Year: 2017

Alternative Sentencing of Illegal Immigrants Creates ‘Unequal Justice System,’ Says Expert
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Charlotte Cuthbertson, Epoch Times Brooklyn and Baltimore prosecutors have instructed staff to consider alternative offenses and sentence modifications for illegal immigrants to protect them from possible deportation. Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement that his new policy aims to “prevent collateral consequences of convictions” for illegal…

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Flint Officials Shake Down Citizens For Millions In Unpaid Water Bills
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Flint officials have warned thousands of the city’s citizens affected by a year-long water crisis that they could lose their homes if they do not pony up millions in unpaid water bills. City officials sent warning letters to more than 8,000 residents in April notifying them that…

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Michelle Obama Ruined A Movie Producers’ Day After Accidentally Tweeting His Phone Number
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Former First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted and then deleted 10 digits that appear to be a phone number. Michelle didn’t remove the social media post before several people took a screenshot of it and published the number for everyone on the Twittersphere to see. Michelle Obama tweeted, then deleted,…

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Russia Makes Play To Bar US From Most Of Syrian Sky
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Russian government is attempting to bar the U.S. from most of Syria’s airspace in its latest effort to implement a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war, a senior diplomat told reporters attending the ceasefire conference Friday in Kazakhstan. Russia’s special envoy to Syria Aleksandr Lavrentiev said the U.S….

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Black Lives Matter Switches Resistance Tactics In Trump Era
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is slowly turning away from protests to focusing on policy to effect change in the Trump Era, according to The Washington Post Thursday. BLM, known for its protests against the police shootings of black men, wants to focus on changing policy…

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New Jersey Man Planned To ‘Blow Himself Up’ For ISIS
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke A New Jersey man wanted to use a pressure cooker bomb to blow up the “enemies” of ISIS and become a martyr for the terrorist group, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Gregory Lepsky, 20, of Point Pleasant, N.J., will appear in federal court to face allegations that he…

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State Senator Accused of Slapping Reporter Over Unfavorable Press
By May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The political reporter for Alaska’s largest newspaper alleges in a police report that Sen. David Wilson (R-Wasilla) slapped him in the face in a stairwell at the State Capitol one day after a story was published that cast the freshman lawmaker in an unfavorable light, reports KTUU. In the…

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North Korea Can Barely Contain Its Fury Over What This US Senator Said
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea has flipped out over the comments of another U.S. politician quick to criticize Kim Jong Un. North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency, quoting a foreign ministry spokesman, slammed Colorado Senator Cory Gardner after the latter called the young North Korean dictator a “whack job.”…

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Sen. Harris of CA Likely to Face Lawsuit for Conduct as State’s Attorney General
By May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) will likely lose an effort to get a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that she abused her authority as California’s attorney general, reports the Washington Examiner. A San Diego district judge has indicated that the allegations against Harris have enough merit to move…

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Health Care Replacement Bill Repeals Nearly Every Obamacare Tax
ByGuest Post May 5, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The American Health Care Act (AHCA), passed 217-213 by the Republican-controlled House, repeals a series of taxes that predominately affect middle-income Americans, according to Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a nonprofit taxpayer advocacy group. “It repeals a series of about six or seven taxes that directly hit…

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