LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg released a virtual reality (VR) movie Sunday in hopes to help people assimilate with prison inmates. The documentary called “Step to the Line” utilizes VR technology to give viewers an opportunity to see prison and convicts in a first-person perspective. “It puts you face-to-face…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter found an unlikely ally in Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) over the weekend when the self-described democratic-socialist defended Coulter’s right to speak on a college campus, reports the Blaze. RELATED: UC Berkeley Cancels Ann Coulter’s Speech Fearing More Violent Protests RELATED: UC Berkeley ReInvites Ann Coulter, But…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A New York Times op-ed argues for a new understanding of free speech that takes into account the experiences of the more marginalized in society. Ulrich Baer, the author and a New York University professor, writes Monday in favor of students who protest talks on campuses from…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A university law school hosted a social justice conference this Saturday with workshops tying capitalism to racism and professing “reproductive justice,” with one entitled “White People, Do Better!” The law school also reserved a room for “fragrance-free space” so that participants could “center themselves.” The student-organized conference…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A pro-life group at California State University Dominguez Hills applied to participate in a social justice fair scheduled for this Tuesday, but was denied a spot because it did not “fit within the framework” of the event. “[Y]our application was denied based on the reasoning that your organization…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Brooklyn district attorney’s office announced Monday it will implement new prosecution guidelines in order to shield illegal immigrants accused of minor crimes from deportation proceedings. The new policy instructs Brooklyn prosecutors to notify defense attorneys of the immigration consequences of their cases and to attempt to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin Some – not all – kids just can’t handle it. Perhaps they’re precocious, a teacher’s pet, simply “weird,” or have ears that stick out. For whatever reason, the mainstream educational system sometimes fails the students it seeks to prepare for the real world. Be it via bullying, large…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion. Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin told The Wall Street Journal Monday that bureaucrats within former President Barack Obama’s administration spun scientific data to manipulate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen President Donald Trump is pleased with White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s job performance because he “gets great ratings.” “I’m not firing Sean Spicer,” Trump said in April, according to a Washington Post report that quotes several anonymous White House insiders. “That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea could destroy the world with just “three or four” thermonuclear bombs, according to a “special representative” of the North Korean government. The U.S. “has many more missiles than Korea,” Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Perez, a Spanish national who serves “special representative” of…