LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rand Paul Recently, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham predictably but mistakenly called for greater United States military involvement in the Syrian civil war, proving they have learned nothing from our history in the Middle East. It seems that every dictator and every atrocity in that region is met…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The U.S. has detected signs that China is preparing for a military crisis on the peninsula, a U.S. defense official revealed Thursday. China has put People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) land-attack, cruise-missile capable bombers “on high alert,” an official told CNN, adding that analysis suggests the Chinese…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The marijuana industry is expected to rake in windfall profits for the annual 4/20 weed holiday, celebrated by smokers across the country. Dispensaries in states with legal marijuana are estimating anywhere from a 30 to 40 percent spike in sales, as smokers load up on supplies to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The intelligence community is hunting for a mole in its midst who revealed classified hacking tools to Wikileaks, CBS News reports. The joint CIA-FBI investigation is targeting a CIA employee or private security contractor who had access to the material. Investigators are reviewing hundreds of names who had access…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The U.S. military reportedly dispatched a nuclear sniffer plane to airspace off the east coast of Korea. “The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, a special-purpose U.S. plane, made an emergency sortie today over the East Sea (Sea of Japan),” a government source told Yonhap News Agency Thursday. The plane…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The U.S. Navy is redesigning the interior of its newest submarines to accommodate the needs of female crew members. General Dynamics Electric Boat, the primary contractor for Navy submarines, told the Associated Press they will add more doors and bathrooms to accommodate separate sleeping quarters for both genders. The…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Vice President Mike Pence has stressed the strength of America’s resolve in his trip to Asia. While in South Korea, the vice president broke from his schedule to visit the demilitarized zone (DMZ). While past officials have visited DMZ, Pence ventured outside the Freedom House to stare…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The Islamic State is withholding food and water from citizens in Mosul in an effort to force them into joining the terrorist organization, according to an Iraqi non-profit. The beleaguered terrorist organization has suffered personnel and territory losses since the U.S.-backed Iraqi Security Forces began operations to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Many people assume that in the event that North Korea carried out a nuclear strike, successful or not, the U.S. would use nuclear weapons to turn the North into a crater. If they use a nuclear weapon, do we want to pave Pyongyang and kill a million…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault pledged Wednesday that France will release proof tying the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the chemical weapons attack in Idlib. “We have elements that will allow us to show that the regime knowingly used chemical weapons,” Ayrault said, according to…