by CHQ Staff CNN’s Maeve Reston reports that Mitt Romney has signaled he is moving toward with a run for a US Senate seat from Utah, tweeting Thursday that he will make a formal announcement about his plans on February 15. “Looking forward to making an announcement on February…
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Spice Girls Announce Plans to Work Together Again
The Spice Girls got back together on Friday for the first time since 2012 and announced plans to explore “incredible new opportunities” in the future. The British 1990s pop phenomenon — Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Horner — reunited at Horner’s house north of London,…
Read MoreWhat Happens if Nashville Mayor Megan Barry Resigns?
The scandal that has enveloped Nashville Mayor Megan Barry in the wake of her admission that she had a two year affair with the head of her security detail has many wondering how she can weather the storm. As more details emerge regarding the use of taxpayer funds for her…
Read MoreCollege Syllabus Calls Trump ‘White Supremacist’ and ‘Orange Reality Star’
At California State University’s Dominguez Hills campus (CSUDH), students in an introductory political science class called American Institutions have been given a syllabus that is nothing short of troubling. The syllabus — from Dr. Brooke Mascagni, a lecturer in political science at the school — refers to the sitting president…
Read MoreDavidson County Residents Post Petition Calling on ‘Megan Barry to Resign Immediately from the Office of Mayor’
Less than 36 hours after Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry admitted to a years-long affair with top staffer Rob Forrest, some Davidson County citizens have had enough and are calling on Barry to step down. Backers are careful to note that while the Mayor’s infidelity in her marriage belies a systemic,…
Read MoreTrump Was Asked If He Trusts Deputy AG Rosenstein. The Answer Will Keep Him Up Tonight
President Donald Trump hinted that he no longer has confidence in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Friday, after the House Select Committee on Intelligence memo on alleged FISA abuses suggested he authorized surveillance of a former Trump aide based on campaign opposition research.
Read MoreFormer Reagan Attorney Believes Nunes Memo Could Undermine Mueller
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 campaign may be undermined by release of a House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee memo Friday, according to a former U.S. attorney appointed by President Ronald Reagan. “The memo provides additional evidence of the animus of the Obama-Lynch FBI…
Read MoreRepublican State Senator Todd Gardenhire Re-Re-Re-Files Bill to Grant In-State Tuition Benefits to Illegal Alien Students
State Senator Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) filed bill SB2263 Thursday which would grant in-state tuition discount benefits to illegal alien students. Dubbed ‘Tuition Opportunity,’ the measure was unsurprisingly co-sponsored by the Chattanooga-area lawmaker’s friend and ally, State Representative Mark White (R-Memphis), who filed HB2429, a state house version of the same bill. The…
Read MoreCommentary: How Trump and the GOP Congress Can Break the Midterm Jinx in 2018
by Robert Romano Congressional midterms after a President wins the White House can be a brutal affair. The out-party tends to be motivated and has a knack for taking it out on Congress. The incumbent party, usually, is unable to match the opposition’s energy and so losses tend to…
Read MoreAdvocates Cheer Trump Boost of ‘Right to Try’ Experimental Medical Treatments
Advocates of the “Right to Try” movement hope a State of the Union shoutout by President Donald Trump this will build momentum for legislation to let dying patents bypass government red tape to use experimental drugs in the U.S. Naomi Lopez Bauman, director of health care policy at the libertarian…
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