LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Ivanka Trump influenced her father’s decision to strike Syria Thursday, according to her brother, Eric Trump. The Syrian government’s sarin attack on civilians Tuesday reportedly left Ivanka “heartbroken and outraged.” Her reaction to the strike, which left more than 70 people dead, affected President Donald Trump’s decision,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The president of California State University, Fresno has launched an investigation into the professor who tweeted that “Trump must hang” and that Republicans should be executed for each immigrant deported. “While Fresno State is committed to state and federal constitutional rights of free speech, the content of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s comments on having “binders full of women” during the second presidential debate were a defining moment in the 2012 election cycle — and apparently they actually exist. Romney mentioned the binders after he was asked about equality in the workplace, saying he…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen Nevada loosened their laws concerning marijuana consumption during last year’s election night, making it one of the few states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington) with legislation to legalize marijuana consumption. As The Libertarian Republic reported earlier, marijuana businesses are lucrative and profitable. So much so,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The United States has concluded Russia knew in advance of Syria’s chemical weapons attack last week, a senior U.S. official said according to the Associated Press. Per the AP– A drone operated by Russians was flying over a hospital as victims of the attack were rushing to get…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield North Korea denounced Washington’s deployment of a naval strike group to the Korean peninsula Tuesday, warning it was ready for “war” in a further escalation of tensions, reports Yahoo. The Carl Vinson strike group cancelled a planned trip to Australia this weekend to head to the region, in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice on Monday, filling the vacancy left on the nation’s highest court by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last year, reports the Blaze. The Blaze explains that Gorsuch took two oaths in order to serve on the court, the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Social Democrat Martin Schulz will ignore U.S. demands for Germany to spend 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense if he’s named chancellor in Germany’s general election in September. President Donald Trump recently claimed Germany owes NATO “vast sums of money” for not contributing enough. Schulz —…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Ajit Pai said cellphone calls will continue to be forbidden on airline flights, ending any consideration to lift the ban. “I stand with airline pilots, flight attendants and America’s flying public against the FCC’s ill-conceived 2013 plan to allow people to make…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The week opened with assumptions the Alabama Governor would resign this week amid charges revolving around his 2015 sex scandal. Gov. Bentley explained himself in a press conference today: “I can no longer allow my family, my dear friends, my dedicated staff and cabinet to be subjected to consequences that my past actions…