LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield While secretary of state, Hillary Clinton made a personal call to pressure Bangladesh’s prime minister to aid a donor to her husband’s charitable foundation despite federal ethics laws that require government officials to recuse themselves from matters that could impact their spouse’s business, reports Circa. From Circa: The Office…
by Josh Guckert On late Friday afternoon, members of the Fox News and MSNBC media networks convened to discuss an ongoing mutual conundrum which they had. After eight years of taking particular (extremely principled) positions, they were at a crossroads. “We’ve spent all of our time criticizing executive power!” shouted Lou Dobbs of Fox News. Lawrence…
by Josh Guckert While some anticipate radical change in Donald Trump‘s cabinet, the reality is likely to be far less exciting. It is to be expected that Trump will be largely counseled on his choices by those who have been in politics, particularly given his unprecedented lack of expertise in the political arena. His advisory…
by Kody Fairfield Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump who regularly attacks his opponent, Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, her husband former President Bill Clinton, and current President Barack Obama, may have a bit of explaining to do to his base. In an interview from 2008 with NY-1, Trump is heard singing the praises of both Clintons. “I think Bill Clinton was a…
By Zuri Davis Tumblr isn’t just for furries and otherkin. Though it might take some navigation through the tempest of weeaboos and free-bleeding, there are some treasures on the site. This includes the Tumblr entirely dedicated to Karl Rove holding up a whiteboard. The former senior advisor for the Bush administration has an interesting habit…
by Saagar Enjeti Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump’s Aug. 15 accusation that President Barack Obama’s withdrawal from Iraq was responsible for the rise of ISIS has reignited debate over whether former President George W. Bush is really responsible. President Barack Obama’s critics center on his withdrawal of forces from Iraq in 2010 as the decision most responsible for the…
2016 has been an interesting presidential race not just because the Republicans nominated a nutcase and the Democrats nominated someone under FBI investigation, but because of the foreign policy shift occurring at the top of the ticket. Since the early 1990s, the Republican Party has been dominated by an ideology known as neoconservatism, which advocates…
Blake Neff During a Sunday morning appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer decried the intent of many Senate Republicans to prevent President Barack Obama from appointing the successor to deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. But less than a decade ago, Schumer advocated doing the same exact thing if any additional…
Michael Bastasch United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised former Republican President George W. Bush for kickstarting efforts to put together a global agreement to fight global warming. “That was the beginning of our success,” Ban told The Associated Press Saturday, referring to Bush’s attendance of U.N. global warming talks in 2007. After refusing to ratify…
By: Laura Meyers A research group conducted an international study among college students, asking them to rank 40 historical figures positively or negatively. The study is called “‘Heroes’ and ‘Villains’ of World History Across Cultures.” In the final ranking, former US President George W. Bush was ranked as the 4th most evil, more villainous than Vladimir Lenin,…