LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is demanding that Facebook hand over information it has on several protesters who were demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s inauguration last month. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia issued the subpoena to Facebook on Jan. 27, according to CityLab,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Andy Puzder, President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of labor, admitted to employing an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper, an allegation that has stopped the confirmation of several political appointees. “My wife and I employed a housekeeper for a few years, during which I was unaware that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Police arrested a narcotics trafficker who received a commuted sentence from former President Barack Obama after wrecking his car during a high-speed chase. Robert M. Gill, 68, was serving a life sentence on cocaine and heroin distribution charges from 1990 before Obama let him out of a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed support for abolishing the Electoral College during remarks at Stanford University Monday night. Ginsburg gave the Rathbun Lecture on a Meaningful Life at Stanford Memorial Church with Rev. Professor Jane Shaw, dean for religious life, where she was asked which constitutional…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Katie Frates The Huffington Post is looking to President Donald Trump’s base for new readership, an odd reversal considering the absolute tidal wave of anti-Trump bigotry that plastered the site over the last 18 months. The site ran front page headlines calling Trump a “Racist, Sexist, Xenophobic Demagogue” with the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A California State University, Fresno faculty member was called a “disgusting racist” for a planning a discussion with students about “white culture,” “what it means to be white,” and the first time they saw themselves as white during a “Discussing Whiteness” forum in early February. Jessica Adams, coordinator…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Former CIA Director and Army Gen. David Petraeus gave his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration Friday, noting the importance of ensuring interpreters who work with U.S. forces are able to come to America if needed. Petraeus argued that interpreters were integral to U.S….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Momentum for 2nd Amendment Picks Up Steam By Sean McCaffrey While many scream for the government to further tighten its grip on firearms in the US, a powerful member of the government is thinking differently. Ronald Turk, the Associate Deputy Director of the Bureau of Arms, Tobacco, and Firearms…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Bill Intends to Get Rid of Two Federal Agencies By Sean McCaffrey Ammon Bundy and friends, rejoice! HR 622 intends to disband the law enforcement arms of the US Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Don’t get too excited though. With the money the feds save…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The top government scientist in Australia has some stern words for President Donald Trump and his changes to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), liking his changes to the censorship of science under former Russian dictator Josef Stalin. Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, speaking during a roundtable discussion in Australia’s capital…