Tuesday morning, March 16th, the KWOS Morning Show With Austin Petersen and John Marsh announced that they had received a tip that Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was laying the groundwork for a run for Missouri Governor in 2024. While on air, Austin read a card invitation, pictured below, that says, “You are cordially…
Mary Margaret Olohan on September 26, 2019 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said losing to President Donald Trump was like losing to a “corrupt human tornado.” Clinton spoke about losing the 2016 presidential election in a CBS interview that will air Sunday morning. “It was like applying for a job and getting 66 million…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White ExxonMobil was ordered Wednesday to disclose a trove of missing emails from an alias once used by the company’s former CEO for communicating with the oil producer’s other executives. A judge directed Exxon to hand over the communications to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat who…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke President Donald Trump entered office promising to avoid costly nation-building efforts overseas, but his administration appears willing to deploy significant military resources to “stabilization” in Iraq after the Islamic State is driven from the country. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday U.S. forces will remain in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Environmentalists were in panic mode Wednesday as the Senate confirmed former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. Environmentalists opposed Tillerson before and after his nomination, citing his career in oil and natural gas and Russian business ties. It may be unsurprising then that every major…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Russia signed a new defense agreement with Syria Friday, allowing Russian forces to stay in Syria for another 50 years. The new agreement will not only secure Russia’s newfound position in the Middle East, but it will also drastically expand Russian military capabilities in the region. Russia’s…
By Michael Bastasch Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed up at the Department of State Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the U.S. Diplomacy Center where she has an exhibit named after her. And, of course, it wouldn’t be the “Hillary Clinton Pavilion” without a glass ceiling. Politico notes Clinton’s pavilion “serves as a…
By Russ Read President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for secretary of state said U.S. leaders must think about the future before engaging in regime change in foreign countries. In an exchange with Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky during his confirmation hearing, former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson noted that leadership change in places like Iraq and…
By Chris White Anti-fossil fuel activists lined up outside confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee wearing campy dinosaur costumes and protesting against Exxon Mobil. Demonstrators associated with environmentalists group 350.org gathered in Washington, D.C, Wednesday to protest Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson’s appearance in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations….
By Saagar Enjeti Secretary of State John Kerry claims President Barack Obama did not retreat from his chemical weapons red line, even as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad crossed it several times. Kerry’s contention, laid out in a Tuesday talk at the U.S. Institute of Peace in D.C., is that Obama did not retreat because he was…