LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By JULIEGRACE BRUFKE GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky blasted the process that Republicans in the upper chamber used while crafting their Obamacare repeal legislation Wednesday, reintroducing a resolution aimed at preventing lawmakers from rushing through legislation. The Read the Bills Resolution would require legislation, resolutions, amendments and conference reports…
by Ian Tartt So many modern problems, from excessively powerful corporations to the high cost of living, are blamed on the “free market”. Using that term in a negative way in front of most audiences will generate applause and cheers. But is that consistent with reality? Are the problems we now face the result of too much…
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 Grace Carr Inmates increasingly use drones to smuggle anything from cell phones to weapons into jails across the country, according to Department of Justice (DOJ) documents released in mid-June. The documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, reveal more than a dozen attempts to transport mobile phones, drugs, and porn…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The Air Force has known about problems with the F-35’s oxygen system since 2011, the service announced Thursday. More than a dozen pilots have experienced oxygen deprivation known as hypoxia or “physiological events” since 2011, Capt. Mark Graff, Air Force spokesman for the Air Force, told Military.com. There…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Republican senators trying to repeal former President Barack Obama’s landmark health care legislation are coming around to the idea of keeping Obamacare taxes. The change in sentiment is an effort to delay draconian cuts to certain features of the system, like Medicaid expansion. Moderate Republicans in the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart said that Obama-era smog regulations had “hosed” western U.S. states that struggle with high levels of naturally-occurring pollutants. “Those of us in the west are kind of hosed by this whole thing,” Stewart told Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt during…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Nearly 200 congressional Democrats have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, alleging the Trump Organization’s business dealings with foreign governments violates the Constitution. The lawsuit has the greatest number of congressional plaintiffs of any lawsuit against the president, and has few analogues in the history of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed involuntary manslaughter charges against one of the state officials responsible for the Flint water scandal in 2015, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Shuette, a Republican, charged Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon is accused of neglecting to inform the public about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke The Senate voted against advancing a resolution to block a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia in a 47-53 vote Tuesday. The resolution — spearheaded by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut — would have blocked $510 million of precision-guided munitions…