Last week, Eric Bauman, the chair of the California Democratic Party, called for a boycott of the popular California hamburger chain In-N-Out Burger. What was In-N-Out Burger’s crime? Los Angeles Magazine reported that the burger chain had contributed to the Republican Party. Bauman tweeted a link to the story about the contribution and called the…
Jason Hopkins A political group bankrolled by activist Tom Steyer is using canines to approach millennials and register them to vote ahead of the 2018 elections. NextGen Climate Action, a political operation founded and funded by billionaire Tom Steyer, is implementing a potentially unprecedented get-out-the-vote effort across the country. The group has almost 800 organizers working in more…
President Trump is known for expressing his views openly, without mincing his words. He has shown in many occasions that he doesn’t care about political correctness, an attribute that has allowed him to gain the support of millions of Americans. But being politically incorrect isn’t always a virtue, especially when it implies making unreasonable statements…
Kyle Perisic The Senate has delayed a hearing on U.S. Postal Services reform, postponing President Donald Trump’s fight against Amazon — which he claims is taking advantage of tax payers. The hearing could have scrutinized what Amazon and others pay for package delivery, which Trump says is the cause for the U.S. Postal Service’s $65 billion loss since 2009,…
Tonight, I had the privilege of talking to Eric Brakey about recent developments in the Republican liberty movement, Trump’s trade policy, and Gary Johnson’s third party bid for the US Senate. TLR: I’m talking to Eric Brakey, the Republican candidate for US Senate from Maine. Eric, thanks for speaking with me. The 2018 primaries don’t…
Kyle Perisic on August 28, 2018 Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has reportedly donated $1 million to Mother Jones on Monday without caveats to help fight fake news. The donation comes as part of a series of donations by Newmark’s philathropic organization, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, to publications. Other recipients include ProPublica, the Center for Public…
Kevin Daley Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke candidly about her experiences as an undergraduate student Monday, styling herself an ideal beneficiary of affirmative action. Speaking to a student assembly at Michigan State University’s convocation, the justice discussed the challenges of diversity and inclusion, which increasingly define her public profile outside the high court’s official…
Molly Prince The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defended the National Rifle Association (NRA) by opposing the New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempts to put the gun advocacy group out of business. The ACLU submitted an amicus brief in federal court on Saturday, weighing in on the on-going battle between the Democrat and the NRA. The NRA…
Kyle Perisic A documentary trailer released on YouTube Friday aims to expose how Facebook and Google not only exploit nearly every facet of their users’ lives for profit, but how they manipulate them, too. “The war on your free will is already over,” a screen card reads during the trailer for “The Creepy Line.” The…
By Dries Van Thielen During the National Convention, the Libertarian Party elected Alex Merced as the Party’s Vice-Chairman. Merced already has some experience within the Libertarian Party. He ran for Senator of New York in 2016, and he’s currently working on Larry Sharpe’s 2018 campaign for governor of New York. We had the chance to…