LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce White house economists overestimated annual economic growth by about 80 percent on average for a six year stretch during Barack Obama’s presidency, according to FreedomWorks economic consultant Stephen Moore. Economists predicted growth between 3.2 to 4.6 percent for the years 2010 through 2015. Actual economic growth never…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom More than 60 criminal justice reform groups signed a letter Monday calling for the dismissal of HR 2851, which would add federal mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes and expand Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ power to set criminal drug penalties. The bill seeks to “stop the importation…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett A jury in Georgia awarded James Lyle a total of $833,000 Monday in his libel lawsuit against Lee Martin and the Tea Party Patriots. The long-standing case came to end in Cherokee County, Ga., when the jury found the Tea Party Patriots and Martin defamed Lyle, who…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she would like her country’s parliament to move towards a “vote of conscience” on the introduction of same-sex marriage in Germany Monday. Merkel’s comments indicate a shift in ideology for the German conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which historically has favored traditional values and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas A Bloomberg News reporter likened the GOP’s fight on health care to the Vietnam War Tuesday during an interview on MSNBC. “This is sort of like becoming their Vietnam. They just can’t get themselves out of it,” Shannon Pettypiece said on “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” Pettypiece said she…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By The Libertarian Republic Editorial Staff On today’s special Around the Republic Podcast interview series, host Brian Nichols is joined by renowned radio personality and Mediate contributor John Ziegler to discuss bias in the media, “Trumpism,” and shared conservative and libertarian principles in the Age of Trump. WATCH: Host: Brian Nichols Guest: Mediaite’s John Ziegler WATCH TLR’S…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky announced Monday that President Donald Trump is willing to cooperate with him to reform the recently revealed Senate health care bill. Paul’s comments came moments after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that leadership would delay the vote on the GOP health care…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Benjamin Decatur Yale University filed a suit against Connecticut Friday for requiring several non-gender neutral bathrooms to be placed on its campus, following complaints from angry students. The New Haven-based university wants all restrooms in its law school to be designated as gender neutral. However, this plan violates state building codes, which do not count gender neutral…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind an Obama-era regulation that critics argued would expand federal control over non-navigable bodies of water on private property. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Tuesday the agency would repeal the Clean Water Rule, or the “waters of the United States” rule (WOTUS),…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce California wants to seize 6.4 acres of private land to guarantee public access to a secluded stretch of beach south of Half Moon Bay, according to The Sacramento Bee. Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla bought 90 acres of beachfront property in 2008, including a road that leads from…