LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky American businessman Kevin O’Leary is the most likely candidate to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a Monday poll released by Mainstreet Research. O’Leary is known for his fiscally conservative views, and actually toyed with the idea of running as early as last January, when…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Brendon Berger Recently as I was spelunking my way through the internet, when I was mildly, though pleasantly, surprised to come across a little Facebook page called “The Libertarian Lesbian”. This was enough to halt my journey momentarily as I felt like a natural biologist coming across some…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Home health care provider LHC Group has stacked its compensation committee with former congressmen turned lobbyists, and an executive who formally served as direct counsel to one of the former congressmen, according to the company’s annual filings and lobbying data on Open Secrets. Corporations have compensation committees to set the salaries…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, told “Fox News Sunday” she believes the president’s Supreme Court nominee should get “a full and fair hearing” before her panel. President Donald Trump nominated Gorsuch to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr An unidentified man smoking crack on a sidewalk in New York City set himself on fire after putting a lighter that was still lit in his pocket. The bizarre scene unfolded Sunday in the Brooklyn neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant. Ziearre Flowers, 18, captured it on video while passing by with…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The brains of astronauts actually change shape when they are in space, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs) before and after space missions to reveal that astronauts’ brains compress and expand during spaceflight. The researchers found significant increases in gray…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Katie Frates British Prime Minister Theresa May is already defending President Donald Trump. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn went after Trump during the Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) Feb. 1. He insisted that Trump has “incited hatred against Muslims” and pushed for May to withdraw the invitation for Trump to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Apple is mulling over whether to pursue legal action to try to overrule the Trump administration’s executive orders restricting immigration. CEO Tim Cook said that he is in constant contact with “very, very senior people in the White House” because he wants to convince the administration that reversing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, had an insanely stealthy trip to Washington, D.C., in order to avoid reporters. Trump reportedly called Gorsuch Monday to let the judge know he was the pick to fill the vacancy on the Court left by the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall The NAACP president and other activists were arrested Monday afternoon for hosting a sit-in outside Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Alabama office. Cornell Brooks, NAACP president, and ten protesters spent three hours in jail after being charged with criminal trespass, reports USA Today. “I think it’s clear that this…