LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch Environmentalists are fundraising off a deadly heat wave that hit the southeastern U.S. region last week, which activists of course say was caused by man-made global warming. “Climate change is here and it’s putting our communities at risk,” reads a fundraising email from the Environmental Defense Fund…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The Kaiser Family Foundation released Monday the impact the Senate’s bill to repeal major portions of Obamacare would have on premiums, and the results do not bode well for nearly all consumers. Kaiser estimated premium increases in 2020 by county for individuals at ages 27, 40 and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock An Indiana college offers a “Social Justice Certificate” for students and faculty who take workshops on racism, privilege and safe spaces, Campus Reform reported Tuesday. Franklin College offers the certification for free, alongside workshops that include “Leadership in the Context of Social Justice,” “Race, Racism & Privilege” and two parts of a “Safe Zone”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield As the Republican Party continues to fumble the football on the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) believes that the answer is to continue growing government’s influence, not to lessen it. Warren, on Tuesday, did not just come out swinging against the Republicans, but she suggested…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A senior North Korean defector revealed the brutality of the Kim regime in his first public interview since he left almost three years ago. Ri Jong Ho served his country as a faithful civil servant for over thirty years, but he became disillusioned by the regime. He…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrea Vacchiano Bob Woodward, the reporter who famously broke the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein, criticized the media’s open bias towards President Donald Trump Tuesday. Woodward appeared at a Q&A session following a showing of “All The President’s Men” at Landmark E Street Cinema in Washington, D.C. After an audience member…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul sent an outline of the changes he would like to see made to the Senate Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill Tuesday, calling for the legislation to be made substantially more conservative. Republicans in the upper chamber are attempting to revise their discussion draft, after multiple lawmakers criticized…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman President Donald Trump will lend his own authentic voice for Disney Parks’ “The Hall of Presidents,” even though rumors apparently said otherwise. The Hall of Presidents is an educational attraction at the Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World resort. It is supposed to resemble Philadelphia’s Independence Hall….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke criticized a 2015 presidential memorandum for stunting job growth and industry on federal lands at a Montana Western Governors Association conference Tuesday. The memo, signed by former President Barack Obama, requires federal agencies to “minimize harmful effects to land, water, wildlife, and other ecological…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin pledged that the newly passed accountability legislation would not be used to fire large numbers of people in a message sent to all employees Tuesday. Shulkin stated the accountability legislation signed by President Donald Trump won’t “take away due process,…