LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos As Republican Rep. Bill Johnson left the GOP baseball practice Wednesday, he noticed a man who he thinks might have been the one to open fire a short time later. “As I was leaving the complex and had pulled out on the street that parallels the parking lot there…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed involuntary manslaughter charges against one of the state officials responsible for the Flint water scandal in 2015, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Shuette, a Republican, charged Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon is accused of neglecting to inform the public about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell An American college student arrested in North Korea has arrived home after being released by the reclusive regime, but the young man is in a coma. Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was arrested last January while visiting North Korea as a tourist. He disappeared…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read A Capitol policeman shot the man responsible for firing on a group of Republican Congressional members despite being shot himself, according to Congressional members at the scene. The exchange occurred on Wednesday morning as GOP members were practicing for an upcoming charity baseball game. One of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch Atlantic Editor David Frum wasted no time using news that a Republican lawmaker was shot while at baseball practice to advocate for more gun control. Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise was shot at a GOP baseball practice Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Va., and Frum took the opportunity…
Saagar Enjeti on June 14, 2017 A gunman opened fire on the Republican baseball practice Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Va., wounding Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise. Alexandria police say they have the suspect in custody and confirmed the incident. Scalise was reportedly shot in the hip and is expected to survive. #BREAKING Shooting at Congressional…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke The Senate voted against advancing a resolution to block a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia in a 47-53 vote Tuesday. The resolution — spearheaded by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut — would have blocked $510 million of precision-guided munitions…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe A Democratic strategist called Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign “a fucking piece of shit,” while criticizing her run for its lack of vision and focus on negative messaging. The unnamed “long time time Democratic strategist” blasted Clinton’s campaign in a Monday Rolling Stone article detailing Democrats’ shortfalls in last year’s presidential race. “At…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer echoed calls from his colleagues to remove Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his post while appearing on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” Tuesday. When asked if he thought Sessions’ testimony shed light on the Russia investigation, Schumer said, “No I think he raised…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock People claiming to be students at Evergreen State College, the site of riots that swept headlines nationwide, argued that a professor is using his Jewish identity “to position himself as the victim” in an early June letter discovered Tuesday. The letter, published on Medium.com and addressed to Bret Weinstein, an…