Listen to TLR’s Podcast! By Juliegrace Brufke House Speaker Paul Ryan said Republican lawmakers are looking to put an end to sanctuary cities during a town hall hosted by CNN Thursday. When questioned by Mary Anne Mendoza — the mother of slain police officer Police Sgt. Brandon Mendoza, who was killed by an illegal immigrant who had a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield An Arizona trooper is alive today because of the actions of a Good Samaritan with a firearm. The trooper, who is with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), was on a traffic stop after he received a report about a driver whose car was shot near a median,…
Listen to TLR’s Podcast! By Steve Birr GOP Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions argued Congress ultimately needs to change federal pot laws if Americans do not want him to crackdown on states’ rights, leaving uncertainty within the marijuana industry. Sessions, who started his confirmation hearing Tuesday for the post of attorney general, is a staunch opponent of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner introduced a bill to congress Thursday that aims to dissolve the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and fuse its responsibility into other federal agencies. The ATF Elimination Act would transfer law enforcement powers over firearms, explosives and arson to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST By Andrew Follett Only days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in, outgoing Obama administration Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced a new “scientific integrity” policy intended to “protect” workers from the incoming president. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) new policy aims to enhance whistleblower protection laws and even create a…
Listen to TLR’s Podcast! By Kody Fairfield According to a tweet from Wikileaks‘ official Twitter account, their founder Julian Assange will agree to extradition if President Obama grants whistleblower Chelsea Manning clemency. “If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case,” read the tweet. If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange…
Listen to TLR’s Podcast! By Kody Fairfield On Wednesday, the President of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), Cliff Maloney, released a statement explaining that he had the opportunity to sit down with the Trump transition team and talk about the policy topics that millennials care about, highlighting free speech. The focus of their conversation revolved around YAL’s national…
By Ethan Barton Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a local city hall in New Jersey seeking evidence of corrupt payments, theft of federal funds, extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other similar crimes. Federal agents have been probing the city government in Orange, New Jersey since July, 2016, when they seized…
By Brian Nichols With eight days remaining until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, things have gotten a tad hairy in the world of the media, press, and intelligence. On Tuesday, Buzzfeed News publish a controversial article, in which a dossier, supposedly compiled by a former British intelligence official, alleged that Russia has…
By: Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was the only Republican to vote against Senate Continuing Resolution 3, (CR ) which would increase the debt by $9.7 trillion over ten years and does not balance the budget. It would also repeal Obamacare, without a replacement plan. The resolution was passed 51-48 among partisan lines. Paul…