President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he will appear on major news networks, Tuesday at primetime, to deliver an address concerning the state of the current government shutdown as the crisis enters its third week. As Republicans and Democrats continue to hold “non-essential” government funding hostage over the practical imperative or perceived moral indecency of a…
Evie Fordham on December 21, 2018 Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced his plan to leave President Donald Trump’s cabinet in 2019 Thursday. Here is his full resignation letter: Dear Mr. President: I have been privileged to serve as our country’s 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Insurance companies are desperately trying to figure out President Donald Trump’s next move on health care reform as the deadline for filing 2018 plans on the Obamacare marketplaces approaches. The providers are particularly concerned with what he will do with cost sharing reductions (CSRs), a little known…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky The Kansas Secretary of State officially charged a “non-citizen” for voting illegally, according to a Thursday report from Talking Points Memo. Republican Kris Koback announced Wednesday he charged Victor David Garcia Bebek of Peru with three misdemeanor counts of voting unlawfully from 2012 through 2014. Bebek pleaded…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The world is on notice following President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize an airstrike on a Syrian airfield in response to the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons on their own people. While Trump has stated, the he is not afraid to hit Syrian President Bashar al-Assad again, it appears…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A history professor at California State University, Fresno, appears to have advocated for the death of President Donald Trump on Twitter. Tweets from an account purportedly operated by Professor Lars Maischak call for Trump to “hang” in order to “save American democracy,” and say the only “cure” for racist…
Pres. Trump, like Batman, can serve justice that is morally justified. However, allowing him to operate outside of the law is dangerous and destabilizing.
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump legally justified his Thursday strike on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s airbase by invoking his authority under the U.S. Constitution. Trump launched the strike Thursday over Assad’s use of chemical weapons in an attack Tuesday. “It is in this vital national security interest of the United States…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Pentagon released a map Thursday that reportedly shows the flight pattern of a Syrian aircraft that dropped chemical weapons on civilians Tuesday. Map Released by Pentagon The map was released hours after President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to fire 59 Tomahawk missiles at a northern Syrian airbase, in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump did not call Russian President Vladimir Putin before sending 60 Tomahawk missiles to strike a Syrian airfield likely used in a Tuesday chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Trump justified the strike, saying it was in the “vital national interest” of the…