LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: As the end of the year approaches, the main thing on everyone’s minds is getting last minute Christmas shopping done and waiting to see what happens with the Senate tax reform bill. However, there is one thing that has not been getting attention. It has brought Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is a cosponsor of a bill introduced by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) that would expand the use of police body cameras. Called the Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available (Police CAMERA) Act of 2017, it creates a grant program to help state and local…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Former Massachusetts Governor and Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate Bill Weld will be the keynote speaker at the Students for Liberty (SFL) northeast regional conference. The conference is scheduled to take place on November 4th at New York University’s Grand Hall. This will be one of his few public appearances since…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: We’ll defend free speech, yell the ever so present defenders of free speech. In the background plays God Bless America, a bald eagle sheds a tear and Kid Rock rips a guitar solo with red white and blue fireworks lighting up the sky. That is until players start to kneel…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The disconnect between the city and the country is a theme English teachers love to use in order to show the difference in lifestyles our own country has. But there is a real disconnect. As cities are havens of technology and becoming even more interconnected with one another, rural America…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: We have come a long way since Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign that ushered libertarianism onto the national stage. 2018 is promising to see many liberty candidates, but here are just some who have made impacts in their own races, earlier races, and on the national stage as well. Larry…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Sixteen years ago, 3,000 Americans lost their lives in one of the most devastating terrorist attacks in recent history. It sparked the current wave of military interventions; the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, and by extension, the wars in Libya, Yemen, and Syria. The United States has been…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Steve Bannon, one of President Donald Trump’s top White House advisers, is pushing for tax reform that increases the top marginal rate from 39.5 percent to 44 percent, according to The Intercept. This is in conflict with Trump’s earlier proposed plan, which would lower the top marginal rate to 35…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Elias Atienza Former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Austin Petersen has decided to run for Senate as a Republican instead of a Libertarian. Petersen announced his intent to run in an opinion editorial for the Kansas City Star: “This is why I’m running to represent Missouri in the United States Senate….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) baffled many Republicans and others when he voted against HR3004, known as Kate’s Law, an immigration bill passed by the House that toughens up punishments against illegal immigrants. As noted by Breitbart, a pro-Trump website, Amash was the only Republican to vote against the…