LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch China and several other countries are badgering the Trump administration for answers on how they plan to fulfill former President Barack Obama’s pledge to cut emissions as part of the Paris climate agreement. China asked the White House how the U.S. intends to meet Obama’s pledge after…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The United Nations put Saudi Arabia on its commission for the empowerment of women Wednesday, despite the country mandating women can’t leave home without a male guardian. The UN’s Economic and Social Council voted by secret ballot to put Saudi Arabia on the Commission on the Status…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Marijuana activists are hosting a “Joint Session” for Congress near Capitol Hill Thursday, where they plan to hand out thousands of joints to congressmen and their staffers. Organizers with DCMJ, a cannabis advocacy group focused on marijuana law in Washington, D.C., will head to Capitol Hill Thursday…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The marijuana industry is expected to rake in windfall profits for the annual 4/20 weed holiday, celebrated by smokers across the country. Dispensaries in states with legal marijuana are estimating anywhere from a 30 to 40 percent spike in sales, as smokers load up on supplies to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The intelligence community is hunting for a mole in its midst who revealed classified hacking tools to Wikileaks, CBS News reports. The joint CIA-FBI investigation is targeting a CIA employee or private security contractor who had access to the material. Investigators are reviewing hundreds of names who had access…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin On Maolis street in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, there’s a home that houses autistic adults. Unable to provide for themselves, they are housed and provided for by The May Institute, which hires councilors to feed, wash, and care for them. It is hard, noble and ultimately thankless work. Sometimes…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The first business in the nation to offer legal marijuana at a drive-thru window is opening Thursday in Colorado on the unofficial cannabis holiday 4/20. The business, called Tumbleweed Express, turned a rundown building previously used for car washes into a drive-thru marijuana store in Parachute, a town in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Democrat candidate Jon Ossoff won the most votes in the Georgia special election to replace former Republican Rep. Tom Price in the deep red 6th congressional district, setting off a June runoff election. Ossoff won the race with 48.1 percent, much higher than the second place winner…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ron Paul, Rand Paul As presidents and Congresses come and go, the addiction to busting the budget remains; its voraciousness fueled by the same enabler, the Federal Reserve. While it took our nation more than 225 years to accumulate nearly $20 trillion in debt (and much, much more if…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that new elections will be held on June, 8. These remarks come as a surprise for the Prime Minister denounced on numerous occasions the unnecessity of elections. She told 10 Downing Street, the cabinet of the British Prime Minister: I have…