Henry Rodgers on March 29, 2019 Chicago Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel blamed President Donald Trump Thursday for creating the “toxic environment” that caused actor Jussie Smollett to allegedly fake a hate crime. “My recommendation is the president go to Opening Day baseball, sit on the sidelines and stay out of this,” Emanuel said to reporters. “Let me be…
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged with disorderly conduct on Wednesday, for allegedly filing a false police report about an attack he claims took place last month as he walked to his apartment building in Streeterville last month. The felony charge was announced by the Cook County state attorney’s office Wednesday evening, hours after police…
According CBS 2 Chicago, a source intimately familiar with the Jussie Smollett investigation says that the alleged attack on Smollett was potentially orchestrated by the actor himself and two other men. Chicago police say this report hasn’t yet been confirmed. The two “persons of interest” are brothers who previously worked with Smollett on the show…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jordan LaPorta Forty years ago, pop culture was changed forever by a film most people thought would be nothing more than an ephemeral summer flick. The movie’s mastermind had minimal acclaim prior to its release, and his biggest hit before 1977 was American Graffiti. But in 2017, Star Wars…
Is the United States of America still an “Empire for Liberty” or have we become an Empire for something else entirely? by Joey Clark [dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap] strolled down the heart of the Imperial City a bit dried and crusty from the previous night’s revelry with the Tidal Basin to my right and the Jefferson…
Words have meanings… Keith Farrell America’s foreign policy critics often call her an empire. They point to two ongoing military operations, America’s prolonged military presence in Europe and Asia, and our territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands as proof of this claim. It is true, America has a worldwide political and…