By Erica Wenig An Egyptian policewoman cracked down on sexual harassment outside a Cairo cinema during the three-day Muslim holiday this weekend, arresting and shocking an alleged offender with an electric baton. The one-minute video captured Egyptians crowding the cinema’s entrance while a policewoman, wearing a long-sleeved uniform and a white hijab under her hat, dragged the young man…
By Casey Harper A new Senate bill would address the gun-free zones that many critics blame for worsening a string of shootings against domestic military targets, most recently the Chattanooga shooting which cost the lives of four Marines and one Navy sailor. The bill — which Senator Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, plans to introduce this week…
Alumni for Liberty has issued a correction, linked here. A leaked letter to The Libertarian Republic details a petition of no confidence from former members of the Students for Liberty in President and Co-Founder Alexander McCobin. The letter, sent to SFL’s board, reads like a veritable whos-who of the youth libertarian movement, and explains in detail…
By Lina Bryce Former Republican Rep. Ron Paul blasted the presidential hopeful, Donald Trump for being “authoritarian” on Alan Colmes’ Show recently. Paul’s comments about Trump came about when he was asked if Donald Trump was good or bad for the Republican Party, to which Paul replied, chuckling, “Well I don’t even care whether he’s good or bad for the…
By Michael Bastasch Satellite data shows a relatively cool summer in 2013 caused a boom in sea ice volume for the next two autumns. The short-lived growth in sea ice volume suggests the Arctic is much more resilient to global warming than scientists had anticipated, according to a new study. “The sharp increase in sea ice…
By: Laura Meyers In an article in New York Post, Paul Sperry suggests the Obama administration has launched a number of nation-wide data collection projects that segregate communities by race in order to identify patterns of “racial disparities” and “segregation” for the purpose of “racial and economic justice.” A housing database, mortgage database, credit database, employment database, and…
Today’s Freedom Report podcast takes a look at senator Rand Paul’s trailing presidential campaign. Paul raised $7 million in the second quarter, with 60 percent of those donations coming from people who donated less than $200. The only campaign with more small dollar donations was Ben Carson, but the other candidates such as Jeb Bush,…
By Jonah Bennett Following the Chattanooga shooting that took the lives of five servicemen, officials have shut down several recruiting facilities and warned Marine recruiters not to wear uniforms in public areas. The changes arrived rapidly, coming just a day after the shooting. Marine Corps Recruiting Command immediately recommended that recruiters not wear their military uniforms in…
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By: Ryan Carrillo Arizona police must be really hurting to fill some arrest quotas because one officer recently threatened to arrest a woman’s dog. A video captured in Snowflake, Arizona, shows a police officer threatening a woman with the arrest of her dog. A portion of the exchange between the woman, Terri Franklin, and the…
By: Laura Meyers The dating website for married cheaters, Ashley Madison, was hacked over the weekend by a group that calls themselves The Impact Team. They temporarily shut down the homepage of the website and ordered the site to be shutdown permanently, or The Impact Team would release all users’ personal account information to the public….