LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) discovered the largest continuous natural gas deposit in the country, stretching across the Gulf Coast states of Texas and Louisiana. USGS estimates between 4 billion barrels of oil and 304.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas sit untapped in the Haynesville and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Syrian President Bashar al-Assad believes the U.S. fabricated a chemical weapons attack in order to justify a cruise missile strike, he told AFP in a Thursday interview. pic.twitter.com/XbmVyyaK0l — AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 13, 2017 “Definitely, 100 percent for us, it’s fabrication… Our impression is that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Officials are taking steps to protect the burgeoning legal marijuana industry in Colorado from the threat of federal interference with a new law dubbed “the Sessions safeguard.” The proposal would allow the Colorado government to reclassify recreational weed as medical marijuana in the event of a shift…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The president of the Sierra Club thought he’d send out a tweet about how good the Trump administration is at lying, but he instead ended up making fun of the Obama administration. Aaron Mair tweeted that the Trump administration’s “diplomatic lying” was “full on Baghdad Bob” —…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The Trump administration officially issued travel restrictions Tuesday in response to new intelligence indicating terrorist groups have “intensified” efforts to attack the aviation sector. “Our information indicates that terrorist groups’ efforts to execute an attack against the aviation sector are intensifying,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The Trump administration is threatening to interfere with state pot laws and it could cost the marijuana industry hundreds of thousands of jobs. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments teasing a crackdown on state pot laws Thursday are continuing to stir anxiety among those financially dependent…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Fear and Loathing the New Federal Marijuana Policy By Sean McCaffrey When President Obama’s Justice Department signed a memo in 2013 that told U.S. Attorneys to relax their prosecution of recreational and medical marijuana crimes, two things happened. Conservatives, afraid of pot-smoking hippies and drug trafficking cartels taking to the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Former Amb. John Bolton offered his five points that the Trump administration should use to pursue a conservative foreign policy while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday. Bolton started his speech by noting that, despite the fact he is not the Secretary of State or…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The Trump administration is not planning mass deportations in which immigration officials hunt down illegal immigrants, round them up and immediately send them out of the country, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told reporters Wednesday. “You have to understand that we are not going out…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock President Donald Trump’s administration is thinking about conducting a national tax credit scholarship initiative that would provide working-class families with billions of dollars so their children could attend private schools. Religious schools would also fall under the new policy, as reported by Politico. Trump stated that he…