LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield According to multiple Trump administration officials speaking to The Daily Beast, who spoke anonymously, the president is angry that his first big legislative push is crumbling before his eyes—and his chief strategist Steve Bannon is advising him to take names and keep a hit list of Republicans who…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: What does restricted free speech look like? “You can’t say that! You are not in the free speech zone.” “I was offended by what my professor said; I’m going to report it.” The first amendment of the Constitution that holds this very country together is under attack on college…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock “Dear White People” posters at a college said white people were “perpetuating racism and white supremacy” by being “colorblind,” and that whites who use the term “African American” really want to say “n*ggers.” North Carolina State University’s recognized student group Union Activities Board posted these signs and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Florida prosecutors declined to bring criminal charges against an Orlando police officer accused of forcing a woman to give him oral sex. The prosecutors announced Tuesday that despite strong evidence suggesting the sexual act took place, they did not have enough evidence to prove the officer forced…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The man who walked into a Washington, D.C., pizza shop armed with an AR-15 and a revolver to investigate an online conspiracy pleaded guilty to federal and local weapons charges Friday. Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, traveled from North Carolina to Comet Ping Pong in Northwest Washington to investigate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A Republican college student was recently attacked on Twitter when she expressed her fear of “being stereotyped or labeled negatively” for voicing conservative opinions. https://twitter.com/michelle_sham/status/842718268280528897 Among the Bowie State University student’s fiercest critics was Patrick S. Tomlinson, a contributor to The Hill and self-described “comic,” who replied…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The New York Times is reporting that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) rushed to the White House to tell the President that he did not have the votes to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to decide whether to pull the bill from consideration. RELATED: GOP Rep:…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky The Congressional Leadership Fund officially decided to remove funding and staff to boost Rep. David Young, due to his decision to oppose the American Health Care Act, according to a Thursday report from the Wall Street Journal. The CLF is a super-PAC operated by Republican leadership in the House….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Washington, D.C. — Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin promises that the administration is now ready to tackle tax and regulatory reform, even if health care reform falls flat in Congress. President Donald Trump’s message has been that tax reform and his other pro-growth policies are impossible…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Republicans in the House made the first step in approving the American Health Care Act Friday, as it passed the first rules vote that allows the bill to move to a full vote later this afternoon. Votes remained along party lines: 236 Republicans voted in favor, and…