LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Department of Justice argued Wednesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not protect LGBT individuals from employment discrimination. The brief, more or less, is a continuation of the Obama Justice Department’s policy. Though the previous administration signaled sympathy for gay workers bringing discrimination claims under…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Republicans joined with Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday to deny Attorney General Jeff Sessions the power to interfere with state marijuana laws. The bipartisan rebuke comes after numerous attempts by Sessions to petition Congress to give the Department of Justice power to crack down on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro bashed identity politics and campus protesters’ notion of “verbal violence” Thursday while speaking to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about free speech on college campuses. Shapiro, comedian Adam Carolla and others testified regarding the condition of free speech on college campuses. WATCH: “It’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci described his tumultuous relationship with Chief of Staff Reince Priebus as similar to that of biblical characters Cain and Abel during a Thursday interview. “If you want to talk about [Reince Priebus], we have had odds. We have had differences. When…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Nuclear power’s public image problem is biggest hurdle to building enough nuclear power plants to stymie global warming, according to a new study published Thursday by the University of Pennsylvania. Nuclear power generates none of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions blamed for global warming, but Americans’ negative views on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean invited Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to the Democratic Party after she was threatened by members of the Trump administration for her vote on the health care bill. “Lisa Murkowski would be welcomed as a Moderate Democrat!” the former governor said early Thursday morning….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged President Donald Trump not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a Wednesday tweet. The senator warned the president that his committee would not take up a new nominee for attorney general, should he dismiss Sessions….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie A California deputy attorney general was charged in federal court Wednesday after investigators found child pornography at his San Diego County home. Law enforcement arrested 53-year-old Raymond Joseph Liddy Tuesday morning at his home in the resort town of Coronado, Calif., and charged him with possessing pictures…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis “teamed up” to block national security adviser H.R. McMaster’s plan for Afghanistan from reaching the president’s desk, according to a Politico report. Mattis and Tillerson apparently believed that McMaster’s initial plan, which involved a troop increase and four-year…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke President Donald Trump issued a ban on transgender people serving in the military to ensure that House Conservatives didn’t derail their own spending bill, which was packed with administration priorities including funds for the border wall. Trump’s stunning Twitter announcement came after defense hawks and social conservatives…