LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joe Klare On Friday, January 20th, while Donald Trump is making his speech after being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, don’t be surprised if you see a noticeable cloud wafting through the air. DCMJ, the group behind the successful push to legalize recreational marijuana…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Brendon Berger Is everybody ready for the era of the hair? It’s inauguration season and that means the times they are a’changing. Some of our friends in DC are ruefully shaking their heads as they pack their hammers and sickles away into storage. Others are giddily finding places to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Caleb Coggeshall Feeding the homeless is a noble action, as long as one has permission from the state. Simple kindness for fellow man has become punishable in the last few years, as people have gone to prison and faced fines for feeding the homeless. Unfortunately, these incidents are not…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Thinking of your children as fat might actually make them gain weight, according to a study into the stigma obese kids face as they grow up overweight. “The stigma attached to being an overweight child may explain why children whose parents view them as being overweight tend to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read An al-Qaida terrorist, who defense officials believe may have been trained to participate in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is among the most recent detainees released from Guantanamo Bay. Mohammed al-Ansi was trained as a “suicide operative” for one of the terrorist attacks on Sept….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ethan Barton President Barack Obama is ordering select federal departments and agencies – which will be under President-elect Donald Trump’s authority shortly after noon Friday – to conduct mandatory diversity training every two years. Obama’s order requires senior leaders, managers and employees who handle recruitment and hiring take the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released 13 million pages of declassified documents detailing the agency’s 1,864 investigations into the use of psychic powers. The data dump contains 1,864 instances in which the CIA seriously investigated psychic phenomena, including the use of psychics by law enforcement, research with…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The Secret Service has agreed to pay out $24 million to dozens of black agents who alleged that the organization fostered a racist culture. According to the more than 100 black agents involved in the decades-long case, the service went out of its way to promote white agents instead…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White A conservative non-profit group believes Standing Rock Sioux’s deep connections with the Obama administration may have played a part in the government’s decision to reject the highly contentious Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Center for Individual Freedom in Virginia filed a Freedom of Information Act request Jan. 12…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A gay organization banned police officers from Toronto’s gay Pride Parade Tuesday, caving to Black Lives Matter demands. Pride Toronto members gathered to vote on new board members and demands from the Toronto chapter of Black Lives Matter, reports 680 News. One demand centered around whether police…