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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Robert Donachie Senators narrowly passed Republicans’ rewrite of the tax code in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, along party lines. Senate lawmakers passed The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 51-48 Wednesday roughly 10 hours after their House colleagues kicked the measure over to the chamber. “The Tax Cuts and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Chris White Eminem is still angry that President Donald Trump has not reacted to a viral rap video he produced earlier this month ranting and raving about the evils of the Trump administration. “[Trump] makes my blood boil,” Eminem said in a wide-ranging interview Monday about politics and race. “I can’t even…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: As the end of the year approaches, the main thing on everyone’s minds is getting last minute Christmas shopping done and waiting to see what happens with the Senate tax reform bill. However, there is one thing that has not been getting attention. It has brought Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: ERIC LIEBERMAN Tech and Law Reporter A Twitter executive said Tuesday that it is “no longer possible to stand up for all speech,” just five years after a different executive described the company as the “free speech wing of the free speech party.” Speaking before British politicians, Sinead McSweeney, Twitter’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Joe Simonson While a vast majority of Americans will likely benefit from the likely passage of the GOP tax bill, The New York Times is asking for some sympathy for one particularly unpopular government agency: the Internal Revenue Service. Because the tax bill features a “comprehensive revision of the tax…
WILL RACKE Immigration and Foreign Policy Reporter The legislative replacement for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program favored by most Democrats would add billions to the budget deficit, according to an estimate from Congress’ non-partisan accounting shop. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released Friday its score of the Dream Act of 2017, a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Nick Givas After Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson international airport experienced a major blackout Sunday, Chick-fil-A stepped up to feed thousands of stranded passengers despite being closed on Sundays. Georgia Power is working to restore electricity after a fire at an underground facility caused the power outage early Sunday afternoon, according to WSBTV. Atlanta’s Mayor…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Thomas Phippen At least four Democratic senators say Minnesota Sen. Al Franken should reverse his decision to resign his seat in light of sexual harassment allegations. Franken announced that he would resign after members of his own party called for his resignation following accusations that he groped several women before…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall A Texas restaurant defended a sign of a blackface caricature hanging in its restaurant after some people accused the establishment of racism. Cook’s Garage, located in Lubbock, Texas, has a neon sign of a blackface caricature with the words “Coon Chicken Inn,” CBS News reported Saturday. A picture of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun A renowned surgeon in England admitted Wednesday to signing his initials on patients’ livers during surgery. Simon Bramhall, 53, a renowned liver, spleen, and pancreas surgeon, confirmed that he used an argon beam to mark his initials on two patient’s livers during transplant surgery, admitting to two counts…