Our society is obsessed with generational differences. The internet is awash with articles and studies analyzing Baby Boomers vs. millennials vs. Generation Z (or “Zoomers.”) Apparently, the babies being born right now are called “Generation Alpha.” Generational differences have practically become their own genre of writing. Some of these articles are slightly scientific, but many…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged President Donald Trump not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a Wednesday tweet. The senator warned the president that his committee would not take up a new nominee for attorney general, should he dismiss Sessions….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley President Donald Trump has reportedly raised the prospect of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, as the relationship between Trump and his embattled AG grows increasingly strained. Axios’ Mike Allen reports that Trump has mused about tapping Giuliani for AG in private…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Nearly a dozen attorneys general called a year-long investigation targeting Exxon Mobil’s climate research a politically biased infringement of the company’s free speech. Republican AGs from 11 states, including Oklahoma, Utah and Texas, filed an amicus brief Wednesday castigating a Democrat-led probe against the oil company’s handling of decades…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The CEO of Uber, the ride-sharing tech conglomerate, told employees Monday that he hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation into sexual harassment claims levied by a former female employee. Susan J. Fowler, who worked as an Uber engineer for roughly a year, wrote…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall The NAACP president and other activists were arrested Monday afternoon for hosting a sit-in outside Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Alabama office. Cornell Brooks, NAACP president, and ten protesters spent three hours in jail after being charged with criminal trespass, reports USA Today. “I think it’s clear that this…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley President Donald Trump dismissed acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday night, after she ordered government lawyers not to defend his executive order on refugees. In a brazen act of defiance that cost her the post, Yates said she could not enforce a policy that is not…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Bob Ferguson, the Attorney General for the State of Washington, has said he will sue the Trump Administration over an executive order that suspended immigration from seven countries with majority-Muslim populations and sparked nationwide protests, reports the LA Times. Ferguson announced his lawsuit Monday, making Washington state the first to…
Listen to TLR’s Podcast! By Steve Birr GOP Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions argued Congress ultimately needs to change federal pot laws if Americans do not want him to crackdown on states’ rights, leaving uncertainty within the marijuana industry. Sessions, who started his confirmation hearing Tuesday for the post of attorney general, is a staunch opponent of…
By Kody Fairfield Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) will make Senate history this week as he is set to testify against the confirmation of Donald Trump‘s pick for Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). Booker’s testimony would appear to be the first time in Senate history that a sitting Senator would testify against his current colleague for a nominated…