LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kevin Daley The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared skeptical that it should grant the government’s motion to overturn U.S. District Judge James Robart’s ruling temporarily barring enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees. Robart’s Jan. 27 order suspended enforcement of provisions of the order which preclude…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Allan Stevo, a former board member of the Metropolitan Republican Club in New York, told the Libertarian Republic (TLR) that he and other board members were booted after they voiced their support for President Donald Trump. In Stevo’s conversation with TLR, he mentioned that there had been little calm inside the elite political…
by Ian Tartt To cover all the misconceptions about libertarians/libertarianism would take far too much space for just one article. So instead, let’s take a look at the top five most common misconceptions and see if they hold up under scrutiny.1. Libertarians Hate Poor People This charge is often levied at libertarians in discussions about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Vizio, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and sellers of Internet-connected “smart” televisions, is agreeing to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit after it was accused of secretly collecting customers’ viewing data and personal information. The tech company installed software on its TVs to gather such data on “11…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Jason Kander launched a new group designed to “expose the real motivations” of lawmakers he claims suppressed voters in minority communities in a Tuesday release, but further investigation revealed he worked closely with election officials to create the scenarios he claims led to “voter intimidation.” Kander started…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Republicans vowed to restore the power of the legislative branch when they rolled out their “A Better Way” agenda last year, and they delivered. Using a two-step approach, GOP lawmakers in the lower chamber first passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS)…
Pres. Trump has unknowingly revived philosophical debate for pundits, commentators, and everyday people. Let’s hope these profitable conversations continue.
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Texas fast food chain fired their employee after she refused to serve a Dallas police officer last week. Golden Chick in Dallas quickly terminated their employee after an outpouring of outrage over social media, reports Dallas News. A patrol sergeant alleged that an employee told him that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz Associate Editor On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. This 50-50 tie comes after a hotly contested period of time where even some Republicans opposed President Trump’s pick, as Senators Susan Collins(ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) came out against DeVos last week. The Democrats, knowing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ryan Pickrell Supreme People’s Court Judge He Fan labeled Trump an “enemy of the rule of law” in a vitriolic post online after the president slammed U.S. Judge James Robart on Twitter this past weekend, reports the Associated Press. Robart temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order from being implemented nationwide Friday,…