LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The Washington Post (WaPo) is reporting that the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is demanding answers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as to why intelligence officials listened in on former National Security advisor Gen. Michael Flynn’s calls with the Russian ambassador and later leaked information on those…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Humana will exit Obamacare exchanges entirely for 2018, the insurance giant announced Tuesday. The pool of customers on Obamacare exchanges has too few healthy patients to balance out the influx of sick and costly customers, the company said in a statement, calling the health care law’s market…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Billions of taxpayer dollars could be at risk of abuse in the government’s credit card program, but actual fraud is difficult to find, according to a government audit released Tuesday. Government employees spent $8.7 billion on small items using purchase cards in 2014. The Government Accountability Office (GAO)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Rumors are swirling about musician Kid Rock being eyed as a potential candidate to take on Democrat Debbie Stabenow’s Senate seat in Michigan next year, according to Roll Call. According to Roll Call, The rocker’s name came up as a possible candidate at a Michigan Republican Party convention last weekend….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett A Nevada lawmaker introduced legislation to ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” Monday, even though there’s no such activity occurring in the state. The bill would prohibit fracking in the state and repeal all the regulations previously approved by the state’s Division of Minerals. There is currently no…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The Point Foundation will open a community college scholarship for LGBTQ students starting March 1, 2017. As detailed on the foundation’s website, applicants for Point scholarships “must be ‘out’ as a person who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community.” “Point Foundation empowers promising lesbian, gay,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch A federal appeals court declined to rehear a case brought against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for designating private property as critical habitat for an endangered frog that hasn’t lived on those lands for decades. FWS officials designated 6,477 acres as critical habitat for the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Several Senate Republicans are arguing for a full-scale repeal of Obamacare along the same lines as the 2015 repeal bill, paving the way for a GOP battle over some aspects of the law. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday afternoon that he would support a repeal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Blue Cross Blue Shield Association lobbyists have been pushing the Trump administration to keep several Obamacare provisions that are good for insurance companies, while trying to get the law’s high taxes on them repealed for good. The health insurance industry wants the Trump administration to preserve the…
By Kody Fairfield On the heels of the resignation of Gen. Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor, for his controversy involving Russia, we take a look at the rest of his current administration, and other characters that the administration can benefit from losing.