“Let’s talk about heroin. I’m pro…legalizing” That will likely get you as many strange and concerned looks at your family gathering as coughing around the dining table. Facing the difficult topic of drug legalization is retired police officer and current criminal justice reform lobbyist, Howard Wooldridge. Howard wears a shirt that boldly proclaims “Cops Say…
President Donald Trump mercilessly mocked the “Green New Deal” in his speech at CPAC on Saturday as he told Democrats to keep supporting the massive socialist legislation. President Trump said quote, “Our country is in big trouble, folks, because we have to get it back,” Trump said. “And when I look at what is happening…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. – Kareem Abdul Jabbar Mark Cuban tends to be my kind of Billionaire. He’s a tech pioneer, sports fan, intelligent, has a jaw-line you can set you watch too, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Members of the Conservative Political Action Conference panel “Energy Rationing: The Tragic, Unintended Consequences” argued energy subsidies tend to make products only slightly cheaper and redistribute cash from poor taxpayers to the rich. “There’s rampant fraud in net metering,” Steve Pociask, president of the American Consumer Institute’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Saturday that people are absolutely justified in wanting President Donald Trump to abolish the agency. Scott Pruitt, who was narrowly confirmed as Trump’s EPA chief last week, told a crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference that people…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Ways And Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady assured the border adjustment tax won’t hurt small businesses or lead to job losses during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday. Border adjustability, which would tax imports but not exports, is a key component of the House…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Micah J. Fleck I was able to book an interview with Ken Bone (the sudden star of the second 2016 presidential debate who asked the only real questions of the night) during an appearance Mr. Bone made at CPAC 2017. It was short, but sweet, and the most surprising…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Following his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and leader of the #Brexit movement Nigel Farage told reporters that the election of President Donald Trump was “bigger” than the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. Transcript: Reporter: #Brexit…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Allan Stevo There was a period where a group of socialist intellectuals came out of the University of Chicago and laid ruin to Washington DC and American political life by joining the Republican Party and making their way into positions of leadership. When these most unconservative of folks started…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Trump Emblazoned on Russian Flags Wa CPAC By Sean McCaffrey Fantastic prank or subversive innuendo? Many at CPAC have found Russian flags with TRUMP, printed in gold across them. With the Trump administration still battling their accusations of ties to Russia, the optics of CPAC attendees waving a Russian flag with…