Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren has become quite the viral video star as of late; below you can see her in action, exercising her 1st Amendment rights — if you’re into that sort of thing. This time around she is going off on Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who refused to stand for the…
Polls Strangely Absent in Lead-Up to Debates by Josh Guckert A few weeks ago, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) identified five polls which it will average together to identify which presidential candidates will be invited to the debates. They are ABC-Washington Post, CBS-New York Times, CNN-Opinion Research Corporation, Fox News, and NBC-Wall Street Journal. Candidates must…
Obama to Take Advantage of “Pen and Phone” by Josh Guckert On Monday, the White House defended President Obama’s decision to enter into the Paris climate accord without Senate ratification. However, the White House would not confirm reports that the President will do so during his current trip to China. However, as The Washington Post reports,…
by Josh Guckert Comedy legend Dave Chappelle recently did a show in New York City and took on the major topics of the day. He said that he thought “Black Lives Matter” is a “terrible slogan” and that “enough is enough” (as coined by NBA Player Dwyane Wade) would be a better one. Chappelle also poked…
What Lessons did Wonka have for Libertarians? by I, AnCap Gene Wilder passed away yesterday at 83 years of age. Wilder is known for his work in “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” and many other films. In honor of Wilder, we at TLR are going to examine one of the cardinal personalities he adopted: Willy Wonka in the…
by Josh Guckert Based on a report from Red Alert Politics, a man and a Young Americans for Liberty activist were stopped from praying by an administrator at the publicly-funded Clemson University. The administrator, Shawn Jones, demanded that the two fill out paperwork before they continued. The administrator noted that the area was “not a…
by Rachel Stoltzfoos An abortion survivor explains why she is pro-abortion in a bizarre story for the Irish Times published Sunday, saying she is happy to be alive, but holds no hard feelings toward her mother for trying to kill her. Her mom clearly couldn’t “handle” a pregnancy at the time, and made the right choice…
by Robert Donachie A British teenage girl committed suicide for fear she would be labeled a “racist” after sending a picture in jest to her friends in a private message. Phoebe Connop, a 16 year old and a talented gymnast, sent her friends a picture in which she had darkened her skin tone and put a…
by Kevin Daley Critics charging Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of curating a culture of corruption around the Clinton Foundation find an unlikely ally in former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens, who served on the Court for 30 years before his retirement in 2010, authored the principle dissent in Citizens United v. FEC,…
by Craig Boudreau With the release of the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) report on safety issues at private prisons, their use has been called into question. The federal government started using private prisons as a means to help cut down on overcrowding in federal prisons in 1997. Privatization was supposed to reduce costs,…