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Jungle Primaries Will Break the Two Major Parties’ Control
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Police Want “Eye Blinding” Laser To Add To their Military-Style Arsenal
By Lina Bryce A firm that provides non-lethal equipment to law enforcement is set to release a new “compliance weapon” that temporarily blinds targets for up to 15 minutes and police have their sights set on the “eye-blinding” gun. This, in spite of recent controversy of the Ferguson, Missouri unrest, stirs up deserved questioning of a continued…
What If There Was No Legal Smoking Age?
Liberty is sometimes a tough thing to watch. Like the teenager in a horror movie getting up and going to the kitchen while the audience braces itself for what they know full well is going to happen, it’s hard to stand by and watch our friends and strangers alike exercise their right to make choices…
Is Bernie Sanders Playing Pork Barrel Politics With The Postal Service?
Ethan Barton Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders may be obstructing oversight, accountability and management of the Postal Service for what appears to be old-fashioned pork barrel politics. The Democratic socialist from Vermont has blocked five appointments to the board that will select the Postal Service’s new watchdog, according to the sole remaining presidentially-selected…
AG Sessions Urges More Mandatory Minimums, Rand Paul Slams Back
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a memorandum overturning former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr.’s 2013 statement on drug-related ‘criminal activities’. Sessions urged prosecutors nationwide to “charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense, […] including mandatory minimum sentences”. The goal of the…
Child Calls Police on Parents… Because They Made Him Eat Salad
Practically every child has turned up their nose and refused to eat a vegetable at some point in their life. For me, that detestable vegetable was a stuffed green pepper, and only my mother’s firm insistence that I couldn’t have dessert until I finished it made me soldier through and swallow. Last week, a leafy…


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