that our allegedly right-wing elected officials can or even want to close the border, end the costly and unnecessary wars, balance the budget, protect the unborn, expand our right to bear arms meaningfully, or any of the other items promised every two, four, or six years.

However, there is one small measure Republicans can take that would at least signal to their voters they are interested in fighting back against the Left: defunding NPR. There is simply no excuse for sending taxpayer dollars to journalists obsessed with demonizing conservatives. NPR Senior Editor Uri Berliner was suspended by the publication after 25 years of employment for the sin of pointing out its clear and obvious left-wing bias. Berliner resigned on Wednesday. The journalist said he’s “not far off” what he describes as the NPR listener stereotype of an “EV-driving, Wordle-playing, tote bag–carrying coastal elite.” But he is still simply too conservative for NPR. How can that be, you might ask? Look no further than NPR’s new CEO Katherine Maher. 

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