LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady’s suggestion Republicans opt for a five-year phase in for the border adjustment tax did not sweeten the House GOP’s tax blueprint for House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows. The BAT — a key revenue-raising component of the leadership-backed…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A Ukrainian group is pushing to replace a monument to a communist leader with a statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation is seeking a permit to build a monument to Reagan at the Kiev city center, the former home of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ian Tartt It takes a lot of people to make the liberty movement work. Everyone involved can find something they are good at and enjoy. The following examples are hardly the only positions in the liberty movement, and it’s certainly possible for one person to do two or…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea has released an imprisoned American university student, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed Tuesday. Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was arrested last January while visiting North Korea as a tourist. He was detained for stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce Thousands are helping out a formerly homeless man after he rushed to help wounded children when a bomb detonated in Manchester Arena during an Ariana Grande concert May 22. RELATED: Homeless Man Had To ‘Pull Nails’ Out Of A Little Girl’s Face After Manchester Attacks Thanks to generous donors, 35-year-old…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Lawmakers in Indiana need to “loosen their grip” on the Marketplace By Darrell England Columbus, Ind – Libertarians made cold beer a hot topic at the Ricker’s Gas Station Convenience Store Sunday afternoon. Indiana Laws have been restrictive with alcohol sales on Sundays in contrast to a recent poll being published that around…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield In Spain, the region of Catalonia has been breeding a strain of separatism which is looking to become independent of the larger nation. And it now looks like they may get a vote to do just that. It was announced on Friday, that Catalonia will be holding…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appointed a senior staff member Tuesday that has a track record of defending free speech and other civil liberties on college campuses. DeVos appointed Adam Kissel as deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs in the Office of Postsecondary Education. Kissel has worked for both the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Liz Reitzig Advocates for direct farm-to-consumer food rights, the Real Food Consumer Coalition (RFCC), have filed a petition with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This petition, when accepted by the FDA, would eliminate an important layer of FDA regulatory enforcement against raw milk farmers—the agency’s ban on interstate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman President Donald Trump is likely to announce a proposal to privatize the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) system Monday, kicking off what the White House is calling “Infrastructure Week.” Trump is expected to push for the separation of ATC operations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a move…