LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Inexperienced Islamic State fighters in the city of Mosul are accidentally blowing themselves up in preparation for combat, an Army spokesman told reporters Thursday. Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, said there is serious discord among the terror group’s last “few hundred” fighters…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Philadelphia’s top prosecutor pleaded guilty to corruption charges in federal court Thursday, essentially admitting he accepted a bribe from a businessman, the Associated Press reports. The presiding judge sent Seth Williams, the Democratic District Attorney for the city of Philadelphia who is now resigning from office, to jail…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley A coalition of prominent constitutional scholars released draft legislation Thursday proposing significant reform to the Supreme Court confirmation process, in hopes of depoliticizing judicial appointments. The legislation incorporates proposals from liberal and conservative practitioners. The draft legislation was brokered by Associate Dean Alan Morrison of George Washington…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover uses extremely advanced software that allows it to independently locate individual rocks for study without human intervention, scientists working on the project told Space.com Wednesday. A software update called Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS) gave the Curiosity rover a degree of artificial intelligence, and is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A professor suggested in an essay Tuesday that students who call their homework easy or explain that they already learned the content in high school were being offensive. Ruth Starkman, a professor at Stanford University, said that these remarks could constitute microaggressions in a Tuesday Huffington Post…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The prickly process of passing the American Health Care Act (AHCA) is like “two porcupines making love,” according to one Republican senator. “Once in Glacier National Park I saw two porcupines making love,” Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts told the Associated Press. “I’m assuming they produced smaller porcupines. They produced…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers President Donald Trump and White House aide Dan Scavino ripped “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Thursday morning via Twitter for speaking poorly of the president. Scavino sent out the first tweet blasting the two hosts, giving them the nicknames, “Dumb As A Rock Mika and “Jealous…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The president of the Philippines instructed the armed forces to open fire on the Islamic militants terrorizing the country regardless of whether or not civilians are present. Muslim militants with ties to the Islamic State overran Marawi, a town in the southern Philippines, in late May, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah tweeted pictures of bacon to PETA Thursday in response to a message the animal rights group sent challenging bacon-eaters to defend their dietary choices. pic.twitter.com/SXcJN07x2h — Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) June 29, 2017 Hatch’s office responded to PETA’s challenge, which called on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Three states have a voting history that is favorable to Republican Senate candidates, according to historical analysis published Thursday. President Donald Trump carried all three states — Pennsylvania, Missouri and Indiana — during the 2016 presidential election. Each state has a history of supporting Senate candidates that are the…