LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Californians with gas-powered vehicles will pay more than double in gas taxes than wealthy Tesla owners, due partly to a recently passed fuel tax increase, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s calculations. Electric vehicle owners in the Golden State are required to pay $100 a year for upkeep…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Mars’ atmosphere is full of metal, potentially explaining how the planet became uninhabitable, according to new results from a NASA probe published Monday. NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) found metal ions capable of showing how the planet’s upper atmosphere behaves. Mars doesn’t have a global magnetic…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Stockholm terrorist Rakhmat Akilov claims he received direct instructions from the Islamic State to carry out Friday’s truck attack in the Swedish capital, which left four people dead. Akilov pleaded guilty to “terrorist crime” when the court hearing started Tuesday. He was scheduled to be deported after getting…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Following a drop in stock, and deep public outrage at the forcible removal of a passenger on an overbooked plane, the CEO for United Airlines has finally offered a public apology. United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz issued an apology on Tuesday amid outrage over passenger Dr. David…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on President Trump to fire White House press secretary Sean Spicer, hours after Spicer’s flubbed a comment on Syrian President Bashar Assad, claiming Hitler “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” says the Washington Examiner. (RELATED: Press Sec. Spicer Forgets History, Says Even…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said that ‘a bunch of people sitting in a room in California is not going to be the best way’ to reflect the world’s values, in an interview published Tuesday. The tech leader’s original lengthy mission statement called “Building Global Community” addressed a number…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A Slovakian startup called AeroMobil will soon be accepting pre-orders for a flying car after it reveals its latest version of the vehicle during a supercar show April 20. AeroMobil, the eponymous name of the aircraft, is a “fully functioning four-wheeled car, powered by hybrid propulsion,” according to its official…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett NASA scheduled a major press conference Thursday that may announce the discovery of alien life on an ocean world in our solar system. The press conference will unveil new data about “ocean worlds exploration — including NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission planned for launch in the 2020s — and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Political statistician Nate Silver ordered Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff to stop using his name in fundraising emails in a Tweet Monday evening. Ossoff sent a fundraising email to supporters that argued Silver had claimed Ossoff’s win was the only way for Democrats to retake the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) has been a liberty firebrand who is never afraid to speak his mind. And that is exactly what he did during a town hall, where he mentioned that when it comes to the Speaker of the House, it is time for “a change in…