By Reed Cooley Shelley Luther opened her Dallas-based salon last spring, violating coronavirus lockdowns put in place by the local government. For daring to operate her own business, Luther was arrested and jailed. During an in-depth interview on YOU BUILT THAT, a new podcast powered by Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), the business owner spoke…
The City of Dallas, mere days before YAL’s epic Mobilize 2020 event boasting just about every major name in the Republican’s liberty wing, cancelled the event due to COVID concerns. We talked with Cliff Maloney, president of the organization, about his reaction to the move and it’s timing. TLR: Before we get into what this…
Audrey Conklin Ex-Dallas Police Department officer Amber Guyger was found guilty of murder after she shot her unarmed neighbor in his own apartment while she was off duty in September 2018. Guyger, who is white, told authorities she mistook her 26-year-old neighbor, Botham Shem Jean, who was black, for a burglar when she shot and…
Joshua Gill on January 10, 2019 Pastor Robert Jeffress used passages from Nehemiah and Revelation to argue Sunday that a border wall would not be immoral, in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that it would be. Other Christian leaders pushed back on Jeffress’ argument, arguing to different degrees that the passages he chose, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen On May 24, the Dallas, Texas city council discussed item #11 on its agenda. Item #11 involves a case of eminent domain in which the council wants to low-ball an individual landowner out of his property to construct a ‘much needed’ waterline. For years, the owner,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Quornsum Yesterday, the city council of Dallas, TX, approved a cite and release program for low-level marijuana users in a 10-5 vote. Coincidentally, the bill resulted in the same voter percentage when it was killed last year. Under the new legislation, which will go into force on October 1,…
by Micah J. Fleck In July of this past year, a Texas cop paralyzed a man by shooting him in the spine. According to the officer at the time, the victim was posing a “threat” despite the curious location at which he was shot. Now, in the wake of newly revealed dashcam footage from the…
10-Point Plan Recycled from 2015 In some form or another, an article about a 10-point manifesto from Black Lives Matter has been making the rounds on the internet. At first glance, the list appears to have a libertarian flavor to it. When I went to explore this popular piece, however, I quickly discovered that the…
Earlier today, two groups of protesters met in the city of Dallas. Initially, they were heading in opposing ideological directions; one group representing “Black Lives Matter,” and the other organized as a counter-protest to the former. One could easily speculate on all of the potentially negative interactions these groups might have had with each other….
By Kevin Daley Dallas police used a robot to end a tense standoff with the gunman believed to be responsible for the deaths of five police officers Thursday night, in a novel maneuver many legal experts believe was lawful, if unprecedented. City officials revealed Friday morning an early morning standoff with Micah X. Johnson ended…