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FACT CHECK: Have Thousands Been Killed By Illegal Immigrants Since 2003?

Emily Larsen on January 17, 2019 Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervisor Thomas Kilbride said that “thousands” of civilians have been killed by illegal immigrants since 2003 in a Fox News interview Jan. 5. “What about the thousands of civilians?” Kilbride said. “Thousands of dead since 2003 … All over the United States by illegal aliens.” Verdict:…

‘That’s NOT Happening’: Meteorologist Fact-Checks Claim The Shutdown Is Making Weather Forecasts Worse
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‘That’s NOT Happening’: Meteorologist Fact-Checks Claim The Shutdown Is Making Weather Forecasts Worse

Michael Bastasch on January 7, 2019 Meteorologist and Cato Institute adjunct scholar Ryan Maue says he sees no evidence the government shutdown is crippling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) premier weather model. “I do not find evidence (as of yet) for this claim in my verification statistics for the NOAA global weather model,” Maue…

WATCH: Libertarian Destroys Tucker Carlson’s Immigration Strawman

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Tucker Carlson, host of Tucker Carlson Tonight and former senior fellow for the Cato Institute, debated  immigration policy analyst Alex Nowrasteh. The two’s debate covered welfare benefits for legal immigrants and illegal immigrants, along with the ideal level of immigration. Carlson favored limiting immigration while Nowrasteh believes in…

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Study: 0.00000001% Chance of Being Killed by Illegal Immigrant Terrorist

by Kevin Batts The chances of you being killed by an illegal immigrant terrorist in the United States is 1 in 10.9 billion per year. This is according to a new study by Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy analyst for the Cato Institute. The study which looked at terrorism committed by immigrants is touted as the…

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Johnson Super PAC Spends $1 Million on National Television Ads

First National Ad Supporting a Third Party Candidate By: Elias J. Atienza Purple PAC, a Super PAC headed by former Cato Institute President Ed Crane, has spent $1 million on ads for national television in support of Libertarian Presidential Nominee Gary Johnson. The ad centers around how Donald Trump “offends everyone” while criticizing Hillary Clinton…

Obamacare’s Menu Mandates Will Have Zero Impact On Obesity

Obamacare’s Menu Mandates Will Have Zero Impact On Obesity

Guy Bentley Forcing restaurants, movie theaters, and grocery stores to put calorie counts and nutritional information on menus has no long-term impact on obesity. So says a new study from the Cato Institute, which draws on nearly 300,000 respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) who hail from 30 large cities between 2003…