Michael Bastasch The “Green New Deal” isn’t so much about fighting global warming as it is about “social justice,” according to the plan’s main champion New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “This is really about providing justice for communities and just transitions for communities,” Ocasio-Cortez told NPR in an interview Thursday. “So really the heart of the Green…
By Thomas Phippen The ongoing “Fat Leonard” fraud case brought down the career of a high-ranking admiral Thursday. Rear Adm. Robert Gilbeau, the highest official thus far to be charged in the fraud case, pleaded guilty to charges he lied to federal investigators about his dealings with the foreign defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard.” Gilbeau “lied to federal investigators to…
by Eli Bowman Nobody wants the government in their bedroom, but the FDA has issued a public notification that Stiff Bull Herbal Coffee has a “hidden drug ingredient” that gives men erections with every cup. So if you’re out of that little blue pill, grab a coffee mug from the cupboard. The FDA press release…
With the debate over health care heating up again, Medicare for All once more is a hot topic. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has sponsored a new version of his Senate bill that promises to free Americans from health care concerns. But at the core of the Sanders bill is still the vast and fundamentally illiberal restriction on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett A U.S. defense official said Thursday evening that the Tomahawk missile strike against Syria is a “one-off” event. This official stated the Pentagon intends the attack against the Syrian military base al-Shayrat to be a singular event, according to Reuters. President Donald Trump ordered two U.S. destroyers in the eastern…
Andrew Follett Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is spending lots of money on carbon offsets to lessen the impact of fossil fuels used by his campaign to get its socialist message across the country — even though offsets don’t actually have any impact on global warming. Sanders has remained committed to spending an unspecified, but…
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