NPR announced a $113 million windfall from two charitable donors, including billionaire philanthropist Connie Ballmer, months after Congress voted to strip federal dollars for public media.
Ballmer gave $80 million, the largest gift by a living donor in the organization’s history. wapo.st/3Ow86CJ
@washingtonpost It will be funny when we look back after the mid-terms and see how fast they blew this money trying to take Trump down. Likely NPR’s last hurrah. 🥳
@eastsideterp@washingtonpost I'm sick of my tax dollars funding illegal wars with billions of dollars, while so many people have terrible Healthcare options, go hungry and pay $8.79 a gal. ( CA)
@washingtonpost Steve Ballmers wife helping keep the lights on at NPR ...
while NPR runs pieces about taxing evil greedy billionaires and the dangers of big tech 😅🤷♂️🇺🇸
@washingtonpost Remember when NPR always said "we're funded by listeners like you" and then they pitch a fit and need billionaires to bail them out when their government funding goes away?
All these people do is lie!
@CapVere@washingtonpost Hilarious comment considering all the billionaires supporting the Felon Pedophile T-rump and his entire corrupt administration. The Maga billionaires are making millions on this unlawful and unnecessary war via government contracts.
With the Heat's loss tonight, the Timberwolves now have the third longest active playoff streak (5 seasons) behind only the Celtics (12) and Nuggets (8)
The Rudy Effect.
MIN, Seasons with a Top-10 Defensive Rating...
4 Seasons w/ Rudy Gobert: 4x
33 Seasons w/o Rudy Gobert: 1x
Rudy has now anchored a Top-10 defense 10 times in last 11 seasons.
Stephen Colbert reveals several cut jokes for "The Late Show" while accepting the Walter Bernstein Award at the #WritersGuildAwards. wp.me/pc8uak-1lGZ6J
Jaden McDaniels gets a flagrant penalty one for what the officials deemed to be unnecessary contact here.
Kris Dunn picks up a technical foul for pushing McDaniels.
KFAN's Paul Allen at the top of his show this morning: "I made a comment on Friday about protesters and the weather that was insensitive and poorly timed, and I'm sorry. It was a misguided attempt at humor ... I'm taking a few days off."
@jimaclark@atrupar Geez, you MAGA's are gullible!
The 50,000 plus people protesting last Friday in Minneapolis were citizens of this state who are fed up with T-rump's retaliation tour. No one was paid on the correct side of justice. Save your stupid comments .
@atrupar My guess is most responding in here are as fake as the paid protesters are I was listening at the time he said that and laughed cause it's a joke. Some of you just don't like his show and have wanted him gone so now your chance to ruin a career over A JOKE