LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Worries are beginning to escalate that separate fitness standards for men and women in the Marine Corps will inevitably fuel serious resentment in the ranks. While the Marine Corps has moved to introduce gender neutral fitness standards for particular jobs to assuage fears of lowered combat performance,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read A group of 39 congressional members called upon President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital in a letter issued Friday. Republican Reps. Doug Lamborn, Mark Meadows and Lee Zeldin, along with 39 other members, sent the letter just before Trump began his two-day visit to Israel…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall People complained about “cultural appropriation” after a gay porn video showed two men using an Aboriginal instrument in lieu of a dildo. The gay porn video, posted by Men.com, shows one man taking the didgeridoo and using it to penetrate the other character as form of revenge for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Following the violent confrontation in Washington DC, between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s security force and anti-Erdogan protesters, the Turkish government has summoned the United States ambassador calling the incident “aggressive and unprofessional actions” by American security personnel against Turkish bodyguards, reports the Associated Press (AP). The summons of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The dimming of a sun 1,276 light years away from Earth has once again sparked a debate over whether or not aliens could be responsible for its strange behavior. Telescope operators around the world reported that the star, classified as KIC 8462852, began spontaneously dimming Thursday night, suggesting that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Supreme Court threw out two North Carolina congressional district maps Monday, ruling the state legislature had engaged in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering in drawing district lines. The two districts in question, the 1st and 12th congressional districts, each contain a significant population of black voters. Democrats and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A staggering majority of students in the United Kingdom are willing to enter into a relationship with a “sugar daddy” to fund their college ambitions. The crushing weight of student loan debt is pushing young adults into desperation, forcing them to look for new ways to potentially…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Opponents of California’s recent gas tax say Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s recent comments likening them to “freeloaders” has created even more animus against the law’s supporters. One lawmaker who is trying to repeal the so-called Road Repair and Accountability Act said Sunday that “outraged” citizens inundated his office…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen Tensions in the South-Chinese Sea are up again. In July 2016, the International Court of Justice in The Hague condemned China’s artificial-island building and ruled in favor of the Philippines. When the President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte was in a meeting last week with Chinese…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Former managers with solar panel giant Sunrun say they took part in manipulating troves of sales data before the company went public in 2015. The former managers say superiors told them to wait on reporting data showing hundreds of customers who canceled contracts during a roughly five-month…