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Trucks designed to withstand explosive blasts The Army is giving 13,000 Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Trucks, or MARPs, to police departments around the country, including departments in Wyoming, New York, and California, Bloomberg TV reports. Designed to withstand serious explosive blasts, the trucks weigh 20 tons and cost $500,000 apiece. In 2008, President Obama said that law…
Is This A Little Overboard? A popular kindergarten teacher in South Jersey was suspended and may be fired after she discovered two of her students in the bathroom “having sex.” Kelly Mascio reportedly acted in a professional manner and responsibly reported the incident, but now school officials are looking to have her fired after she…
Don’t let the door hit you on your way out. CNN host and anti-gun agitator Piers Morgan is losing his primetime show, “Piers Morgan Live,” due to low ratings. In the three years since the Mr. Morgan replaced Larry King, Mr. Morgan has had difficulty adjusting to an American cable news audience. Follow TLR on…
Protest group crashes Sochi games, puts spotlight on Russian Rights Keith Farrell The protest rock group Pussy Riot recorded their first song since two of the members were freed from Russian prison. Members of the group filmed a video on them trying to perform their song in Sochi while being whipped by Cossack guards. The…
Remington Follows Beretta Firearms In Evacuating States Hostile To Their Business HUNTSVILLE, AL – It appears that Remington Arms took New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s hint after he said that “extreme conservatives” who are “pro-assault-weapon” have “no place in the state of New York,” and are expanding their facilities to Huntsville, Alabama. Follow TLR on…
#StopTheNSA Keith Farrell A large campaign against mass surveillance is coordinating call-ins and emails to Congress today. The cooperative effort is being undertaken by a group of leading tech giants, social media companies and civil rights groups. Mozilla, Reddit, the ACLU, Twitter, Amnesty International and Greenpeace are just some of the notable partners. The campaign…
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sat down for an intense interview with President Barack Obama. In an expansive interview covering the IRS, Obamacare, Benghazi and more, O’Reilly grilled the president on his policies as commander in chief.
LOS ANGELES, CA – The televised chase of a mentally ill man ended in tragedy last Friday night when Brian Beaird was killed after fleeing from police. Officers of the LAPD had attempted to stop Beaird for allegedly drunken driving when he ran and led them on a high-speed chase. It is not clear whether…
Details behind the motivations of a student who shot two classmates at Arapahoe High in Colorado have revealed the interesting politics of Karl Pierson, who ended his attacks by committing suicide. The Denver Post‘s profile of Pierson was revealed to have edited the fact that a classmate described him as “a very opinionated Socialist,” and…
NBC is reporting on the shooting in Colorado and positively identifying the shooter as Karl Halverson Pierson, 18, a senior at Arapahoe High School. NBC is reporting that the student was very bright and politically opinionated. The shooter was evidently bullied frequently and had strong beliefs about gun control. From NBC: The 18-year-old gunman who…