LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Americans are expressing their support for a larger federal government, according to a poll released Monday by the Pew Research Center. Americans are split on their preferences for both the size and scope of the federal government. Some 48 percent of Americans would rather have a big…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke The White House is hoping the House Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill will be brought to the floor for a vote the next week, shortly after they return from their Easter recess. The administration is hoping to get repeal passed before President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff tried to make the Georgia special election all about President Donald Trump but didn’t fare much better than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did in 2016. Ossoff was seeking to replace former Republican Rep. Tom Price when he barely eclipsed Clinton’s performance,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Washington Post analysis relied on faulty methodology Monday in an attempt to prove that racism played a bigger role in the 2016 election than authoritarianism. Thomas Wood, an assistant professor at Ohio State University, attempted to unpack voter motivations in the 2016 election by looking at…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The Fresno State professor who tweeted “Trump must hang” has doubled down on his comments, saying Trump’s death is a “logical necessity.” “I can assure you that I do not condone or advocate for murder or violence, and that I do not intend to commit any act, or…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The Intercept is reporting: Over the last seven years, the GOP has won successive elections by highlighting problems with Obamacare, airing more than $235 million in negative ads slamming the law, and staging more than 50 high-profile repeal votes. In 2016 every major Republican presidential candidate, including Donald Trump, campaigned on a pledge to quickly get…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The professor of human sexuality at Orange Coast College in Southern California, who was recorded equating the election of Donald Trump to an act of terror, was chosen by the school to be the “Faculty-of-the-Year,” reports the Los Angeles Times (LA Times). RELATED: Student Threatened with Expulsion for Recording Professor’s Anti-Trump…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent, a chair of the moderate Tuesday Group, said conservatives in the House are largely responsible for the downfall of the Obamacare repeal bill Friday. According to Dent, too many concessions were given to the House Freedom Caucus, which led to the loss of moderate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The New York Times is reporting that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) rushed to the White House to tell the President that he did not have the votes to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to decide whether to pull the bill from consideration. RELATED: GOP Rep:…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Republicans in the House made the first step in approving the American Health Care Act Friday, as it passed the first rules vote that allows the bill to move to a full vote later this afternoon. Votes remained along party lines: 236 Republicans voted in favor, and…