LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun A high school student punched his principal for telling him to turn down his music, and the impulsive teen was sentenced Friday at the Manhattan Supreme Court. A judge awarded Luis Penzo, 19, with youthful offender status and a conditional discharge, thanks to his successful completion of a family…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock The New York Times published a nearly 1,500-word feature on University of California, Berkeley and the surrounding Free Speech Week planned by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, without once mentioning Antifa. The Friday article also references the political right more than 10 times, but does not mention the political left, except…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ryan Pickrell President Donald Trump warned Friday night that the U.S. must find a way to stop North Korea because “we can’t have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place.” “Rocket man should have been handled a long time ago,” the president said at a rally in Alabama, appearing to suggest…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall A group of black sheriffs urged transparency and accountability Friday as ways to solve the mistrust between law enforcement officers and the citizens they serve. The five panelists, speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference, proposed the best ways to better the relationship between officers…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kevin Daley President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which expires Sunday, will be replaced by a series of targeted measures meant to deter the entry of terrorists to the United States. The New York Times reports that the new restrictions could take effect as soon as the travel ban expires on its…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jacob Bojesson A French businessman is willing to pay all fines imposed on Muslim women wearing burqas in Austria after the country bans the full-face veil Oct. 1. Rachid Nekkaz has already covered 300,000 euros ($360,000) worth of fines in several countries where the niqabs and burqas are outlawed. Nekkaz — who…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: DISCLAIMER: Pronouns used during this article were the original pronouns published by the Daily Caller News Foundation and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Libertarian Republic, its staff staff, or the owner of this publication. Jonah Bennett The Pentagon has shot back against Chelsea Manning’s claims that he…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ryan Pickrell North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un responded to President Donald Trump’s warning at the United Nations with a threat of his own. Trump warned Tuesday that if North Korea forces the U.S. to defend itself or its allies against an attack, the U.S. will lay waste to the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ethan Barton Consumers are being harmed by the same federal agency that was created to protect them after the 2007 recession, but none of the three branches of government can do much about it, according to a report released Thursday by a conservative nonprofit think tank. The Consumer Financial Protection…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Brett Chandrasekhar Approximately 20 percent of college students believe that violence is an acceptable response to a public speaker, according to a recent survey from the Brookings Institution. The survey first set up a scenario, stating: A public university invites a very controversial speaker to an on-campus event. The speaker…