LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch Scientists who cancelled their Arctic expedition due to thick ice conditions haves an interesting excuse for why they had to abandon their research project — climate change. “We’re doing a large-scale climate change study and before we can even get going on it, climate change is conspiring…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The man accused of opening fire on a GOP baseball practice Wednesday declared his love for Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show and ranted against Republicans in a series of letters to the editor of his local Illinois newspaper. “One of my favorite TV shows is ‘The Rachel Maddow…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kent Strobl Arizona Republican Rep. Martha McSally announced Wednesday that the Congressional Baseball Game will still take place Thursday evening, despite House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four other people experiencing injuries at the hands of a gunman during practice. “The congressional baseball game is going on tomorrow, as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin People’s real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you’re not sure what you really want or what you even really need. – Tracy Chapman It’s been revealed (allegedly) that 66 year old James T. Hodgkinson is the man who shot House Majority Whip…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Alexa Archambault Late-night host Stephen Colbert included a skit in his Tuesday show to poke fun at both the President Donald Trump and the first lady, suggesting that Melania Trump fantasizes about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The mock-interview, in which the first lady was played by “Supergirl” actress Laura Benanti, was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A Ukrainian group is pushing to replace a monument to a communist leader with a statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation is seeking a permit to build a monument to Reagan at the Kiev city center, the former home of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The alleged gunman who shot Rep. Steve Scalise and a few congressional staffers made a negative post about the representative on his personal Facebook page in January 2015. James T. Hodgkinson, the man believed to be the gunman at a baseball field in Arlington, Va., Wednesday morning,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup helped House Majority Whip Steve Scalise after the shooting at a Republican baseball practice Wednesday, and he compared the gunfire to when he served in Iraq. Wenstrup leaped into action, using his experience as a combat surgeon to help Scalise immediately after he was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks remains committed to upholding the Second Amendment in the wake of Wednesday’s attack on a congressional baseball practice. Brooks was on the scene of the attack and assisted House Majority Whip Steve Scalise after he was shot in the hip during the attack. Brooks told CNN that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Geoffrey Ingersoll It did not take long for journalists on twitter to start politicizing the Alexandria shooting that targeted a group of Republican Congressmen on Tuesday, as Atlantic Editor David Frum was quick to make a gun control argument. “There was a terrible fire in London.. Would any British person…