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20 for 20, Part 5: You Are Not Your Stump Speech

20 for 20, Parts 1-4 linked below. You’ve come a long way, baby. But we’re not done yet. Today we’re discussing your favorite topic — you. You’re in the spotlight. But you can’t use Instagram filters or FUPA-slimming camera angles for this close-up. Can you allow yourself to feel exposed? Good. Doors are locked. Blinds…

Trump the Candidate vs. Trump the President: An Objective Observation

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Benjamin Hitzig First of all, this isn’t a critique of Donald Trump. If you want to read about how terrible he is or how he’s some secret Russian, there’s tons of that all over the internet. This also isn’t an article in support of Trump, you can also find all over…

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Va Gov Candidate Can’t Decide If He’s For Or Against Changing ‘Racist’ Landmarks

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Republican candidate for governor in Virginia Corey Stewart campaigned heavily against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a park in Charlottesville last week, but he was very supportive of erasing “racist” parts of U.S. history, according to an investigation by The Daily Caller…

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If Johnson Doesn’t Get the Final Few Percentage Points Needed to Debate, Blame Jill Stein

By Micah J. Fleck According to a new piece from local Denver publication Denverite, Gary Johnson still may not quite make it over the 15% required to make the presidential debate stage, despite being so incredibly close to hitting it and working so hard to get his name on the ballot in all 50 states….

Dem Who Tried to Kill Uber Took Bundles of Money From Taxi Industry [VIDEO]

By Eric Lieberman Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto tried to kill Uber with one hand, while taking money from Taxi Services with the other, and a Koch-funded superPAC’s latest ad is slamming her for it. In a new scathing video, titled “Driving Away Jobs,” the Freedom Partners Action Fund accuses the former Nevada attorney general of…

Nevada Senate Candidate Links Porn Site In Campaign Flyer

By Kevin Bedford Republican Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle distributed a campaign flyer this week that directed voters to a porn website. Angle, a former state legislator and the GOP’s nominee in a 2010 Senate race against Sen. Harry Reid, sent supporters a newsletter called “The Angle Examiner,” which contained a link to a website called joeheck.com — ostensibly…

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77-Year-Old Congressional Candidate Found to Have 180 Marijuana Plants on Her Property

Flo Matheson is 77 years old, is running for Congress, and she likes weed and doesn’t care who knows it. But she denies having knowledge of the 180+ cannabis plants growing in her barn. Flo is a congressional candidate in Tennessee and she is very vocal about her support for marijuana legalization. “I really don’t regret…

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Gary Johnson: 2016 is an Opportunity for a Libertarian Candidate

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, the current Libertarian Party frontrunner and likely nominee, said in an interview with the Daily Caller that this year was the best opportunity for Libertarians in a general election an opportunity like it they may not see again. Johnson believes the current political climate is ripe for a third party candidate to capitalize,…