LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Democrat Misty K. Snow, the first transgender female to run for Senate in 2016, announced she is planning to run for Utah’s 2nd congressional district Wednesday. Utah Sen. Mike Lee defeated Snow by a landslide, beating his opponent by a 41.1 percent margin. While Snow didn’t win a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Publius It has been a fantastic week for public relations nightmares. First, Pepsi tried (and failed) to use social activism to sell a second-rate cola. Then, United Airlines violently removed a passenger from an aircraft to accommodate a non-paying United employee. Next, Sean Spicer did what he did best:…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The organization behind the “March for Science” tweeted the Trump administration’s bombing Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan is “an example of how science is weaponized against marginalized people.” The march’s Twitter account sent out the tweet lamenting the bombing in reply to a post by activist Zellie…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The giant bomb U.S. forces dropped Thursday on an ISIS training camp in Afghanistan did not cost $314 million to develop, or $16 million per unit as reported by multiple news outlets. (RELATED: US Drops ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ On ISIS In Afghanistan) Every news report about cost…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin The trailer for the Netflix adaptation of 2014’s “Dear White People” has dropped… and it’s pretty funny. For the uninformed, “Dear White People” is about several African-American college students who are busy trying to find their personhood while reconciling what society – white and black, expects of them….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The director of the CIA claimed Thursday that Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange are acting as a hostile foreign intelligence agency that jeopardizes U.S. national security. Mike Pompeo said it was time to “call out” Wikileaks for what it actually is: a “non-state, hostile intelligence service” that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A university employee recently demanded a student remove a President Donald Trump sign in his dorm window, but the college ultimately upheld the student’s freedom of expression Wednesday. “I am asking that you remove the sign within 24 hours,” said Dylan Lloyd, community director at the University…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follet The Cassini space probe detected hydrogen coming from Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, which suggests alien life could develop there, according to NASA. NASA said Enceladus has “almost all of the ingredients needed to support life as we know it on Earth,” but admitted they found no living organisms….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos President Donald Trump stressed that North Korea “is a problem” that will be dealt with Thursday, shortly after news broke that the U.S. military dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on the Islamic State in Afghanistan. “I don’t know if this sends a message. It…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea’s indigenous missile program is advancing rapidly, but it looks like they’ve had some help from their friends. The North carried out around two dozen rocket and ballistic missile tests last year, and so far this year, it has launched at least seven. They are making…