LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea is squaring off with a superpower, and propaganda has offered insight into the targets the North might aim for in the event of a conflict. North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons technology is advancing rapidly. The North successfully tested a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile Sunday…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Two of the tribes opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline dropped their lawsuit against the multi-billion-dollar oil project. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Standing Rock Sioux gave up their legal battle preventing construction on the so-called DAPL. They appealed a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decision…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Former FBI Director James Comey tried to use White House curtains that matched his suit to “blend in,” attempting to avoid President Donald Trump during an inauguration event. The anecdote comes from Benjamin Wittes, a fellow at the Brookings Institute, who relayed a story to The New York Times that Comey…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A new survey of journalists, reporters and broadcasters shows that media types drink more alcohol, and may have difficulty controlling their emotions and suppressing biases. For her “Study into The Mental Resilience of Journalists,” neuroscientist and executive leadership coach Dr. Tara Swart surveyed journalists and found that, despite constant deadlines, unpredictable work schedules,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Former FBI Director James Comey said in March that he was somewhat worried about the prospect of Rod Rosenstein becoming deputy attorney general, according to a post published Thursday by Benjamin Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Wittes, who is a friend of Comey and an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman U.S. Special Operations Command expects the first prototype of an “Iron Man” suit to be fully constructed by the end of 2018, according to a DefenseNews report published Thursday. “It’s getting very real right now,” Col. James Miller, the director of the Joint Acquisition Task Force for the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said Friday the media’s eagerness to fight President Donald Trump is getting in the way of good journalism. Too many members of the press are “binge drinking the anti-Trump Kool-Aid,” he said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “Stick to the reporting,” he said, adding: “One of the realities…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Austin City Council voted Thursday to counter sue the state of Texas over a recently enacted ban of sanctuary cities, setting up a legal fight that could expand to include other cities. By a 10 to 1 vote, the council approved legal action against Senate Bill 4…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The National Rifle Association is suing the state of California over a law restricting magazine capacity to 10 bullets or less the organization argues is an unconstitutional limitation. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) and the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) are spearheading the lawsuit, the second launched…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley BuzzFeed and reporter Jason Leopold are suing half a dozen federal agencies for access to government records concerning President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter. Should the suit succeed, the records could provide definitive answers to the wide range of allegations that the president has made through his…