LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: David Sivak Republican Sen. Rand Paul claimed Saturday that the U.S. has spent around $300,000 to fund a clown school in Argentina. They spent $324,015 to pay for a clown school in Argentina. Rumors to the contrary, this was not a CODEL — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2017 “They…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Via the International Business Times: The Christmas tree controversy is refusing to let go of Amir Khan. After being at the centre of a debate triggered when he displayed his love for his three-year-old daughter by putting up a surprise Christmas tree, the boxer has now received scary death threats….
Today, Trump signed into law the most consequential tax reform bill in decades. The left should applaud. I say this not because it benefits them in the real world (especially if they live in blue states that may lose some local and state tax deductions), but because it’s consistent with their own philosophy. In making…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Eric Lieberman Apple says it purposefully slows down old operating systems running on older iPhones in order for the naturally deteriorating batteries to be able to keep up. The powerful tech company has been accused of downgrading technology on a number of occasionsin recent history, including the very recently released iPhone X. Apple…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Thomas Phippen Telecom giant AT&T is so pleased with tax reform plan that it will give more than 200,000 employees an extra $1,000 bonus, the company announced Wednesday. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed the Senate Tuesday evening, and was ratified once again by the House Wednesday. If President…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Thomas Phippen House Speaker Paul Ryan had a tough time on the “Today Show” Wednesday when host Savannah Guthrie asked if he was “living in a fantasy world.” Guthrie quoted businessman and Democratic mega-donor Michael Bloomberg to ask Ryan whether believing corporate tax cuts will lead to growth was ridiculous,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Robert Donachie Senators narrowly passed Republicans’ rewrite of the tax code in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, along party lines. Senate lawmakers passed The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 51-48 Wednesday roughly 10 hours after their House colleagues kicked the measure over to the chamber. “The Tax Cuts and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: ERIC LIEBERMAN Tech and Law Reporter A Twitter executive said Tuesday that it is “no longer possible to stand up for all speech,” just five years after a different executive described the company as the “free speech wing of the free speech party.” Speaking before British politicians, Sinead McSweeney, Twitter’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Joe Simonson While a vast majority of Americans will likely benefit from the likely passage of the GOP tax bill, The New York Times is asking for some sympathy for one particularly unpopular government agency: the Internal Revenue Service. Because the tax bill features a “comprehensive revision of the tax…
WILL RACKE Immigration and Foreign Policy Reporter The legislative replacement for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program favored by most Democrats would add billions to the budget deficit, according to an estimate from Congress’ non-partisan accounting shop. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released Friday its score of the Dream Act of 2017, a…