In 2001, Irene Smith, former St. Louis Alderwoman staged a filibuster during a City Hall debate to protest a redistricting plan that she believed would have hurt the city’s black communities. Irene refused to yield the floor, and when denied restroom privileges, her aides surrounded Smith with a sheet, quilt, and tablecloth, as she relieved herself into a trashcan.
Black Lives Matter was recently dragged on Twitter for an old tweet showing admiration for Cuba’s former Communist dictator Fidel Castro in light of the Cuban people’s struggle for freedom. Always be careful what you Tweet because sometimes it may come back to bite you. In this case, “Black Lives Matter” exposed themselves for who…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By GRANT PHILLIPS Liberal media personalities and pages often make claims that appeal to emotion but also contain a very small inkling of fact. Many of them appear to be true on the surface, but a little bit of source checking and scrutiny more often proves them to be patently…
Chris White on December 26, 2018 Outgoing Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is warning incoming progressive lawmakers that alienating the white working class is a recipe for disaster for Democrats working on getting results. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others who are lurching the Democratic Party away from its traditional positions should respect working class people, McCaskill told…
National Review has declared all out war against the candidacy of Donald Trump. But will their passionate and truthful polemic be proven to be irrelevant? by Joey Clark [dropcap size=small]G[/dropcap]ore Vidal once said to William F. Buckley Jr. in the heat of one of their famous 1968 debates, “If there were a contest for Mr. Myra Breckinridge, you…
AMEN! House Republicans held a presser today in front of the Capitol building to address the government shutdown. A heckler appeared to tell them how they really felt about the behavior of our legislators. We hope some Democrats got the message too! “You guys are worthless!”
The National Rifle Association is targeted by the political left more than any other interest group. When tragedies such as the Orlando nightclub shooting occur, liberals blast it for perpetuating a culture of violence that makes such occurrences possible. Most of the time, the NRA stands its ground and defends the Second Amendment. But recently,…
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