Dual headlines courtesy of the NYT:

A bit of fun and synchronicity with the current spotlight on the American Revolution, courtesy of the PBS Ken Burns series. A giant Patriot visited Isothermal Community College today! open.substack.com/pub/martinan...

Songs of food & gratitude all day long on WNCW this Thanksgiving Day. I love helping to serve it up each year, but I’m thankful to have a couple days off this week. “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” airs just past Noon and at 9:30 p.m. www.wncw.org/2022-11-18/h...

Just a little reminder: when you’re feeling frayed or frazzled or in need of getting your compass reset, just put on some Jackson Browne.

Looking forward to this afternoon concert. A few tickets are still available, last i heard, plus we’ll be livestreaming it via WNCW’s YouTube page! The Saluda venue Salud! will be hosting a watch party! givebutter.com/bIU4vw

Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink. I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.

“Their commitment to ending democracy in the Tar Heel State is unapologetically on display. North Carolina voters have, perhaps, one more electoral cycle to defeat it. But we will be required to prevail by bountiful margins.“ Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." open.substack.com/pub/martinan...

Note this is Time Magazine, a mainstream news source that has to do a fair amount of vetting through corporate shareholders and such: time.com/7325086/cora...

Not to mention not-so-young people who can’t afford ~$590/month! For mediocre coverage!?! What do we do??

I continue to feel that our national experiment of making the dumbest MF in the country president was ill advised.

Happy Rapture Day! How about we all agree that if it DOESN’T come, then they should release the Epstein Files?

The White House “Rose Garden”, designed and installed by Jackie Kennedy, during the Obama Administration (photo by Pete Souza), and last night:

PragerU: MAGA’s replacement for PBS. Their “edu-tainment” indoctrination is already in 10 states; they intend to be in all 50. Keep them out of yours! www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Two terms I’ve heard this week: “Distract of Columbia”, and “Trumputin Regime”.

WNCW featured in this podcast that covers issues affecting Polk County. Program & Operations Director Joe Kendrick discusses WNCW’s history and responses to this month’s loss of CPB support. polklore.com Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7x4A...

Trump’s D.C. “crime plan” presser had it all: #Bondi’s cross, #Hegseth’s nod, #Pirro’s stare, and a press room hot enough to steam broccoli. Dog whistles, sanctuary city threats, Putin flubs, and even his California water fantasy made the set list. #uspolitics open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...

"The crisis in journalism and the ongoing dismantling of our democracy call for a fundamental rethinking of what public media can be." - @notaaroncraig.bsky.social From Free Press' newsletter: https://pressingissues.org/lets-make-the-end-of-cpb-the-start-of-public-medias-revival/

What an honor to see Bernie Sanders, sharp and passionate and correct as ever in his message to “Fight Oligarchy.” Rev. William Barber (of Raleigh’s Moral Mondays) was even more inspirational. A wide multi-generational spectrum of fun folks in attendance, too. Sylvan Esso kicked things off.

Another wild scoop on NPR from @tomdreisbach.bsky.social: Video shows a man on Jan. 6 shouting for the crowd to kill police: “Kill ‘em!” He admitted saying it. One of Trump’s first acts in office was to cancel his trial and hire him for a job at the Justice Department.

Today is the last day we're making a more concerted on-air effort to ask you to help offset the CPB cut. Access to NPR, indie musicians, and noncommercial & community-oriented radio (and TV) is under assault. 800-245-8870 through 5pm today, www.wncw.org any time.

Another direct lift from Project 2025... This order has been criticized by organizations like the National Alliance to End Homelessness for potentially increasing homelessness and harming vulnerable populations.

Scotland, One (⬇️) of the many reasons we love you for more than just your men in kilts.

EPA blindsides scientists, dissolving its research core with zero transparency. Many learned from the press. Reassigned without choice, some now work alone—doing dishes, labeling bottles. The war on science isn’t about flat Earth anymore. It comes with consequences you can breathe.

Trump administration shuts down EPA's scientific research arm www.npr.org/2025/07/20/n...

WSJ should send their pool to Scotland anyway, and interview Scots. And Scottish journalists should absolutely ask Trump about Epstein files and anything else they wish to. #scotland

Oh look, that thing climate scientists told us would happen is happening. www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...

Federal funding for CPB was $1.1 billion. That's just 0.0073% of the national budget and amounts to ~$1.60 per American annually. Think that's why it was cut to $0? (Comparatively, ICE's annual budget is set to increase from roughly $8 billion to about $28 billion.) They're trying to silence us.

Have we ever had right to free speech assaulted more than today? The Senate has all but confirmed that the CPB will be dismantled, sending public radio and TV stations into panic mode. But it’s not just our own government attacking our own rights: corporations like Paramount/CBS are silencing, too:

cpb.org/pressroom/St... Press Release | Statement in response to U.S. Senate approval of the rescission package eliminating CPB funding | CPB

If you’ve ever trusted NPR or PBS… If you’ve ever relied on independent news… Then stand up now. Call your senator. Draw the line. Before truth becomes a threat. #USAID #PressFreedom #DefendNP

The Senate is expected to vote THIS WEEK on the rescissions package that would undo the budget already earmarked for the CPB, USAID, etc. It's hard to say whether they'll have the votes, and the extent to which this big cut would effect your public stations. We know the following, though: (1/)

Attention fans of WNCW and other public stations: Congress has until July 18 to pass the rescissions package, which would strip all funding previously allotted for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; the CPB provides crucial support to NPR, PBS, and stations that broadcast them. 1/

Just met some State Department and USAID employees last night. Those who aren’t already laid off are expecting to be any day now. Hard working Americans who’ve done a lot of good work.