LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman John Podesta, the former campaign chairman of then-Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, said Wednesday that fake and misleading news stories are “undermining our democracy.” “It’s sinister, and it’s a vile stream that runs under the ground and it begins to have an effect and takes its toll,” Podesta said…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield According to reports from Bloomberg, a group of old-guard Republicans and business leaders, including Gary Cohn the Chief Economic Advisor to the President, are backing a tax on carbon dioxide, taking their case to the White House on Wednesday. Reportedly, the group, which calls themselves the Climate Leadership Council, also including former…
By Brett Chandrasekhar Rand Paul channeled his inner Ron Paul Tuesday night, slamming the Federal Reserve like only his father had done in years past. Appearing on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the Kentucky senator explained his Audit the Fed bill and also gave a full-throated economic defense of the policy. Paul first credited the Federal Reserve…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Islamic State fighters are presenting with obviously fake injuries to avoid combat on the front lines in Mosul, captured documents by the Iraqi Security Forces reveal. Foreign fighters appear to be the most aggrieved with the brutal conditions in the fight against Mosul, and most creative in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel advised Democrats to “take a chill pill,” and warned them it’s not going to be a “quick turnaround” when it comes to regaining power in Washington, D.C. “It took us [Democrats] a long time to get this low,” Emanuel said Monday at Stanford…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Allan Stevo, a former board member of the Metropolitan Republican Club in New York, told the Libertarian Republic (TLR) that he and other board members were booted after they voiced their support for President Donald Trump. In Stevo’s conversation with TLR, he mentioned that there had been little calm inside the elite political…
by Ian Tartt To cover all the misconceptions about libertarians/libertarianism would take far too much space for just one article. So instead, let’s take a look at the top five most common misconceptions and see if they hold up under scrutiny.1. Libertarians Hate Poor People This charge is often levied at libertarians in discussions about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Katie Frates The Huffington Post is looking to President Donald Trump’s base for new readership, an odd reversal considering the absolute tidal wave of anti-Trump bigotry that plastered the site over the last 18 months. The site ran front page headlines calling Trump a “Racist, Sexist, Xenophobic Demagogue” with the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Amazon reportedly plans on operating its futuristic supermarkets with a minimal amount of humans. Much of the staff at the prospective automated grocery stores would be robots, according to the New York Post. “Amazon will utilize technology to minimize labor,” a source close to the situation told the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Investors in the six largest banks in the U.S. potentially stand to gain $100 billion in returned capital through dividends and share buybacks if President Donald Trump successfully loosens regulations on the banking industry. Trump signed executive orders Friday that began the process of rolling back two major Wall Street regulations:…