LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Washington lawmakers plan to discuss legislation Thursday to privatize Evergreen State College, which dominated headlines recently for hosting an event segregating white and black students, as well as caving to protester demands. Republican State Rep. Matt Manweller is leading the effort to strip Evergreen State of $24…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr A Princeton professor and author of “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation,” said in a statement Wednesday that she has canceled her upcoming public appearances after receiving threats in reaction to inflammatory comments about President Donald Trump. The assistant professor of African American Studies, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, canceled her talks at Seattle’s Town Hall…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The Taliban released a video of its forces proudly parading the streets of Waghaz, Afghanistan after taking it last month, but it is only the most recent example of the group’s brazen celebrations. The video, entitled the “Conquest of Waghaz,” was released Thursday on the Taliban propaganda website Voice…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Democrats plan on making President Donald Trump’s decision to back out of the highly contentious Paris agreement on climate change an election year issue in 2018 and 2020. “Paris will be on the ballot,” Brian Deese, a top White House climate adviser during the Obama-era, wrote on Twitter about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The cover page of the German newspaper Berliner Kurier said “Fuck You” to President Donald Trump Thursday. Hours after Trump announced his decision to pull out of the Paris agreement on climate change, the regional and daily tabloid printed a cover saying “Earth To Trump: Fuck You!” in a hybrid…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The situation on the Korean Peninsula had entered a new phase under President Donald Trump, explains a leading geopolitical analyst. The North Korea situation has remained largely unchanged for decades, with both peace and conflict as unlikely outcomes. North Korea’s accelerated nuclear and ballistic missile developments and the Trump…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren responded to a question about a 2020 presidential bid during a Thursday speech in San Francisco saying, “No, I’m running for Senate in 2018,” upsetting many in the crowd. Warren fired up the audience of women gathered at the “Joyous Persistence” conference….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By The Libertarian Republic Editorial Staff On this episode of “Around the Republic”, Brian Nichols is joined by TLR Contributor Paul Meekin to discuss Kathy Griffin and her “Trump Beheading Art”, “crossing the line” in comedy, and various pop-culture happenings. Host: Brian Nichols (Associate Editor, TLR) Guest: Paul Meekin Contributor, TLR)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield It looks like media star Megyn Kelly will be starting off her career at NBC with a bang, as she announces exclusive one on one interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Following her much discussed departure from Fox News, Kelly kept the her name in the new cycle by taking…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A German court reportedly ruled Wednesday that parents of a deceased teenager do not have the right to access her Facebook account. The ruling overturns a lower court’s decision from two years ago, which Facebook originally appealed. The verdict of the Berlin appeals court somewhat showcases how much Germany errs on the…