LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The vast majority of Americans, 76 percent, are worried the U.S. will enter a major war within the next four years, according to an NBC News poll released Tuesday. The number of Americans concerned about a large-scale military conflict has jumped 10 points since February, when 66 percent…
Have you ever wondered how agencies like the Department of Defense (DOD) decide which private contractor gets to build American satellites and military technology? Do they throw a coin in the air and whoever guesses right wins? With examples of billion-dollar rocket launches blowing up, cheap guns jamming, and old Humvees failing to protect the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa, California has become a political hot bed since the 2016 election, and the trend doesn’t appear to be ending any time soon. RELATED: Student Threatened with Expulsion for Recording Professor’s Anti-Trump Rant RELATED: Students And Faculty Protesters Demand Punishment Of College Republicans…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A dean at Boston University urged students to “practice compassion” in an era of “institutionalized racism” and “policies hostile to Muslims” in a Sunday statement. Sandro Galea, the dean of and professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health, made the remarks in a statement titled “On Compassion,” featured…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A college fired its LGBTQ director Jonathan Higgins, after the former director tweeted he was wary of “white gays and well-meaning women” and that “police are meant to service and protect white supremacy,” according to a Friday report. Jan Collins-Eaglin, an associate dean at Pomona College in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Christians United For Israel conference Monday, affirming the American Christian Zionists as Israel’s best supporters. Netanyahu addressed the 2017 CUFI summit in Washington, D.C., in a live stream as he was on a diplomatic visit to Budapest, Hungary. He praised Christian evangelicals…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke The House Budget is slated to release their 2018 budget resolution Tuesday, which includes instructions for reconciliation for tax reform. The committee’s budget — which is expected to be marked up Wednesday — calls for steep cuts that would balance the budget over the course of a decade. The top-line levels…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock Ronald Glass, former director of democratic initiatives in Russia for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has broken a long silence, condemning then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s inaction after Russia banished the USAID program from its borders in 2012. “She was absent. The silence was deafening,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The Senate will delay its vote on the health care bill, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Saturday night. My statement on @SenJohnMcCain pic.twitter.com/WSqc9axgzm — U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (@SenMcConnell) July 16, 2017 McConnell attributed the delay to Arizona Sen. John McCain’s expected absence, McCain underwent surgery to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Trump administration on Monday certified that Iran is technically in compliance with an agreement to limit its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, but warned that Tehran will likely face punishment for violating “the spirit” of the deal. Department of State review of Iran’s behavior over the…