Trump Issued Transgender Order To Secure Border Wall Funding

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke President Donald Trump issued a ban on transgender people serving in the military to ensure that House Conservatives didn’t derail their own spending bill, which was packed with administration priorities including funds for the border wall. Trump’s stunning Twitter announcement came after defense hawks and social conservatives…

Dear Liberals: Dissolving The Dept. of Education Would NOT End Public School
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Dear Liberals: Dissolving The Dept. of Education Would NOT End Public School

by Micah J. Fleck When I was a freshman in college, I was in a research-based writing class that consisted of a very small student-to-faculty ratio and allowed us attendees, a roster that barely broke the double digits, to personally interact with our teacher and have meaningful conversations and debates rather than simply sit back…

Facebook Executive Slams Trump “Abortion Policy”

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Author and Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg recently spoke out about President Trump’s “abortion policy” (what she actually means is the defunding of foreign Planned Parenthoods) and how she feels it negatively impacts women and takes away their “rights.” According to the report: Facebook executive and Lean In author…

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Spicer Says ‘Import Tax’ Still The ‘Best Plan’ For Funding Wall [VIDEO]

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday it’s floating the idea of a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico in order to pay for the promised wall along the southern border of the U.S. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer first revealed the plan to reporters aboard Air Force…

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114,000 People Want To Stop Paying Obama While He Stumps For Hillary

by Thomas Phippen More than 114,000 people have signed a petition to withhold President Barack Obama’s pay while he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The author of the petition, Rick Mitchelson, says he created the petition out of frustration that a sitting president is using taxpayer funds to push a liberal agenda. The fact…

Govt To Spend $10 Million On Anti-ISIS Recruitment Program That Doesn’t Work
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Govt To Spend $10 Million On Anti-ISIS Recruitment Program That Doesn’t Work

By Thomas Phippen The Departtment of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering $10 million to schools and non-profit organizations for programs that prevent young adults from joining terrorist groups. Through the grants, DHS hopes to create programs that “enhance the resilience of communities” to recruitment efforts and offer “alternative messages” to terrorist radicalization efforts, according to a grant award notice posted Wednesday. Programs…

The US Is Paying Out Billions For An Afghan Police Force That Doesn’t Exist
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The US Is Paying Out Billions For An Afghan Police Force That Doesn’t Exist

By Russ Read Nearly half of the police force in the contentious Helmand province in Afghanistan does not actually exist, yet the U.S. continues to spend billions to fund it. Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior is poised to conduct an investigation of former police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang for creating so-called “Ghost Police.” His replacement…

Teen’s New Technology Reveals Where Politicians Get Their Money

16-year-old Nicholas Rubin has restored this reporter’s faith in young people. While his peers were busy copying their homework off Wikipedia or blasting One Direction, Rubin decided to take an active stance in politics. The teen quickly understood the power money donations wield over politicians, calling it a “social and industrial disease of today.” As a…