LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The man who walked into a Washington, D.C., pizza shop armed with an AR-15 and a revolver to investigate an online conspiracy pleaded guilty to federal and local weapons charges Friday. Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, traveled from North Carolina to Comet Ping Pong in Northwest Washington to investigate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A Republican college student was recently attacked on Twitter when she expressed her fear of “being stereotyped or labeled negatively” for voicing conservative opinions. https://twitter.com/michelle_sham/status/842718268280528897 Among the Bowie State University student’s fiercest critics was Patrick S. Tomlinson, a contributor to The Hill and self-described “comic,” who replied…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield On Thursday, rapper Kendrick Lamar took some shots at the “vibe” of President Donald Trump, when he released his new track, “The Heart Part 4.” In the video, Lamar begins rapping about his successful rapping career, which then becomes political, criticizing Trump. Lamar hit the President’s calling him a “chump,” alludes to Trump’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky An overwhelming majority of Baltimore residents report their government is corrupt, according to a Washington Post poll published Friday. Fifty-nine percent of the residents of Baltimore, Maryland, say they feel their local government officials are corrupt. Twenty-four percent of respondents report they feel that all of the government in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A Michigan State Police Trooper is thanking Good Samaritans who stopped to help as he was being attacked following a chase on the freeway, reports Fox5. From Fox5: The chase happened in February on U.S. 31 near the Indiana border but the video was only released this week. Trooper…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke An Indiana restaurant owner who illegally immigrated to the U.S. nearly 20 years ago was shocked to find himself in deportation proceedings after a voluntary check-in with immigration authorities. Roberto Beristain was detained after visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Indianapolis in February, Yahoo…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Judges have so far faced no discipline more than a year after getting caught hosting a “Forum of Hate” listserv at the Department of Veterans Affairs that, among other things, called veterans “shit,” black people “niggers,” and then-VA Director Eric Shinseki an undisclosed racist slur for Asians. Board of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed a bill protecting free speech at colleges, a decision that comes amid a trend of colleges protesting conservative speakers on campus. “Except as otherwise permitted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, no public institution of higher education…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Dozens of scientific journals hired a fake scientist to editorial positions, and some even took cash payments in exchange for publishing scientific papers. Forty of the the 48 journals examined by researchers offered an editorial position to the fake scientist whose last name actually translated to “Fraud.”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin Around December 15th, 2016, John Rayne Rivello tweeted a strobing GIF designed to induce a seizure to Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald, who has epilepsy. Eichenwald saw the message, and predictably had a seizure. Despite tweeting under a pseudonym, the FBI was able to locate Rivello and promptly arrested…