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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The Trump administration is threatening to interfere with state pot laws and it could cost the marijuana industry hundreds of thousands of jobs. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments teasing a crackdown on state pot laws Thursday are continuing to stir anxiety among those financially dependent…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Sarah Hurtubise A GOP proposal to repeal and reform parts of Obamacare could cut federal funding to state health care programs between 65 and 80 percent, according to one analysis. An Avalere Health and McKinsey & Company presentation shown to state governors at a Saturday meeting in Washington, D.C., found that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards admitted no one in the abortion industry is sure how to respond to the crushing blow dealt to the non-profit by the reality of Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in control of Congress. “The truth is, no one really knows…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Some Chicago parents are unhappy about their school’s latest plan to teach students about race, civil rights and police brutality. A high school in New Trier High School District 203, located in a majority white, wealthy suburb, planned a variety of workshops on voter suppression and affordable…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) wants President Donald Trump to keep his word in uniting the country by working to confirm both Neil Gorsuch and Merrick Garland at the same time, reports Politico. “You had President Trump saying, ‘I want to unite the country, I’m a deal-maker, I’m going to bring people together,’” Udall told…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Congregants of a North Carolina church were systematically punched, choked, throttled, and slammed through walls, all in the name of religion, according to 43 former members who spoke to the Associated Press. Leaders at the Word of Faith Fellowship in Spindale, N.C., would allegedly shake and smack toddlers and crying babies in order…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall White people should pay extra taxes because they are more privileged, an op-ed at Wesplain argues. The article, titled, “It’s Time for White People to Pay for Privilege: The Equality Tax,”argues that all minorities face economic disadvantages. “Racist employers, a disproportionate targeting of minorities by law enforcement,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Bill Nye said Monday that climate change skeptics suffer from a psychological problem preventing them from understanding how so-called man-made global warming affects their daily lives. Climate change skeptics suffer from cognitive dissonance on global warming, a type of psychological disorder that prevents people from recognizing reality,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A video has emerged of a Trump supporter being physically attacked after her sign was grabbed and torn outside the Oscars awards show Sunday in Hollywood. The woman, whose sign read “Jobs! Jobs!,” is shown walking toward another woman, apparently yelling something in her direction. That was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield During a rare interview on NBC’s “Today Show,” former President George W. Bush called the media “indispensable to democracy,” and that “we need an independent media to hold people like me to account.” Bush, speaking to NBC’s Matt Lauer, explained that “power can be ” very addictive and it can…