CNN reporter Jim Acosta corrected a fellow anchor for calling Tea Partiers “radicals”, and asked him to be careful how he describes people who stand in principle. “The sort of tea party radicals, if you like, who kicked all of this off, they electorally are safe,” the man said. “They’re not going to lose their…
Yale law professor Dan Kahan performed a study that analyzed the responses of 2,000 American people. He was trying to determine whether or not those who identify themselves as “Tea Party” types understood science as much as other people. The results embarrassed him. I’ve got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I…
Olmsted Project Highlights Why Government Is Broken Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has faced a tremendous backlash from conservative grassroots groups for the $2 billion appropriation inserted into the budget deal that reopened the government and raised the debt ceiling of the United States. It’s being called the “Kentucky Kickback”, and it’s laying bare the ideological…
“The camera is the new gun.” -Judge Andrew Napolitano We at The Libertarian Republic are big fans of Cop Block, a non-profit institution that is dedicated to informing citizens about their rights to record police in the line of duty. Their work is critical in educating the American people about how to exercise their freedoms….
“… the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: “Your money, or your life.” Furious statists are circulating a petition calling for the Department of Justice to arrest Republican leaders for “the crime of seditious conspiracy against the United States of America.” The petition has gathered over 21,000 signatures and argues that the shutdown…
“We’ll stand with Ted Cruz! We’ll stand with Rand Paul!” South Carolina state Senator Lee Bright is planning on taking on “enemy number one” of personal freedom in South Carolina… Lindsey Graham. 43-year-old Bright represents the limited government wing of the Republican party, and he’s blasting Senator Graham for compromising on the budget vote that…
MANHATTAN, NY – Police were called to a Victoria’s Secret store in Manhattan after reports that two teenage girls may have been shoplifting. After initially detaining the two girls, they revealed to the police that one of the bags they held contained the body of a dead baby. The girl who was suspected of giving…
CNN obtained footage of the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. The intense video reveals the security cameras viewpoints in the mall attack that occurred on September 21st and lasted four days. The footage shows the brutality of the terrorists who massacred civilians without remorse in the capital of Kenya. The attack claimed…
Reason TV has an interview about Michael Stoll‘s new book “Why are so many Americans in prison?”. The book takes a hard look at US incarceration rates, which have exploded in recent decades. Tracy Oppenheimer interviewed Stoller about the costs of putting so many people in jail. New York City pays about $168,000 per inmate….
In an address to the nation, President Barack Obama thanked Democrats and “responsible Republicans” for reopening the government. The president claims that there were “no winners” in the battle that shut down government for two weeks and threatened to force the government into a default. “American frustration with what goes on in this town has…