LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin What if I told you one of the best video games of the last decade was equal parts conservative and progressive? What if I told you that same game is action packed and consistently poignant? Well I am. “Mass Effect 2” is one of the most political games…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White A conservative legal group is seeking communications from EPA officials who may have used a cell phone encryption app to prevent government oversight. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday to obtain communications from agency employees who allegedly used the encryption app “Signal” to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general released a rare interim report Wednesday warning about the dangerous, abysmal conditions that have placed patients at unnecessary risk at the D.C. medical center. After receiving a complaint March 21, the office of the VA inspector general deployed a rapid…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Syria has begun reconstruction efforts at the airbase destroyed by U.S. cruise missiles Thursday, CBSNews reports. U.S. intelligence reportedly spotted earth moving equipment at the site, where Secretary of Defense James Mattis says nearly “20 percent” of Syria’s air-force was destroyed. The strike was in retaliation for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett People who think they’re addicted to pornography may have trouble maintaining romantic relationships, according to a new study from Brigham Young University (BYU). The study, which tracked 350 men and 336 women all of whom were unmarried, found that porn viewing was linked to heightened anxiety about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Delaware Democratic Sen. Tom Carper is asking the government to investigate whether a White House aide broke the law when he said a Freedom Caucus member should lose his seat. Carper asked the Office of Special Counsel to review an April 1 tweet from White House social media director…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Pre-emptive strikes on North Korea are not a priority or an objective for the new administration, according to a senior U.S. official. The Trump administration hopes to address the North Korean threat through economic and political pressure in cooperation with Beijing. Military action is “on the back…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Fairfax County Police have arrested an illegal immigrant accused of sexually abusing a small girl five times at a daycare in Virginia. Oscar Perez Rangel, the 40-year-old illegal from Mexico arrested Friday for the abuse, had previously been deported from the United States, WJLA reports. Rangel abused the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield In a joint press conference from Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attempted to show the world that even amid the tension between the two nations, they could still have dialogue on how to peacefully move forward. But that doesn’t mean that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie President Donald Trump promised a group of business leaders Tuesday that his administration is working on retooling Dodd-Frank, and will be replacing the law with “something else.” Trump ordered a thorough review in February of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted in 2010…