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 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…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Following police advice, Shia LaBoeuf has taken down his anti-Trump “He Will Not Divide Us” flag just one day after moving it to the United Kingdom. This comes after three separate occasions of interference by 4Chan trolls in the U.S. Three men scaled the Foundation for Art…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie White middle-aged Americans are dying at faster rates than any time in recent memory, according to research by Princeton University Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton. Mortality rates for white non-Hispanic persons with a high school education or less now surpass those of blacks overall, the professors…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A book-burning party turned dangerous and took out at least 10 houses in Florida Wednesday, forcing 150 people to evacuate. The wildfire, which authorities are calling the Garfield Road fire, burned nearly 400 acres, and the fire department announced that it was 65 percent contained Thursday morning,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos Princeton Theological Seminary has pulled an award from well-known pastor and conservative thinker Tim Keller because of his views on gender and homosexuality. The seminary was set to honor the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan with an annual award honoring excellence in reformed theology…