LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A Pennsylvania lawmaker called President Donald Trump a “fascist, loofa-faced, shit-gibbon” on Twitter Tuesday because Trump reportedly joked he would “destroy” the career of a Texas state senator for introducing legislation on civil asset forfeiture. Hey @realDonaldTrump I oppose civil asset forfeiture too! Why don’t you try to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Katie Frates The Senate confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions in a 52-47 vote as the next U.S. attorney general Wednesday night. Only one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, voted yes. Sessions voted present. He is President Donald Trump’s eighth confirmed cabinet nominee. Trump cheered the confirmation on Twitter: Congratulations to our…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Organizers of the anti-Milo Yiannopoulos demonstration last week at University of California, Berkeley that ended in $100,000 worth of window-breaking chaos declared it a “stunningly successful” protest. Even mentioning that they’ll happily repeat if the British provocateur tries to return to campus. “We are happy with the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Mark Tapscott Puerto Rico’s subsidized daycare program jeopardized 16.2 million U.S. tax dollars to endanger poor children, according to a new Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (IG) report. Puerto Rico’s social work agency failed to properly vet daycare providers or families in 99 out of the 100…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The White House is finishing an executive order that would instruct the Pentagon to send Islamic State detainees to Guantanamo Bay. The Obama administration notably refused to send ISIS fighters captured in the fight to the detention facility, but for President Donald Trump, it’s imperative to take…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield If you are looking to visit the United States, you may soon be asked to supply your social-media passwords to officials as part of enhanced security checks, according to the country’s top domestic security chief. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told Congress on Tuesday that the idea is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke GOP Sen. Rand Paul cautioned against nominating Elliott Abrams as deputy secretary of State, noting his neoconservative leanings directly conflict with President Donald Trump’s stated foreign policy positions. Trump was adamant during the campaign his administration would put an end to nation-building, while Abrams, the former assistant secretary of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A mother from Buffalo, New York noticing that her children were struggling in their public education, decided to switch to homeschooling. A decision that appears to have led to phone calls from Child Protective Services (CPS), eventual attempts from CPS to take her children, and later, her…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A professor told his students that people would die because of Donald Trump’s election and that black and female students did not have to “open [their] heart” to white Trump voters making over $50,000 a year, according to Campus Reform. “People are going to die because of what…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Katie Frates It has been less than 24 hours since Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reprimanded in the Senate, and MSNBC is already asking if she’s going to run for president. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shut down Warren Tuesday for violating Senate floor rules over a speech she gave…