LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Josh Begley, writing for the Intercept, has announced that after years of denials by Apple, his app to track drone strikes has been approved. Begley starts his story off saying: Five years ago, I made a simple iPhone app. It would send you a push notification every time a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has high hopes about future fights with Republican leadership, according to a Tuesday report from Politico. Republicans were unable to get a comprehensive health care bill passed last Friday, and Democrats think that means they can keep the pressure going by refusing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti U.S. Central Command will no longer give out the number of troops headed to Iraq or Syria in the fight against the Islamic State, the Pentagon declared Monday. Washington will instead provide rough unit sizes of troops headed to the region. “It’s about capabilities not numbers,” CENTCOM spokesman Army…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Under Gov. Jerry Brown, California has emerged as the state most determined to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration and border security policies. A bill under consideration in the statehouse would make California the first “sanctuary state” in the nation, preventing state, county and municipal officials from cooperating…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York caused a ruckus at a swanky Manhattan restaurant after he began screaming at a wealthy patron for voting for President Donald Trump. Schumer was dining at the Upper East Side restaurant Sette Mezzo on Sunday evening, The New York Post…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The MAR-A-LAGO Act—”Make Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act”—calls for Trump to release visitor logs from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida as well as the White House and anywhere else he conducts official business, the Hill reports. The MAR-A-LAGO acted was introduced by Senators Mark Udall (D-NM), Sheldon…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is following President Donald Trump’s official government-sponsored Twitter account, presumably to keep up with news related to his presidency. It is not exactly clear when Clinton started following the newly transitioned @POTUS Twitter account, but one user was given an unsolicited notification Sunday asking…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield On Saturday at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Southern California, thousands of pro-Trump rally goers organized in what was called a “Make America Great Again” March. They supporters wore their red “MAGA” hats, and marched down the streets drawing attention to their cause. In fact, their presence was…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is happy the American Health Care Act (AHCA) failed to make its way through Congress, but admits Obamacare isn’t a perfect system. President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced Friday that they were pulling the bill just hours before it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky House Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Meadows opposed the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, and his constituents love him for it, according to a Monday report from Politico. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan attempted to pass the bill that would eventually replace the…