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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul drew a sharp distinction between him and President Donald Trump on the issue of torture, which the president says he believes “absolutely works.” “I’m alarmed by anybody that wants to go back to torture,” Paul told CNN. “The people in the Senate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Andrew Follett Academic psychologists at several universities are studying how to”inoculate” the public against “fake news” about global warming. Researchers from Cambridge, Yale and George Mason University added a small dose of “misinformation” to statements about global warming, which they say helped make subjects more aware of “distortion tactics…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kathryn Watson If President Donald Trump wants to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government like he says, one thing he can do immediately is fill vacant inspector general (IG) offices, according to one government accountability expert. Eleven agencies have no permanent IG — the independent…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The Air Force should implement a buddy system to help combat sexual assaults among trainees, suggested Sen. Joni Ernst Wednesday. Ernst sent a letter to Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, commander of the U.S. Air Force 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, outlining her suggestion….
By Kitty Testa Every year, on a weekend close to the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, pro-lifers gather in Washington D.C. to demand an end to abortion. The first March for Life was organized in 1974 and was attended by about 20,000 people. Over the years, the attendance numbers have fluctuated,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield According to the Washington Post (WaPo), President Donald Trump will look to open a “major investigation” into allegations of widespread voter fraud, which he continues to claim exists. All without providing any evidence, and with the intent to prove he won the the November general election in both the Electoral College and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Elias J. Atienza President Donald Trump was expected to sign an executive order which would ask for a review of CIA ‘black site’ prisons. These prisons, which are held overseas, hold terror suspects according to Reuters. The sites are often used to engage in enhanced interrogation techniques, some of which have been condemned…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A former North Korean official who defected to South Korea last summer says the people are turning on Kim Jong-un. “Kim’s days are numbered,” Thae Yong-ho, North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to Britain, said Wednesday. “Low-level dissent or criticism of the regime, until recently unthinkable, is becoming…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul introduced his Obamacare replacement plan Tuesday, calling on Republican lawmakers to “repeal and replace” the legislation simultaneously. Under the proposal, individual and employer mandates would be eliminated while popular provisions from the Affordable Care Act — including allowing dependents to stay on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Google booted 200 publishers from its advertising network partly due to the outcry of fake news spreading throughout the Internet. Google announced Wednesday that it reviewed 550 sites in roughly two months, and took action against 340 of them for violating policies. Two-hundred publishers were kicked out…