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April 18

L A R R Y on X: "Republicans moving to #defundNPR right now is the easiest political no-brainer on Earth. It's a layup. No... It's a slam dunk. I know there's a lot of stuff you're dealing with right now, but for God's sake take a win when it's sitting there staring at you in the face." / X (twitter.com)

Ben Mullin on X: "new: About 50 NPR employees sign a letter to CEO Katherine Maher and top editor Edith Chapin calling for, among other things, a public rebuke of the “factual inaccuracies and elisions” in Uri Berliner’s Free Press essay. https://t.co/jXc1R4J0G3" / X (twitter.com)

Uri Berliner on X: "My resignation letter to NPR CEO @krmaher https://t.co/0hafVbcZAK" / X (twitter.com)

Stephen L. Miller on X: "You guys sent a memo to your boss complaining his OpEd made you unsafe like a bunch of campus toddlers. All you guys did was prove his point, and I suspect you know it, with posts like this," / X (twitter.com)

Mary Louise Kelly on X: "NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigned this morning. Among the many things that could be said, I will say this: thank you to my colleagues here in the newsroom today for your grace, collegiality and hard work during a challenging period. And for showing up today,…" / X (twitter.com)

Western Lensman on X: "New NPR CEO Katherine Maher: The “truth” is a “distraction” which is “getting in the way of getting things done.” Legacy media is not in the truth-telling business. They’re in the propaganda business. Your tax money will now pay her salary. From 2022: https://t.co/52Rvm2neoI" / X (twitter.com)

Harmeet K. Dhillon on X: "💥 😮 Major development in @ChoooCole’s @liberty_ctr lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente for medical malpractice — a state judge, after oral argument, just ruled that Kaiser’s arbitration agreement can’t be enforced against Chloe. We move forward now with discovery. This is huge! https://t.co/qpCjaxn7rn" / X (twitter.com)

RNC Research on X: "BIDEN: "I made it clear to the Israelis — don't move on Haifa!" Haifa is a major city *IN* Israel. https://t.co/BdNgoDlGkM" / X (twitter.com)

(9) Bret Baier on X: "Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of 290,306 in 2022. // Rafah is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the capital of the Rafah Governorate located 30 kilometers south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a…" / X (twitter.com)

Mario Nawfal on X: "🇺🇸WAS BIDEN'S UNCLE EATEN BY CANNIBALS DURING WW2? "Uncle Bosie... Shot down in New Guinea... There were lots of Cannibals there then... They never recovered his body." Source: MSNBC https://t.co/FWKB5qwzlQ" / X (twitter.com)

Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 on X: "Biden stopped by a Sheetz gas station today because he wanted to try to replicate Trump’s bodega visit. It didn’t work. No one cheered. No one was excited to see him. Americans absolutely despise this crooked old fool. https://t.co/IUbmoLHpwW" / X (twitter.com)

RNC Research on X: "Biden is announcing higher tariffs on Chinese steel today — something he OPPOSED when President Trump did it. Here's Biden criticizing President Trump's tariffs in 2019: "It's really easy to be tough when someone else absorbs the pain." https://t.co/ANstR6cM19" / X (twitter.com)

Phil Kerpen on X: "Every Senate Democrat voted to dismiss the charges against Mayorkas today. Every Senate Democrat thinks this is fine. https://t.co/7Dq9C9TMFG" / X (twitter.com)

Riley Gaines on X: "Arizona Governor, Katie Hobbs, just vetoed SB 1628, a bill that would codify & define the word "woman" in state law. Who woulda guessed? Women, yet again, proving to be our own worst enemy. https://t.co/Y25WdpccdJ" / X (twitter.com)

Tom Bevan on X: ""The ‘whistleblower’ who sparked Trump’s 1st impeachment was deeply involved in the political maneuverings behind Biden-family business schemes in Ukraine that Trump wanted probed, newly obtained emails from former Vice President Biden’s office reveal." https://t.co/xL229b6dv6" / X (twitter.com)

Rep. Mike Waltz on X: "I just reviewed a portion of Biden’s classified documents that were taken from his basement by Special Counsel Hur. They were HIGHLY CLASSIFIED and relevant to current national security threats. We need an immediate damage assessment from the Intelligence Community." / X (twitter.com)

Greg Price on X: "A Boeing quality engineer just testified to Josh Hawley that their planes are not safe and that he was threatened and silenced by the company when he tried to bring it up to them. https://t.co/OhNw4GFkK0" / X (twitter.com)

(1) RNC Research on X: "NBC POLL: 64% of Americans *approve* of how President Trump handled the economy. 63% of Americans *disapprove* of how Biden is handling the economy. https://t.co/36BL31bDXQ" / X (twitter.com)

BREAKING: Senate Dems Torpedo Mayorkas Impeachment (townhall.com)

Sens. Mike Lee, Mitt Romney raise concerns over precedent of Democrats killing Mayorkas impeachment (msn.com)

(3) Neetu Arnold on X: "Rep. Jim Banks: “Is this how Columbia University spells the work folks (folx)?” Columbia president Minouche Shafik: “No” Ok. So why is folx littered across Columbia’s website? https://t.co/pYjNfZFVB6" / X (twitter.com)