Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson appears on the John Stossel show after his bid for President of the United States as a Libertarian. Johnson discusses the effect of his candidacy on ballot issues such as the legalization of marijuana and gay marriage in the 2012 election cycle.
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sen. Rand Paul Engagement or embargo? That is the question not just in Cuba but also in places like Iran, Russia, and China. Should we trade, or should we withhold our trade in hopes of changing the behavior of other nations? Which will have more impact? For over half…
By: Laura Meyers Ralph Nader (he’s still alive) recently called out Hillary Clinton for being a war hawk because she’s “compensating” for her gender by being overly “militarist” and “macho.” He also said that when she sat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Clinton “never met a weapons system that she didn’t like.” “I think Hillary…
Luke Rosiak Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee have an unprecedented and unusual agreement in which an entity she controls has paid nearly $20 million to the political panel, even as its leadership plays a supposedly impartial role in fostering competition between the former secretary of state and her rivals for the party’s 2016…
A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans dislike the Federal Government more than any other major industry in the country. The study shows that only 28 percent of those polled had a positive view of the government, while a whopping 55 percent had a negative view. 16 percent participating had a neutral view or no…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The Intercept is reporting: Over the last seven years, the GOP has won successive elections by highlighting problems with Obamacare, airing more than $235 million in negative ads slamming the law, and staging more than 50 high-profile repeal votes. In 2016 every major Republican presidential candidate, including Donald Trump, campaigned on a pledge to quickly get…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie U.S. household debt in the first quarter of 2017 topped levels reached during 2008’s Great Recession. The total debt held by U.S. households grew to $12.73 trillion in the first three months of 2017, $50 billion above the previous peak in 2008, according to a report released Wednesday by the…
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