LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Attempts by New York City to remove trash cans from subway stops in a bid to reduce trash and rats have officially failed, local Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials admitted Wednesday. MTA ended the 6-year-long program after two separate audits found it only increased the amount of garbage in stations and caused…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield President Donald Trump is not one to be told “no.” Since the beginning of Trump’s run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has been making a list of enemies to scapegoat for all of his failures. This list headed by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the entire Democrat…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin Two anti-abortion activists / journalists were charged with over a dozen felonies in California following their undercover recording of Planned Parenthood officials, and other reproductive rights activists at 2014’s National Abortion Federation conference. The videos stirred up controversy and showed officials talking cavalierly regarding the sale of fetal tissue to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Islamic State terrorists are forcing male citizens of Raqqa to dress in terrorist garb, the Associated Press reports. The garb includes flowy pants and long shirts, a uniform worn by ISIS members both in Iraq and Syria. Forcing the men to wear the uniform will complicate efforts to distinguish…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Fewer than 1 percent of papers published in scientific journals follow the scientific method, according to research by Wharton School professor and forecasting expert J. Scott Armstrong. Armstrong, who co-founded the peer-reviewed Journal of Forecasting in 1982 and the International Journal of Forecasting in 1985, made the claim during a presentation about what…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield After an article that John Podesta’s legal representation has called “fake,” the former Hillary Clinton operative has served the Daily Caller with a legal cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday, reports the Washington Examiner. The letter, sent to TheDC’s publisher Neil Patel by Podesta’s counsel, Marc Elias, singles out a March 26 article titled, “EXCLUSIVE: John…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman A writer’s strike could put the brakes on your favorite new television show after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) authorized its leadership to walk out if negotiations on a new contract are not successful. WGA-East, which represents TV and film writers east of the Mississippi River,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The co-founder of Lyft, the ride-sharing little brother to Uber, says his company is “more woke” than its primary competitor. “We’re woke. Our community is woke, and the U.S. population is woke,” Lyft President John Zimmer told TIME in an exclusive interview. “Woke” reportedly originated as a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley As an attorney in the George W. Bush administration, Judge Neil Gorsuch, savaged the Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London, a landmark property rights case, and lavished praise on Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissent. The Kelo decision is among the most famous cases of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The professor who joked about wanting “white genocide” for Christmas, recently complained that a man on an airplane had given up his seat to a soldier. “Some guy gave up his first class seat for a uniformed soldier,” Drexel University professor George Ciccariello said on Twitter. “People are thanking…