Follow on Facebook or Twitter Missouri Attorney General and Senate Candidate Josh Hawley came under extreme criticism for embarrassing and unfounded comments about Human Trafficking, a cause he claims to champion. On the last day of January which concluded Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Hawley tweeted out to reflect on it. https://twitter.com/AGJoshHawley/status/958737179668336640 On the same…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: We have come a long way since Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign that ushered libertarianism onto the national stage. 2018 is promising to see many liberty candidates, but here are just some who have made impacts in their own races, earlier races, and on the national stage as well. Larry…
JOSHUA GILL Religion Reporter The Satanic Temple allied with Planned Parenthood in Missouri, relying on religious freedoms to argue against abortion restrictions while Planned Parenthood wages its own legal battle. The Satanic Temple appealed the dismissal of a 2015 Satanist abortion case Monday, and will challenge two of Missouri’s abortion laws Sept. 20, as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: From Associated Press, KSDK: A Missouri lawmaker says in a Facebook post that he hopes whoever placed paint on a Confederate monument in Springfield is found and hanged. Osceola Republican Rep. Warren Love said in a Facebook post Wednesday that he hopes whoever vandalized the monument is “hung from a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Elias Atienza Former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Austin Petersen has decided to run for Senate as a Republican instead of a Libertarian. Petersen announced his intent to run in an opinion editorial for the Kansas City Star: “This is why I’m running to represent Missouri in the United States Senate….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kush Desai The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill last Wednesday that covers regulations on abortion. Numerous media outlets and pro-choice activist groups have criticized the bill for “roll[ing] back” a recent St. Louis “anti-discrimination” ordinance regarding reproduction and abortion. A few days later, NARAL Pro-Choice America sent out a fundraising email with…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trinity Lutheran Church Monday, deciding that refusal to grant a public benefit to the church violates the First Amendment. Trinity Lutheran Church sued the Missouri Department of Natural Resources over the department’s refusal to award Trinity a publicly available grant to resurface its…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Criminals do not follow laws. Missouri lawmakers heard a bill Monday to make some business owners liable for shootings on their property, reports Fox2Now. The bill would make businesses who post signs prohibiting guns liable for injuries sustained by people on the property who would have otherwise been…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The University of Missouri has given over $1 million in “incentive payments” to its administrators, over $400,000 of which was received by the chancellor who resigned from the school following its 2015 protests. “In 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Board of Curators or System President approved approximately…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Missouri Democrat Rep. Lacy Clay is suing the Architect of the Capitol for removing a painting depicting police officers as pigs that hung, arguing its removal is a violation on the artist’s right to free speech. RELATED: Congress Members Fight Over Painting Depicting Police As Pigs The painting, which…