LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Ian Tartt “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill An American pastor has been imprisoned in Turkey on false accusations as leverage to move the U.S. to extradite political enemies of Turkey. Andrew Brunson of North Carolina was arrested along with his wife Oct. 7, 2016 in the coastal Turkish town of Izmir with no evidence presented…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill A case of alleged police harassment set new legal precedent for holding government officials accountable for violating the First Amendment. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s ruling Tuesday, protecting police officers Lee Stevens and Jason Lindsey under qualified immunity, but acknowledging that their alleged actions against Mary Sause…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Mark Tapscott Clinton Foundation officials created lifetime “Category A” positions for the former first family on the controversial non-profit’s board of directors in November 2013 that appear to violate IRS regulations barring individuals from using tax-exempt groups for their private benefit, according to documents reviewed by The Daily Caller…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill California is restricting state government funded travel to four more states after each of them passed laws deemed harmful to the LGBT community. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the addition of Alabama, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Texas to a travel ban list Thursday at a press…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Two bills that would strike down mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders were recently introduced in the Massachusetts House, as yet another state ignores Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ push for “tough-on-crime” policy. Sessions has pushed for mandatory minimums since his appointment in January, ordering DOJ prosecutors…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Paul Meekin Redondo Beach’s city council recently informed a local arborist he’d needed to cut down his favorite, 30 year old tree. The tree’s name was Clyde. Because the tree’s root structure was beginning to damage the road, the city of Redondo Beach demanded the tree be taken down,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A campaign in Colorado seeks to stop kids under 13 years of age from spending too much time on smartphones by banning retailers from selling smartphones for use by children. “Eventually kids are going to get phones and join the world, and I think we all know that, but little children, there’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The CIA has been targeting WiFi routers to conduct surveillance for several years, according to documents published Thursday by the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks. Using advanced firmware called CherryBlossom (CB), the intelligence agency could allegedly monitor unsuspecting users’ internet activity. The technology also empowers the agency with the ability…
h3>LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A fiery grassroots recall effort has been started in one of Southern California’s state senate districts (D29) after the Senator, Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), cast his vote for a burdensome $52B tax increase, known as the “Gas Tax.” Since the announcement that the effort has landed about 35,000 signatures, of…