LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Former Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the U.S. can still meet the Paris agreement on climate change standards so long as President Donald Trump does not win a second presidential term. Kerry said during a visit to Norway that it takes four years to officially resign…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The attorneys general of Washington, D.C. and Maryland plan to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump Monday, alleging the president violated the law by retaining ownership of a business that receives payments and benefits from foreign leaders. D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Maryland Attorney General Brian…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” Delta and Bank of America have pulled their funding from The Public Theatre Company of New York over their ‘controversial’ interpretation of “Julius Ceasar.” The issue lies in the costuming and artistic…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers There will be no jail time for Montana’s newly elected congressman Greg Gianforte after choke slamming a reporter in May. Gianforte officially plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge Monday in a Gallatin County court room. He was arraigned and sentenced to six months of suspended jail time,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett In an extensive profile by The New York Times Magazine, Chelsea Manning describes his own increasingly bizarre behaviors that took place before and after he decided to leak more than 700,000 national security documents to WikiLeaks. After deciding to join the Army following the 2007 surge in Iraq,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Despite his apology, Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota isn’t sorry for a making a rape joke about Lesley Stahl during the 1994-1995 season of “Saturday Night Live.” The former comedian published a memoir-style book May 30 in which he reveals that he’s not sorry for any of the crude…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Recreational marijuana legalization promises to rake in more than $5 billion for California in 2018, but nearly one-third of smokers will continue buying black market weed. A new study from the University of California Agricultural Issues Center shows taxes and red tape surrounding the state’s burgeoning recreational market…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A Democratic lawmaker introduced legislation Monday to specifically require that all the president’s social media posts be archived, following an unusual typo from President Donald Trump. The COVFEFE Act, which stands for Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement Act of 2017 and is named after Trump’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction barring enforcement of key provisions of President Donald Trump’s second executive order on refugees and migrants Monday, finding the president exceeded his lawful authority in issuing the directive. The 9th Circuit’s decision comes as the Supreme Court…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Most global climate models are underestimating increased rainfall caused by global warming, according to a study released Monday. NASA and four universities compared climate data from 1995 to 2005 to 23 climate model simulations for the same period. More than 70 percent of the climate models underestimated the…