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Grace Carr Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation A crowd of protesters gathered in front of the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters in Fairfax, Va., Friday morning to protest the NRA’s silence on the Philando Castile ruling as well as recent ads featuring Dana Loesch and Grant Stichfield. The protest came in response to…
Jacob Bojesson Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation The Turkish government fired more than 7,000 police, civil servants and academics Friday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the failed coup attempt in the country. More than 240 people were killed July 15, 2016 when soldiers attempted to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Some…
Henry Rodgers Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation A single tax dividing Republicans and Democrats could cause a serious battle amongst Republican lawmakers as they attempt to progress with their attempt to pass health care legislation. Democrats have rallied behind senators such as Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, arguing that the GOP’s health care bill is just a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Philando Castile’s mother slammed the National Rifle Association (NRA) Friday for waiting a year to give a statement on her son’s shooting, saying they took so long because he is black. Nekima Levy-Pounds, a civil rights lawyer, read a prepared statement from Valerie, Castile’s mother, that she…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A prominent DC-area pastor has filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association, claiming soda manufacturers knowingly deceived customers about the health risks of sugar-sweetened beverages — at enormous cost to their communities, reports the Washington Post. William Lamar, the senior pastor at D.C.’s historic Metropolitan African…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White California Gov. Jerry Brown called climate change a threat to humanity Thursday in a desperate attempt to get California lawmakers on board his beleaguered plan attacking man-made global warming. Brown is trying to shame his fellow Democrats in the California legislature into getting on board his mission…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The two biggest daily fantasy sports companies announced Thursday that they are no longer pursuing a merger, roughly a month after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) threatened to sue if they proceeded. The FTC voiced their intent to block any merger between the two firms, DraftKings and FanDuel, in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Political commentator and columnist Charles Krauthammer said Friday that the White House’s defense of the Russia narrative as Democratic nonsense is “officially dead.” In his Washington Post op-ed titled “Bungled collusion is still collusion,” Krauthammer said he had been puzzled by the claims that President Donald Trump and the White House had…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The Trump administration will use its position as a donor to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to steer money towards coal-fired power plants and natural gas infrastructure, according to an unnamed White House official. President Donald Trump will do his best to use the Obama administration’s $1 billion donation to the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Elias Atienza Former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Austin Petersen has decided to run for Senate as a Republican instead of a Libertarian. Petersen announced his intent to run in an opinion editorial for the Kansas City Star: “This is why I’m running to represent Missouri in the United States Senate….