LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: If you watched the 2016 GOP Presidential Primary debates who you know, South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham loves him some war talk. This morning on NBC’s Today Show Graham banged war drums again saying that military experts are wrong [about a North Korea nuclear threat] and that the only solution is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Scaramucci Fired Before He Was Even Sworn In Michael Bastasch on July 31, 2017 White House Chief of Staff John Kelly fired White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci just 10 days after the Wall Street financier took the job. Sources told The New York Times that Kelly said to “members of the White House staff…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin “You don’t need to be ‘straight’ to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.” – Barry Goldwater A Transgender Military Ban? Really?! God. The T in LGBTQ is the trickiest letter in the whole post-modern world. When it comes to social issues, public…
Quoting old movies is fun, particularly when they involve surreality. Government functions are almost entirely surreal, but quoting them is rarely fun … unless Trump is somehow involved. Love him or loathe him or something in between, he’s brought fun quotes back to self-governance. And with them come the witch hunts. There are ways to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kevin Daley Supreme Court Reporter Ty Cobb, the hard-hitting litigator President Donald Trump retained to coordinate his personal team of lawyers inside the White House, doesn’t mince words. In his first public remarks since joining the administration, Cobb told The National Law Journal’s Katelyn Polantz that his courage and deep-seated sense…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jack Crowe on July 21, 2017 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday over President Donald Trump’s appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. Spicer reportedly told Trump he believed Scaramucci’s appointment was a major error after Trump offered him the job at 10 a.m. Friday, according to the NYTimes. Trump attempted…
Jack Crowe Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation The founder of the anti-Islamist think tank Quilliam received a public gesture of support from Bill Maher while appearing on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” Friday night. Maajid Nawaz announced his plan to sue the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) for defamation over its inclusion…
Jacob Bojesson Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny won’t be allowed to run in the 2018 presidential election because of a criminal sentence he claims was organized to stop him. Russia’s central electoral commission announced Friday that a five-year suspended embezzlement sentence makes Navalny ineligible for the presidency, Reuters reports. Under Russian…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kush Desai The White House claimed Wednesday Obamacare has both driven up health insurance costs and reduced the number of insurance options for Americans to choose from. “Obamacare has led to higher costs and fewer health insurance options for millions of Americans,” the White House tweeted. “It has failed…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb took the steps necessary to remove a party official following the revelation of audio tapes that included the official making appalling remarks about Congressman Steve Scalise. In the recording, co-chair of the party’s technology committee Phil Montag expressed his displeasure with…