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An armored Phoenix SWAT team found itself running in circles trying to catch a barking pug. As police were in the midst of a tense four-hour standoff with an armed robbery suspect, the pug dashed through a police barricade and began harassing a K-9 dog.
By Sarah Gompper The USA Freedom Kids became an overnight sensation last week after performing at a Donald Trump rally in Pensacola, Florida on January 13th. The group of young girls, who have been dubbed everything from cheerleaders to the Trump Youth, sang and danced in front of a cheering crowd wearing matching red, white,…
“Just a simple man” penned a letter to his new idol, Donald Trump. Here’s what he said. by Joey Clark Vicarious self-esteem is strong these days in the era of Trump. Many Americans seem too insecure, too down-trodden, too servile, and too unimaginative to envision their lives fulfilled through some avenue other than electing a strong…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza, appeared on CNN’s “New Day” Friday and said White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci knew their Thursday interview on White House leakers was “100 percent on the record.” Lizza published a story Thursday evening detailing a phone call with Scaramucci about…
After months of campaigning, Robert Francis O’Rourke has dropped out of the race for President. When asked why, he responded with, “My campaign really just wasn’t on the up and up, so I have decided to take my efforts and go completely under. Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under to be exact.” When asked to clarify, Beto said…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Though law rarely makes for literature, the late Justice Antonin Scalia — dead one year ago today — made the peppery dissent a drama of its own right. Eliot Milco, writing at First Things, described Scalia as the “mighty rearguard in our long and slow defeat,” an apt…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Demonstrators waving Confederate flags greeted President Barack Obama in Oklahoma City Wednesday night, bringing an Obama supporter present to tears. Andrew Duncomb, a black man who calls himself “the Black Rebel,” organized the demonstration, in which as many as 10 people waved Confederate flags as Obama’s motorcade arrived, reported Politico. “We don’t believe it’s a symbol of racism,” Duncomb told…