Chris White on December 26, 2018 Outgoing Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is warning incoming progressive lawmakers that alienating the white working class is a recipe for disaster for Democrats working on getting results. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others who are lurching the Democratic Party away from its traditional positions should respect working class people, McCaskill told…
Peter Hasson on October 31, 2018 Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill sparked a fierce backlash from a Democratic legislator in her home state after listing her as an example of a “crazy Democrat.” In a scathing series of tweets on Monday and Tuesday, Missouri Democratic state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal referred to McCaskill as “Dixie…
Chris White on October 30, 2018 Democratic strategists are concerned Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill might come short of the black support she will need to win re-election in a state President Donald Trump carried by a large margin in 2020. More than a dozen elected officials, activists and voters worry the two-term Democrat has not…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter It is one week until Missouri voters decide who their Republican nominee will be for the United States Senate. Every hour counts, and candidate Austin Petersen has been suspended by Twitter for 12 hours. The incident on Twitter started when Caroline O (Twitter handle @RVAwonk) who is a writer for…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter Last week Missouri U.S. Senate Candidate Austin Petersen received yet another 30 day Facebook ban for posting a link to Facebook for a gun giveaway on his campaign website. The first ban occurred in September of 2017, and Facebook afterwards conceded that Petersen’s post did not violate the terms and…
Last night, 19 Democrat Senators voted to give Trump vast surveillance powers, by voting to shut down debate on the FISA, the 4th Amendment, and due process. Surely, this can only be wise if they trust Trump not to abuse such powers. Senator Tom Carper lamented that “the President-elect still cannot guarantee that protecting the…
5 Liberty Republicans Running For Office In 2018 1. Paul Curtman A current Representative for the 109th District (R) is a Marine Corps veteran and a financial advisor. He is seeking the State Auditor seat in Missouri to unseat Incumbent Nicole Galloway (D). This year will be an important year for all parties. Will the current political…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Elias Atienza Former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Austin Petersen has decided to run for Senate as a Republican instead of a Libertarian. Petersen announced his intent to run in an opinion editorial for the Kansas City Star: “This is why I’m running to represent Missouri in the United States Senate….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak A massive portion of Obamaphone recipients are receiving the benefit after lying on their applications, according to a new 90-page report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). An undercover sting operation showed ineligible applications were approved 63 percent of the time, and a review that found that 36 to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke The Senate voted against advancing a resolution to block a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia in a 47-53 vote Tuesday. The resolution — spearheaded by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut — would have blocked $510 million of precision-guided munitions…