LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt defended his vision of globalization in a wide-ranging speech Thursday while also advocating President Donald Trump’s America first focus. “We [the U.S.] have the most to lose through protectionism,” Immelt said during a talk at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. “If leaders think…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The ACLU will not file a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order on religious liberty despite an aggressive statement promising litigation early Thursday afternoon. The civil rights group issued a declaration promising a lawsuit shortly after the order was signed in a Rose Garden ceremony at…
of The Libertarian Republic or its sponsors. LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Coast Guard commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft said Wednesday the service is considering whether to arm new icebreakers in the works in response to armed Russian vessels. Zukunft emphasized that Russia is light years ahead the U.S. in terms of developing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Two professors and a student at the University of Arizona (UA) called Cinco de Mayo “cultural appropriation” in a Wednesday editorial for The Daily Wildcat, the school’s student newspaper. “The one thing that really surprised me was that students were putting on their Mexican costumes,” said Maurice Magaña, a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Newly confirmed agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue said labeling food as organic and free of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is mainly about marketing during a press conference at the Department of Agriculture Thursday. “I knew it was all about marketing when I went to the grocery store and there…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Progressive candidate for Governor in Virginia Tom Perriello launched a new ad minutes after House Republicans passed their signature replacement of the Affordable Care Act Thursday. “Republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable health care,” he said in the ad, pointing to an ambulance being…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Parents in California were almost imprisoned when they boarded their plane in April, after officials threatened to charge them with federal offenses and place their two infants in foster care. Employees (either of the airport, Delta Air Lines, or both) notified Brian Schear that he and his…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A historically black college plans to award Trayvon Martin a posthumous degree, the school announced Wednesday. Florida Memorial University will present a bachelor’s of aeronautical science May 13 to Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. Trayvon Martin died in 2012 after neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot him during an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Police have finally found the escaped and dangerous convict David Watson in Maryland after a six-day manhunt. Howard County Police discovered Watson surviving off of puddle water and food from trash cans Wednesday evening about a half a mile from a hospital parking lot where he had originally…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Former president Barack Obama is sad and frustrated over President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in the White House, according to a Thursday report from Politico. People who spoke with Obama told Politico the former president’s personal feelings about Trump range from stoicism, to fear, to frustration….