Congress Ignores Trump’s Call to Cut Funding for NPR, PBS, NEA, NEH

The GOP-led Congress appears to be completely ignoring President Donald Trump’s budget request to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, three of the most reviled government programs among conservatives. Last week, the Appropriations Committee released its funding bills for 2018, showing…

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These House Democrats Heard They May Have Been Hacked But Don’t Seem to Care

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House Democrats professing moral outrage over the hacking of the Democratic National Committee have apparently remained indifferent to the likely penetration of their congressional computer systems, declining to distance themselves from five Pakistani House server administrators who are the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. House authorities banned the five administrators from the congressional information technology…

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House Republicans Lay Out Their Plan to Rein in the EPA

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House Republicans released their proposal to balance the federal budget in 10 years, which included their plans to rein in the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency. Republicans plan three broad reforms for the EPA: reduce its funding, cut global warming programs, and eliminate the agency’s policy office. “The Environmental Protection Agency has long overreached…

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September T-Bones & Politics Event Featuring FoxNews’ Judge Jeanine Pirro Adds Speakers and Gubernatorial Straw Poll

Former State Rep. Joe Carr announced on Tuesday that the 9th Annual T-Bones and Politics fundraiser he will be hosting in Rutherford County this September has added three additional speakers who will be joining featured speakerFox News host Jeanine Pirro. Gubernatorial candidates Bill Lee and State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), along with Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-04) will also be featured speakers at the event, which will “take place at The Shed at 4707 Lascassas Pike, Lascassas, TN 37085 on September 14 starting at 6 p.m,” according to a statement released by Carr. “Because of the heightened interest in the 2018 Governor’s Race we will be conducting a straw poll. If you’re interested in serious politics, there is no more enjoyable event than T-Bones & Politics” Carr said. “The fundraiser benefits JoePAC, a political action committee focused on supporting and electing conservative candidates to the Tennessee General Assembly,” Carr said in a statement. “All of Tennessee’s announced gubernatorial candidates have been invited to speak at this year’s event,” the statement said. To date, only Lee and Beavers have confirmed their attendance. Two other announced gubernatorial candidates–Knoxville businessman Randy Boyd and Tennessee Speaker of the House Beth Harwell (R-Nashville)–have been invited.…

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Joe Scarborough Continues Fox Feud, Calls Sean Hannity’s Show ‘State-Run Television’

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough’s ongoing feud with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity continued full steam ahead Monday. The host of “Morning Joe” followed up a weekend op-ed in The Washington Post on ways President Trump is “killing” the Republican Party with a shot at one of the president’s staunchest defenders, likening Mr. Hannity’s coverage to “state-run” television.…

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White House Meets with Potential Challengers to Arizona’s Republican ‘Never-Trump’ Senator Jeff Flake

The White House has been meeting covertly with current and potential challengers of Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-Ariz.) seat, according to a report Monday. The quiet campaign to recruit challengers for the incumbent may signify President Donald Trump hasn’t forgiven or forgotten how the deeply unpopular senator refused to endorse his candidacy and has become a stumbling…

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Commentary: Weak-Kneed Paul Ryan Stalls National Concealed Carry Reciprocity

by ConservativeHQ.com Staff   Our friends at the Virginia Citizens Defense League recently put out an alert letting gun owners know exactly where the problem is with the national concealed carry reciprocity bill – with Democratic Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.* The VCDL alert says “It appears to be a bad case of weakness of the knees. The Republicans were put into power to move forward an agenda that was sold to the American public. That includes national reciprocity and the hearing protection act, to name but a few. That was the deal, and the President said, and repeated, that he would sign such bills. We need to demand leadership from Ryan, not capitulation to the enemies of freedom.” The alert goes on to quote an article by Breitbart’s AWR Hawkins saying, “National Reciprocity was introduced by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) on January 3, 2017 and Gun Owners of America reported that it had 199 co-sponsors by June 21, 2017. Yet Second Amendment supporters have seen no action on the bill from Ryan or Congressional leadership.” The New York Times’ Emily Cochrane reported that three bills have been introduced in the Republican-held House during the past two weeks would…

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Gubernatorial Candidate Randy Boyd’s GOP ‘Great Opportunity Party’ Likely to Include Illegal Aliens

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  “As a member of the Republican Party and the GOP, I’ve always been a little concerned and also as a marketer, having a brand being the ‘Grand Old Party’ isn’t something that people necessarily aspire to, but I think the ‘Great Opportunity Party’ can stand for something,” gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd told Knoxville radio host Jim Brogan during an on-air interview in May (beginning at the 42:50 mark in the interview). And when I think about opportunity I think about this opportunity for a better education. Wouldn’t it be great if people from around the country they think of Tennessee, they think yeah, that’s the land of opportunity. That’s where you go to get a great education. You can go to technical community college free even as an adult now as a result of this past legislation. It’s where you can go to get great jobs. They’ve got factories and companies all across the state willing to pay top dollar. It’s the place to go to get great jobs. And also it’s the place where you can go to rural communities and live a great quality of life because they’re not leaving people behind. It’s an opportunity, a state of opportunity…

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Faith: Verse of the Day for Wednesday, July 19

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  VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing July 19, Wednesday Psalm 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers? 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 2 Corinthians 10:5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ

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