Both NPR News and former President Barack Obama appear to follow a few interesting choice Twitter accounts. Fleshjack, a gay sex toy manufacturer as well as an account called StudJulian are both followed by the news outlet and the former President. It’s unclear why they would be following these accounts, or if they were previously…
By Julia Cohen Hospital costs have skyrocketed since 2000, and they are showing no signs of slowing down. Total hospital expenditures grew from $415.5 billion in 2000 to just under $1.1 trillion in 2016, according to Center for Medicare and Medicaid services data. That’s about a 160-percent increase over 16 years. In contrast, prescription drug spending increased…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian-minded Republican Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) teamed up to introduce a bill to repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which Amash called the “worst anti-privacy legislation” back in 2015. The Cybersecurity Act of 2015 has been slammed as a invasion of privacy and…
By: Elias J. Atienza U.S Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Al Franken (D-MN) support the recent decision by the Obama administration to halt recent arms sales to Saudi Arabia in a press release, following accusations of war crimes by the Saudi-lead coalition. However, the bipartisan group of Senators want…