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by Juliegrace Brufke Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul said he feels more optimistic about repealing and replacing Obamacare after a golf outing with President Donald Trump Sunday. Paul was highly critical of the House leadership-backed Obamacare repeal plan, which was pulled off the floor due to a lack of votes. He encouraged the conservative House Freedom…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) took aim at the government’s attempt to make tomatoes taste better. The National Science Foundation spent $1.5 million trying to improve the taste of the vegetable (technically a fruit as Paul notes) and the libertarian-leaning Republican blasted it in his Waste Report…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The DOJ announced on Saturday afternoon that, due to the escalating conflict in Syria, an investigation into the number of civilians killed by drone strikes would be launched. Between 384 and 807 civilians were killed by US drone strikes in 2009 alone, in a total of 563 attacks. President Barack Obama’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Dan Scavino Jr., the director of social media for the Trump white house, has just singled out one of Trump’s dissenters, Justin Amash, in a tweet that has since exploded in the past couple of hours: .@realDonaldTrump is bringing auto plants & jobs back to Michigan….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck WikiLeaks has now released over six hundred documents that claim to show the CIA goes through great lengths to disguise its own hacking as Russian, Chinese, and North Korean activity. The Daily Mail reports: The 676 files released today are part of WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 tranche…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Apparently there is trouble in extreme leftist paradise. Who knew? According to a new report from last night regarding the pair’s latest joint appearance, leftist politicians Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are actually at odds with one another when not playing nice in the spotlight: When…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck According to The New York Times: A federal judge on Friday gave final approval to a $25 million agreement to settle fraud claims arising from Donald J. Trump’s for-profit education venture, Trump University, rejecting a last-minute objection to the deal. The judge, Gonzalo P. Curiel, in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck According to reports from last night, a gunman was on the loose on the University of West Florida campus, but has since fled after firing off initial shots that fortunately hit no one: The University of West Florida is reporting that gunshots were fired on campus….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck In 1978, gay rights activist Gilbert Baker sewed a flag of rainbow stripes in an effort to unite the gay and lesbian community under a symbol of positivity and love. It originally contained two extra colors than its modern iteration: pink and turquoise. The reason? In…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Thomas Massie recently spoke with CNN regarding the latest claim that President Trump will now work with the Democrats to rework his agenda since the GOP was split on the initial reform plan and said plan fell through. The Blaze reports: Freedom Caucus ally Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)…