LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Ways And Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady assured the border adjustment tax won’t hurt small businesses or lead to job losses during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday. Border adjustability, which would tax imports but not exports, is a key component of the House…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Digital library resources offered to grade school students also contain a deluge of links to hardcore pornography and even an article depicting a woman’s rape with a gun barrel. “EBSCO is at the center of a sexual exploitation scandal,” said Executive Director Dawn Hawkins of the National…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By LikeALibertarian On Thursday former Republican House Speaker John Boehner said repeal and replace of Obamacare was “happy talk.” He explained that it’s too difficult to get lawmakers to agree on anything: “In the 25 years that I served in the United States Congress, Republicans never, ever, one time agreed on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Three-quarters of Venezuela’s population lost at least 19 pounds amid serious food shortages last year, according to new research. A 2016 living conditions survey called Encovi conducted on 6,500 Venezuelan families found that 32.5 percent eat only once or twice a day. That’s about three times higher than…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Theft of prescription opioids from hospitals under the direction of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is skyrocketing and risking the treatment of wounded soldiers. Federal investigators are increasing efforts to crack down on the theft of prescription painkillers for personal use or sale by VA employees….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak Rogue congressional staffers took $100,000 from an Iraqi politician while they had administrator-level access to the House of Representatives’ computer network, according to court documents examined by The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group. The money was a loan from Dr. Ali al-Attar, an Iraqi political figure, and was funneled through a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The U.K.’s single-payer hospitals are running out of beds, and experts are warning the system is reaching a “breaking point,” The Times of London reported Monday. The National Health Service (NHS), which runs hospitals and public health services in England, Scotland and Wales, has experienced problems with long…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Stephen Miller, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, advised U.S. attorney Robert Capers as to how to defend the president’s executive order on refugees during an emergency court hearing. The New York Daily News reports Miller called Capers at home “to dictate” strategy for the hearing. Miller,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested it’s unlikely the House Republican “A Better Way” tax blueprint will make it through the Senate during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. Graham noted a number of members have hesitations about the proposal’s language on border adjustability, which would tax…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Dries Van Thielen I did not think it was a necessity to combat the war on drugs in 2017. As recently as November 2016, the states of California and Nevada loosened the use of recreational marijuana and other countries are rethinking their stance on drug use as well….