LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Henry Rodgers MSNBC will not renew a contract with contributor Sam Seder due to an old tweet where Seder joked about the film director Roman Polanski raping his daughter, according to a new report. Seder, a comedian, writer, and TV pundit has no scheduled appearances between now and February, which…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Joshua Gill Police arrested a 75-year-old former cult leader, who allegedly tortured children for years, for the murder of a child in her religious boarding school. Police arrested Anna Elizabeth Young, aka “Mother Anna,” in Marietta, Ga., last week after multiple witnesses who once lived at Young’s Florida boarding school, The House…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock A college paper fired a writer who called the DNA of white people “an abomination,” according to a Monday report. Texas State University student journalist Rudy Martinez said that “white death will mean liberation for all” in the November column and The University Star fired him after previously…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Henry Rodgers President Donald Trump said he is part of the largest “witch hunt” in U.S. political history in a tweet Monday morning. Trump suggested everyone watch well-known lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s appearance on “Fox & Friends,” where he explained weather or not Trump obstructed justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey. Dershowitz…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun High school cheerleaders are also kneeling during the national anthem, according to a testimony from two high schoolers in Union City, Calif. Two high school students, Sasha Armbrester and Teana Boston, told NPR’s Youth Radio Friday that they are protesting police brutality at football games. Armbrester, a cheerleader for James Logan High School’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock An unidentified assailant punched a 15-year-old pro-life student in the face Saturday as the student and a fellow pro-life demonstrator were peacefully holding pro-life signs and offering counseling. The alleged assailant punched Purity Thomas, a high school fellow from Students for Life of America in Roanoke, Va., according…
December 16th, 2007 was the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, and Ron Paul used the occasion to throw a “money bomb” that took in $6 million dollars, primarily through smaller donations. He used imagery of our nation’s early tax revolts via the Sons of Liberty to draw followers to do their part to…
Yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg, economist Joseph Steglitz called for literally outlawing Bitcoin, on the basis that it doesn’t serve any “socially useful function“. In the same interview, he unintentionally did a good job highlighting several of Bitcoin’s socially useful functions. Let’s leave aside whether or not governments should outlaw things that they deem…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kevin Daley Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the FBI at a federal court in Washington, D.C. According to the two-page charging document, Flynn lied to FBI investigators about his communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition. The conversations concerned…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Eric Lieberman Five women have accused a top Silicon Valley venture capitalist of sexual harassment, according to a lengthy Bloomberg report published Thursday. They specifically allege that Shervin Pishevar exploited his own power to pursue relationships with woman that weren’t interested in his sexual advances. Some accusations include forceful kissing…