The cuts to National Public Radio’s taxpayer funding have definitely been a long time coming. The leftist outlet is blaming climate change (there’s a surprise) for — wait for it — a lot of rain, in summertime! “Climate change is fueling brutal rainstorms. Here's how to stay safe,” read the ridiculous headline for NPR’s July 15 Consider This podcast by All Things Considered co-host Juana Summers (ironic) and Climate Desk correspondent Michael Copley, both of whom are not scientists. Of course, Summers exploited the Texas flood disasters as a springboard to blame rainfall and recent flooding writ large in the U.S. as being a byproduct of the left’s eternal boogeyman: climate change. “So why is climate change expected to make extreme rainstorms like the ones we've seen this month more common,” Summers teased. “To dig into that question and what people can do to prepare, I spoke with Michael Copley from NPR's climate desk.” Copley then went for the typical climate activist drivel: blame the darn humans! “So people keep releasing a ton of greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels like coal and oil, and that's raising global temperatures and fueling more intense rainstorms that drop more water in shorter periods of time,” he spewed. What’s telling is that he said the quiet part out loud when he prefaced his statement by admitting,“So in general, a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture.” No kidding, Sherlock! But he insisted that “we're going to see more extreme weather events as the Earth keeps heating up, and that's going to pose bigger threats to people and their homes and cities.”  But as CO2 Coalition Science and Research Associate Vijay Jayaraj wrote in an April 21 op-ed using monsoon-afflicted India as a case study for summer climate, “The average annual rainfall between 2000 and 2023 shows us that there is no crisis. The early 2000s experienced several significantly wet years, with 2003 recording nearly 49 inches of precipitation.” In addition, wrote Jayaraj, “From the mid-2000s to the early 2010s, there was a notable decline in rainfall, with 2009 being especially arid.” What the data indicates is that there is “no discernible trend of increasing or decreasing precipitation throughout the period.” The overarching principle, Jayaraj concluded, was that “climate fluctuates” in summer. Did Summers or Copley consider that possibility? Probably not. So what’s Copley’s solution to the climate problem? Ah yes, just throw an ungodly bunch of tax money at it: “[Columbia Business School climate economist Gernot] Wagner says communities need to invest billions and billions to deal with more extreme weather.”  Listen to NPR's entire 10-minute climate propaganda below. What’s even more telling was how Copley managed to insert radio and television as being indispensable tools for issuing weather alerts, given that both NPR and its federally-funded counterpart PBS were on the verge of getting their tax funding stripped. “It's important to make sure that you're getting the emergency alerts. People get those through their cellphones, oftentimes. They're often - they're also broadcast over the radio and television,” he said. NPR CEO Katherine Maher went on the record June 12 kvetching over how if NPR’s funding is cut, “millions of Americans will no longer have access to locally owned, independent, nonprofit media and will bear the risk of living in a news desert, missing their emergency alerts, and hearing silence where classical, jazz and local artists currently play.” Talk about being overdramatic.  Leave it to NPR to capitalize on crises in order to protect its bottom line. A Media Research Center analysis concluded that “local news” is rare news on NPR. In fact, the bulk of NPR affiliate programming (ranging from 90-100%) aired across the country is supplied by the flagship stations in major markets like Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles. On the flip side, only an infinitesimal 5.4 percent of daily programming is dedicated to local news across all 50 states.  Funny how that works, isn’t it? The United States Senate recently voted to approve President Donald Trump’s recissions package clawing $1.1 billion funding away from NPR and PBS through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The House of Representatives, in turn, later passed the package in a midnight vote and sending it to President Trump’s desk. At least Americans won’t have to worry about making any more tax contributions to the fanatical servants of Gaia at NPR for the time being. Good riddance. MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider contributed to this report.

It was a normal day on ABC’s The View on Thursday morning. Meaning a full-blown, unhinged meltdown over President Donald Trump and an accidental live dramatization of what media spin looks like in its purest form. ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg even went on to claim that Americans were “already living in the tyranny” of Trump. If you ever wondered what happens when a group of TV personalities watch half of a Stacey Abrams video on TikTok– yes, TikTok– and start quoting it like scripture, today’s episode delivered: America was apparently already in tyranny, Trump was a dictator, and we’re redefining citizenship on a daily basis.     Reacting to Trump firing now-former federal prosecutor Maureen Comey (the daughter of disgraced former FBI Director James Comey), co-host Sunny Hostin declared: “This is all part of a plan towards - a step towards authoritarianism, towards a dictator and fascism.” Because firing a DOJ prosecutor automatically made someone the next Mussolini. Never mind that Comey might have mishandled major cases. No, it must be part of “Project 2025,” the mysterious right-wing hydra that lives rent-free in the heads of the liberal pundit class. When Sara Haines dared to suggest a non-conspiratorial explanation like Comey “overshot the Diddy charges,” Sunny Hostin dismissed it outright, with zero evidence, and huffed a sharp, “No way.” That also must have also made President Bill Clinton a fascist, tyrannical dictator, since he eliminated over 400,000 federal employees despite pledging to only eliminate 100,000 via an executive order during his presidency. A gargantuan number compared to Trump’s cuts, which has eliminated around 59,000 positions thus far. But, of course, that didn’t fit the narrative so don’t expect to find that on the script. The conversation naturally shifted to The View’s evergreen topic: Trump is a dictator and we are all going to die.  When Hostin stated that “eliminating political opponents” was a step towards tyranny, Goldberg exasperatedly shouted, “We are already in the Tyranny!” followed by a gaggle of agreement from the rest of the panel. Well, thank goodness she could say that, on national television, without being arrested or censored, since apparently we live in a tyrannical dictatorship. Hopefully, Big Brother won’t find out and send her to a re-education prison a la 1984. But the icing on the cake? Goldberg’s hilarious claim that we no longer even know who counts as an American: “We don’t know who is considered American by America, who has changed the rules every couple of days...” Changed every couple of days? No examples. No policies cited. Just vibes and liberal rage. Let’s offer a reality check. Contrary to Goldberg’s spastic rage episode, the rules of citizenship haven’t “changed every couple of days.” The standards for legal immigration, asylum, and naturalization are codified in U.S. law, debated in Congress, and adjudicated through the courts. That’s called a republic, not a dictatorship. In fact, one could argue it’s the Biden administration that blurred the line by letting millions cross the southern border without consequence while ICE agents were told to stand down. But sure, tell us again how Trump was redefining “American.” The panel kept tying everything back to the ominous “Project 2025,” a conservative policy blueprint they’ve apparently decided was comparable to Mein Kampf. Hostin breathlessly warned, “This is part of Project 2025. This is part of the plan.” As if traditional conservative policy proposals that have been published by private think-tank The Heritage Foundation before the beginning of every presidential term since 1981 were somehow now codified into the Trump Administration. This segment wasn’t news. It was group hysteria from liberal elites who still couldn’t process 2016. It was a masterclass in spin: fearmongering, hysteria, and exactly zero accountability from ABC News. The entire transcript is below click "expand" to read. ABC’s The View July 17, 2025 11:07:27 AM ET ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: He can call up Fox News primetime hosts, and they’re going to say, “Never mind, we're not talking about this anymore,” but something he wasn't banking on that's new this term is this ecosystem of podcasters that helped put him into office– JOY BEHAR: Alex Jones. GRIFFIN: –who have tens of millions of listeners, Joe Rogan, Theo Von, who are not beholden to him. They truly aren't and they are not going to let this go. If Donald Trump calls him up and says, “Joe Rogan, stop talking about this–” BEHAR: Yeah, yeah. SARA HAINES: He’s gonna talk more! GRIFFIN: –Joe Rogan does not care at all. He will talk about it more, and he's never had that, a truly unaccountable to him, right-wing media ecosystem. BEHAR: Yeah, yeah. BEHAR: So, he doesn’t know how to handle it? SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah, I don’t think he knows how to handle it, I agree with that. I don't think he was banking on it, but the one thing, you know, I think if you look at it on a macro level, something that's really disconcerting is the fact that the Justice Department fired Maurene Comey, I mean, this is– this was the lead prosecutor in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, the lead prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case before he killed himself awaiting trial. The lead prosecutor in the Diddy case. She's been with the Justice Department for over ten years. She led the public corruption section. I mean, this is– she's one of the best of the best and so, you know, generally federal prosecutors are protected somewhat, especially federal employees from being basically fired for political reasons, that's something that we have not seen in a long time. And I was reading something, and I think a lot of people should take a look at this, that Stacey Abrams wrote about how tyranny takes hold and there are ten steps to autocracy and one of those steps is to harass opposition parties, to harass the civil sector and especially to harass the legal industry and to take out your political opponents, and so we stopped talking about Project 2025 a long time ago. This is part of Project 2025. This is part of the plan, so let's remember that these things that seem to be a distraction, that he seems to be doing this and he seems to be doing that, this is all part of a plan towards a step towards authoritarianism, towards a dictator and fascism. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, let’s say we’re kinda in the au- author- authoritative. We’re in this. HOSTIN: I believe we are at this point. When you’re seeing a lead prosecutor, one of the best of the best be fired without cause from her job at the Justice Department and she– BEHAR: That’s a red flag, isn’t it? HOSTIN: It is a red flag and that is what we see dictators do, so I'd like people to actually sort of look at it from up here instead of looking at it very closely. This is part of a master plan. HAINES: None could be because she overshot the Diddy charges? HOSTIN: No way. (...) 11:10:39 AM ET BEHAR: Again, the question, is he losing it? GOLDBERG: Well, you know what? There's so much going on,-- HOSTIN: Unless it’s part of Project 2025. GOLDBERG: There's so much going on, and people– his people, his base are pissed. The farmers are pissed. People who have farms are pissed. People who are trying to pay their taxes and do all the stuff that you are expected to do as an American are pissed because you don't know where your Social Security check, when it's coming, if it's coming. We are, like, they've been trying to sort of keep us off-kilter. It's interesting that this is the one thing that has solidified— HAINES: Stuck GOLDBERG: — everything and, okay, where is it? GRIFFIN: Yeah. Yeah. GOLDBERG: And what is going on it’s really interesting and— BEHAR: They’re mad. They’re mad. GOLDBERG: They are mad. And they should be mad! They should be mad! BEHAR: You see it all over social media. GOLDBERG: Yeah, you see, I don’t read it. BEHAR: I do. Well, I was– GOLDBERG: I don’t read it, so I’ll take your word for it. BEHAR: Yah. GOLDBERG: People are mad. BEHAR: They’re very angry with him! GOLDBERG: Well, they should be angry with him. BEHAR: And that’s the beauty of this whole story. GOLDBERG: Young people should be angry with him, older people should be angry with him, women should be angry with him. Anybody who isn't considered now an American, which we don't know what that is anymore. We don't know who is considered American by America who has changed the rules every couple of days on where– what's going– kids are going to court by themselves. HOSTIN: That’s a step toward tyranny. BEHAR: We always thought that– GOLDBERG: We’re already in the tyranny! BEHAR: But– GOLDBERG: It’s not a step! We in it. HOSTIN: I would agree with that.

There’s a time portal in Upstate New York that can take you back 40-50 years.You’ll have a hard time believing this, but it’s true. You’ll find normal people, friendly customer service, sincere smiles, and multi-generational families having good old-fashioned fun. Inside this wrinkle in time, there are no touchscreens, no questions about signing up for text messages to get a discount, and no dead-eyed Gen Z cashiers who need to get a manager if they key in the wrong amount.Every carhop was a pretty, well-put-together woman between 20 and 50. All wore clean, well-fitting uniforms and genuine smiles on their faces.This doorway to a better time is disguised as the A&W Restaurant on route 281 in Cortland, and I believe it can save America. Stay with me for details below; first we have to take stock of where we are in 2025.Chimes and misdemeanors In a typical day, the average American — let’s call him Matt — gets into his car and struggles with a touchscreen TV just to get the air conditioning going while a series of “helpful reminder” chimes and warnings lecture about seatbelts and looking behind before he backs up.At work, he has to answer to Caitlynne, the candy-haired HR manager who demands to know when he’s going to sit through the Belonging and Inclusion video. When he answers the phone, some random under-35 with phone anxiety who won’t identify himself asks, “Is this, like, Matt?”Check yourselfThe fast casual lunch spot has his favorite burrito ready to go at 12:15, but Worker Tyler insists Matt “has to” use “the app” to pay “because we don’t have the staff for the register.”On the days that they do have the staff, Adelaide hands him the bag over the counter, then swings the iPad around: “It’s just gonna ask you a question?” Fast-food workers believe they’re entitled to tips for handing you a bag, but they don’t have the character to ask directly, so they disguise it with a phony statement delivered in “upspeak.”On the way home, Matt’s wife, Becca, texts him to ask him to stop at the grocery and get half and half. This “quick stop” takes a half-hour because while the store is filled with shoppers, only one live human is on a register. The self-checkouts have lines going down the paper towel aisle and one sullen heifer with face metal to supervise the so-stupid customers, who, like, can’t even figure out how to scan milk?Tech tyrantsOnce Matt is home, Becca apologizes that the laundry isn’t done, but she can’t get the washing machine to run. It has 26 “features” and cycles — none of which say simply, “Wash in hot water.”Becca made the inferior-human mistake of trying to make the tub fill all the way, but the Wi-Fi-enabled machine decided that using enough water to get the clothes clean is Causing the Environment to Experience Harm. So it just sits there doing nothing, and Becca can go suck eggs.In bed with their books, Becca and Matt sigh as Matt’s work phone dings at him with a message from his boss that “can’t wait” until morning. But he can’t open his email, because company policy requires two-factor (read: “You must have two computers on your person at all times”) authentication, and the “super easy app” with a special secret code keeps shutting down.Fridge opens YOUDoes any of this sound familiar? It’s what life looks like in 2025, a time that most of us in Generation X thought would look like "The Jetsons." But instead of friendly robot maids and easy-to-fly space cars, we’re bossed around by over-digitized automobiles and jacked-up telephones.For the first time in history, our machines don’t execute our commands. Instead, they issue orders and commands to us. Get the key sequence right or you’re not eating tonight, meat bag.Matt to the fridge: “Open the freezer doors, HAL.”The fridge: “I feel like maybe I can’t do that, Matt?”Woe betide anyone who complains about this. Complainers will be assured by young people (and a surprising number of middle-agers) that they’re lol-boomer-stupid for not instantly recognizing that the squiggly line drawing on the touchscreen is supposed to mean “send this text.”We humans are fairly begging the machines to finish us. Have you noticed how we walk around all day with devices the size of a pack of cards with alphabetic letters so tiny your finger selects four at once and yet we apologize for having “fat thumbs”? Since when did we accept that we don’t measure up to the machine, instead of making the machine measure up to our needs?Time portalThat was a long wind-up before I tell you about the A&W time portal in Cortland, New York, I know, but it was necessary. Now that you’re feeling 21st-century exasperation, imagine what it would be like to have the lunch I had with my sister last week.That restaurant has been in Cortland since long before I was born. My mother worked there when I was a baby, and Grandma brought me in to eat cut-up hot dogs in a high chair. This all took place in the same dining room, under the same roof, with the same sign and the same food that I enjoyed the other day on a hometown trip with my sister.The first thing you notice is that there’s no drive-through. That’s because it’s a drive-in. For those younger than 45, that means you pull into a covered parking spot, you place your order through an intercom, and a waitress called a “carhop” brings you food on a tray that hooks onto your car door. On this visit, my burger came in a bag, but you get the idea.Flipping the switchThe menu boards are printed and static, not revolving LED displays. The intercoms are the very same heavy-duty steel and chrome units originally installed in the late 1950s. Operating them could not be simpler. Press the button — yes, a physical button that does one thing and gives tactile feedback — to place your order. On the right, there’s a toggle switch (again, yes) you flip to have your tray picked up.“NO CARDS — CASH ONLY — ATM INSIDE,” says a sign on the menu. I walk into the dining room to get my cash. It’s an actual dining room with carpet, padded booths, and attractive hanging lamps. Each table features A&W’s 1980s signature traditional corded handset phones; you can place your order or call for a waitress by picking one up.RELATED: Fear the beaver: How a gas station became a cult (and why you should consider joining) Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesWarm welcomeThe place was hopping, and everyone on staff had a chipper tone and a smile. I worked in restaurants for years, and this was a sure sign of a well-run establishment where staff enjoyed their work. That was probably the part of this visit that felt most like I had slipped back in time — there were zero mumbling Gen Z kids acting like my patronage was a burden.At almost every table was a multi-generational family from toddlers to grandpas eating together and behaving like sane humans. I had to slap my own face to make sure I was awake.The carhop brought our order out and, mirabile dictu, counted my change back up to the original tender amount. All without an iPhone. She was about 22, attractive, and genuinely cheerful. I gave her a 50% tip.Every carhop was a pretty, well-put-together woman between 20 and 50. All wore clean, well-fitting uniforms and genuine smiles on their faces. No outrageous makeup or clacking face jewelry — and no attitude.A quick 18Next door is the A&W mini-golf course. Most of the families went over there after burgers and onion rings. The course had no Branded Franchise characters, no X-Men(™) or Marvel Universe Friends(™). Instead, you aimed your ball at holes graced by miniature fairy-tale castles, cartoon bears, and raging tigers. Cortland Miniature Golf CourseFaithful readers, it was wholesome. The burgers and rings were bigger, better, hotter, and about a third cheaper than the slop served at more famous national chains. Yes, the onion rings are still the best you can get.The best of American lifeMy sister Jesse and I grew up in Cortland. It was a hard childhood; our mother was deranged and violent, and we wanted nothing more than to run away from that stupid, awful small town and have a life somewhere, anywhere, that didn’t look like home.Today I’m 50 and she’s 46. When we drive through Cortland of 2025, we see a town that looks pretty much the same as it did in the 1980s.What we couldn’t see as children is obvious now. Cortland is a working-class town full of people who keep their houses and lawns tidy, know the value of a dollar, and take pride in doing their work well. Frankly, it seems like paradise.There’s no better example of the best of American life than what you get at the A&W Restaurant on Route 281. If more of the country would look at that example and remember how good work — and life — can be when it's done sensibly with a smile, America could save itself. God bless that place and everyone who works there.

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