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Hillary Clinton says there’s “nothing to” the ongoing FBI probe of her private email server arrangement. But FBI sources say otherwise. by Joey Clark [dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ast night at the Democratic party’s presidential town hall in Iowa, Hillary Clinton proved herself energetic yet cagey, telling the crowd that any politician must “campaign in poetry and govern in…
Rand Paul Has Led the Way on Cannabis Reforms By Elias J. Atienza Rand Paul, in his Ask me Anything session on Reddit, Senator Rand Paul gave his strongest backing of cannabis since he introduced the CARERS Act of 2015. When asked by a Reddit user about which ways he would help legalize cannabis, Rand…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By GRANT PHILLIPS Liberal media personalities and pages often make claims that appeal to emotion but also contain a very small inkling of fact. Many of them appear to be true on the surface, but a little bit of source checking and scrutiny more often proves them to be patently…
by Blake Neff The top figures behind the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) videos that purported to show Planned Parenthood officials selling fetal tissue have been indicted by a Texas grand jury. The Houston grand jury, ironically, originally convened to investigate Planned Parenthood. Instead, it found no wrongdoing on Planned Parenthood’s part but found evidence…
Guy Bentley Smokers who aren’t ready quit massively cut down the amount they smoked after they started using e-cigarettes, according to a study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. The authors of the study highlight the fact that e-cigarette use has surged among young adults and current smokers, largely because most users want to quit…
Russ Read The leader of the semi-autonomous state of Kurdistan in the northern region of Iraq believes the old borders are irrelevant and should be redrawn. President Massoud Barzani has been the leader of Kurdistan for just over 10 years, and through that time he has witnessed the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the rise of Islamic State,…
Casey Harper The man behind the Planned Parenthood videos is now in a legal tussle with a judge whose ruling will keep the evidence hidden from the Supreme Court. David Daleiden, the man who helped create the series of Planned Parenthood videos showing the organization accepted money for fetal body parts, filed a motion…
Jonah Bennett The USS Fort Worth, a Navy littoral combat ship, has suffered extensive gear damage while docked at a port in Singapore. The Navy is blaming the incident on a crew error. According to reports, the crew failed to use sufficient lube oil, leading to excessively high temperatures on the gears. Debris also found…
Chris White Oregon Gov. Kate Brown called a militia’s nearly month-long occupation of Malheur National Wildfire Refuge “intolerable” Wednesday and says it costs Oregon $100,000 a week. Brown defied federal government requests to refrain from publicly mentioning the standoff. She told reporters at a news conference that she thinks public officials should wipe clean Oregon’s budget to make room…
Blake Neff Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner harshly condemned Rahm Emanuel Wednesday, denouncing the Chicago mayor as a total failure while suggesting a bold plan for a state takeover of Chicago schools. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has a severe budget deficit of about $480 million. In order to stay afloat, the city government has been forced…