NEWS BUSTERS 2 Hours Ago High NPR Star Salaries Curb the Appeal of Small-Dollar Donations by  Tim Graham The next time a public-radio station goes into pledge-drive mode and begs listeners to chip in $100 for those snazzy premiums like  the Nina Totin'-Bag , it would be wonderful if, in the spirit of balance and fairness, they would read off some salary numbers for NPR stars. Do people on modest incomes really want to chip in $25 to make sure an anchor can take home $375,000? Instead, pledge-drive announcers often plead that stations need donations to pay for program fees, not anchor salaries. Blogger and news-app developer  Andy Boyle  pored over a few IRS 990 forms and revealed some of the highest-paid public radio poobahs: –  Steve Inskeep , co-host of NPR's "Morning Edition." 2009-2010: $361, 093, base salary of $319,370. 2010-2011: $373,097, base salary of $334,560. –  Renee Montagne,  co-host of NPR's "Morning Edition." 2009-2010: $357,037, base s

 NEWS BUSTERS 1 Hour Ago Zimmerman Crash Rescue Induces Derangement For Radio Lefties by  Jack Coleman A bad stretch for liberals just got worse, all because George Zimmerman decided again he needed to get out of a vehicle. This time Zimmerman  helped rescue  a family of four from a wrecked SUV in Florida. Turns out it was more than left-wing radio hosts Bill Press and Stephanie Miller could bear, as both expressed doubts about the incident while heaping aspersions on Zimmerman, who recently showed how a man of color facing a murder charge in a high-profile case could get a fair trial in America.  (Audio clips after the jump) This morning, Press and guest Igor Volsky of ThinkProgress suggested Zimmerman's actions in helping the family were staged as part of a ruse to salvage his public image (h/t for audio clips, Brian Maloney,  mrctv.org ) -- PRESS: Well, I would hope that if you come across a car accident that anybody, even a murderer, would get out and help them out, right? Not

 CONSERVATIVEVIDEOS.COM 5 Hours Ago Krauthammer: Detroit Is Not A GOP Failure, It's Been Run By The Democrats For 60 Years July 23, 2013 at 2:42 pm Charles Krauthammer gently chided fellow panelist Sally Kohn for predicting that "a number of folks are going to try to use Detroit falsely as an example to push more austerity, to really cram more austerity, down the throats of the United States." Krauthammer replied, "Sally, Detroit is not really an example of the failure of GOP economic policies. It's been run by the Democrats for 60 years. And you can cite all the studies you want about how bad austerity is; all you have to do is look at Detroit and you get an idea of how bad the absence of austerity is: It's a city in ruin." Krauthammer: Detroit Is Not A GOP Failure, It's Been Run By The Democrats For 60 Years http://conservativevideos.com/2013/07/krauthammer-detroit-is-not-a-gop-failure-its-been-run-by-the-democrats-for-60-years/ John Hames

 THERIGHTSCOOP.COM 1 Hour Ago FULL SPEECH: Ted Cruz's speech on Israel at 2013 CUFI Washington Summit Posted by  The Right Scoop   on July 23rd, 2013 in  Politics  | Ted Cruz gave an amazing speech tonight at  A Night To Honor Israel  at the CUFI (Christians United For Israel) Washington Summit. The biggest applause line I heard was when he was talking about what was right and wrong with the world and said this: "What's wrong with the world is letting the terrorist attack in Benghazi go unavenged for 9 months!" You can watch the full speech below: FULL SPEECH: Ted Cruz's speech on Israel at 2013 CUFI Washington Summit http://therightscoop.com/full-speech-ted-cruzs-speech-on-israel-at-2013-cufi-washington-summit/ John Hames

Tuesday, July 23rd  Shut it Down? You know something has gone terribly wrong with this president's second term when he actually turns to the economy as a way to reboot his image. I told you yesterday that Obama will be kicking off a campaign series of speeches tomorrow related to the economy. His own advisor Dan Pfieffer has told us that this is Obama's way to refocus the American people on issues beyond the “phony” scandals plaguing this administration. Those scandals have sent Obama's approval ratings down the tubes, and even his favorability ratings are underwater. That's a big deal for this

CiCi's Pizza franchise owner: I had to sell my business because of ObamaCare Posted by   The Right Scoop   on July 23rd, 2013 in  Politics  |  24 Comments Share 2K Twitter 140 A very successful CiCi's Pizza franchise owner says he had to sell his top performing pizza restaurants because he couldn't afford the $221K in penalties that ObamaCare was going to impose on him. Watch: Share 2K Twitter 140 CiCi's Pizza franchise owner: I had to sell my business because of ObamaCare http://therightscoop.com/cicis-pizza-franchise-owner-i-had-to-sell-my-business-because-of-obamacare/ John Hames

 YOUTUBE 7 Hours Ago Our last chance to avoid ObamaCare's crushing grip Senator Mike Lee and Mark Levin discuss the need for Congress to withdraw funding for ObamaCare. Our last chance to avoid ObamaCare's crushing grip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhgFw0fqsPQ John Hames