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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By RACHEL STOLTZFOOS 6/15/2017 President Donald Trump called a report he is under investigation for obstruction of justice “phony” in a series of tweets tweet Thursday, and repeated an accusation that he is the subject of a massive witch hunt. “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found…
In 2011, in Tucson, Gabrielle Giffords and a whole passel of others were shot; several died. The perpetrator was a liberal, “progressive” [ironic term] nutjob who had been dutifully listening to the idiotic rhetoric and conspiracy theories of his political partisanship. His political partisanship consisted of marginalized notions held by almost no one outside of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Russian President Vladimir Putin likened former FBI Director James Comey to NSA leaker Edward Snowden and offered him political asylum at an annual televised Q&A in Russia. Putin said Comey’s reported practice of taking detailed notes of his conversations with President Donald Trump was behavior like that of a civil…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Roughly two dozen GOP lawmakers gathered in Alexandria, Va., early-Wednesday morning to prep for the annual Congressional Baseball Game Thursday — a time-honored, bipartisan tradition where Republicans play Democrats to raise money for charity. But what started off as a lighthearted practice quickly turned tragic when a lone…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is investigating President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice, the Washington Post reports. The Post, citing two unnamed sources, says special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe expanded to include the president just days after he dismissed former…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has shown “extremely worrying” signs of hostility toward the media during its first month in office, unions representing France’s major media outlets claim. The French Society of Journalists published an open letter Tuesday accusing the government of using pressure tactics and legal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Former Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille talked with shooter James T. Hodgkinson every morning for the past month and a half, and even tried to get him a job at one point. Euille’s daily routine is to work out at the YMCA every morning, go to the lobby…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos Republican Sen. Rand Paul said “everybody probably would have died” when someone opened fire at a GOP congressmen baseball practice Wednesday, had it not been for House Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s security detail. “Everybody probably would have died, except for the fact that the Capitol Hill police were there,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed right-wing political rhetoric for the 2011 shooting of former Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords in a fundraising email sent just days after the incident. Sanders’ name emerged in connection with Wednesday’s shooting at a practice of the Republican congressional baseball team in Alexandria,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk said concealed-carry reciprocity should be considered for members of Congress looking to protect themselves from future acts of violence like Wednesday’s attack on lawmakers practicing for the congressional baseball game. While the shooting– which left four injured, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise —…