LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Brian Nichols March 9th marks the official start to the NFL Free Agency period. For those of you unaware as to what free agency is, here is a basic summary: -NFL teams have the choice to either a) let their currently players with expiring contracts test the open…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza After Philadelphia decided to place a tax on sweetened beverages, soda companies, supermarkets, and distributors are losing 30 to 50 percent drop in sales and some are planning to cut employees according to Philly.com. One of the city’s largest distributors, Canada Dry Delaware Valley, is planning on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck What do we think? Is this a just proposition? Hawaii might introduce a new bill that will reclassify homelessness as a medical condition. According to the latest report: As an emergency room doctor, Hawaii Sen. Josh Green sees homeless patients suffering from diabetes, mental health problems…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Save Scranton Teams up with Residents to Fight Crushing Taxation and Corruption by Crystal Byrd A local group called Save Scranton headed by Libertarian Gary St. Fleur are currently battling their city to save it. Scranton Pennsylvania suffers financially like many cities across the nation, but Scranton is also beleaguered by…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Bernie Sanders once again made a factually shaky claim for political purposes, but this time got called on his exaggerated rhetoric by the press. The claim: If ObamaCare is repealed, over 36,000 people will die annually. Scary number, right? The problem is that it isn’t true….
by Micah J. Fleck The Young Turks is a well-known YouTube and Televised political news show with an historically liberal bent. And during Obama’s presidency, not much complaining came from their desks (aside from TYT show runner and creator Cenk Uyger at times) regarding how much executive power Obama was being allowed to obtain. This…
by Micah J. Fleck Yes, you read that right. Across 19 different states, mandatory minimum wage hikes are to be forced upon business owners, which may threaten the employment security of current workers. According to one report: It will be a happy New Year indeed for millions of the lowest-paid U.S. workers. Nineteen states, including…
by Jordan LaPorta Trump rode to the White House on the wave of economic populism. Throughout the campaign, the now President-Elect stated his desire to be the “greatest jobs president in history,” pledging to tear up trade deals and punish companies that relocate overseas. His brand of economics differentiated him from most other members of…
What Leftist Pages Don’t Get About the Minimum Wage by I, AnCap Yet another prominent left-wing page, The Other 98% on Facebook, has posted a meme calling for an over 100% increase in the current federal minimum wage. While raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to nearly $15 an hour might sound good, the arguments The Other 98% use…
by Brian Nichols If you have graced social media at all today, I’m sure you have been enlightened by your liberal, progressive friends as to how terrible those who voted for Donald Trump are and that Trump is an absolute monster ready to destroy minority rights. Here are some highlights I encountered: “If you voted…