LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky President Donald Trump fired campaign manager Paul Manafort after a New York Times Article was published in August of 2016 that made the president “look like a baby,” according to a new book released Tuesday. “You think you’ve gotta go on TV to talk to me? You…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ian Tartt Nearly everyone is familiar with the concept of speed limits. In fact, many people routinely drive faster than the posted speed limits whenever possible. And libertarians are split on whether or not there should be speed limits, if government should be involved at all in the…
by Ted Goodman Iraq War veteran and Detroit businessman John E. James launched an exploratory committee Tuesday in preparation for a 2018 U.S. Senate bid in the Michigan Republican primary. While much of the media’s attention surrounding Michigan’s 2018 Senate race has been dominated by American rock musician Robert Ritchie, better known as Kid Rock, James filed…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Tesla announced plans Tuesday to place the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch on the electric automaker’s board. CEO Elon Musk appointed 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch and Ebony Media Chairman Linda Johnson Rice to the Silicon Valley company’s board. The move was meant to alleviate concerns that Tesla’s…
Have you ever wondered how agencies like the Department of Defense (DOD) decide which private contractor gets to build American satellites and military technology? Do they throw a coin in the air and whoever guesses right wins? With examples of billion-dollar rocket launches blowing up, cheap guns jamming, and old Humvees failing to protect the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock Ronald Glass, former director of democratic initiatives in Russia for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has broken a long silence, condemning then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s inaction after Russia banished the USAID program from its borders in 2012. “She was absent. The silence was deafening,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr A bill to prevent the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty from training resident physicians in abortions is currently up for consideration by the state Senate, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Monday. Authored by Republican state Rep. Andre Jacque, the measure seeks to reverse the law requiring UW-Madison to provide abortion training…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson After a two-year battle to keep migrants out of the country, Hungary has directed its full attention toward one of its own: billionaire investor George Soros. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrapped up a six-week anti-Soros campaign Saturday. The streets of Budapest have been filled with posters…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock A Wall Street analyst who spoke to Peter Smith the day before he reportedly committed suicide told the Daily Caller News Foundation there were no indications the Chicago businessman and anti-Clinton political investigator was about to take his life. “He may have been a fantastic actor but…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The two biggest daily fantasy sports companies announced Thursday that they are no longer pursuing a merger, roughly a month after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) threatened to sue if they proceeded. The FTC voiced their intent to block any merger between the two firms, DraftKings and FanDuel, in…