LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) said that the Constitution doesn’t “apply to people who have not yet come to our country” in an interview with Andrew Wilkow, host of the “Wilkow Majority.” Speaking on President Donald Trump‘s executive orders on immigration, Paul argued that the United States has…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Bob Ferguson, the Attorney General for the State of Washington, has said he will sue the Trump Administration over an executive order that suspended immigration from seven countries with majority-Muslim populations and sparked nationwide protests, reports the LA Times. Ferguson announced his lawsuit Monday, making Washington state the first to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Secretary of Defense James Mattis is reportedly asking for Iraqis who have helped the U.S. military to be made exempt from the recently imposed 90-day travel ban. A Pentagon official told The Washington Examiner that Mattis wants Iraqi interpreters and pilots traveling to the U.S. to learn…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Environmentalists accused the head of the company behind the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline of committing genocide during demonstrations against a Texas oil pipeline. Tane Ward, the organizing manager for environmentalist group Sierra Club, directed a series of protests at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission’s meeting in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jordan LaPorta For most Americans, Monday is just another day. But for many refugees trying to get into the country and countless other Green Card holders, Monday was the first of many long days battling for equal protection under the law. Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Senate Democrats will attempt to block President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, regardless of who the president selects to fill the vacancy. Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley told Politico he will filibuster any nominee Trump puts forward, unless the nominee is Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Former President Barack Obama has released a statement supporting the protests going on around the country. He spoke out against discrimination based on race or religion, saying “American values are at stake.” Politico reports that Kevin Lewis, spokesman for Obama in his post-presidency, said that Obama — who has been threading…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Duke University faculty and leadership vowed to help protect international students from President Donald Trump, according to a Monday report from the Charlotte Observer. The decision came after Trump signed the executive order temporarily banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, including Iraq and Iran. A recent industry study revealed that over…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Earth’s magnetic field may be about to reverse, which could have devastating consequences for humanity. Scientists think that Earth is long “overdue” for a full magnetic reversal and have determined that the magnetic field’s strength is already declining by 5 percent each century. This suggests that a fully reversal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield (Editor’s Note: This is a correction of a previous article reported by The Libertarian Republic) A previous article reported by the The Libertarian Republic quoted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a local television station, TVA Nouvelles, in saying that a man named Mohamed Khadir had been arrested as a suspect…