LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Department of Defense has yet to receive formal guidance from the White House following President Donald Trump’s Wednesday tweets claiming that transgenders will no longer be allowed to serve in the U.S. military, according to Pentagon Chief Spokesman Dana White. “The Department of Defense is awaiting formal guidance from the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to abolish the filibuster and allow bills to pass with a simple majority in a Friday morning tweet, saying the move is necessary to pass “great legislation.” “If Republicans are going to pass great future legislation in the Senate, they…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe President Donald Trump reacted positively when he heard about newly appointed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci’s rant, published in the New Yorker Thursday afternoon. Scaramucci reportedly called New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza and proceeded to go on a wild diatribe in which he called White House chief of staff…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza, appeared on CNN’s “New Day” Friday and said White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci knew their Thursday interview on White House leakers was “100 percent on the record.” Lizza published a story Thursday evening detailing a phone call with Scaramucci about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Geraldo Rivera appeared on “Fox and Friends” Friday where he described the White House as being “riddled with rats,” and said White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus “comes from the deep state.” Rivera’s comments come on the heels of an interview Scaramucci gave to The New Yorker’s Washington…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks said Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell has “got to go” after the GOP failed to repeal Obamacare early Friday morning. Brooks blasted GOP Senate members on CNN, saying the group failed the American people, and calling the Senate’s efforts an “abject failure.” Brooks focused on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Senators voted against an amendment to the Senate Obamacare repeal bill that would institute a single-payer system Thursday afternoon, a move meant to coax Democrats into exposing a policy rift within their own party. Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, an avid opponent of the single-payer system, sponsored…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Conservative Catholic Group in Ferndale, Michigan Has the Constitutional Right to Worship as They See Fit by Lee Enochs The principle of religious liberty is embedded in the U.S. Constitution and is sacrosanct to most Americans. President Thomas Jefferson once said, “The Constitutional freedom of religion is the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom In Louisiana, 43 percent of ex-convicts will return to prison within five years of their release — the state has the highest incarceration rate in the world and one of the worst recidivism rates in the country. The state passed a massive 10-bill justice reform package this June to cut…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kent Strobl National anthem protests were the main reason why NFL games lost viewers last season, according to a survey released Wednesday. The survey included 9,200 respondents and asked questions regarding whether they tuned into less games last season and, if so, why. Twenty-six percent of viewers said they watched fewer games because of the national…