So the House Republicans voted to end taxpayer funding for PBS and NPR. NPR CEO Katherine Maher has repeatedly claimed, in the face of avalanches of evidence, that she has never witnessed any bias at NPR. That’s beyond ridiculous. You can find it, day after day, hour on the hour. This week’s Los Angeles rioting provided plenty of exhibits. On the June 11 Morning Edition, Los Angeles-based co-host A Martinez told listeners “We want to get a sense of how the community around Los Angeles is feeling about the decision to mobilize the military against civilians.” Notice how there’s no mention here of responding to violence or unrest by “civilians.” The NPR host turned to Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano and these two Latino journalists engaged in a riotous defense of the protests against immigration enforcement. Arellano began by claiming “people feel like Trump doesn't see them as Americans, that he sees us as prisoners, basically.” Martinez turned to the defense of foreign flag-wavers: “Protesters are carrying flags from Mexico, from El Salvador, also carrying American flags, too. But what is the significance of the flags not being stars and stripes?” Arellano ripped Team Trump: “These people are not speaking to young folks who will say, well, you don't consider me an American. I'm going to wrap myself in something that at least I have comfort in knowing I'm proud of, that this is the culture of my parents. And by the way, I am still American, but you wouldn't know, because you don't want to talk to me because you see me as subhuman.” The cartooning here is gaudy and demented. Martinez said the criticism was odd because “people on the East Coast wave Italian flags or wave flags from France or Greece or wherever they're from in Europe.” This is silly because if Greek Americans wave a flag on Greek Independence Day while they pass around the dolmas, that’s nothing like waving a flag on the hood of a smoldering car at a protest against immigration enforcement. Arellano jumped in and said these Trump guys, “you're never going to hear them criticize anyone who waves a Confederate flag.” That’s fascinating. But NPR incessantly discussed Confederate flags at the violent protest at the Capitol on January 6. So maybe they should consider the parallels they’re trying to make. Martinez continued with the flag banter: “Does the argument that not waving an American flag at these protests makes the protest inherently un-American? Does that argument hold any water?” Naturally, Arellano said “No.” He blamed all this on the Proposition 187 referendum in 1994 – which aimed to deny taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens. Arellano said that was the end of any Republican foothold in California. Okay. Maybe that would explain Democrat enthusiasm for wave after wave of “undocumented” people. The only feint toward a non-liberal point was asking about the violence. Arellano claimed: “At the protests that I've been to with my colleagues, 99.99 percent of the people protesting are perfectly safe. But also, to just accuse Antifa or anarchists are doing it -- that's not the case at all.” It’s just “a few teenagers hurling rocks and water bottles at the police.” If someone threw a rock at an NPR reporter or lit an NPR studio on fire, they might be less sanguine about what percentage of a city is non-violent. NPR and PBS should never be seen as America’s oasis of civility. They’re not. They fiercely hate Republicans, and they’ll defend almost anyone against them. In the face of defunding, they couldn’t stop the bashing and trashing.   

Headline after headline has slammed President Donald Trump’s recent wave of pardons, claiming they prove America now operates under a two-tiered justice system. But the outrage is manufactured. These critics want you to forget that Trump was a target of the very system they now accuse him of controlling.With these pardons, Trump isn’t abusing the justice system — he’s beginning to dismantle the weaponized bureaucracy within it. For years, a corrupt faction inside the Department of Justice has twisted its constitutional mandate to serve the personal and political agendas of activist attorneys and the operatives who influence them. Trump’s actions mark the start of holding that faction accountable.Government lawyers and law enforcement officials have abused their power for personal ambition and gain. They don’t want the truth. They want trophies.Don’t take Trump’s word for it. Or mine. Critics across the political spectrum have warned for decades about the potential for the weaponization of criminal law by overzealous prosecutors.President Bill Clinton told the ladies of “The View” that former FBI Director James Comey used his power and “outside influence” to sway the outcome of the 2016 election.Two-time Attorney General Bill Barr has warned that prosecutors often turn into “headhunters,” obsessed with taking down targets at any cost. That mindset, he said, leads the Justice Department away from its duty to administer justice fairly and according to clear, consistent legal standards.Joe Biden himself allowed that his Justice Department “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” individuals — choosing targets based on improper criteria and engaging in “selective prosecution.” He was referring, of course, to the federal case against his son Hunter.This problem goes far beyond politics. Law enforcement, once politicized, can be turned against anyone. Prosecutors armed with the full force of the federal government can destroy individuals, families, businesses, and entire communities.As Barr put it, the mere act of launching an investigation can be devastating: “People facing federal investigations incur ruinous legal costs and often see their lives reduced to rubble before a charge is even filed.”Once you understand how the game works, turning your political or corporate rivals into criminal targets becomes easy.RELATED: Civil forfeiture turns lives upside down, ruins families — just like mine LIgorko via iStock/Getty Images In my family’s case, Amazon executives hired a former federal prosecutor to pressure his former colleagues at the Justice Department to go after my husband, a former Amazon employee. Their goal: bring federal charges over an obscure “process” crime — violating internal Amazon employment terms.The Justice Department never filed charges. The investigation eventually closed. But for four excruciating years, prosecutors used civil forfeiture laws to seize every dollar in our bank accounts. FBI agents raided our home while our babies crawled on the floor in diapers. Prosecutors threatened our family members with criminal charges in a scheme to force my husband into pleading guilty to a lie.We sold our house. We lost our jobs. We spent years in court just to “prove” what was always true: My husband had complied with his employment contract.The Chrisley family knows this drill, too. After President Trump pardoned Todd Chrisley, his daughter, Savannah, revealed that law enforcement explicitly wrote that they needed a “big fish” — and the Chrisleys were the “biggest fish” in Atlanta. For many prosecutors, a high-profile conviction is just a stepping stone to a cushy law firm job and a seven-figure salary.My family made it through. So did the Chrisleys. But plenty of Americans are still “in the hunt,” as prosecutors like to say.Greg Lindberg is one of them. A self-made entrepreneur, Lindberg built a network of insurance companies that employed more than 7,000 people. His mistake? Supporting the wrong candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner. After the election, the winning candidate got to work, with help from the FBI and Justice Department, setting a trap that would ensnare Lindberg in a manufactured bribery scheme.Prosecutors took the Lindberg case to court on charges built on lies. As Barr warned, they became obsessed with “getting their guy.” Even after the Fourth Circuit vacated the bogus conviction, the U.S. attorney refused to back down. He threatened Lindberg with new charges and a staggering 540-month sentence, knowing Lindberg was financially drained and couldn’t afford to fight.This wasn’t just a campaign to destroy one man. The fallout has devastated thousands of families across North Carolina. Lindberg’s insurance companies, once solvent, are now failing. People are out of work. Why? Because the same commissioner who targeted Lindberg handed control to a group of handpicked receivers — politically connected insiders with no accountability.RELATED: Trump’s blanket pardons offer hope and healing Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesThose receivers didn’t just take over Lindberg’s insurance businesses. They seized more than 100 companies. They’ve collected tens of millions in fees while leaving policyholders in limbo and small businesses without payouts. The result? Lost jobs, ruined livelihoods, and a crisis that didn’t begin with Greg Lindberg — it began with the government.Lindberg is still fighting to clear his name. So are others.Decorated NYPD veteran and 9/11 hero Michael McMahon now faces prison on the bizarre charge that he spied for China — for $5,000. Trail runner Michael Sunseri could spend six months in jail for breaking a speed record in Grand Teton National Park, on a trail thousands have used before — except the government says it was “off-limits” in his case.How is this justice? Government lawyers and law enforcement officials have abused their power for personal ambition and gain. They don’t want the truth. They want trophies. And until that changes, President Trump should keep using his pardon power boldly, unapologetically, and often.Because the real two-tiered justice system isn’t a myth. It’s the scoreboard — and it’s long past time to even it.

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