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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Eric Liebermanon Facebook is revamping its fight against fake news by announcing Thursday it will get more aggressive in tracking dubious reporting. The social media service turned tech conglomerate originally announced in April that it was improving its “Related Articles” system in which different content from various outlets on the same…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Ryan Pickrellon President Donald Trump praised the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) newly-imposed sanctions on North Korea Saturday, which will put greater pressure on the rogue regime’s economy. North Korea’s two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month drove the UNSC to pursue “the strongest sanctions ever imposed” on North…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Michael Bastaschon A Nevada-based mining company has been struggling to regain its footing after the Guatemalan Supreme Court suspended its license to operate one of the world’s largest silver mines over the company’s failure to consult indigenous peoples living in the area. Tahoe Resources faces a fundamental problem,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Anders Hagstromon China has begun using 3-foot-tall “legal robots” in its criminal justice system to advise sentencing and review court documents. The country had a 99.93 percent conviction rate in 2014, and this number fell to just 99.92 percent in 2015. The small robots can generate arrest warrants, approve indictments, and review court documents for mistakes, The Telegraph reported Friday. They’ve…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by CHRIS WHITE Global warming contributed to the suicides of tens of thousands of Indian farmers during the last 30 years, according to a study published Tuesday. An increase of just 1 degrees Celsius on an average day during the growing season was associated with 67 more suicides, according to a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: HOLMES LYBRAND Fact Check Editor at The Daily Caller News Foundation PolitiFact rated a claim that illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens as “Mostly True,” by merging illegal and legal immigrants into one group. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa claimed that “undocumented immigrants” commit fewer crimes than…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: JONAH BENNETT National Security/Politics Reporter More than 50 Democrats have written a letter urging Secretary of Defense James Mattis ignore President Donald Trump’s announcement banning transgenders from the military. The Democratic House members called the announcement “unconstitutional” and further argued Friday that transgenders do not harm combat readiness. “As…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it’s the time when they most need to think. – Bill Clinton In 2006 An Inconvenient Truth won two Oscars, became the 11th highest grossing documentary of all time, and set the national talking points on climate change for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Ryan Pickrellon Americans are much more comfortable with the idea of solving global problems with nuclear weapons, according to a new study. Scott D. Sagan and Benjamin A. Valentino argue that the “nuclear taboo” that existed in the wake of the nuclear strikes on Hiroshima and Nakasaki has begun…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: NICK GIVAS Media Reporter Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters called President Donald Trump a “flawed man with no real values” on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday.“He is a flawed man with no real values, and no real appreciation or understanding for government or public policy,” Waters said. “No, I have no hope…