LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The CEO of YouTube discussed “microaggressions” and Silicon Valley’s gender representation and pay in an interview Wednesday. Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, sat down with Poppy Harlow from CNN for a segment on CNN Money’s American Opportunity vertical. “There are sometimes microaggressions,” explained Wojcicki. “You’ll be talking…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A draft of a proposed new surveillance law in the U.K. leaked Thursday shows the country’s government wants the power to force internet service providers (ISPs) to give up people’s communications in real-time. The Investigatory Powers Bill, colloquially known as the “snoopers’ charter,” originally passed under the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Police in Texas say a concealed carry holder is a “hero” for shooting a crazed attacker and preventing what could have been a slaughter inside a crowded sports bar on Wednesday. The man, who was dining with his wife at Zona Caliente in Arlington, Tex., quickly sprung into…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky President Donald Trump declared the death of the Affordable Care Act during his comments with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Thursday evening. “So when you compare something to Obamacare, Obamacare is no longer living,” President Trump said about Obama’s signature achievement. “And we have something that’s going to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ethan Barton A federal judge ordered the Department of State to release new emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi, a nonprofit government watchdog group announced Friday. Two previously unreleased emails have a subject line “Quick Summary of POTUS…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch A new study examining explanations for the 10- to 15-year “hiatus” in global warming has scientists “more confident than ever that human influence is dominant in long-term warming.” “In a time coinciding with high-level political negotiations on preventing climate change, skeptical media and politicians were using the apparent…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A New York Times write-up Thursday defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision not to charge two officers for the fatal shooting of a black man by pointing out the Obama administration would have done the same. The Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to bring civil rights charges Wednesday against the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke A new report from the FBI says a one-sided media narrative against police is partly to blame for the growing hostility to law enforcement, which resulted in a sharp rise in officer killings in 2016. The report, “Assailant Study — Mindsets and Behaviors,” said constant negative coverage…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A Republican lawmaker in Georgia is risking arrest and felony charges for distributing marijuana oils to residents suffering from debilitating conditions. Georgia Rep. Allen Peake is the leader of a statewide distribution network that sidesteps the law to get medical marijuana to residents who need it. Georgia…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The U.S. economy added 211,000 new jobs in April, according to the jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday. The labor force participation rate remained at 62.9 percent during President Donald Trump’s third full month in office, its lowest since the late 1970s. The 211,000 jobs figure…