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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Robert Donachie Senators narrowly passed Republicans’ rewrite of the tax code in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, along party lines. Senate lawmakers passed The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 51-48 Wednesday roughly 10 hours after their House colleagues kicked the measure over to the chamber. “The Tax Cuts and…
Mattis Rips Trump: ‘I Earned My Spurs On The Battlefield’
Peter Hasson Former Defense Secretary James Mattis took repeated shots at President Donald Trump during the annual Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner Thursday night. Mattis called himself the “Meryl Streep of generals” and poked fun at Trump’s draft deferments at the annual dinner, where speakers generally make jokes about politicians and political issues. Mattis drew laughs by…
The Solar Eclipse May Wreak Havoc On The U.S. Power Grid
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Tim Pearce Electricity generators, grid operators, and utility companies are bracing for a once in a lifetime solar eclipse Monday that will drastically cut power produced from solar resources, Bloomberg reports. The eclipse will starve the U.S. electrical grid of about 12,000 megawatts of solar power. Energy companies have prepared…
HOT MIC: Janet Napolitano Doesn’t Like Dirty Hippies Either
By Blake Neff University of California president and former Obama cabinet member Janet Napolitano made an embarrassing gaffe Wednesday when she was caught on a hot mic referring to student protesters as “crap,” right after insisting that it’s important to listen to student voices. During a meeting of the UC board of regents, about 30 student burst…
Baltimore’s Streets Are Cleaner Because of This Conservative Activist
When President Donald Trump tweeted that Baltimore was “a disgusting rat and rodent-infested mess,” Americans erupted with the usual torrent of opinions. Scott Presler, however, was determined to do something about it. He organized a cleanup day in the city to pick up trash. It went so well that he has scheduled another one for Sept. 9….
College Discourages 9/11 Memorial Citing Muslims’ Feelings
Molly Prince A private Wisconsin college discouraged students from exhibiting a Sept. 11 memorial fearing that it could foster an anti-Muslim environment on campus. Ripon College condemned a flier by Young America’s Foundation (YAF) to honor the memory of those killed in the 2001 attacks and to help prevent the events from being forgotten, reported The…
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